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REPUBLIC OF GHANA ASSIN SOUTH DISTRICT ASSEMBLY ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT 2017 PREPARED BY THE: DISTRICT PLANNING AND CO-ORDINATING UNIT JANUARY, 2018 0 Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE [1] .................................................................................................................................... 2 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 2 PURPOSE OF M&E FOR THE 2017 ...................................................................................................... 2 PROPORTION OF 2017-AAP IMPLEMENTED ...................................................................................... 2 PROPORTION OF DMTDP 2014-2017 IMPLEMENTED ....................................................................... 3 PROPORTION OF DMTDP 2014-2017 IMPLEMENTED ....................................................................... 3 PROCESSES INVOLVED IN THE M&E OF ACTIVITIES .......................................................................... 4 CHAPTER TWO (2) ................................................................................................................................... 5 Programmes and Projects Monitored ............................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER THREE [3] ............................................................................................................................... 25 REPORT ON FUNDING BY SOURCES ................................................................................................. 25 District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) ........................................................................................ 28 Efforts to Generate Funds (IGF) ....................................................................................................... 28 Challenges ......................................................................................................................................... 28 Adequacy of Funds ........................................................................................................................... 31 Utilization of funds in accordance with the budget ........................................................................ 31 CHAPTER FOUR [4] ................................................................................................................................ 32 UPDATES ON CORE INDICATORS AND TARGETS ............................................................................. 32 CHAPTER FIVE [5] .................................................................................................................................. 38 UPDATES ON CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ISSUES ...................................................... 38 A. The Youth Employment Development Agency (YEA).......................................................... 39 B. The School Feeding Programme .......................................................................................... 39 C. Environmental Health Unit .................................................................................................. 40 POVERTY STATUS OF THE DISTRICT ................................................................................................. 43 CHAPTER SIX [6] .................................................................................................................................... 44 EVALUATIONS ................................................................................................................................... 44 PARTICIPATORY MONITORING AND EVALUATION (PM&E) ........................................................... 46 KEY ISSUES ........................................................................................................................................ 48 THE WAY FORWARD ......................................................................................................................... 48 1 CHAPTER ONE [1] INTRODUCTION The Annual Progress Report (APP) for 2017 is a compilation and summary of all development activities that were undertaken within the year under review. It sums up all the development programmes and projects under various thematic areas of the Medium Term Development plan for 2014 – 2017. It also examines all the funding sources available to the District and the extent to which these sources were exploited for the benefit of the District’s development efforts. All expenditure incurred on the various sectors are also well elaborated in this document. PURPOSE OF M&E FOR THE 2017 This monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) exercise was undertaken to track implementation and outputs as well as systematically assess the impact, and measure the effectiveness of programmes and projects in education, sanitation, health, raod infrastructure and agriculture. It was also conducted to determine which direction funds of the District Assembly should be allocated for optimum efficiency. An assessment of which programmes were on track and which ones needed to be changed were also done. PROPORTION OF 2017-AAP IMPLEMENTED In 2017, 92.75 (%) per cent of activities comprising of various projects and programmes supported with GoG funds and Donner supported funds, were successfully implemented. That is a 4% per cent increase from 2016. One hundred and twenty eight (128) out of a total of one hundred and thirty Five (135) projects and programmes were implemented. 2 PROPORTION OF DMTDP 2014-2017 IMPLEMENTED At an average annual implementation rate of 95% of the annual action plans for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, the District Medium Term Development plan is about 90% implemented with the status of programmes and projects at various levels of completion. Table 1: PROPORTION OF DMTDP IMPLEMENTED INDICATORS 2017 2016 2015 2014 Proportion of the Annual Action Plans implemented 92.75% 85.00% 90.12% 82.83% by the end of the year Proportion of the overall medium term development 85% 65% 40% 25% plan implemented by the end of the year PROPORTION OF DMTDP 2014-2017 IMPLEMENTED During the implementation of the activities captured in the DMTDP and the AAP for 2017, a number challenges were encountered as well as during the monitoring and evaluation of the implemented activities. Some of these challenges include: Inability to implement planned projects due to external factors such as inflation Untimely release of certain statutory funds such as the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) delays implementation process Natural occurrences make it difficult to implement certain projects and to achieve targets, for instance rainstorms, pests and diseases Inadequate personnel for the implementation of all programmes and projects to achieve required targets Conflicts and misunderstandings among some community members sometimes derailed the implementation of certain projects and programmes. Poor collaboration among key stakeholders at times made implementation of programmes and monitoring difficult. 3 PROCESSES INVOLVED IN THE M&E OF ACTIVITIES The processes the D.A adopted in the monitoring and evaluation of its development activities were based on the NDPC’s guidelines for M&E. Basically the Annual Action Plan was broken in to quarters depending on the activities being implemented in each quarter of the year. The DPCU was composed and given some education and orientation on the indicators to be used to monitor the activities. The first week of the end of every quarter is used to monitor the activities captured within that quarter on the field and a meeting is organized to review the individual reports of all members of the monitoring team. After the review is done, an officer is made in charge of the compilation of the Progress Report for that period. 4 CHAPTER TWO (2) Programmes and Projects Monitored The District monitored a total of one hundred and fifty three (53) projects and ninety four (94) Programmes. These activities were funded from District Assembly’s Common Fund (DACF), GSOP, DDF, IDA and UNICEF among others. Below is a matrix of projects with the various contractors and the funding sources attached to each and every project: 5 Table 2 : ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT 2017 ASSIN SOUTH DISTRICT THEMATIC SOURCE EXPECTED OUT PROJECT CONTRACTOR/ CONTRACT DATE OF DATE EXP. TO STATUS REMAR NO AREA OF POLICY LOCATION OF DATE OF STANDING DISCRIPTION CONSULTANT SUM GH¢ AWARD STARTED DATE (%) KS FRAMEWORK FUNDING COMPLETION BALANCE DDF Transparent and Construction of 1no. Nsuaem/ DVO-Style Accountable DDF 60% District Police Kyekyewere Engineering 0 on- 1 Headquarters Governance Limited 178,710.39 16/03/16 26/03/16 28/09/16 178,710.39 going M/S CARTEY Awuro Infrastructure BROTHER Construction of Camp- complet and Human ENTERPRISE 73,000.00 DDF 25/07/17 30/07/17 25/09/17 73,000.00 0 100% feeder roads Brahabebom ed Settlements BOX 72,CAPE e(12.10km) 2 Development COAST M/S WILLJOAN Infrastructure ENTERPRISE Construction of JakaiI-Kruwa complet and Human BOX 9509 139,750.00 DDF 25/07/17 30/07/17 25/09/17 139,750.00 0 100% feeder roads (25KM) ed Settlements ACCRA 3 Development AIRPORT WATER AND SANITATION Infrastructure Construction of and Human Valook 0 100% Small Town Water Settlements Construction complet 4 System Development Assin Kruwa Works Ltd. 898,850.00 IDA 4/3/2014 4/4/2014 21/6/2015 898,850.00 ed Infrastructure Construction of and Human 100% 11no. KVIP Selected Settlements Selected complet 5 Schoolds Development District Wide Constractors UNICEF ed Drilling