Central Gonja District Assembly

CENTRAL GONJA DISTRICT ASSEMBLY

DRAFT MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN

2014 – 2017

BASED ON THE

NATIONAL MEDIUM TERM POLICY FRAMEWORK

Prepared by: DPCU, Central Gonja District Assembly

I. TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents I. TABLE OF CONTENTS ...... 1 II. LIST OF ACRONYMS ...... 4 II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 6 1.0 CHAPTER 1: DISTRICT PROFILE ...... 8 1.1 LOCATION AND SIZE ...... 8 1.2 PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ...... 8 Relief and Drainage...... 8 Climatic Characteristics ...... 8 Soil and Vegetation ...... 9 Winds ...... 9 1.3 CULTURE ...... 9 Ethnicity and Religion ...... 9 Settlement Systems ...... 10 1.4 Economy of the District ...... 11 1.5 Food Security ...... 11 1.6 Governance ...... 11 1.7 SOCIAL SERVICES...... 13 Health ...... 13 1.8 HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE ...... 15 1.9 EDUCATION ...... 16 1.10 SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE ...... 17 1.11 SCHOOL SANITATION ...... 19 1.12 VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS...... 20 1.13 SCHOOL FEEDING ...... 20 1.14 NHIS ...... 20 1.15 LIVELIHOOD EMPOWERMENT AGAINST POVERTY (LEAP) ...... 21 1.16 RESILIENCY IN NORTHERN GHANA PROJECT - RING ...... 21 1.17 ECD Centers ...... 21 1.18 HIV AND AIDS ...... 21 1.19 GENDER...... 22 1.20 ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND GREEN ECONOMY ...... 22

1.21 AGRICULTURE ...... 22 1.22 LIVESTOCK ...... 22 1.23 POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS ...... 23 1.23.1 Population size and distribution ...... 23 1.23.2 Age and sex structure ...... 23 Table 2.1: Population by age, sex and type of locality ...... 23 1.23.3 Dependency Ratio ...... 24 1.24 HOUSING...... 24 1.25 DISASTER ...... 24 1.26 WATER SECURITY ...... 24 1.27 MIGRATION (EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION) ...... 25 1.28 A SUMMARY OF KEY DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS/ISSUES/GAPS IDENTIFIED ...... 26 2.0 CHAPTER 2: PRIORITISATION OF DEVELOPMENT ISSUES ...... 30 2.1 POTENTIALS, OPPORTUNITIES, CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLENGES (POCC ANALYSIS) ...... 30 2.2 SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT OPTION ...... 39 3.0 CHAPTER 3: DEVELOPMENT GOAL, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES ...... 40 3.1 A CLEAR DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT FOCUS ...... 40 3.2 DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT GOAL ...... 40 3.3 Development projections for 2014-2017 ...... 41 3.4 ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES ...... 41 4.0 CHAPTER 4: DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ...... 45 REVENUE GENERATION ...... 46 Local Economic Development ...... 47 AGRICULTURE - ALTERNATIVE LIVELHOOD ...... 48 CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE ...... 49 WATER AND SANITATION ...... 50 ENERGY ...... 51 EDUCATION...... 52 HEALTH AND NUTRITION ...... 54 The Aged ...... 56 Child Development and Protection ...... 56 POPULATION MANAGEMENT AND MIGRATION FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ...... 57 Poverty Reduction and Income Inequalities ...... 57 Public Safety and Security ...... 58 Gender Equity and Women Empowerment ...... 58

4.1 INDICATIVE FINANCIAL PLAN ...... 59 5.0 CHAPTER 5: DISTRICT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN ...... 61 5.1 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR 2014 ...... 61 5.2 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2015 ...... 77 5.3 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2016 ...... 90 5.4 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2017 ...... 101 5.5 DISTRICT PLAN LINKED TO THE DISTRICT COMPOSITE ANNUAL BUDGET...... 111 5.6 IMPLEMENTATION OF ANNUAL ACTION PLAN ...... 111 6.0 CHAPTER 6: MONITORING AND EVALUATION ARRANGEMENTS ...... 112 6.1 Identification and analysis of stakeholders ...... 112 6.2 ASSESSING NEEDS AND CREATING THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS AND CAPACITIES ...... 113 6.3 MONITORING INDICATORS ...... 113 6.4 MONITORING AND EVALUATION MATRIX...... 115 6.5 M&E CALENDAR (WORK PLAN) ...... 116 6.6 M&E BUDGET ...... 117 6.7 DATA COLLECTION, VALIDATION AND COLLATION ...... 117 6.8 REPORTING ...... 117 6.9 INFORMATION DISSEMINATION ...... 117 6.10 PARTICIPATORY M&E ...... 117 7.0 CHAPTER 7: COMMUNICATION STRATEGY ...... 118

II. LIST OF ACRONYMS BAC Business Advisory Centre BHs Bore holes CGDA Central Gonja District Assembly CU Cooperatives Unit DA District Assembly DEOC District Education Oversight Committee DMTDP District Medium Term Development Plan DPCU District Planning Coordinating Unit DPDOT District Plan Dissemination Orientation Team DPs Development Partners DWD District Works Department ECD Early Childhood Development Centers EHU Environmental Health Unit FI Financial Institutions GDO Gender Desk Officer GHS Ghana Health Service GOG Government of Ghana GSGDA Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda GSOP Ghana Social Opportunities Project GSS Ghana Statistical Service HA Highways Authority HODs Heads of Departments HODDs Heads of Decentralized Departments HR Human Resource ICEIR Institute of Continuing Education and Inter-Disciplinary Research IGF Internal Generated Funds LEAP Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty MOH Ministry of Health MP Member of Parliament PM Presiding Member NHIS National Health Insurance Scheme NMDTPF National Medium Term Policy Framework NRGP Northern Rural Growth Project OLs Opinion Leaders OPD Out Patience Department PHC Population and Housing Census 4

PTA Parent Teacher Association RING Resiliency in Northern Ghana SMCs School Management Committees RPCs Reproductive Health Centers TCP Town and Country Planning Office UTDBE Untrained Teachers Diploma in Basic Education WFP World Food Programme

II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The plan preparation started with the holding of a district performance review workshop with representation from all the major departments and agencies as well as NGOs. This witnessed the participation of GES, GHS, Community Development & Social Welfare, Water and Sanitation, Agric, NCCE, NHIS, Central Administration, Environmental Health, Works Department, KATCHITO Community Development Center and a host of other. All of these made presentations on their interventions, achievements and challenges as well as projects on what they expect to carry out in the next plan period. That actually set the tone for the next programming after other key steps were carried out.

The District Plan Preparation Team was then formed, inaugurated and given orientation on what to do. The opportunity was also taken to prepare a work plan on how to proceed with the plan preparation.

Then using the outcome of the review session, the team kick started the updating of the District profile. The current situation of the District was analysed and gaps identified were flagged and filled after the community perspective was carried out.

The next step in the process carried out was the preparation for community data gathering session. The instrument and expected community profiling information were indentified and included in the instrument. This paved the way for short training workshop on the data gathering and a pretesting session in one of the nearby communities.

The team’s next action was to go out to the communities in small sub-teams of tree per area Council. In all 80 communities were covered. Each Area Council had 16 communities selected based on a criteria agreed on by District stakeholders and USAID. The priorities of the communities were identified with basic issues of sanitation, nutrition and poverty reduction livelihoods interventions as well as water and sanitation reigning high.

The issues based on the GSGDA document were then collated and harmonized with the NMDPF thematic areas and further prioritized after POCC analysis. The key issues to be addressed were then confirmed for the purpose of programming.

The District development Goal and objectives as well as the strategies were formulated or adopted from the policy matrix. This then allowed for the broad programmes of action to be identified.

After this step, the team went ahead to design the annual action plan, and the formulation of the communication strategy and monitoring and evaluation plan.

In all these sessions, a validation session after the key development issues were harmonized was organized for those major stakeholders to confirm the main issues to be addressed. A final public hearing session is scheduled to outdoor this plan to the public before the plan could be finalized.

This plan is directed at basically addressing the issues of revenue generation necessary to keep the District running. Issues of addressing falling standards of education, improving basic health service delivery, ensuring food security and improving incomes among the farmer population and safeguarding the livelihoods in the face of climate change has found expression.

The plan is also a continuity of the efforts made under the GSGDA I spanning 2010 – 2013. Gains made under the GSGDA will be enhanced and taken further under the NMDPF plan that has just been drafted.

The estimated cost of the implementation of this plan is GHC89,508,600.00 to be drawn from sources including the IGF, DACF, DDF, GETFUND, USAID, GoG sources, NGOs and other development partners.

The outcome of the plan is expected to improve education performance at the basic and second cycle levels, improve basic health delivery, especially reduction in maternal and child morbidity and mortality. More safe water supply and sanitation is expected to improve while incomes and reduction of extreme poverty is enhanced. The plan expects to also improve rural access for increased movement of goods and services, supply of energy to connect more rural communities to improve rural economy and social live while checking rural urban migration. Finally, security, gender and governance in general is expected to reach a much higher level of achievement.

1.0 CHAPTER 1: DISTRICT PROFILE

1.1 LOCATION AND SIZE

Central Gonja District is located to the South Western part of Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana. It lies on longitude 1˚5’W and 2˚ 58’W and latitude 8˚32’N and 10˚2’N. The District was carved out of the West Gonja District in 2004. It shares boundaries in the South with Kintampo Municipal in Brong Ahafo Region, West Gonja District in the West, Tamale metro in the North, Tolon District to the North East and East Gonja District in the East.

The District covers 7,555km2 which represent 11% (Source: 2010PHC) of the total land area of the Region. The District is strategically linked to the Southern sector as the gate way to the two Northern Regions (Upper East and Northern). Buipe is the only town in the region with port facilities to facilitate water transport. It is also a promising industrial hub of the region currently housing some sheanuts processing and cement factories.

1.2 PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Relief and Drainage

The Topography is generally undulating with altitude of between 150-200meters above sea level. The district is drained by two major rivers in Ghana. These are the White and the Black Voltas. The two meet around Tuluwe and Mpaha area specifically at Kikali (No. 4). The point of confluence of the Black and White Volta Rivers at Kikali is a potential site for tourist attraction. Both the Black and White Volta Rivers which drain the district, have good potential for large -scale irrigation schemes along their valleys. They also provide good waterways for water transport from Buipe and Yapei respectively to Akosombo via the Volta Lake in Yeji. There is an inland harbour at Buipe on the Black Volta. These rivers are good potential sources of fresh water fishing and fish farming in the District.

Climatic Characteristics

The District experiences extreme temperatures especially in the dry season. The daily and annual range is wide. The coldest nights in the year are experienced in the three months of December, January and February. During these months, the air becomes dry and the atmosphere becomes hazy and one cannot see clearly due to the fine dust in the air. The mean monthly temperature is 27˚C. Humidity is very low during this dry season causing dry skin and cracked lips to human beings. This period is known as Harmattan.

The rainy season begins around May and end in October. The rainfall is seasonal and is characterized by single maxima. The mean annual rainfall is about 1144mm. The rainfall pattern is erratic, beginning in late April and ending in late October. July and August generally record the heaviest rainfall and also the greatest number of rainy days. The rainfall is characterized by thunder storms or flash showers. Floods 8

and erosion are common due to the torrential nature of rains. The irregular distribution and short duration of the rainfall are a great limitation to crops and vegetative growth. Only single crop production is possible due to the rainfall regime.

Soil and Vegetation

The district is situated in an old geological area. The rocks are mainly Voltaian formation with isolated Cambrian rocks which contain valuable minerals such as gold and diamond. Limestone occurs between the lower and middle Voltaian formation around Buipe –the capital of the District. Generally, the soils in the District are fertile for Agriculture purpose. Several crops including maize, yam, Millet, sorghum, groundnuts rice etc can be grown in these soils.

The natural vegetation is guinea savannah. But the richness is determined (Dissected) by the soil types. The large mass of vegetation cover is dissected by human activities such as shifting cultivation, slash and burn method of land preparation for farming and housing. The major tree species are sheanut, dawadawa, baobab, acacia, nim and little ebony. These tree are scattered except in most valleys where isolated wood –land or gallery forest are found. Most trees are deciduous shedding their leaves during the dry season in order to conserve water.

Grass grows in tussocks and may reach 2.7m during the rainy season. This indicates that the area is suitable for crops such as millet, sorghum, maize and groundnuts. Yam is also cultivated in the District especially around Mpaha Area. The original vegetation in major settlements such as Buipe, Yapei, Mpaha and Kusawgu has been destroyed by human activities. Bush fires, charcoal burning and fetching of firewood have reached alarming proportions. These need to be checked to avoid environmental problems in future. The only forest reserve the District is endowed with is the Yakumbo Forest Reserve. This forest is located at Western part of District capital. It has a land area of about 1200 hectares.

Winds

Two dominant winds influence the climate of the Central Gonja District. The rain bearing wind which bring rain to the district from May to October are the South-West winds from the Atlantic ocean and from November to February, the Hamattan period brings to the District dry winds from the Sahara desert. These winds carry a thick hazy dust. The wind borne dust is often thick enough to obscure the sun and affect visibility. A lot of irritation and discomfort is experienced at this time of the year.

1.3 CULTURE

Ethnicity and Religion

There are about 20 ethnic groups in the district. The major groups, however, in order of magnitude are Gonja, Dagomba, Hanga, Mamprusi and Dagarbas. Others include Ewes, Akans and Chekosi, Konkombas used to live in the District, but due to the 1994 ethnic conflict it has become risky for them to continue living there. The lack of ethnic homogeneity tends to constrain socio-cultural organization and 9

development. There are inter-tribal marriages and peaceful co-existence which enhances unity in diversity.

There are four major religious groups in the Central Gonja District. These are as follows: Islam constitutes about 84.3%, Christianity 12.1% while traditional religion 1.8% and others 1.6% (source: GSS 2010 PHC). There is relatively religious harmony which is a pre-requisite for development.

Settlement Systems

The settlements are largely nucleated in nature and tend to be located along the main access routes in the District. The largest of the settlements in terms of hierarchy is Buipe the District capital. The communities in the central Gonja district are largely located at intervals of average of 15kms apart. They are also made up of population clusters not exceeding 100 to 200 in a community. Communities that have population of 500 and above numbered 62 in 2010. However, the top 10 communities in the District have populations ranging between 1,408 to 11,653. According to the 2010 population census, there are a total of 103 communities across the District. This is so because the very minute ones were merged to each other based on proximity for convenience.

Population Community Male Female Total BUIPE 5,756 5,897 11,653 YAPEI 2,829 2,933 5,762 SANKPAGLA 1,506 1,698 3,204 MPAHA 1,532 1,439 2,971 FUFULSO 1,135 1,188 2,323 LITO 1,108 1,018 2,126 YIPALA 984 1,020 2,004 KUSAWGU 864 934 1,798 CHAMA 670 762 1,432 KIGBRIPE 728 680 1,408 17,112 17,569 34,681 Extract of the 2010 population census Report for Central Gonja (GSS, 2010)

Most of these settlements are poorly accessible to centers of services like secondary schools, major health facilities and banking services. The road linkages to the interior communities are very poor both in network and condition. Telecommunication to facilitate communication is not well developed. Most of the communities are therefore unable to reach the wider world via cell phone communication. To make it worse radio signals are even very poorer than telecommunication since even the District capital is very limited in terms of radio signals.

With the exception of Buipe the District capital, all the other communities are largely farming dominated in their local economic activities. Also the area council capitals functions as the growth poles of the District with some amount of service provisions. Some of these services provided include education, health farm tools manufacture activities undertaken. These communities also serve as the traditional headquaterses as they are the seats of the paramouncies of the District.

Some of the communities tend to be sited along the main rivers – White and Black Voltas – to take advantage of the vast fresh water fish resources.

1.4 Economy of the District

The economy of the Central Gonja District is largely agrarian in nature. Not less than an estimated population percentage of xxx is engaged in farming as a primary occupation. Poverty situation is very high as in Ghana the food crop farmers happen to fall in the class of highly impoverished people. Others are also engaged in fishing especially the communities along the white and Black Voltas.

Buipe has one of the largest cattle markets in the northern region. There are even plans to turn this cattle market to an international one to serve the sub-region. With the trans-Ecowas highway cutting across the District, this dream is sure to come to reality.

There are however, a few factories that manufacture cement and oil as well as drinking water. The District is infact the only District Assembly in the Northern Region that is proud to house manufacturing industries. Currently there are no data about the income and employment situation across the District.

1.5 Food Security

Central Gonja is a major agriculture concentrated zone in the region and the country for that matter. Production levels for major food crops like Maize, Cassava, Yam, Rice, Groundnut, Cowpea, Soybean, Millet and Sorghum has been on the ascendancy. Though not food secure to imbalances in production and also nutritional status, the situation is very positive. Tabulated below is a display of progression of major food items production in the District from 2010 to 2013. MAJOR STAPLE 2010 2011 2012 2013 Maize 14,600 15,000 18,000 17,100 Cassava 39,000 39,600 40,000 42,000 Yam 46,800 49,000 51,000 53,465 Rice 2,375 2,621 3,500 4,400 Groundnut 4,200 4,450 4,400 4,880 Cowpea 295 291 360 387 Soybean 161 126 135 180 Millet 163 159 163 182 Sorghum 265 296 272 400 Source: DOA, Central Gonja District - 2014

1.6 Governance

Central Gonja District Assembly is one of the 26 administrative local government structures in the Northern Region of Ghana. As a decentralized structure, Central Gonja by law is mandated to perform some critical functions including:

 Legislative

 Financial Control  Executive Function of the Assembly  Representational Function  Deliberative and Administrative  Planning and Implementation of Development interventions  Monitoring and Evaluation

At the top of the governance structure of the District is the Assembly headed by the Executive committee. The main committee of the assembly is the executive committee chaired by the District Chief executive. Under the executive committee are five mandatory sub-committees. These are the Development Planning Sub-committee, Finance and Administration Sub-committee, Social Services Sub-committee, Security and Justice Sub-committee and Works sub-committee.

The assembly is supported in its operations by substructures. In Central Gonja District such substructures are five in number. These include Tuluwe area council, Kusawgu area council, Yapei area council, Mpaha area council and Buipe area council.

There are 31 electoral areas each represented by an assembly person. This number is augmented by the Member of Parliament and the District Chief executive. In effect there are 33 elected assembly members. Out of the number, 4 are females. There are five area councils and 155 unit committee members spread across the entire district that feed into the area council.

District Assembly Organogram

The departments in the highlighted area show that these departments are related to above mentioned respective sector(s) & sub-committee in terms of policy and planning direction (not for management purposes). Source: Ghana Local Government Service

1.7 SOCIAL SERVICES

Health

Over the years interventions in the provision of health has been improving though with numerous challenges. The highest level of health service provision in the Central Gonja District is a Health Centre. There is no District Hospital yet. The health situation of majority of the people in the District capital can be described as generally poor. This is due mainly to the prevalence of diseases. That apart, the following factors contribute to the bad state of health of the people:

(a) Poor nutrition and poor housing conditions (b) Problem of environmental sanitation (c) Inadequate health services and facilities.

The current human resources situation in the District is as indicated in the graph below. OPD attendance due to Malaria is still high in Central Gonja District. Acute Respiratory Tract Infection and diarrhea constantly follow over the period 2010 t0 2013. The malaria situation & the other top 2 are due to poor Environmental Sanitation or conditions. Other reasons for the current malaria statistics have been attributable to Diagnostic difficulties and Poor utilisation of the ITNs.

 Figure 1: Top 10 OPD Diseases from 2010 to 2013 40000 2010 30000 2011 20000 2012 10000 2013 0

Source: Ghana Health Service, Central Gonja District Assembly, 2013

There is a still inadequate health professional in the District to occupy all the essential sectors of health service delivery. Much effort is required in this area either by sponsoring more staff or redistributing the existing staff from well endowed areas of the region to Central Gonja to make up for the gap existing. The current situation id indicated in the graph below.

Figure 2: Human Resources Situation

200 144 150 2010 100 2011 68 50 2012 50 23 27 26 10 15 2013 7 1 2 4 0 3 0 Linear (2013)

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Source: Ghana Health Service, Central Gonja District Assembly, 2013

Transportation to facilitate health service delivery is also not the best. This has largely been due to poor road conditions and over aged motorcycles. This has been worsened by the poor road condition across the entire district. The situation as studied over the last four years is as indicated below in the table.

Logistical Situation INDICATOR 2010 2011 2012 2013 Number of Vehicles 3 3 4 4 Number of vehicles road worthy 3 3 4 4 Number of motorbikes 34 46 49 49 Proportion of Motorbikes road worthy 34 46 44 12 Total number of motor bikes 34 46 49 49 Source: Ghana Health Service, Central Gonja District Assembly, 2013

Notwithstanding the challenges however, a number of services are carried out to improve life for the people especially the vulnerable and deprived people and communities. The services provided in the district include medical care, antenatal and child welfare services. Other services are immunization, post-natal services, family planning services, and health education on prevalent health issues. The Top ten diseases in the district from 2010 to the end of 2013 are as tabulated below:

Top 10 diseases from 2010-2013 2010 2011 2012 2013 1. Malaria OPD 9889 1. Malaria OPD 1572 1. Malaria OPD 2725 1. Malaria OPD 3657 cases - clinical cases - clinical 6 cases - clinical 8 cases - clinical 1 and confirmed and confirmed and confirmed and confirmed 2. Acute 1625 2. Acute 2916 2. Acute 5621 2. Acute 7495 Respiratory Tract Respiratory Tract Respiratory Respiratory Infections Infections Tract Infections Tract Infections 3. Diarrhoea 1207 3. Diarrhoea 2657 3. Diarrhoea 5213 3. Diarrhoea 5669 Diseases Diseases Diseases Diseases 4. Skin Diseases & 647 4. Hypertension 920 4. Typhoid Fever 2407 4. Acute Urinary 2635 Ulcers Tract Infection

5. Pneumonia 545 5. Skin Diseases & 878 5. Intestinal 1833 5. Typhoid Fever 2382 Ulcers Worms 6. Rheumatism & 433 6. Rheumatism & 701 6. Hypertension 1779 6. Hypertension 2345 Other Joint Pains Other Joint Pains 7. Anaemia 367 7. Pneumonia 571 7. Skin Diseases & 1678 7. Intestinal 2246 Ulcers Worms 8. Hypertension 339 8. Acute Urinary 470 8. Acute Urinary 1577 8. Skin Diseases & 1713 Tract Infection Tract Infection Ulcers 9. Typhoid Fever 166 9. Anaemia 354 9. Rheumatism & 1178 9. Anaemia 1459 Other Joint Pains 10. Home 157 10. Acute Eye 270 10. Anaemia 1004 10. Rheumatism & 1375 Accidents and Infection Other Joint Injuries Pains Source: Ghana Health Service, Central Gonja District Assembly, 2013

Child survival situation has been improving over the years though with challenges especially for the year 2013 when logistical challenges lowered targets for the year. The figures below give the trend analysis of EPI performance.

Figure 3: Graphical Presentation of EPI Performance 6000 4682 4779 4678 5000 4265 2010 3602 3639 4000 3186 3254 2011 3000 2012 2000 2013 1000 Linear (2010) 0 EPI Penta 1 EPI Penta 3 OPV3 Measles Linear (2013) coverage coverage coverage

Source: Ghana Health Service, Central Gonja District Assembly, 2013 HIV/AIDS cases over the review period improved tremendously as only 4 cases were recorded in the year 2013. Details are indicated below. HIV/AIDS situation INDICATOR 2010 2011 2012 2013 No. Counseled 3218 3073 4112 3401 No. tested 3177 2882 4031 2475 No. Positive 21 10 28 4 % Positive 0.66 0.33 0.68 0.12 Source: Ghana Health Service, Central Gonja District Assembly, 2013

1.8 HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE Generally, the district has limited infrastructure. It lacks hospital. The highest health institution the district is health posts which are located at Kusawgu, Mpaha, Yapei and Buipe. Apart from the health posts the district also has rural clinics at Sankpala and Chama respectively. Health facilities are, therefore, inadequate and unevenly distributed in the district. The distribution of infrastructure and the growth situation over the years in detailed in the table below. 15

Health Infrastructure in the past 4 years. INDICATOR 2010 2011 2012 2013 No of Health Centers 4 5 5 5 No of CHPS Zones Demarcated 25 25 25 25 No of functional CHPS Zones 8 10 16 16

No of functional CHPS Zones with compounds 5 5 7 7

Source: Ghana Health Service, Central Gonja District Assembly, 2013

1.9 EDUCATION Formal education has been proclaimed as the basis for personal and national development, yet much is needed to make it a reality. Central Gonja District has made some strides into raising educational attainment from its doldrums from the 2000s. There has been an improvement of infrastructure from 2010 to 2013. The number of schools by category has also improved tremendously though much is still required.

Figure 4: Schools by Category

150 94102 83 9192 100 696972 2010

50 19191924 2011 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 2012

2013

Source: Ghana Education Service, Central Gonja District Assembly, 2013

Over the last four years, the enrolment rate improved marginally for both public and private schools. The yearly performance in enrolments by level is indicated in the table in the next page.

School enrolments by category 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 Cycles Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female K.G Public 1989 1957 2474 2263 2434 2244 2483 2326 K.G Private 143 180 104 119 358 333 457 466 Primary Public 6873 5871 6660 5666 6803 5839 6907 5900 Primary Private 261 273 254 279 233 251 489 531 JHS Public 1433 979 1500 1050 1731 1296 1542 1176 JHS Private 22 34 32 25 26 26 49 42 TOTAL 10721 9294 11024 9402 11585 9989 11927 10441 GRAND TOTAL 20,015 20,426 21,574 22,368

Source: Ghana Education Service, Central Gonja District Assembly, 2013

On BECE performance, the statistics shows a reverse trend. While the absolute numbers of girls passing the BECE examinations is dropping the performance in reality is improving and that of boys is dropping. Much effort is required therefore to improve the female transition rate and to maintain or even improve on the BECE performance for girls. The table below evidences the trend over the last four years (2010-2013).

Academic Performance at BECE by Gender Year No. Presented No. Passed (aggregate 6 – 30) Male Female Total Male % Female % Total 2010 422 210 632 295 72% 112 28% 407 2011 448 319 767 179 69% 79 31% 258 2012 422 301 723 191 65% 101 35% 292 2013 462 320 782 177 64% 100 36% 277 Source: Ghana Education Service, Central Gonja District Assembly, 2013

The situation here will require intensified campaign on retention, improvement of teaching and learning and against teenage pregnancy among other critical interventions to raise educational standards. There is committed administrative staff to make things work if resources are made available. However, there will be the need to tighten sanctions against bad nuts in the system who fails to perform but take salary.

1.10 SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE On infrastructure, much has been achieved over the past four years. Infrastructure for the KG has increased by 80%, Primary appreciated by 51%, 18% for JHS and 100% in the case of SHS. The details have been tabulated below. The situation has been due to the high demand for education and the fact that education is considered the tool to propel national development resulting in its prioritization as number one sector of the district.

Figure 5: Condition of School Infrastructure

SCHOOLS WITH STANDARD STRUCTURES CATEGORY 2010 2011 2012 2013 Remarks

KG 26 26 37 47 80.8% PRIMARY 45 47 56 68 51.1% JHS 16 17 18 19 18.8% SHS 1 2 2 2 100% TEC/VOC 1 1 1 1 No Change TOTAL 89 93 114 137 +ve trend

7 Source: Ghana Education Service, Central Gonja District Assembly, 2013

The water and sanitation situation as pertains in the schools across the District has not been the best and will require much support to improve the situation. The current situation of water and sanitation has been captured in the table below. Water and Sanitation situation by Category CATEGORY 2010 2011 2012 2013 Remarks KG 23 27 25 28 Note that the situation is PRIMARY 31 30 29 38 due to increase in CR JHS 10 15 17 19 facilities without water points & not sanitation SHS 1 2 2 2 facilities per se. TEC/VOC 1 1 1 1 TOTAL 66 75 74 88 Indicator The district expects to reduce the prevailing figure of 88 by at projections. least 50% by end of 2017. Source: Ghana Education Service, Central Gonja District Assembly, 2013

The teacher population is not the best as we have it currently, while pupils teacher ratio is improving, the situation are so due to high numbers of untrained teachers. As the enrolments rates increase in response to high demand for education, the educational managers of the District also make efforts to fill the teacher gap by employing pupil teachers. There is therefore a high number of pupils teachers in the District. The situation on the ground is displayed in the figure next. Figure 6: Teaching Staff Strength

Teacher Strength 700 602 600 538 500 475 465 416 415 400 374 337 Ttal teachers 300 228 T. Teachers 198 181 200 167 157 Unt. teachers 133 136 123 137 113 101 100 79 41 47 20 31 0 M F Ttal M F Ttal M F Ttal M F Ttal

2010 2011 2012 2013

Source: Ghana Education Service, Central Gonja District Assembly, 2013

Pupil Teacher Ratio

Figure 7: Pupil Teacher Ratio P/Teacher ratio 01:49 01:48 01:48 01:46 01:47 01:43 01:40 01:41 P/Teacher ratio 01:37 01:35 2010 2011 2012 2013

Source: Ghana Education Service, Central Gonja District Assembly, 2013

1.11 SCHOOL SANITATION

School sanitation is very critical to the health of the pupils and students and plays a critical role in female retention in school especially when they are at the adolescent age. There are 109 schools in the district. Out of these, a total of 44 of the schools have toilet facilities, 47 are equipped with urinals and only 11 of them have water supply facilities. This situation definitely affects the hand washing with soap initiative. This is because with water supply being so difficult it will be impossible to maintain the hygiene status since there is even no enough to drink let alone wash hands. This in effect also have effects on the health status of the pupils.

1.12 VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS

Like any other parts of the world or Ghana in particular, the issues of vulnerability also engulfs the population of Central Gonja District. Of the 87,877 people captured in the 2010 PHC, 50% are adult active population and 46% are children and 4% are aged. In effect, 50% of the population is dependent riding on the back of the active population. Out of these about 3.6% of the population of Central Gonja are disabled and hence vulnerable in terms of access to health services, to basic means of livelihood, disadvantaged in mobility and serious access to public facilities. The highly disadvantaged ones had to be captured for support by the District outfit of NHIS as indigents. Besides, W are children who are vulnerable and need care and support to grow into responsible adults. The District Assembly year on year provides ECD centers for this group of the population. For the period between 2010 to 2013 fourteen ECD centers were constructed in the District. This has improved the accommodation needs of the little kids who need to be catered for and to allow their parents to fend for their daily survival.

1.13 SCHOOL FEEDING A total of 16 schools are covered under the school feeding project in all the Area Councils of the District. The intervention aims at cushioning the vulnerable children are in remote and poor suburbs of towns. The beneficiaries number up to 5,531 pupils by the close of 2013. These are fed with at least one hot meal during school hours for the five weekly days in each week.

1.14 NHIS Yet another safety net designed to improve the plight of the poor and which is operating well in the District is the NHIS. The situation from 2010 to 2013 has been tabulated below: NHIS Performance INDICATORS 2010 2011 2012 2013 No. of people registered with the scheme 12,557 13,648 11,846 9,147 No. of NHIS Beneficiaries 52,863 65,420 77,266 86,413 No. of NHIS Service Centers (Health Service) 13 13 15 15 No. of NHIS Service Centers (Registration Points) 1 1 3 3 Source: NHIS, Central Gonja District

Of the registrants that benefitted from NHIS in Central Gonja District, statistics in 2013 alone indicate that 5,418 of them were poor or vulnerable. With no support of any kind to meet the daily basic needs of survival the safety net was the health insurance. Up to the end of the first quarter of 2014, 97 people were given treatment through the health insurance scheme. Details are displayed below. INDIGENTS (2013) INDIGENT (2014) M F Total M F TOTAL

2,182 1,907 5,418 39 38 97

Source: NHIS, Central Gonja District

1.15 LIVELIHOOD EMPOWERMENT AGAINST POVERTY (LEAP) Under the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty, there have been a good number of vulnerable women and men that have over the years received financial cushioning to ease their plight. Efforts are even being made to expand the coverage to make life much more bearable to the disadvantaged or excluded in society. The total beneficiaries covered in the District so far are 235.

1.16 RESILIENCY IN NORTHERN GHANA PROJECT - RING With funding from USAID, more vulnerable people are being supported out of poverty, vulnerability, malnutrition, sanitation related vulnerabilities and hygiene promotion. A total of 2350 beneficiaries from poor households in 50 communities are being supported through the delivery of various interventions. The District is also preparing an action plan for the beneficiary communities to facilitate the delivery of targeted intervention to improve the poor households.

1.17 ECD Centers As the future leaders of this nation, the District Assembly and its responsible department for education and development partners has over the years put in place structures to house the children. This follows the policy of ECD centers by the government.

1.18 HIV AND AIDS HIV/AIDS situation is improving in the District. The prevalence has been dropping over the years though the District capital is a high risk area due to the haulage truck drivers that have been parading there to load either fuel, wood or cement or offload shea nuts.

Figure 8: HIV/AIDS situation

4500 4000 40314112 3500 3401 31773218 3073 3000 2882 2500 2475 No. Counseled 2000 No. tested 1500 No. Positive 1000 500 0 21 10 28 4 2010 2011 2012 2013

Source: Ghana Health Service, Central Gonja District Assembly, 2013

1.19 GENDER Gender issues are still challenging situation at the District. The level of knowledge in decision in gender planning and capacities to implement programs are low. Gender sensitive policies are limited or not effectively implemented. There is also no framework for the coordinating gender issues and tools in mainstreaming gender. Data and information are poorly documented. The collection and usage of sex disaggregated data are inadequate and unreliable. It is also noted that political and institutional participation of male/female is unbalanced. However, there are opportunities at the District level in terms of the gender desk offices and the girl child officer at the directorate of GES to promote the interest of women and girls that will feed into effort at promoting gender based development interventions.

1.20 ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND GREEN ECONOMY The review indicated that little is known even at the cycle of technical levels in the district of climate change. There is therefore a yawning gap in climate change information spread to bring the local people to be in terms with the reality of climate change and its possible effects on livelihoods, incomes and the very fabric of life.

1.21 AGRICULTURE Agriculture is the main stay of the local economy in the Central Gonja District. The population census results indicate that 75% of the population is engaged in agriculture. Output of the major crops produced has been improving with a good positive trend from 2010 to 2013. This means the situation is good but need to be organized better to ensure farmers are put into cooperatives to reap the benefits of the improvements in outputs. The major crops produced with the growth a trend is tabulated below:

Output of major crops in metric tons MAJOR STAPLE 2010 2011 2012 2013 Maize 14,600 15,000 18,000 17,100 Cassava 39,000 39,600 40,000 42,000 Yam 46,800 49,000 51,000 53,465 Rice 2,375 2,621 3,500 4,400 Groundnut 4,200 4,450 4,400 4,880 Cowpea 295 291 360 387 Soybean 161 126 135 180 Millet 163 159 163 182 Sorghum 265 296 272 400 Source: Department of Agriculture, Central Gonja District

1.22 LIVESTOCK Livestock production is also quite recognizable. As a result of the two major rivers that drain the district, there are large herds of cattle reared across the entire length and breadth of the District. The performance of the livestock sub-sector over the past four years beginning 2010 to 2013 has been indicated graphically below.

Figure 9: Livestock Performance

There is a steady growth in 40,000 40,000 livestock production over 40,000 35,000 35,000 the planned period 35,000 30,000 30,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 2010 20,000 20,000 2011 2012 15,000 2013 10,000 4,000 5,000 2,000 - Cattle Sheep Goats Pigs Others

48 Source: Department of Agriculture, Central Gonja District Assembly

1.23 POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

1.23.1 Population size and distribution The district has a total population of 87,877 with an annual growth rate of 2.2% which is below the regional growth rate of 2.9%. Population density of the district is 11.6 per a parcel of land. Males constituted 49.9% of the population while females constituted 50.1% culminating into a sex ratio of 99.6. The district is more rurally populated than urban from the table below. It is an agrarian economy with 75% of its population into agric. The rural areas according to the table are more densely populated by the economically active (15-64).

1.23.2 Age and sex structure Greater proportions (15,440) of the district population are within the age group 0-4 while age bracket 95-99 recorded the least.

Table 2.1: Population by age, sex and type of locality Sex Type of locality

Age Group Both Sexes Male Female Sex ratio Urban Rural

0-14 40,728 20,892 19,836 105.3 7,245 33,483 15-64 43,904 21,261 22,643 93.9 9,552 34,352 65+ 3,245 1,707 1,538 111.0 618 2,627

Age-dependency ratio 100.16 106.29 94.40 82.32 105.12 Source: Ghana statistical service, 2010 population and housing census.

1.23.3 Dependency Ratio Central Gonja has a relatively concise age dependency ratio of 100.16 percent, implying almost every member of the working class has at least one person to cater for.

1.24 HOUSING There are 12,041 houses in the district. Total number of household stands at 11,413 with an average household size of 7.6 compared with the regional average figure of 6.7 per household. The indications are that at the household level, the district is slightly more crowded than other parts of the region.

1.25 DISASTER Central Gonja by virtue of its location and low altitude is susceptible to floods. The highest points are 150-200meters above sea level. At the centre of the savannah parkland with extreme dry weather conditions for most part of the year alternating with heavy flash floods leads to a number of disasters. The main disasters recorded every year are flooding, bushfire and at the beginning of every rainy season, windstorms. All these major disasters are devastating and lead to the loss of most property distraction to homes and schools.

1.26 WATER SECURITY The water situation in the Central Gonja District is quite pathetic though the statistics points to some positive trends from 2010 to 2013. The gains made are skewed to the towns with small town water system at the centre of the water success. As for the boreholes, numerous attempts made across the District have failed to produce wet wells for the populace to have safe drinking water. On the whole, the District has achieved safe water coverage of 52.73% by the close of the year 2013. However due to the skewed nature of this achievement, it is quite misleading to think that the district is getting to a point of water secure. Since underground water is difficult to come by, it is instrumental to explore other means of safe water supply including rainwater harvest and the construction of dugouts fitted with filtration galleries as well as treatment and distribution of river (surface) water.

Figure 10: Safe Water Coverage 70% 60% 60% 52.73% % of pop with Boreholes 50%

40% % of pop with covered wells 30% 30% 20.50% % of pop with pipe-borne 20% water 10% % of pop with other safe water sources 0% Target Achievement Target Achievement 2010 2013

Source: DWST, Central Gonja District Assembly

Figure 11: Sanitation Coverage in selected Towns of the District 24

45% 40% 35% 30% % of pop using safe 25% excreta disposal facility 20% % of population with KVIP 15% 10% % of population with VIP 5% 0% Target Achievement Target Achievement 2010 2013

Source: Environmental Health Unit, Central Gonja District Assembly

The table below gives detailed breakdown of numbers and conditions of sanitation facilities across the district. This however covers the major settlements of the District and so do not give a total picture and should not therefore be used to reflect the general outlook of the Central Gonja District.

HOUSEHOLD TOILET FACILITIES – DISTRICT PICTURE NO AREA EXISTING NO. IN NO. CLEAN HAND POP COUNCIL HH TOILETS USE WASHING COVERED 1 Buipe 143 138 138 133 8.7% 2 Yapei 41 35 35 27 1.42% 3 Kusawgu 23 23 23 23 0.58% 4 Mpaha 358 342 342 302 9.91% 5 Tuluwe 31 31 27 27 1.45% Total 596 569 565 512 22.06% Source: Environmental Health Unit, Central Gonja District Assembly, 2013

1.27 MIGRATION (EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION) Though no statistics is available, the generally trend is that the outmigration in the District is perceived to be higher especially among the female youth who enroll for kayayee in the cities down south. The only cases of in migration are to the District capital where a number of factories are springing up so as to search for job placements in the factories. However, of late, the boom in logging in the Gonja land area has attracted a number of youth and articulator drivers as well as tractor operators in their numbers to take advantage of the new trade.

Over the planned period, the District with support of its development partners succeeded in implementing a wide range of interventions targeted at reducing poverty, creating employment and improving health and wellbeing of the society. The performance of most of the indicators in the areas of Health, Education, and Agriculture and to some extent Water and Sanitation has been on the positive side. This does not mean the implementation of these were without protracted challenges.

1.28 A SUMMARY OF KEY DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS/ISSUES/GAPS IDENTIFIED The collated harmonized issues from the review of the GSGDA based MTDP spanning 2010 – 2013 were linked to the NMTDPF 2014-2017 to ensure consistency. The issues harmonized were a result of the situation analysis from both the community perspective and the departmental review of implementation of the past interventions and the challenges arising out of that were summarized based on thematic areas. These identified issues or challenges have been prioritized for the purpose of redress to lift the district to another attainable level in development given the current resources base and expectation.

The challenges prioritized and the corresponding issues adopted from the National Medium Term Development Policy Framework have been tabulated next based on thematic areas. These issues will further be subjected to detail analysis to determine their Potentials (P), Opportunities (O), Constraints (C) and Challenges (C).

The outcome of the analysis will offer a clue as to the ease with which the particular challenge could be tackled. Where it will not be easy for the identified challenge to be addressed then alternative course of action to address the issue will be explored.

Key development issues under thematic areas NMTDPF 2014-2017 ADOPTED ISSUES OF NMTDPF 2014-2017 HARMONIZED ISSUES 2010-2013 THEMATIC AREA 1. Ensuring and Sustaining 1. Leakages in revenue collection 1. Low revenue realization Macroeconomic Stability; 2. Poor Revenue based Data 2. Enhancing 2. Limited technical and entrepreneurial skills 3. Low level of entrepreneurial and managerial skills Competitiveness of 3. Inadequate and unreliable infrastructure 4. Poor and Inadequate market facilities for local trade Ghana’s Private Sector; 4. Limited attention to the development of tourism at the local level 5. Undeveloped tourist attractions 5. Loss of soil fertility 6. Low agricultural output / productivity 6. High dependence on seasonal and erratic rainfall 7. Over reliance on rain-fed agriculture 3. Accelerated Agriculture 7. Limited access to mkt information 8. Poor prices of farm produce Modernization and 8. Seasonal variability in food supply and prices 9. High Environmental degradation Sustainable Natural 9. High levels of environmental degradation 10. High Incidence of youth unemployment. Resource Management; 10. Limited awareness of climate change and its impacts 11. High Incidence of poverty 11. Weak capacity to manage the impacts of natural disasters and 12. Low level of awareness on climate change & its effects climate change 13. Weak capacity for coping with CC/DRR impacts 12. Poor quality and inadequate road transport networks 14. Poor road surface condition 13. Inadequate access to quality and affordable water 15. Low access to potable water supply 14. Ineffective and inefficient spatial/land use planning and 16. Unplanned settlement patterns implementation particularly in the urban areas 17. Poor drainage 15. Absence of specific regulations on flood hazard prevention 18. Poor sanitation and hygiene 5. Infrastructure and 16. Inadequate access to environmental sanitation facilities 19. Low coverage of electricity Human Settlements; 17. Poor hygiene practices and inadequate hygiene education 20. Lack of street and property identification system 18. Difficulty in the extension of grid electricity to remote rural and isolated communities. 19. High exposure of settlements & infrastructure to natural and manmade hazards 20. Weak enforcement of planning and building regulations 6. Human Development, Education Education Productivity and 21. Poor quality of teaching and learning especially at the basic level 21. Inadequate educational facilities Employment; 22. Weak management and supervision 22. Poor academic performance in schools 27

NMTDPF 2014-2017 ADOPTED ISSUES OF NMTDPF 2014-2017 HARMONIZED ISSUES 2010-2013 THEMATIC AREA 23. Unacceptably high number of untrained teachers at the basic level 23. Poor supervision of schools Health and Nutrition 24. Inadequate qualified teachers 23. Huge gaps in geographical access to quality health care (e.g. urban 25. Refusing postings to hard-to-reach areas and rural) 26. Poor of motivation of teachers 24. Inadequate and inequitable distribution of critical staff mix Health and Nutrition 25. Inadequate financing of the health sector, and ever increasing cost 27. Lack of District Hospital of healthcare delivery 28. Inadequate number of critical staffs & logistics for effective 26. Persistent high under-nutrition and malnutrition especially among service delivery children, older people, pregnant and lactating women and women 29. Poor nutrition among households of reproductive age, particularly in rural areas and northern Ghana 30. Inadequate Office Accommodation for DHMT 27. Huge unmet need for mental health services 31. Lack support and sensitization package for people with

HIV/AIDs mental health 28. High stigmatization and discrimination HIV/AIDs YOUTH 32. Incidence of HIV/AIDs & stigmatization 29. High level of youth unemployment including graduate YOUTH THE AGED High incidence of youth unemployment 30. High incidence of poverty among older people THE AGED 33. Lack of Income support base for the aged CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION

31. Low awareness of and regard for the rights of children 34. Poor education on child rights and protection

POPULATION MANAGEMENT AND MIGRATION FOR NATIONAL POPULATION MANAGEMENT AND MIGRATION FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT 35. 32. Low coverage of reproductive health and family planning (FP) High teenage Pregnancy services

NMTDPF 2014-2017 ADOPTED ISSUES OF NMTDPF 2014-2017 HARMONIZED ISSUES 2010-2013 THEMATIC AREA 33. Non-functioning sub-district structures 36. Inadequate resources & accommodation for district 34. Disparities in access to economic opportunities departments 7. Transparent and 35. Inadequate representation and participation of women in public life 37. Non functioning of the five Area Councils Accountable Governance and governance 38. Low female involvement in decision making 39. Poor female access to productive resources at the local level

2.0 CHAPTER 2: PRIORITISATION OF DEVELOPMENT ISSUES An examination of the development needs of the Central Gonja District reveals that much is desired in the face of limited resources. The District is still lagging in educational infrastructure and services, health situation is nothing striking to write home about and water and sanitation is far from the comfort zone considering the fact that people drink from dugouts and ponds as well as the rivers and streams in this period of civilization. Food production has not reached a level that will guarantee food security and boost income levels of households. In the face of this hazy situation are also infrastructural deficit. Roads are in deplorable state both in network and condition, electricity coverage is only an absolute 4 communities (25.5% of the population) connection to the grid since the creation of the District. There is a complete absence of a District hospital and the lower level health service centers are woefully inadequate.

Besides these basic sectors of the Central Gonja District, the District is also confronted with cross cutting issues of gender based disparities, environmental degradation and climate change effects. These have therefore guided the Assembly to do a selection and prioritization of the numerous challenges identified in the review and community engagement sessions to some manageable issues that could be implemented in the face of resource limitations. The issues outlined therefore finds expression in the geographical spread of the entire Central Gonja District based on community priorities.

2.1 POTENTIALS, OPPORTUNITIES, CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLENGES (POCC ANALYSIS)

The development issues identified from the performance review of GSGDA 2010 – 2013 were compared with the NMTDF 2014 – 2017 key issues. The District priority issues were then harmonized with the NMTDPF 2014 – 2017 issues and adopted for the purpose of national harmony or uniformity before the analysis of POCC was conducted.

The issues to be addressed have been tested for their potentials and the identified opportunities to determine the ease with which they could be implemented in the face of challenges and constraints. The details of these have been tabulated in the next page.

THEMATIC AREA 1: ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY

Issue to be addressed Potentials Opportunities Constraints Challenges . Numerous tax sources. . Experienced tax collection staff. . High level of adult illiteracy. . Non-enforcement of tax . Enabling tax laws . Private tax collectors. . Limited access to some laws. 1. Low revenue ‘overseas' communities. Poor tax education realization . Established District treasury . Media for education of tax payers. . . Politicization of local tax collection. With the clear cut potentials, taking advantage of the existing opportunities with enough public education will help overcome the Conclusion challenges while managing the constraints to boost the revenue situation of the District. . Vibrant District budget unit. . High demand for revenue data. . Difficulty in building data . High Staff attrition . Human resource for data . MIS outfit on Fulani mobile herdsmen. . Absence of IMS officer. 2. Poor Revenue collection. . Experience from sister Districts . Natural disasters(fire & . Hiding data to evade based Data . Computers for data storage database. flood) tax & analysis. . GSS . Adult illiteracy . Poor data updating. . Existing data base. Though there are challenges, they could be managed so as to make use of the numerous potentials and take advantage of the Conclusion opportunities to resolve the issue at stake to improve data for revenue planning and mobilization. THEMATIC AREA 2: ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS IN GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR Issue to be addressed Potentials Opportunities Constraints Challenges . Road construction equipment . Proximity to cement. . Natural barriers to road . High Cost of 3. Poor road surface available . Water for construction construction. construction condition . Earth Materials exist . Availability of DFR . Bad Weather condition . Delay in payment. . Personnel available. . Road Fund . In adequate funds There are enough potential in the district on road construction. Taking advantage of the existing opportunities can help in improving Conclusion the road conditions since the challenges could be managed and the constraint can be avoided. . Existing local markets . Good road linkage & water . Limited road access & . In adequate funds 4. Poor and Inadequate . Available farm produce for transport condition. . Non-payment of market market facilities the market . DDF Funds . Natural disasters tolls . Land for expansion . PPP . Poor waste mgt. With the existing potentials, the District can make use of the opportunities to rehabilitate and create new markets to enhance Conclusion economic activities to improve local economy. 5. Low level of . Existence of BAC . GIPC services present . Adult illiteracy . Equity contribution entrepreneurial and . Existence of department of . Rural Enterprise project . Desire to get rich quick . No training institutions in managerial skills cooperatives present the district 31

development . Existence of LESDEP The district is constrained and challenged in entrepreneurial skills development but taking advantage on GIPC while developing Conclusion . the available potentials can help improve upon the situation. . Local tourist attractions . Existence PPP . Culture and religious barriers . Inadequate funds . DAs desire to facilitate . Tourist board . Insecurity(arm rubbery) . Poor road access 6. Undeveloped tourist development of attractions . NGOs support in tourism . Limited facilities and attractions . 1st Class highway access services . Local interest in tourist . Lack of publicity of attraction tourist attraction Taking advantage on PPP couple with intense public education on the benefits of tourism can propel tourism development in the Conclusion . district.

THEMATIC AREA 3: ACCELERATED AGRICULTURE MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Issue to be addressed Potentials Opportunities Constraints Challenges . Availability of water bodies . NRGP . Low local interest . Fulani herdsmen (black and white Volta) . Block farm project . Low technical know-how . Financial bottlenecks 7. Over reliance on rain- Availability of dugouts and fed agriculture . . Demand for vegetables . Poor yields dams . Dry season farming . AEAs Conclusion With the availability of water bodies, dugouts and dam, irrigation can be enhanced . Local markets available. . School Feeding program . Outbreak of pest and . Abundant farm produce . Existence of PBC . Guinness Ghana diseases . Low quality of farm 8. Poor prices of farm . Existence of SADA. . Proximity to other Mkts . Some government produce due to produce . Existence Of District Value . Storage facilities policies(importation of rice) aflatoxine Chain Committee(DVCC) . Existence of high yielding . Perishable of farm seeds produce Complete utilization of satellite markets couple with government coming out with ceiling prices for farm produce can help boost Conclusion prices in the district . Existence of the department . EPA presence . Bush fires . Illegal mining & Sand of forestry/MOFA . Existence of by-laws . Floods winning 9. High Environmental Existence of fire service Deforestation degradation . . Existence of stakeholders . Erosion . division . Non -compliance of by- . NADMO laws

. Fulani herdsmen Conclusion With public education on the hazards of depleting the environment and enforcement of by-laws can help protect the environment. . Availability of fertile lands . Existence of industries . Floods & Bush fires . Rural urban migration and water bodies. . NGOs presence . Draught . Inadequate farm inputs 10. High Incidence of youth . GYEEDA NBSSI/BAC Erratic rain pattern High costs of farm inputs unemployment. . . . . LESDEP . Low interest in Agric . Poor loan recovery . BAC for training Conclusion With the potentials and opportunities harnessed effectively rural-urban migration can be minimized. . Fertile lands and water . Existence of industries . Floods . Ignorance bodies . Existence of NGOs . Bush fires . In adequate farm inputs 11. Incidence of poverty . GYEEDA NBSSI/BAC Draught High costs of inputs . . . . LEAP . Erratic rain pattern . LESDEP With education and sensitization ignorance on the available potentials and opportunities can be minimized and pave the way to Conclusion take advantage of existing resources to reduce poverty. . NADMO District outfit . AEAs . Floods & Draught . Noncompliance of bye- 12. Limited awareness of . Forestry commission . NADMO . Bush fires laws climate change and its . Fire service . Africa Adaptation Project . Erratic rain pattern . Ignorance impacts . DADU . NGOs & GEMP Project . Erosion . Political/ traditional interference There are enough potentials and opportunities to overcome the challenges and constraints so as to improve Awareness on climate Conclusion change and build resilience for effective adaptation. . Forestry commission . Agric extension officers . Floods & Draught . Illiteracy 13. Weak capacity for . GEMP Project . NADMO . Bush fires . Lack of financial coping with CC/DRR DADU Forestry guards Erratic rain pattern support impacts . . . . Fire service . NGOs . Erosion . Local believes Conclusion Capacity building of stakeholders should to be strengthened to meet current trends

THEMATIC AREA 4: INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS Issue to be addressed Potentials Opportunities Constraints Challenges . Available water bodies . Vast land for dug-outs . Poor underground water . Extending pipelines . Availability of water treatment . Treated water from . Drying up of dug-outs in from factory site to 14. Low access to potable plan at Shea-Nut factory Sheanut factory. dry season Buipe town water supply . Availability of RING . Limited donor support to project all communities Notwithstanding the major constraints, the potentials and opportunities can be developed to overcome the issue at stake and Conclusion limit the constraints. . Small nature of unplanned . Substantial town and . Illiteracy of building . Non-existence of town communities country planning officer permits acquisition and country planning 15. Unplanned settlement Strong traditional oversight in Street naming system Role Chiefs in land office patterns . . . communities acquisition . Non-enforcement of settlement laws Due to the small nature of the unplanned areas, the challenges can be developed to harness benefits of the DA’s potentials Conclusion through current opportunities. . Nearness to cement factory . Already constructed . Absence of district . High cost of construction . Available personnel highway ‘Roads and Highways . Delay in payments 16. Poor drainage . Available water bodies to . Loose nature of soil Authority’ channel drains. . Availability of water . Undulating landscape Conclusion The potentials of can be harnessed and the opportunities taken advantage of to improve the drainage situation. . Available sanitation staff . Sanitation tractor . Adult illiteracy . Weak monitoring . Existing sanitation by-laws repaired . High water table in some . Poor mgt of toilets 17. Poor sanitation and Zoomlion company communities hygiene . Available material for . . Inadequate public education available . Indiscipline in open toilets . Availability of SNV defecation The sanitation situation though one of a serious issue, its challenges can be overcome if we take advantage of the potentials and Conclusion opportunities available. . ECG lines passing through most . Extension HT lines along . Shortage of electricity . Cost of electricity 18. Low coverage of communities the road equipment extension electricity . Govt policy of REP . Experienced electrical . Destruction of electrical . Ignorance of effects of Contractors. poles by bushfires bushfires Though the constraints and challenges pose serious traits, taking advantage of the potentials and opportunities would address Conclusion this issue.

THEMATIC AREA 6: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT Issue to be addressed Potentials Opportunities Constraints Challenges EDUCATION . High demand for education . GETFUND . Political interference in . Inadequate funding . Skilled construction staff. . DDF Funding contract awards. . Small pop. of some 19. Inadequate Proximity to building materials Donor support agencies . Hash weather communities educational facilities . . . Land available . DACF . Apathy in communal labour. . Land tenure challenges Appropriate utilization of the available opportunities while developing the potentials together with local support can improve Conclusion on the current state of the educational facilities. . Available school facilities . Skilled staff . Students truancy . Weak teacher supervision . Availability of TLM . School feeding . Teacher absenteeism . Nature of facilities 20. Poor academic Capable & committed teachers programme Long distance from home to performance in schools . . . . Committed SMCs & PTAs . Quiz competition school . Parental neglect The very crucial challenge that needs immediate attention is poor parental supervision leading to pupil not using their time to Conclusion study after school hours, on week-ends and during vacation periods. . Availability of Motor Bikes . Donor support . Poor road network . Arm robbers . Availability of CSs . DA support . Hard to reach schools . Weak law enforcement 21. Poor supervision of Existence of DEOC PTA and SMCs Limited budget for schools . . . supervision . Poor CSs commitment Complete utilization of donor support coupled with intense enforcement of GES laws can help improve on supervision of schools Conclusion in the district . Good Financial Mgt & Effective . Donor support . High cost of . Weak funding strategies internal controls . Increased and timely education . Lack of commitment to . Standard financial reporting. GoG funding . Higher inflation protect government 22. Inadequate funding . Capable HR for financial . DA budgetary support rate. property management . Inability to generate internal funds Conclusion Taking advantage of the donor support with effective utilization of IGF can go a long way to earning the district some funding

. Availability of teacher . Distance education . Staff attrition . Low morale in the teaching sponsorship . UTDBE programme . Time hinder on profession 23. Inadequate qualified . Proximity to teacher training . GYEEDA in education the job . Job dissatisfaction teachers institutions professional Poor public perception. . DA sponsorship of . . Existence of UTDBE trainees training programme The most favourable teacher supply strategy is providing a sufficient balance between overall number of teachers, cost and Conclusion class size alongside with expansion of TTC. . Good human relationship . Donor support . Political and chieftaincy . Inadequate community . Incentive package for . GoG financial support interference support 24. Refusing postings to teachers in hard-to-reach . Training for good . Teacher health condition . Lack of basic social hard-to-reach areas areas teacher community . Gender amenities . Free accommodation human relation . Lack of fund to train local comm. Youth on-the-job In sum the rural teacher must be empowered and motivated through meager work load, huge incentive and other attractive Conclusion packages to ward off teachers minds from the urban areas to concentrate on the hard-to-reach areas . Induction for teachers . DACF . Life time of computers . Lack of budgeting for . Study leave with pay . Best teacher award . Multi-grade teaching transfer 25. Lack of motivation for . Available accommodation . donor support in skills . Government policies . Large class size resulting to teachers . Teacher responsibility development more workload allowance . lack of social amenities . Pupil Truancy Inspired and successful teaching takes place when a passionate and caring teacher is both motivated and happy to teach and Conclusion learn

THEMATIC AREA 6: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT Issue to be addressed Potentials Opportunities Constraints Challenges HEALTH . Availability of land . Government support . Funding . In adequate specialized . Proximity to training institutions . DA involvement . Government policies staff 26. Lack of District Hospital . Road linkage to referral centre . Qualified personnel . Limited funds . Some key staff available There are vast potentials to be made use of if the opportunities available could be taken advantage of the ensure the District Conclusion Hospital is put in place to improve health service delivery.

Issue to be addressed Potentials Opportunities Constraints Challenges HEALTH . Proximity to health training . DA support for education . Inadequate training . Political interference 27. Inadequate number of institutions Availability of health institutions Inadequate logistics critical staffs (Physician . . institutions Assts. Midwives, Prof. . Availability of students to go into . Failure to accept . Lack of incentives the health profession postings to remote Nurses and CHNs) . Support for health workers areas If the constraints and challenges are addressed, the district can overcome this phenomenon by also taking advantage of the existing Conclusion health institutions 28. Inadequate logistics for . Capacity for utilization and . Donor support . Substandard equipment . Low maintenance culture effective service good mtg . DACF & DDF . Inflation . High cost of equipment delivery . Available road network Effective management together with efficient utilization of the available opportunities will go a long way to solve the logistics Conclusion problem in the district. . Farm lands . Donor support . Adult Illiteracy . Low education on nutrition 29. Poor nutrition among . Farmers . Technical personnel . Poverty . Low production of households . Availability of nutritious crops . Large market . Drought vegetables . Nutrition unit . Radio coverage . Inadequate logistics Conclusion Intense public education on adequate diet will go a long way to improve the nutrition situation in the district. . Available land . Existence of SAVACEM . Inadequate funds . Land tenure 30. Inadequate Office . Available water for construction . Cheap labour . Unfavourable weather . Delay in release of funds Accommodation . Available local building . DDF funds materials . DACF Taking advantage of the available potentials together with the opportunities can help reduce the accommodation problem in the Conclusion district. 31. Huge unmet need for . Health facilities available . . . mental health services . Conclusion THEMATIC AREA 7: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE. Issue to be addressed Potentials Opportunities Constraints Challenges . District police command . Government logistical . Lack of cooperation of . Fuel 32. Insecurity along the major Improved capacity of men support. some OLs Inadequate vehicles routes of the District. . . . Patrol vehicles available . DA commitment . . The potentials are ample enough and with the proper utilisation of the opportunities available, the police can overcome the Conclusion challenges and manage the constraints so as to provide adequate security for the citizenry. 37

Issue to be addressed Potentials Opportunities Constraints Challenges . DDF . Existence of industries for . Low IGF base . Funds mismanagement 33. Inadequate resources for . DACF revenue generation . Resource mismanagement . Poor maintenance culture district departments . Donor support . Existence of private bodies . Political interference . Availability of revenue avenues . Inaccurate records keeping The district should be able to manage its constraints and challenges with the fullest utilization of its available potentials and Conclusion opportunities 34. Non availability of . Availability of cartographers . Availability cartographers . No clear district . Inadequate logistics comprehensive map and . Available, town and country . Availability of land sector boundaries . Unavailable data resource maps for the planning unit agents . Conflicting traditional & . politicization District. . Availability of district map . Land administration project political boundaries. Conclusion The district should be able to produce a comprehensive map and resource maps with the available human resource . Existence of structures . IGF . No spirit of volunteerism . Politicization 35. Non functioning of the five . Existence of unit committees . Availability of by-laws . High illiteracy . Lack of logistics Area Councils . Existence of DPCU . Conflict . Inadequate knowledge . Weak linkage of DAs &ACs on the roles of ACs It is obvious that lack of logistics together with no spirit of volunteerism has brought the activities of the area councils to a halt. Conclusion Efficient use of IGF coupled with intense public education can however revive them. . Availability of land . DDF . Poor and untimely fund . No maintenance culture 36. Inadequate office accommodation for . Proximity to building materials . DACF release. . Misappropriation of funds Decentralized staff . Presence of DWD . Cement factory in District . Politicization of contracts Conclusion With commitment and proper fund management and prioritization the accommodation issued maybe addressed. . Existence of structures . DDF . Non commitment of area . Lack of culture of 37. Poor conditions of Area Available manpower to DACF council executives maintenance Councils structures . . manage them . IGF . No spirit of ownership . Politicization Taking advantage on the available opportunities together with the potentials can help put the current state of the area council Conclusion structures back to shape.

2.2 SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT OPTION

3.0 CHAPTER 3: DEVELOPMENT GOAL, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES

In formulating the District development goal and identifying the objectives and strategies to address the goal, there was the need to have recourse to the national policy framework since the Central Gonja District does not exist in isolation. The NMTDF 2014 - 2017 was made the point of reference to guide the orderly formulation of the plan alongside national aspirations. As such the goal of the District is been informed by the NMTDF document and the objectives and strategies have been adopted directly from the GSGDA II framework. However, before stating the goal and the objectives as well as the district development focus is necessary.

3.1 A CLEAR DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT FOCUS Due to its peculiar circumstances, the Central Gonja District Assembly requires much effort and resources to lessen the socio-economic hardship that confronts the people. Since resources are limited and all needs cannot be met at one time, the District has decided to prioritize some key areas with the potential to turn the lives of everybody in the District around without discrimination and favoritism. As such the following are the key focus areas of Central Gonja District Assembly in an effort.

. Improving on basic social infrastructure and services at all parts of the District based on need and resources availability (Health, education, agricultural and safe water and sanitation infrastructure); . Promoting agriculture as an enterprise for rural poverty reduction and creating employment to raise incomes. . Improving the natural & Built environment and promoting green economy; . Building capacity for climate change adaptation, resilience and sustainable livelihoods;

The District will marshal the human and material resources available and take advantage of opportunities locally and externally to translate these prioritized focused areas into action to achieve results in the next four years.

3.2 DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT GOAL The Central Gonja District is just but a part of the Ghana. As such, it is not working in isolation in the effort at effecting development for the people of the District and for that matter Ghana as a whole. Based on this fact, the District is aims at working towards achieving the national.

Therefore, the development goal of the CGDA is:

To achieve sustainable and equitable productive environment to ensure Food Security, improve basic Infrastructure, income, employment and services to the citizenry in a participatory decentralized system.

This will be pursued by working towards the achievement of carefully identified and adopted development objectives. These objectives will be achieved by the implementation of clear and straightforward activities emanating from communities perspectives. However, the implementation of these activities much hinges on the future needs of the population for whom these interventions will be targeted. It is therefore imperative that, projections of the populations and the possible facilities or services to answer to the needs of the population be made to serve as a guide for making informed choices and implementation of interventions. 40

3.3 Development projections for 2014-2017 The population of Central Gonja District as at the year 2010 was put at 87,877 with an annual growth rate of 2.2%. With the current population base, it is expected that the population will be 102,277 by the year 2017. However the yearly growth will be as follows:

YEAR GROWTH RATE % INCREASE BASE POP TOTAL 2011 2.14 1,881 87,877 89,758 2012 2.19 1,966 89,758 91,723 2013 2.23 2,045 91,723 93,769 2014 2.26 2,119 93,769 95,888 2015 2.15 2,062 95,888 97,949 2016 2.18 2,135 97,949 100,085 2017 2.19 2,192 100,085 102,277 Source: Ghana Statistical Services, 2010 PHC

Due to these population growth projected. The demand for services and amenities will also grow alongside these figures. As such there is the need to make provision ahead of time the yearly growth in service and infrastructure demand of education, health, water and sanitation and stepping up of production of foods to maintain food security as the population increases.

3.4 ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES

The objectives and strategies adopted from the Medium Term Development Policy Framework document for the Central Gonja District have been tabulated in the next page for the purpose of convenience and harmony.

NMTPF Adopted objectives and strategies ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED OBJECTIVES ADOPTED FROM NMTDPF STRATEGIES ADOPTED FROM NMTDPF ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY  Low revenue realization  Improve fiscal revenue mobilization and  Eliminate revenue collection leakages.  Poor Revenue based Data management  Strengthen mobilization and management of non-tax revenue

ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS OF GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR  Lack of vibrant co-operative societies  Improve efficiency and competitiveness of MSMEs  Facilitate the provision of training and business  Poor road surface condition  Diversify and expand the tourism industry for development services  Poor and Inadequate market facilities economic development  Provide opportunities for MSMEs to participate in  Low level of entrepreneurial and managerial skills all development  Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and local  Undeveloped tourist attractions content arrangements  Market Ghana as a competitive tourist destination

ACCELERATED AGRICULTURAL MODERNISATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT  Over reliance on rain-fed agriculture  Promote irrigation development   Develop and promote appropriate and  Poor prices of farm produce  Enhance natural resources management through affordable irrigation schemes including dams,  Environmental degradation community participation boreholes, and other water harvesting techniques  High Incidence of youth unemployment.  Enhance capacity to adapt to climate change for different categories of farmers and agro ecological zones  High Incidence of poverty impacts  Enhance capacity to mitigate and reduce the  Promote active involvement of community  Limited awareness of climate change and its stakeholders in the development of natural impacts impact of natural disasters, risks and vulnerability resource management plans  Weak capacity for coping with CC/DRR impacts  Increase resilience to climate change impacts through early warning systems  Implement alternative livelihoods strategies to minimize impacts of climate change on the poor and vulnerable especially women

INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS DEVELOPMENT  Low access to potable water supply  Establish Ghana as a transportation hub for  Develop and manage alternative sources of  Unplanned settlement patterns the West African sub-region water, including rain water harvesting  Poor drainage  Provide adequate, reliable and affordable  Promote the construction and use of modern  Poor sanitation energy to meet the national needs and for household and institutional toilet facilities  Poor hygiene export  Expand disability-friendly sanitation facilities  Low coverage of electricity  Accelerate the provision of adequate, safe  Scale up the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and affordable water for the promotion of household sanitation  Increase access to energy by the poor and  Accelerate the provision of improved vulnerable environmental sanitation facilities  Ensure universal access to electricity by 2016  Improve and develop the physical infrastructure across all modes for transport

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT  Inadequate educational facilities  Increase inclusive and equitable access to, and  Remove the physical, financial and social barriers  Poor academic performance in schools participation in education at all levels and constraints to access to education at all levels  Poor supervision of schools  Improve management of education service  Ensure efficient development, deployment and delivery  Teacher absenteeism supervision of teachers  Improve quality of teaching and learning  Ensure adequate supply of teaching and learning  Inadequate funding HEALTH materials  Inadequate qualified teachers  Reduce under-nutrition and malnutrition related  Deploy adequately qualified teachers and improve  Refusing postings to hard-to-reach areas disorders and deaths among infants and young children and women in their reproductive ages teachers’ time-on-task  Lack of motivation for teachers HEALTH  Bridge the equity gaps in geographical access to health services  Strengthen the district and sub-district health  Enhance national capacity for the attainment systems as the bed-rock of the national primary of the health related MDGs health care strategy  Ensure sustainable financing for health care  Accelerate the implementation of the revised delivery and financial protection for the poor CHPS strategy especially in under-served areas  Enhance national capacity for the attainment of  Enhance access to adequate nutrition and related the health related MDGs services to all especially women during pregnancy,  Improve quality of health services delivery underserved communities and vulnerable groups 43

including mental health services  Scale up community and facility based  Ensure the reduction of new HIV and AIDS/STIs interventions for the management of childhood infections, especially among the vulnerable and neonatal illnesses groups  Intensify and sustain Expanded Programme on  Accelerate the implementation of social and Immunization (EPI) health interventions targeting the aged  Enhance social protection interventions for the  Promote effective child development in all communities, especially deprived areas Aged  Ensure effective appreciation of and inclusion of  Improve human, material and financial resources disability issues for child development, survival and protection. Population  Integrate population variables into all aspects of Population development planning at all levels  Strengthen capacity of relevant stakeholders to integrate population issues into development Poverty Reduction and Income Inequalities planning and policy making  Expand coverage, availability and accessibility of reproductive health and Family Planning services  Reduce income disparities among socio- including adolescents/youth. economic groups and between geographical Poverty Reduction and Income Inequalities areas  Enhance income generating opportunities for the poor and vulnerable

TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE  Armed robbery attacks in the District.   Improve internal security for protection of life  Enhance institutional capacity of the security  Inadequate resources for district departments and property agencies  Non availability of comprehensive map and resource  Promote women’s access to economic  Develop entrepreneurial and technical skills maps for the District. opportunity and resources, including property of women and girls  Non functioning of the five ACs  Promote the effective use of data for decision  Mainstream statistics in the planning process  Inadequate office accommodation for Decentralized making and development communication staff

4.0 CHAPTER 4: DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

This chapter concentrates on the broad development programmes out of which projects and activities to achieve the set objectives and derived. The programme areas covers revenue mobilization, local economic development or local business and entrepreneurship support packages. Also captures are programmes to accelerate and modernize agriculture, issues of the environment and green economy, climate change interventions, settlements, energy and water and sanitation interventions. Others cover programmes on social services - education, health and Nutrition, population, the aged and children, Public Safety and Gender programmes.

These programmes have been carefully crafted so as to inform programmes that will have a positive bearing on the poor and vulnerable. Details of these have been captured below in the matrices based on the National Medium Term Policy Framework Thematic areas. Missing in this programming is the oil and gas thematic area which do not have a direct bearing on the development activities on the Central Gonja District.

These programme areas have also been expressed in the spatial development Framework of the District. The attached map of the District has annotated these intervention areas for those who are comfortable with reading maps.

THEMATIC AREA: ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY SECTOR STRATEGY & ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME SCHEDULE INDICATIVE INDICATORS SOURCE OF IMPLEMENTING BUDGET FUNDING DEPARTMENT OF THE (‘000) DA 2014 2015 2016 2017 IGF GOG DONOR LEAD COLLABO REVENUE GENERATION RATORS OBJECTIVE: Improve fiscal revenue mobilization and management by end of 2017 Strategy: Strengthen mobilization and management of non-tax revenue. 1. Provide & improve Market District wide No. of mkts EHU/BAC/TCP/ infrastructure to boost local X X X 900 constructed DWD DPCU trade & revenue generation. 2. Recruit revenue collectors and District wide No. of revenue commission collectors X 1.5 collectors DFU BU/DPCU recruited 3. Train revenue collectors to Buipe No. of trainings improve collection efficiency X X X X 20 conducted. DFU BU/DPCU and effectiveness annually. Strategy: Eliminate revenue collection leakages. 0 4. Conduct public education & District wide No. of Public reorientation on tax payment X X X X 5.0 education BU DFU/ISD/NCCE/ & utilisation. conducted on tax. 5. Solicit the support of TAs & District Wide No. of TAs & politicians in improving tax X X X X 3.5 Politicians BU DFU/NCCE/DPCU leakages menace. Supporting tax. 6. Set up revenue taskforce to District Wide Taskforce operate at least once a X X X X 10 established and DCD DPCU/TAs/GPS month. operational 7. Enter the District into PPP Buipe PPP arrangement for tax X 25 arrangements DCD DPCU/BAC collection. entered Sub-total 965

THEMATIC AREA: ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS OF GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR SECTOR STRATEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME SCHEDULE INDICATI INDICATORS SOURCE OF IMPLEMENTING VE FUNDING DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET THE DA 20 201 20 201 (‘000) IGF GO DON LEAD COLLABORA Local Economic Development 14 5 16 7 G OR TORS

OBJECTIVE 1: Improve efficiency and competitiveness of MSMEs

Strategy 1: Facilitate the provision of training and business development services Strategy 2: Provide opportunities for MSMEs to participate in all Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and local content arrangements 8. Build the capacity of groups and District wide Groups and BAC DPCU/co- individuals to access financial support individuals operative for petty trading and alternative X X X 7.5 capacity built unit/

livelihood interventions. financial institutions 9. Support women groups with the RING No. of grinding BAC DPCU/co- equipment for agro-processing as Communities mails provided operative X 50 income generating venture. (Provide 5 to women unit/GDU groups grinding mills) 10. Build technical and entrepreneurial District wide 10 No. of people BAC PBC/DPCU/f X X skills to facilitate business startups. trained. armers 11. Promote & facilitate Buipe as an Buipe No. of activities DCE DCD/BAC/D X X X X industrial hub in northern region. on promotion. PCU OBJECTIVE 2: Diversify and expand the tourism industry for economic development 0 Strategies: 1 Market Ghana as a competitive tourist destination 0 12. Facilitate the Development of tourist District Wide 4 Measures put in attractions in the District to boost X X X X BAC DPCU/DCE place. domestic tourism.

Sub-total 88.5

THEMATIC AREA: ACCELERATED AGRICULTURE MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SECTOR STRATEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME SCHEDULE INDICATI INDICATORS SOURCE OF IMPLEMENTING VE FUNDING DEPARTMENT OF THE DA 20 20 20 20 BUDGET IG GO DON LEAD COLLABORATORS AGRICULTURE - ALTERNATIVE LIVELHOOD 14 15 16 17 (‘000) F G OR OBJECTIVE: Promote irrigation development STRATEGY: Develop and promote appropriate and affordable irrigation schemes including dams, boreholes, and other water harvesting techniques for different categories of farmers and agro ecological zones 13. Promote all year round Agriculture to Along the 2 N. of irrigation DADU Farmers/GSOP/D create employment and boost projects established. ABU major rivers & X X X 30 incomes. dam sites farms/NRGP/Sakf os farms 14. Promote appropriate fresh water District wide No. of fishers using DADU BAC/DA/MOFA fishing and fish farming in the water X X 25 Right fishing methods. bodies. No. of fish farms established. 15. Support 15 farm Communities with District wide No. of farm DADU DA /NRGP/ farm Inputs through the Block farm X X X 40 Communities WUMPINI AGRO programme to increase productivity. supported CHEMICAL Strategy: Implement alternative livelihoods strategies to minimize impacts of climate change on the poor and vulnerable especially women 16. Provide support to women and youth 22 RING Support provided to BAC/ DA/RING/NRGP/ groups for soap making, tie & dye Communities youth and women DADU WAAF X X X X 28 production & small ruminants/poultry groups rearing. 17. Support poor HHs in small ruminants’ No. of farmers groups DADU DA/RING/NRGP/ production to improve incomes. X X X X 45 & individual WAAF Supported Sub-total 178

SECTOR STRATEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME SCHEDULE INDICATI INDICATORS SOURCE OF IMPLEMENTING VE FUNDING DEPARTMENT OF THE BUDGET DA COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN NATURAL RESOURCE 20 20 20 20 (‘000) IGF GO DON LEAD COLLABORATOR MANAGEMENT 14 15 16 17 G OR S Objective: Enhance natural resources management through community participation Strategy: Promote active involvement of community stakeholders in the development of natural resource management plans 18. Promote the involvement of District & District wide No. of collaborative FC DA/KCODEC/ community stakeholders in natural engagements held. DADU/EPA/ X X X 10.00 resource management initiatives at the NADMO local level 19. Build trust between local communities District wide No. of durbars & DA NRGP/AGRA/AD and the authorities through meetings X X 2.50 collaborative RA/Advance/KC and durbars. meetings held. ODEC 20. Promote tree planting in communities District wide No. of tree planting DA GSOP/DPCU/GE X X 40.00 communities MP 52.50

CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE 0.00 Objective: Enhance capacity to adapt to climate change impacts 0.00 Strategy: Increase resilience to climate change impacts through early warning 0.00 systems 21. Build the capacity of key stakeholders Buipe No. of HODs DPCU ICIER/ NADMO in the District to design climate change X X X 35 benefited from CC resilient interventions resiliency training. 22. Create climate change awareness District wide No. of CC/DRR campaign to educate the public on its X X X 45 campaigns impacts & adaptation measures. conducted. 23. Institute measures to reduce/adapt to District wide Measures taken to DPO ICIER/AAP/ climate change effects & DRR. X X 4 reduce/adapt to NADMO CC Sub-total 136.5

THEMATIC AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS SECTOR ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME SCHEDULE INDICATI INDICATORS SOURCE OF IMPLEMENTING VE FUNDING DEPARTMENT OF THE BUDGET DA 20 20 20 20 (‘000) IGF GO DON LEAD COLLABO WATER AND SANITATION 14 15 16 17 G OR RATORS OBJECTIVE: Accelerate the provision of adequate, safe and affordable water Strategy: Develop and manage alternative sources of water, including rain water harvesting 24. Improve safe water coverage in District wide 40 No. of repaired BHs DWST NORST/EHU/RI underserved communities by X X in underserved NG/DWD repairing BHs. communities 25. Construct dams/dugouts in 20 District wide 1,000 No. of dams and DWD DPCU/EHU/RIN communities to improve water X X X X dugouts constructed G/GSOP coverage. 26. Construct Small Town systems in large District wide 6,000 Small town water DWST CWSA/DPCU/D X X X X communities. system constructed WD 27. Improve Drainage situation in some District wide 3,000 Drainage situation DWD EHU/DPCU/NAD X X X X communities to ease flooding. improved MO Objective: Accelerate the provision of improved environmental sanitation facilities 0 Strategy 1: Promote the construction and use of modern household and institutional 0 toilet facilities 28. Conduct education and sensitization RING 0 No. of sensitizations EHU CDU/NCCE/SHE X X X X on sanitation to improve total Communities conducted P/RING sanitation. 29. Reactivate the sanitation market RING X X X X 0 No. of HHs adopting EHU SNV/KCODEC/ concept Communities improved sanitation APDO/RING Strategy: Expand disability-friendly sanitation facilities 0 30. Solicit support to construct 20 No. of disability X X X X Disability friendly institutional latrines. friendly latrines. 31. Construct access ramps to existing District wide X X X 50 Access ramps to DWD DPCU/PWD/SN

institutional toilets for the disabled. toilets constructed V/ADPO 32. Review, gazette and enforce MMDAs Buipe 3 Bye-laws on EHU DPCU/DCD/DCE X sanitation reviewed, 50

SECTOR ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME SCHEDULE INDICATI INDICATORS SOURCE OF IMPLEMENTING VE FUNDING DEPARTMENT OF THE BUDGET DA 20 20 20 20 (‘000) IGF GO DON LEAD COLLABO WATER AND SANITATION 14 15 16 17 G OR RATORS OBJECTIVE: Accelerate the provision of adequate, safe and affordable water bye-laws on sanitation gazette and enforced Strategy: Scale up the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) for the promotion of 0 household sanitation 33. Facilitate the Construction of simple RING 50 No. of household EHU SNV/APDO/DP universally affordable Household latrines constructed CU/KCODEC/ Communities X X X X latrines in at least 50 communities TAs/RING through CLTS. 34. Conduct routine monitoring on 10 Monitoring on EHU DPCU/TAs/ sanitation & hygiene to improve X X X X sanitation and RING gains. hygiene conducted 113

SECTOR STRATEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME SCHEDULE INDICATI INDICATORS SOURCE OF IMPLEMENTING VE FUNDING DEPARTMENT OF THE BUDGET DA 20 20 20 20 (‘000) IG GO DON LEAD COLLABO ENERGY 14 15 16 17 F G OR RATORS Objective: Provide adequate, reliable and affordable energy to meet the national needs and for export Strategy: Increase access to energy by the poor and vulnerable 35. Facilitate the connection of all the District wide 5,000 Area council DCE DPCU/VRA/M Area Council capitals to the grid. X X capitals connected OE to national grid 36. Extend electricity to 8 Communities District wide 16,000 No. of communities DCE DPCU/VRA/M annually. X X X X connected to grid OE annually 51

37. Expand the solar light system to far All Area Councils 600 No. of communities DCE DPCU/Ministry X X X off grid communities. given Solar light. of Energy/MOE ROADS 0 Objective: Establish Ghana as a transportation hub for the West African sub-region 0 Strategy: Improve and develop the physical infrastructure across all modes for transport 0 38. Construct of speed ramps to reduce Tamale to Buipe 58 Speed ramps DWD HA/ DPCU/ highway accidents in 10 communities X X constructed in ten HWA along the highway. communities 39. Conduct Spot improvement & District wide 2,000 95km feeder roads DWD DPCU/HWA opening of 95km of feeder roads X X X X opened and spots improved Sub-total 23,658

THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT SECTOR STRATEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME SCHEDULE INDICATI INDICATORS SOURCE OF IMPLEMENTING VE FUNDING DEPARTMENT OF THE BUDGET DA 20 20 20 20 (‘000) IG GO DON LEA COLLABO RATORS 14 15 16 17 F G OR D EDUCATION Objective 1: Increase inclusive and equitable access to, and participation in education at all levels Strategy: Remove the physical, financial and social barriers and constraints to access to education at all levels 40. Improve Basic Educational infrastructure District wide 5,000 No. of classroom DP GES / (by Constructing 30 3unit & 10 6unit X X X X blocks provided CU DONORS/JICA/ classrooms) to improve access. TAs 41. Establish & expand the infrastructure District wide 5,000 No. of second DP GES/DONORS/TA base for second cycle schools to increase X X cycle school blocks CU s access. added. Objective 2: Improve management of education service delivery 0 Strategy: Ensure efficient development, deployment and supervision of teachers 0 42. Recruit committed and hard working Buipe X X 1 Hard working CSs GE PAGE/DEOC/DPC circuit supervisors to supervise teachers. recruited S U/GNAT 52

SECTOR STRATEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME SCHEDULE INDICATI INDICATORS SOURCE OF IMPLEMENTING VE FUNDING DEPARTMENT OF THE BUDGET DA 20 20 20 20 (‘000) IG GO DON LEA COLLABO RATORS 14 15 16 17 F G OR D 43. Provide logistical support for effective X X X X 12 Logistical support GE PAGE/DEOC/DPC supervision of teachers in the District. provided S U/PTA Objective3: Improve quality of teaching and learning 0 Strategy: Deploy adequately qualified teachers and improve teachers’ time-on-task 0 44. Improve contact hours to raise District wide X X X X 10 No. of effective GE PTA/TAs/SMCs performance among pupils. Contact hours with S DEOC/NSS/AMs pupils. 45. Sponsor the training of 30 teachers to District wide X X X X 60 No. of teachers GE DA/TAs/GPEG boost the train teacher capacity annually. trained annually S 46. Redistribute teachers where possible to District wide X X X X 2.5 No. of Teachers GE SMCs/PTA/NSS/D understaffed schools in the District. redistributed. S A Strategy 3: Ensure adequate supply of teaching and learning materials 0 47. Facilitate the supply of more teaching District wide 12 Ratio of pupil GE GPEG/DA/DLA X X learning materials to schools. TLMs. S 48. Improve reading culture of school children District wide 250 No. of libraries GE DA/JICA/TAs/PTA in the District by setting up libraries. X X X set-up in area S s/SMCs council capitals 49. Organize quiz competitions quarterly to Circuit capitals 16 No. of quiz GE DA/DEOC/SMCs/ encourage reading. X X X X competitions S PTAs/NSS/DLA organized Sub-total 10,363.5

THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT SECTOR STRATEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME SCHEDULE INDICATIV INDICATORS SOURCE OF IMPLEMENTING E BUDGET FUNDING DEPARTMENT OF THE (‘000) DA 20 20 20 20 IGF G DON LEAD COLLABO HEALTH AND NUTRITION 14 15 16 17 O OR RATORS G Objective 1: Bridge the equity gaps in geographical access to health services Strategy 1: Strengthen the district and sub-district health systems as the bed-rock of the national primary health care strategy 2: Accelerate the implementation of the revised CHPS strategy especially in under-served areas 50. Provide health infrastructure to No. of Health GHS DA/MOH improve access to health services. District wide X X X X 4,000 infrastructure provided 51. Build the staff capacity of the District % of staff GHS RING/MOH/ health Directorate to man the facilities. District wide X X X X 50 Capacity built KCODEC/WF P 52. Provide logistics to improve outreach Logistics for GHS DA/DONORS outreach /MOH/ RING services. District wide X X X X 20 services provided Objective 2: Reduce under-nutrition and malnutrition related disorders and deaths 0 among infants and young children and women in their reproductive ages Strategy: Enhance access to adequate nutrition and related services to all especially 0 women during pregnancy, underserved communities and vulnerable groups 53. Roll out a sensitization package on Sensitization GHS RING/WFP/D child care and nutrition to improve All area Council package rolled A/DONORS X X X X 40 health status of children in all Capitals out communities. 54. Provide support for the cultivation of 50 RING Support for DADU RING/CDU/ nutrition based crops (beans, millet, Communities cultivation of GHS X X X X 80 soya beans and groundnuts to improve nutrition based Household nutrition. crops provided

55. Introduce fingerlings in irrigation dams Communities with No. of dams / DADU RING/MFAC/ and dugouts to provide source of dugouts stocked GHS dams/dugouts X X 20 nutrition and boost incomes.

Objective: Enhance national capacity for the attainment of the health related MDGs 0 Strategy1: Scale up community and facility based interventions for the management of 0 childhood and neonatal illnesses 56. Intensify measures to control infant and % reduction in DDG DA/NHIS/Don maternal mortality. District wide X X X X 50 infant/maternal HS ors mortality. Strategy 2: Intensify and sustain Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) 0 57. Support the Organization of National X X X X Amount of DDG DCE/DCD/CD District wide 24 Immunization Day exercise. support for NID HS Mental Health 0 Objective: Improve quality of health services delivery including mental health services 0 Strategy: 0 58. Operationalise the Mental Health Act No. of activities DDG SW/Basic through Sensitization. District wide 11 held on the HS Needs MHA Sub-total 4,295

THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT SECTOR ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME SCHEDULE INDICATI INDICATORS SOURCE OF IMPLEMENTING VE FUNDING DEPARTMENT OF THE BUDGET DA The Aged 20 20 20 20 (‘000) IGF GO DON LEA COLLABO 14 15 16 17 G OR D RATORS Objective: Accelerate the implementation of social and health interventions targeting the aged

Strategy: Enhance social protection interventions for the Aged 59. Roll out income generating activities to No. of aged SW CD/NCCE/NG District wide X X X X 25 support the aged live good lives. given support. Os 60. Target the poor old persons for No. of old DD CD/NCCE/NG improved health and nutritional support persons GHS Os/SW/NHIS District wide X X X X 30 packages. (NHI, education on nutritious targeted. foods for aged, etc) Child Development and Protection 0 Objective: Promote effective child development in all communities, especially deprived 0 areas Strategy: Improve human, material and financial resources for child development, survival and protection. 0 61. Create public awareness on the rights No. of SW CD/NCCE/NG of children throughout the District. District wide X X X X 12 awareness Os sessions held. 62. Enforce child rights and protection Level of SW CD/NCCE/NG laws for effective compliance. District wide X X X X 8 enforcement. Os Sub-total 75

SECTOR STARTEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME SCHEDULE INDICATI INDICATORS SOURCE OF IMPLEMENTING VE FUNDING DEPARTMENT OF THE BUDGET DA (‘000) POPULATION MANAGEMENT AND MIGRATION FOR 201 201 2016 2017 IGF GO DON LEA COLLABO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 4 5 G OR D RATORS Objective: Integrate population variables into all aspects of development planning at all levels Strategy: Strengthen capacity of relevant stakeholders to integrate population issues into development planning and policy making 63. Build capacity for integrating 5.00 Type of DPC All HODs population concerns into development All departments X X X X training held. U planning process. Strategy: Expand coverage, availability and accessibility of reproductive health and Family 0.00 Planning services including adolescents/youth. 64. Create access to reproductive health No. of RPCs set DD Public Health/ and family planning services in the District wide X X X X 25.00 up. GHS CD/ GHS District. Poverty Reduction and Income Inequalities 0.00 Objective: Reduce income disparities among socio-economic groups and between geographical areas 0.00

Strategy: 1. Enhance income generating opportunities for the poor and vulnerable 0.00 65. Equip poor but enterprising women No. of DAD SW/CD/DON with skills and startup capital to do District wide X X X 20.00 enterprising U ORS income generating activities. women set up. 66. Support poor but enterprising men No. of DAD SW/CD/DON with productive skills for income District wide X X X 20.00 enterprising U ORS generation. men set up. Sub-total 70.00

THEMATIC AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE SECTOR STRATEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME SCHEDULE INDICATI INDICATORS SOURCE OF IMPLEMENTING VE FUNDING DEPARTMENT OF THE BUDGET DA 20 20 20 20 (‘000) IGF GO DON LEAD COLLABO Public Safety and Security 14 15 16 17 G OR RATORS Objective: Improve internal security for protection of life and property Strategy: Enhance institutional capacity of the security agencies 67. Institute measures to biff up 80.00 Security situation DCD GPS/TAs/ X X X security of the citizenry improved /DCE Military 68. Regulate activities alien Fulani District wide 40.00 Operations of DCD GP/TAs/ herdsmen with support of chief alien Fulani /DCE Military/Youth X X X X and security. herdsmen regulated Gender Equity and Women Empowerment 0.00 Objective: Promote women’s access to economic opportunity and resources, 0.00 including property Strategy: Develop entrepreneurial and technical skills of women and girls 0.00 69. Build women capacity to create No. of women equitable access to economic District wide X X X 7.50 BAC GDO/CD/DCE trained opportunities. 70. Support the training/sponsorship No. of of women/girls to equip them for District wide X X X X 60.00 women/girls GDO CAMFED/DA senior management positions in sponsored the formal labour market. Objective: Promote the effective use of data for decision making and development 0.00 communication Strategies: Mainstream statistics in the planning process. 0.00 71. Conduct quarterly data District Frequency of DPC GDO/Other gathering and analysis to feed into Departments X X X X 8.00 data update U Departments gender decision making processes. Sub-total 87.50

4.1 INDICATIVE FINANCIAL PLAN

Over the planned period of 2014 to 2017, the District will require a lot of revenue or finances to be able to fund the implementation of the interventions proposed in the plan. These funds from both internal and external sources amount to 63,833,809 Ghana cedis. These funds will be sourced from such areas as Internally Generated Funds (IGF), projected central government in-flows such as Departmental Allocations District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), District Development Facility, funding for planned programmes of development partners, NGOs support, GETFUND, and RING (USAID) funds.

However an amount of 89,508,620.00 is required to implement the plan for the four year period. The GHc25,674,791 difference will be patched up from other ways of soliciting support including proposal development, private sector interventions etc.

The Expenditure areas with cost have been spelt out in the table below. This table gives an idea of the summarized cost of the implementation of the MTDP.

Indicative Financial Plan SOURCE OF 2014 2015 2016 2017 Grand SECTORS TO 2014 2015 2016 2017 Grand FUNDING Total BE FUNDED (000) (000) (000) (000) Total (000) IGF 201,432 251,432 275,123 256,846 CENTRAL 11 920 15 27.5 ADMIN DACF 2,289,254 2,624,133 2,710,000 2,810,126 BAC 9.5 108.5 62 42.5 SECTOR 82,104 87,452 92,103 100,140 AGRIC 277 91 103 83 TRANSFERS USAID 642,000 700,000 700,000 800,000 NATURAL 317 64 67.5 55 RESOURCE MGT DDF 106,212,6 957,128 1,110,152 1,215,104 CLIMATE 35 18 101 33.5 CHANGE DONORS 300,000 310,000 300,000 305,000 WATER & 727.95 8,212 10,684 10,090.5 SANITATION COMMUNITY 100,000 150,000 150,000 200,000 ENERGY 2,700 2,211 2160 2,209 CONTRIBUTION GoG 5,000,000 8,000,000 9,000,000 7,000,000 ROADS 261 2,066 603 3,306 GDETFUND 3,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 EDUCATION 2,949.45 10,401.5 5,368.5 13,888.5 OTHERS: 0 0 0 0 HEALTH & 1031.42 734 4,335 2,024 Proposals, NUTRITION Private Sector, etc GHc25,674,791 AGED/CHILD 72 105 82 88 DEVT POPULATION 167 66 45 54.3 GOVERNANCE 110.5 128 87.5 99.5 TOTAL 11,723,022 16,082,160 18,339,394 17,689,233 63,833,809 TOTAL 8,668.82 25,125 23,713.5 32,001.3 89,508.62

5.0 CHAPTER 5: DISTRICT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN This chapter captures the yearly implementation plans based on the NMTDPF thematic areas. All four years have been captures in the annualized plans beginning from 2014 to 2017. These are displayed below one after the other.

5.1 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR 2014 THEMATIC AREA: ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) REVENUE GENERATION OBJECTIVE: Improve fiscal revenue mobilization and management by end of 2017 Strategy 1: Strengthen mobilization and management of non-tax revenue 1. Notify cooperate and financial institutions Buipe, Yapei No. of cooperate DPCU/TCP/DCD/ on the payment of property rates institutions informed of 1.00 0.00 DBO Cooperate property rates Institutions 2. Setting up a committee to agree on the District wide Committee set-up and DPCU/TA/Commu 1.00 0.00 DFO cattle rates rates agreed nity members 3. Setting targets for all revenue collectors District wide Revenue targets set for all revenue collectors 0.30 0.00 DFO DCD/BO/DPCU 4. Train all revenue collectors to improve District wide # of revenue collectors 5.00 0.00 DFO DCD/BO/DPCU collection. trained. 5. Notify all staff living in assembly Buipe No. of assembly staff 0.20 0.00 DDCD DPCU/DCD/DBO apartments of rent payments notified of rent payments Strategy 2: Eliminate revenue collection leakages. 0.00 0.00 6. Conduct revenue sensitization camp # of sensitizations throughout the District to encourage District wide conducted. 5.00 0.00 BO DFO/ISD/NCCE/ payments. 7. Constitute a revenue taskforce to educate Composition of Buipe 6.00 0.00 BO DFO/NCCE/DPCU & do tax collection monthly in all sources. taskforce in place. 8. Cede some tax items to PPP arrangements # of tax items ceded to improve tax collection District wide through PPP 2.00 0.00 DCD DPCU/BAC arrangements. Sub-total 11.00 0.00

THEMATIC AREA: ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS OF GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) Local Economic Development OBJECTIVE 1: Improve efficiency and competitiveness of MSMEs Strategy 1: Facilitate the provision of training and business development services 9. Monitor SMEs activities in the District wide Activities of SMEs DADU, DPCU, DA, 0.50 4.00 BAC district monitored RING/GDU 10. Conduct capacity building training Kigbripe, Kokope, women groups and RING /co-operative for women groups & individuals in Digma, Seidupe, individuals capacity 2.00 5.00 BAC unit/GDU petty trading. built on petty trading 11. Organize 1no. Technical training on District wide No. of technical soap making workshop 1.00 3.70 BAC DPCU/ RING /GDU organized 12. Organize 3no. business District wide No. of business management training for small management ISD/RING/ 4.00 0.00 BAC/DPCU businesses under income generating trainings NBSSI/MOFA/donors groups undertaken OBJECTIVE 2: Diversify and expand the tourism industry for economic development 0.00 0.00 Strategies: 1 Market Ghana as a competitive tourist destination 0.00 0.00 13. Develop Ndewura Jakpa’s Grave Old Buipe Ndewura Jakpa 2.00 50.00 DCE DPCU/TAs/ Donors to boost its attraction grave developed Sub-total 9.5 62.7

THEMATIC AREA: ACCELERATED AGRICULTURE MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT N Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies o. Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) AGRICULTURE - ALTERNATIVE LIVELHOOD OBJECTIVE: Promote irrigation development STRATEGY: Develop and promote appropriate and affordable irrigation schemes including dams, boreholes, and other water harvesting techniques for different 62

categories of farmers and agro ecological zones 14. Train MOFA staff on detection of Buipe Staff trained on disease RING/DA/Farmer diseases in livestock and simple detection and treatment 0.00 5.00 DADU groups treatment procedures procedures 15. Promote the production of Soya bean 10 RING RING/DA/Farmer & Cowpea to 500 households through communities No. of hhs supported in the 2.00 17.00 DADU production of soya beans groups seeds distribution. 16. Organize refresher course on post- Buipe No. of AEAs and DAOs DADU DA/DONORS/M harvest losses for 11 AEAs and DAOs trained on post-harvest 0.00 8.00 losses OFA 17. Establish 60 demonstrations on good All area councils No. of demonstrations DADU DA/NRGP/DON seed selection established on good seed 0.00 90.00 selection ORS/MOFA 18. Educate 3,000 farmers on early District wide No. of farmers educated on DADU DA/NRGP/DON 0.00 8.00 harvest of crops early harvesting ORS/MOFA ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOOD OBJECTIVE: Promote other agricultural activities to better the lives of the people 0.00 0.00 STRATEGY: Develop and promote appropriate and affordable agricultural activities for different categories of farmers and agro ecological zones 0.00 0.00 19. Train livestock farmer groups on District wide DADU Farmers/RING/N Livestock farmer groups 0.00 breeding and breed selection in trained on breeding and 4.00 RGP livestock production breed selection 20. Vaccinate small ruminants against PPR Bilsikura, DADU DA/RING/NRGP and other diseases Lingbinkura, 0.00 /WAAF 5.00 Mpaha, Sheri, Kpabuso 21. Procure 300 small ruminants for poor Bilsikura & # of small ruminants 0.00 DADU Farmers/RING/N 50.00 households Lingbinkura procured RGP 22. Immunization and prophylactic District wide # of livestock immunized DADU DA /NRGP/ treatment of livestock and given prophylactic 0.00 8.00 WUMPINI AGRO treatment CHEMICAL 23. Train farmers on good husbandry District wide # of farmers trained on DADU DA/RING/NRGP management good husbandry 0.00 8.00 /WAAF management 24. Identify farmers for guinea fowl District wide Guinea fowl farmers DADU DA/NRGP/WAA 0.00 4.00 production identified F/RING 25. Link poultry and guinea fowl farmers District wide Farmers linked to banks 0.00 4.00 DADU DA/NRGP/WAA 63

to banks and marketing organization and Mkting F organizations 26. Sensitize 1,500 farmers on disease District wide Farmers sensitized on DADU DA/NRGP/WAA 0.00 7.00 outbreaks disease outbreaks F 27. Train 800 farmers on deworming District wide No. of farmers trained DADU DA/NRGP/WAA 0.00 7.00 livestock on livestock deworming F 28. AEAs training on the control of pests on Buipe # of AEAs trained on DADU DA/NRGP/WAA 0.00 6.00 maize during storage storage pests control. F 29. Train 11 AEAs on extension delivery Buipe # of AEAs trained on DADU DA/NRGP/WAA 0.00 9.00 methods extension delivery methods F 30. Conduct sensitization workshops for 50 Buipe No. of tractor operators DADU DA/RING/NRGP tractor operators on good land sensitized on land 0.00 8.00 /WAAF preparation (ploughing) preparation. 31. Build capacity of farmers on Buipe Capacity of farmers built DADU DA/NRGP/WAA appropriate land tillage practices and on appropriate land 0.00 8.00 F soil conservation tillage practices 32. Train farmers on the use of agro District wide Farmers trained on agro DADU DA/NRGP/WAA 0.00 5.00 chemicals for weeds & storage. chemicals usage F 33. Train staff on RSSP and data collection District wide DADU DA/RING/NRGP Staff trained on RSSP 0.00 7.00 /WAAF 34. Sensitize 40 FBOs on the importance of District wide FBOs sensitized on legal DADU DA/RING/NRGP 0.00 7.00 legal registration registraiton /WAAF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 0.00 0.00 Objective: Enhance natural resources management through community participation 0.00 0.00 35. Strategy: Promote active involvement of community stakeholders in the development of natural 0.00 0.00 resource management plans 36. Conduct Sensitization on bush fire District wide Sensitization on bush fire NADMO/FC ICIER/DONORS 0.00 8.00 prevention prevention conducted 37. Establishment of multi-purpose tree Kusawgu GEMP # of multi-purpose tree plantation in one community 2.00 5.00 DPCU/DADU plantation established 38. Conduct public education on District wide Public education FC/NADMO DPCU/DONORS 0.00 7.00 sustainable lumbering conducted 39. Sensitize charcoal producers on Buipe, Yapei, FC/NADMO DPCU/DONORS/ Charcoal producers sustainable practices Mpaha, & 0.00 5.00 Charcoal sensitized Kusawgu Producers

40. Establish woodlot plantation in two Buipe, Kabilpe, GEMP DPCU/DADU No. of Woodlot communities Wambong, 0.00 8.00 plantations established Sankpagla 41. Growing of economic tree plantation in Sankagla GEMP DPCU/DADU/Far Economic tree plantation one community 0.00 5.00 mers/Community grown members 4.00 313.00 CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE Objective: Enhance capacity to adapt to climate change impacts Strategy: Increase resilience to climate change impacts through early warning systems 42. Build the capacity of key stakeholders Yapei & Buipe Stakeholders capacity FC/NADMO DPCU/DONORS/ in the District to design climate change built on climate change 0.00 7.00 ICIER resilient interventions resilient intervention 43. Create climate change awareness District wide Climate change FC/NADMO DPCU/DONORS/ campaign to educate the public on its awareness campaign 0.00 6.00 ICIER impacts & adaptation measures. created 44. Institute measures to reduce/adapt to District wide Measures to FC/NADMO DPCU/DONORS/ climate change effects & DRR. reduce/adapt to climate ICEIR 0.00 5.00 change effects & DRR instituted 45. Conduct research on early warning Riverine DA ICEIR/NADMO Research conducted 0.00 8.00 systems communities 46. Dissemination on early warning systems District wide Dissemination on early DA ISD/ICEIR/NADM warning systems carried 0.00 9.00 O out. 0.0 35.00

THEMATIC AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) WATER AND SANITATION OBJECTIVE 1: Accelerate the provision of adequate, safe and affordable water Strategy: Develop and manage alternative sources of water, including rain water harvesting 47. Conduct refresher training for WatSan Buipe Refresher training 0.00 20 DWST EHU/DWD/RIN Committee members on portable water conducted for Watsan G/DPCU provision Committees 48. Improve safe water coverage in Kpasera,Chama,Domea No. of boreholes 0.00 20.00 DWST NORST/EHU/RI underserved communities by repairing bra, Mpaha, Buipe repaired in communities NG/DWD (10) Boreholes. 49. Provide 20 no. polytanks for safe water Bilsiura,Sawaba,Butie,N NO. of poly-tanks 3.00 32.95 DWST DPCU/EHU/RIN storage and rain water catchment at wampw,Kulfo,Digma,Bil provided for 10 G/GSOP/DWD

public centers in 10 beneficiary anposo,Zanzugu,Adupe communities for safe /RING communities water storage Objective 2: Accelerate the provision of improved environmental sanitation facilities 0.00 0.00 Strategy 1: Promote the construction and use of modern household 0.00 0.00

and institutional toilet facilities 50. Conduct education and sensitization on 50 communities in Buipe, No. of sensitization 0.00 7.00 EHU DPCU/RING/IS sanitation to improve total sanitation in Yapei, Tuluwe, Kusawgu education conducted D/ZOOMLION

50 RING communities. and Mpaha area councils 51. Monitoring and follow up on109 Buipe, Yapei, Tuluwe, No. of CLTS triggered 0.00 5.00 EHU DPCU/CWSA/K

triggered CLTS communities. Kusawgu and Mpaha communities monitored CODEC 52. Collaborate with zoom lion workers to Buipe, Yapei No. of periodic cleanup 1.00 6.00 EHU DPCU/ZOOMLI

embark on periodic clean up exercises. exercises organized ON/CD 53. Organize medical screening of food Buipe, Yapei, Kusawgu, 1.00 7.00 EHU/GH DPCU/TAs/KCO

vendors Tuluwe and Mpaha S DEC 54. Reactivate the sanitation market concept Buipe, Yapei, Kusawgu, Sanitation market concept 2.00 4.00 EHU KCODEC/DPCU

Mpaha, Tuluwe reactivated /SNV/APDO 55. Review, gazette and enforce MMDAs Buipe Sanitation bye-laws 1.00 3.00 EHU DPCU/DCD/DC

bye-laws on sanitation reviewed and gaxetted E Strategy: Expand disability-friendly sanitation facilities 0.00 0.00 56. Solicit support to construct 20 Disability District wide No. of disability friendly 2.00 50.00 DWD DPCU/PWD/SN 66

friendly institutional latrines. latrines constructed V/APDO 57. Construct access ramps to existing District wide No. of access ramps 3.00 50.00 DWD DPCU/PWD/SN institutional toilets for the disabled. constructed in existing V/APDO institutional toilets 58. Strategy: Scale up the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) for the promotion of household sanitation 0.00 0.00 59. Facilitate the Construction of simple RING Communities No. of household latrines 2.00 500 DPCU RING/EHU/CDU universally affordable Household constructed in communities /KCODEC

latrines in at least 50 communities through CLTS. 60. Conduct routine monitoring on sanitation RING Communities Monitoring on sanitation 1.00 7.00 DPCU RING/EHU/CDU

& hygiene to improve gains. and hygiene conducted /KCODEC 16.00 711.95

THEMATIC AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS SECTOR STRATEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION OUTPUT INDICATORS TIME SCHEDULE INDICATIVE BUDGET IMPLEMENTING DEPARTMENT OF THE DA 1s 2n 3rd 4th LOCAL EXTERNA LEAD COLLABO ENERGY t d (,000) L (,000) RATORS Objective: Provide adequate, reliable and affordable energy to meet the national needs and for export Strategy: Increase access to energy by the poor and vulnerable 72. Facilitate the connection of all the Area Mpaha & tuluwe Connection of area 0.00 500 DCE DPCU/VRA/MOE Council capitals to the grid. councils capitals to national grid facilitated 73. Extend electricity to 8 Communities District wide Electricity extended to a 0.00 1600 DCE DPCU/VRA/MOE annually. no. of communities 74. Facilitate the expansion of the solar All Area Councils Solar light system 0.00 600 DCE DPCU/Ministry of light system to far off grid communities. expansion to far off Energy/MOE communities facilitated ROADS 0.00 0.00 Objective: Establish Ghana as a transportation hub for the West African sub-region 0.00 0.00 Strategy: Improve and develop the physical infrastructure across all modes for transport 0.00 0.00 75. Spot Improvement/ Construction of a Buipe Waranto to NHIS Box culvert constructed 51.00 210.00 DWD DA/DDF Box Culvert Office and spot improved Sub-total 51 2,910.00

THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT; SECTOR STRATEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION OUTPUT TIME SCHEDULE INCATIVE BUDGET IMPLEMENTING DEPARTMENT OF INDICATORS THE DA 1st 2nd 3rd 4th LOCAL EXTERNA LEAD COLLABORATORS (,000) L (,000) EDUCATION Objective 1: Increase inclusive and equitable access to, and participation in education at all levels Strategy: Remove the physical, financial and social barriers and constraints to access to education at all levels 76. Rehabilitate 1no. 3 unit classroom Sankunpe No. of 3 unit GES GPEG/DPCU/DEOC/TAs classroom block 0.00 14.46 rehabilitated 77. Construction of 5 seater KVIP toilets in 3 Sankupe, No. of KVIP seater GES GPEG/DPCU/DEOC/TAs basic primary schools Domeabra, toilets constructed 0.00 106.00 Jiramoape 78. Construct gender friendly urinals in 6 Zangugu-Yipala, Gender friendly GES GPEG/DPCU/DEOC/TAs community schools Jiramoape, Salman- urinals constructed in 0.00 18.000 Faussiye, Yapei, 6 schools Buipe 79. Promote the use of gender clubs and role District wide Use of gender clubs GES GPEG/DPCU/DEOC/TAs models within schools and communities and role models in 0.00 2.13 schools promoted 80. Organize sensitization workshop for civil District wide Sensitization GES GPEG/DPCU/DEOC/TAs society groups to advocate for girl-child workshop for civil 0.00 8.8 education society groups organized 81. Provide scholarship programmes for the District wide Scholarships for the GES GPEG/DPCU/DEOC/TAs girl-child in deprived areas girl-child in deprived 0.00 81.50 areas provided 82. Construct 1no. 3 unit classroom block Buipe 3 unit classroom GES GPEG/DPCU/DEOC/TAs 0.00 40.00 block constructed 83. Construct 1 No6 Unit Classroom Buipe 6 unit classroom GES DA/GETFUND Block [Ground Type] for Buipe Senior block (ground type) 0.00 269.98 High School “B” constructed 84. Construction of 1no. 6 unit Buipe 6 unit classroom 0.00 80.00 GES DA/GETFUND/DDF

SECTOR STRATEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION OUTPUT TIME SCHEDULE INCATIVE BUDGET IMPLEMENTING DEPARTMENT OF INDICATORS THE DA 1st 2nd 3rd 4th LOCAL EXTERNA LEAD COLLABORATORS (,000) L (,000) classroom block block constructed 85. Construction of 1 no. 3unit classroom Buipe 3 unit classroom GES DA/GETFUND/DDF 0.00 40.00 block block constructed 86. Construction of 1no. 6 unit Kpabuso 6 unit classroom GES DA/GETFUND/DDF 0.00 80.00 classroom block block constructed 87. Construction of 1 no. 6 unit Kusawgu 6 unit classroom GES DA/GETFUND/DDF 0.00 80.00 classroom block block constructed 88. Construction of 1 no. 6 unit Buipe 6 unit administration GES DA/GETFUND/DDF administration block at Buipe Senior High block constructed 0.00 80.00 School 89. Construction of 1 no. 6 unit Buipe 6 unit administration GES DA/GETFUND/DDF administration block at Buipe Vocational block constructed 0.00 80.00 and Technical Senior High School 90. Construction of single story building Buipe Single story building GES DA/GETFUND/DDF 0.00 600.00 for Buipe SHS constructed 91. Construction of single story building Buipe Single story building GES DA/GETFUND/DDF 0.00 500.00 for Buipe Vocational and Technical SHS constructed 92. Construct 1 no. 6 unit classroom Buipe 6 unit classroom GES DA/GETFUND/DDF block at Buipe Vocational and Technical block constructed 0.00 500.00 SHS Objective 2: Improve management of education service delivery 0.00 0.00 Strategy: Ensure efficient development, deployment and supervision of teachers 0.00 0.00 93. Organize and recruit INSET Mathematics, District wide Recruitment of INSET GES GPEG/DEOC/DPCU/GN Science and Literacy teachers mathematics, science AT 0.00 54.50 and literacy organized 94. Conduct training for Circuit Supervisors on District wide Training for circuit GES GPEG/DEOC/DPCU reporting on school grant and school supervisors on school 0.00 2.86 report cards (SRC) grant and report cards conducted 95. Conduct training for head teachers in the District wide Training for head GES GPEG/DEOC/DPCU use of school grant teachers on school 0.00 9.40 grant conducted 69

SECTOR STRATEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION OUTPUT TIME SCHEDULE INCATIVE BUDGET IMPLEMENTING DEPARTMENT OF INDICATORS THE DA 1st 2nd 3rd 4th LOCAL EXTERNA LEAD COLLABORATORS (,000) L (,000) 96. Monitor and support school grant District wide School grant planning GES GPEG/DEOC/DPCU planning and expenditure and expenditure 0.00 24.92 monitored 97. Provide support for teachers on UTDBE District wide Support for teacher GES GPEG/DPCU/DEOC/TAs 0.00 115.49 programmes on UTDBE Objective3: Improve quality of teaching and learning 0.00 0.00 Strategy: Deploy adequately qualified teachers and improve teachers’ time-on-task 0.00 0.00 98. Improve contact hours to raise District wide Contact hours to raise GES PTA/TAs/SMCs/ performance among pupils through performance among 0.00 5.00 DEOC/NSS/AMs effective supervision pupils improved 99. Organize district level cluster School Buipe District level cluster GES DA/DPCU/PTA/GPEG/N Performance Appraisal meetings (SPAM) school performance 0.00 14.45 SS to discuss educational results meetings organized 100. Organize School Performance District wide School performance GES DA/DPCU/PTA/GPEG/N Appraisal meeting (SPAM) at the district appraisal meeting 0.00 52.01 SS level (SPAM) organized 101. Redistribute teachers where possible District wide Teachers GES SMCs/PTA/NSS/DA to understaffed schools in the District. redistributed to 0.00 5.00 understaffed schools Strategy 3: Ensure adequate supply of teaching and learning materials 0.00 0.00 102. Provide teaching and Learning District wide Teaching and GES GPEG/DA/DLA Materials (chalk, supplementary readers learning materials 0.00 84.95 etc) to basic schools provided to basic schools 103. 0.0 2,949.45

THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT; SECTOR STRATEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION OUTPUT TIME SCHEDULE INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING DEPARTMENT INDICATORS BUDGET OF THE DA HEALTH AND NUTRITION 1st 2nd 3rd 4th LOCAL EXTERNA LEAD COLLABORATORS (,000) L (,000) Objective 1: Bridge the equity gaps in geographical access to health services Strategy 1: Strengthen the district and sub-district health systems as the bed-rock of the national primary health care strategy 2: Accelerate the implementation of the revised CHPS strategy especially in under-served areas 104. Renovation /Rehabilitation of 2no Tulwe, Yala, Renovation/Rehabilit 2.00 150.00 DA//G GOG/MP/DONERS CHPS Compounds ations done HS 105. Construction of 3no accommodation Lito, Yapei, & 3 accommodation 1.50 50.00 GHS GOG/DA/MP/DONER units Fulfulso, units constructe S 106. Sponsor the training of 10No. Health District wide 10 health 0.00 40.00 DA GHS/MP/DONERS Professionals professionals sponsored. 107. Train health staff on Interpersonal Training of health 0.00 6.00 GHS RING/MOH/WFP Communication (IPC) and Communication District wide staff on IPC and C4D for Development (C4D) conducted 108. Acquire 2 no. motorbikes to enhance No. of motorbikes 0.00 24.00 GHS DA/ RING/MOH Buipe field activities acquired Objective 2: Reduce under-nutrition and malnutrition related disorders and deaths among infants and young children 0.00 0.00 and women in their reproductive ages Strategy: Enhance access to adequate nutrition and related services to all especially women during pregnancy, 0.00 0.00 underserved communities and vulnerable groups 109. Train health staff on targeted Health staff trained 0.00 5.00 GHS RING/WFP/DA/DON supplementary feeding program All area Council on targeted ORS Capitals supplementary feeding program 110. Distribute food commodities to health District wide Food commodities 0.00 20.00 GHS DA/WFP/TAs facilities in all communities distributed to health facilities 111. Undertake focus antenatal care, District wide Focused antenatal 0.00 29.00 GHS MAF/UNFPA/MOH essential nutrition action for pregnant care and essential

women and PMTCT services. action for pregnant women undertaken 112. Train 250 no. health staff, SHEP All area councils No. of health staff, 0.00 19.50 GHS RING/MFAC/DPCU coordinators, Teachers and Agric SHEP coordinators, extension officers on Essential Nutrition Teachers and Agric Action (ENA) messages extension officers trained. 113. Support the acquisition of logistics District wide Support provided for 0.00 18.22 GHS RING/DPCU/MOH/D for identification and treatment of Anemia the acquisition of ONORS and Acute Malnutrition in women and children logistics 114. Conduct a market survey on the sale All area councils Survey on the sale of 1.00 60.00 GHS DA/MOH/DONORS of Iodated salt in the district iodated salt conducted Objective: Enhance national capacity for the attainment of the health related MDGs 0.00 0.00 Strategy1: Scale up community and facility based interventions for 0.00 0.00 the management of childhood and neonatal illnesses 115. Intensify measures to control infant Measures to control 10 500 DDGHS DA/NHIS/Donors and maternal mortality. District wide infant and maternal mortality intensified 116. Implement all the applicable basic District wide Reduced maternal 2.000 8.200 GHS MAF/UNFPA/MOH/D and comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal A and new born care (EMNoC) mortality recommendations. 117. Carry out weekly and monthly District wide Basis laboratory 0.00 8.000 GHS GoG record review in the consulting room in all equipment available health facilities in all facilities 118. Conduct integrated disease case District wide integrated disease x x x x 30.00 0.00 GOG,M NMCP,UNICEF search in 2 communities each in a sub- case search OH/GH ,GLOBAL FUND district conducted S Strategy 2: Intensify and sustain Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) 0.00 0.00

119. Support the Organization of Support given for GHS DA/MOH/DONORS District wide 0.00 0.00 National Immunization Day (NID) exercise NID exercises 120. Conduct EPI coverage SURVEY District wide EPI coverage survey GHS DA 0.00 30.00 conducted Mental Health 0.00 0.00 121. Operationalization of the Mental Sensitization on GHS Basic Health Act through Sensitization of staff District wide Mental Health Act 5.00 7.00 Needs/SW/DPCU/Gl and the communities at large operationalized obalfund 122. Orientate staff on mental health District wide staff orientated GHS/SB GAVI/WHO/UNICEF/ 5.00 0.00 S BasicNeeds Sub-total 56.5 974.92

THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT SECTOR ACTIVITY LOCATION OUTPUT TIME SCHEDULE INDICATIVE BUDGET IMPLEMENTING DEPARTMENT INDICATORS (‘000) OF THE DA The Aged LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD COLLABO RATORS Objective: Accelerate the implementation of social and health interventions targeting the aged Strategy: Enhance social protection interventions for the Aged 123. Roll out income generating activities to Income generating SW CD/NCCE/NGOs support the aged live good lives. District wide activities to support 0.00 25.00 the aged rolled out 124. Target the poor old persons for DDGH CD/NCCE/NGOs/SW Health and nutritional improved health and nutritional support S /NHIS District wide support packages for 0.00 30.00 packages. (NHI, education on nutritious foods the aged improved for aged, etc) Child Development and Protection 0.00 0.00 Objective: Promote effective child development in all communities, especially deprived areas 0.00 0.00 Strategy: Improve human, material and financial resources for child development, survival and protection. 0.00 0.00 125. Create public awareness on the rights Public awareness on SW CD/NCCE/NGOs of children throughout the District. District wide the rights of children 0.00 12.00 created 73

126. Enforce child rights and protection Child rights and SW CD/NCCE/NGOs laws for effective compliance District wide protection laws 0.00 5.00 enforced Sub-total 0.0 72.00

POPULATION MANAGEMENT AND MIGRATION FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR STARTEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION OUTPUT TIME SCHEDULE INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING DEPARTMENT OF INDICATORS BUDGET (‘000) THE DA 1st 2nd 3rd 4th LEAD COLLABO RATORS Objective: Integrate population variables into all aspects of development planning at all levels Strategy: Strengthen capacity of relevant stakeholders to integrate population issues into development planning and policy making 127. Build capacity for integrating Departmental DPCU All population concerns into development Buipe heads capacity 1.00 5.00 HODs/GHS/DADU planning process. built 128. Train 10 departmental staff on # of departmental integrating population variables in Buipe heads trained 0.00 5.00 development planning. Strategy: Expand coverage, availability and accessibility of reproductive health and Family Planning 0.00 0.00 services including adolescents/youth. 129. Create access to reproductive health Access to productive DDGHS Public Health/ CD/ and family planning services in the District. health and family GHS/SW District wide planning services 3.00 25.00 created 130. Set up designated centres for the Buipe,mpaha,tul Designated centres GHS CD/SW/DPCU provision of family planning services. uwe,yapei & for family planning 2.00 6.00 kusawgu services set-up Poverty Reduction and Income Inequalities 0.00 0.00 Objective: Reduce income disparities among socio-economic groups and between geographical areas 0.00 0.00 Strategy: 1. Enhance income generating opportunities for the poor and vulnerable 0.00 0.00 131. Equip poor but enterprising women Poor but enterprising DADU SW/CD/DONORS District wide 20.00 30.00 with skills and startup capital to do income women with skills 74

SECTOR STARTEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION OUTPUT TIME SCHEDULE INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING DEPARTMENT OF INDICATORS BUDGET (‘000) THE DA 1st 2nd 3rd 4th LEAD COLLABO RATORS generating activities. and startup capital equipped 132. Support poor but enterprising men with Skills of poor but DADU SW/CD/DONORS productive skills for income generation. District wide enterprising men 20.00 50.00 equipped 46.00 121.00

THEMATIC AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE SECTOR STRATEGY/ACTIVITY LOCATION OUTPUT TIME SCHEDULE INDICATIVE BUDGET IMPLEMENTING DEPARTMENT INDICATORS (‘000) OF THE DA Public Safety and Security 1s 2nd 3rd 4th LOCAL EXTERNAL LEAD COLLABO t RATORS Objective: Improve internal security for protection of life and property Strategy: Enhance institutional capacity of the security agencies 133. Institute measures to biff up security Buipe Measures to biff up 2.00 8.00 DCD/DCE.00 GPS/TAs/ of the citizenry security instituted Military 134. Regulate activities of alien Fulani District wide Activities of alien 2.00 10.00 DCD/DCE GP/TAs/ herdsmen with support of chief and Fulani herdsmen Military/Youth security. regulated 4.00 18.00 Gender Equity and Women Empowerment Objective: Promote women’s access to economic opportunity and resources, including property Strategy: Develop entrepreneurial and technical skills of women and girls 135. Build women capacity to create Capacity of women equitable access to economic District wide to create equitable 7.50 5.00 BAC GDO/CD/DCE opportunities. access to economic opportunities built

136. Support the training/sponsorship of Training/sponsorshi women/girls to equip them for senior p of women/girls District wide 2.00 60.00 GDO CAMFED/DA management positions in the formal to equip them labour market. supported Objective: Promote the effective use of data for decision making and development communication 0.00 0.00 Strategies: Mainstream statistics in the planning process. 0.00 0.00 137. Conduct quarterly data gathering District Quarterly data DPCU GDO/Other and analysis to feed into gender decision Departments gathering for 4.00 10.00 Departments making processes. analysis conducted Sub-total 13.50 75.00

5.2 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2015 THEMATIC AREA: ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) REVENUE GENERATION OBJECTIVE: Improve fiscal revenue mobilization and management by end of 2016 Strategy 1: Strengthen mobilization and management of non-tax revenue 1. Rehabilitate 2no market facilities Buipe, Yapei # of mkt facilities EHO/BAC/TCP/ 2.00 500.00 DWD rehabilitated. DPCU 2. Construct 2no. Market stalls and Amajorovi, Chama # of mkt facilities EHO/BAC/TCP/ 2.00 400.00 DWD utilities rehabilitated. DPCU 3. Recruit/regularize 5 commission District wide # of commission collectors collectors to make collection recruited 1.00 0.00 DFO DCD/BO/DPCU effective & accountable. 4. Train all revenue collectors to Buipe # of revenue collectors trained. 5.00 0.00 DFO DCD/BO/DPCU improve collection. 5. Conduct revenue sensitization camp # of sensitizations conducted. throughout the District to encourage District wide 5.00 0.00 BO DFO/ISD/NCCE/ payments. 6. Constitute a revenue taskforce to Composition of taskforce in DFO/NCCE/DPC do collection monthly in all Buipe place. 1.00 0.00 BO U locations. 7. Rally the support of the chiefs and Chiefs and politicians support local politicians to encourage local District wide tax campaign. 3.00 0.00 DCD DPCU/TAs/GPS people to pay tax. 8. Cede some tax items to PPP # of tax items ceded through arrangements to improve tax District wide PPP arrangements. 1.00 0.00 DCD DPCU/BAC collection Sub-total 20.00 900.00

THEMATIC AREA: ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS OF GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR; No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) Local Economic Development Objective 1: Improve efficiency and competitiveness of MSMEs Strategy 1: Facilitate the provision of training and business development services 9. Conduct capacity building Sawaba, Digma, Amajorovi, Poor women groups and RING/co- training for poor women groups Kpalangase, Nyangwuripe, individuals capacity built on 0.50 7.00 BAC operative & individuals in soap making Yapei Yipala soap making unit/GDU 10. Conduct capacity building Kigbripe, Kokope, Digma, women groups and RING /co- training to women groups & Seidupe, nyangwuripe, individuals capacity built on 2.00 5.00 BAC operative individuals for petty trading. Kigbripe, Kokope,Tailor kura (Gbovukpo) petty trading unit/GDU 11. Create a web site for the Buipe marketing of Buipe as an Website created 4.00 0.00 DPCU/BAC ISD/donors industrial hub. 12. Link up women groups to credit Bonyase/zowu ,yirkpani, # of women linked to Cooperative facilities malanakura, Abdul Razak 2.00 0.00 BAC/DPCU Kura, Issahaku Kura, financial institutions officer/CDO Wambong, Yapei Yipala OBJECTIVE 2: Diversify and expand the tourism industry for economic development 0.00 0.00 Strategies: 1 Market Ghana as a competitive tourist destination 0.00 0.00 13. market Ndewura Jakpa’s Grave Old Buipe Ndewura Jakpa grave DPCU/TAs/ 2.00 50.00 DCE to boost it attraction receiving tourist attraction Donors Sub-total 9.50 99.00

THEMATIC AREA: ACCELERATED AGRICULTURE MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT No Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies . Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) AGRICULTURE - ALTERNATIVE LIVELHOOD Objective: Promote irrigation development Strategy: Develop and promote appropriate and affordable irrigation schemes including dams, boreholes, and other water harvesting techniques for different categories of farmers and agro ecological zones 14. Construct an Irrigation facility Abdul Razak Kura Irrigation facility WFP/DA 2.00 8.00 DADU constructed /NRGP/others 15. Support women groups into Shea District wide # of women groups DPCU PBC/NRGP/GS nuts harvesting with hand gloves & supported with hand 0.00 10.00 OP wellington boot gloves and wellington 16. Complete Buipe irrigation project Buipe &Yapei Irrigation project DADU DA 1.00 9.00 completed /NRGP/others 17. Procure 3 water pumping machines Buipe DADU DA /NRGP/ # of pumping machines & accessories to pilot vegetable 1.00 5.00 others procured farming 18. Support 150 farmers in 15 under Kpacheleve,Alipe DADU DA /NRGP/ # of farmers in 15 the block farm project. ,fufulso, yapei yipala, 2.00 5.00 WUMPINI AGRO communities supported yapei, old Buipe, CHEMICAL 19. Provide premix fuel to fish farmer Avegome, Dogope, Premix fuel provided at DCE/DA 2.00 6.00 DPCU/donors groups in fishing communities Adapei, Buipe,Yapei, subsidized prices DU 20. Procure 750 small ruminants for Bridge east,bridge west, DOA Farmers/GSOP/D # of small ruminants poor hhs to enhance their income Chama, old Buipe, kabilpe 0.00 30.00 ABU nwampe, boachipe, procured farms/NRGP/Sak gbongbonto, sawaba, fos farms 21. Train livestock farmer groups on Bridge east, bridge west, BAC/DA BAC/DA/MOFA Livestock farmer groups breeding and breed selection in Chama, old Buipe, kabilpe /MOFA trained on breeding and 0.00 5.00 livestock production nwampe, boachipe, breed selection gbongbonto, sawaba , 22. Immunization and prophylactic Bridge east,bridge west, # of livestock immunized DOA DA /NRGP/ treatment of livestock Chama,old Buipe, and given prophylactic 0.00 5.00 CHEMIC WUMPINI AGRO nwampe,boachipe,gbongb treatment AL CHEMICAL 79

onto,sawaba,kabilpe 8.00 83.00 COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Objective: Enhance natural resources management through community participation 0.00 0.00 Strategy: Promote active involvement of community stakeholders in the development of natural resource management plans 0.00 0.00 23. Conduct Sensitization on bush fire District wide Sensitization on bush fire NADMO ICIER/DONORS 0.00 8.00 prevention prevention conducted /FC 24. Established afforestation projects District wide # of afforestation FC DPCU/NADMO/ 0.00 20.00 in seven (7) communities project established DADU/DONORS 25. Organized Capacity Building for Buipe # of Environmental DPCU EHU/NADMO Environmental Health Officers Health Officers Capacity 0.00 5.00 Built 26. Conduct public education on District wide Public education FC/NAD DPCU/DONORS 0.00 7.00 sustainable lumbering practices conducted MO 27. Sensitize charcoal producers on Buipe, mpaha,yapei and Charcoal producers FC/NAD DPCU/DONORS 0.00 4.00 sustainable practices kusawgu sensitized MO Buipe,Sankpagla,Wambon 28. Established woodlot plantation in Woodlot plantation FC/NAD DPCU/DONORS g,Kabilpe,Fufulso,Kusawgu, 10 communities established in # of MO /KCODEC/GEM Yapei,Soroto,Ntereso,Yape 0.00 20.00 communities P i Yipala CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE 0.00 0.00 Objective: Enhance capacity to adapt to climate change impacts 0.00 0.00 Strategy: Increase resilience to climate change impacts through early warning systems 0.00 0.00 29. Build the capacity of key Buipe FC/NAD DPCU/DONORS Stakeholders capacity stakeholders in the District to MO /ICIER built on climate change 0.00 6.00 design climate change resilient resilient intervention interventions 30. Create climate change awareness District wide Climate change FC/NAD DPCU/DONORS campaign to educate the public on awareness campaign 0.00 5.00 MO /ICIER its impacts & adaptation measures. created 31. Institute measures to reduce/adapt District wide Measures to FC/NAD DPCU/DONORS to climate change effects & DRR. reduce/adapt to climate MO /ICIER 0.00 7.00 change effects & DRR instituted 8.00 18.00

THEMATIC AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) WATER AND SANITATION Objective: Accelerate the provision of adequate, safe and affordable water Strategy: Develop and manage alternative sources of water, including rain water harvesting 32. Improve safe water coverage in Sawaba,Adupe, # of BHs repaired in 0.00 40.00 DWST NORST/EHU/RIN underserved communities by Nwampe,Buipe,Domea underserved communities G/DWD repairing BHs. bra, Mpaha, Chama,old Buipe,sawaba, 33. Construct 5no dugouts in Alipe,Jiramoape,Galin # of dugouts constructed in 4.00 1,000 DWD DPCU/EHU/RING/ communities to improve water zegu, Zonkura , deserving communities GSOP

coverage. malanakura,razak kura,Bilsikura, Kulfo 34. Construct Small Town water Yapei, Tuluwe, Digma, Small town water system 8.00 6,000 DWST CWSA/DPCU/DW systems in large communities. Ntereso,yapei yipala, constructed in a # of D

Jukuku, Yala, Adapei, communities Chokosipe 35. Improve Drainage situation in Buipe, Yapei, Kusawgu Gutters constructed and 3.00 3,00.00 DWD EHU/DPCU/NADM some communities to ease desilted in a # of O flooding. communities 36. Construct a 5no. boreholes in ten Larigbani, # of boreholes constructed in 2.00 500.00 DWD DPCU/EHU/RING/ communities Nyangwuripe, a # of communities GSOP

kabilpe,Lingbinkura, kpalangase Objective: Accelerate the provision of improved environmental 0.00 0.00 sanitation facilities Strategy 1: Promote the construction and use of modern 0.00 0.00 household and institutional toilet facilities 37. Conduct education and Ring communities Sanitation in a number of 0.00 7.00 DPCU EHU/RING/ISD/Z sensitization on sanitation to RING communities improved OOMLION improve total sanitation in 50

RING communities. 38. Monitoring and follow ups of 109 Monitoring and follow ups 0.00 5.00 EHU DPCU/CWSA/KC triggered CLTS communities. conducted in a number of ODEC triggered CLTS communities 39. Collaborate with zoom lion District wide Series of clean up exercises 1.00 6.00 EHU DPCU/ZOOMLION workers to embark on periodic conducted in collaboration /CD clean up exercises. with zoomlion 40. Organize medical screening of District wide # of food vendors received 1.00 7.00 EHU/G DPCU/TAs/KCODE

food vendors medical screening HS C 41. Reactivate the sanitation market Buipe, sankpagla, Sanitation market received 2.00 4.00 EHU KCODEC/DPCU/S

concept patronage NV/APDO Strategy: Expand disability-friendly sanitation facilities 0.00 0.00 42. Solicit support to construct 20 District wide # of disability friendly 2.00 50.00 DWD DPCU/PWD/SNV Disability friendly institutional institutional latrines /APDO latrines. constructed 43. Construct access ramps to existing District wide # of access ramps 3.00 50 DWD DPCU/PWD/SNV institutional toilets for the disabled. constructed to existing /APDO

institutional toilets for the disabled 44. Gazette and enforce MMDAs Buipe MMDAs bye-laws on 1.00 3.00 EHU DPCU/DCD/DCE bye-laws on sanitation sanitation Gazetted and enforced Strategy: Scale up the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) for the promotion of household sanitation 0.00 0.00 45. Facilitate the Construction of simple Bridge east,bridge # of household latrines 2.00 500.00 DPCU RING/EHO/CDO/ universally affordable Household west,lito,lingbinkura, constructed in a # of RING KCODEC

latrines in at least 50 communities communities through CLTS through CLTS. 46. Conduct routine monitoring on RING Communities Routine monitoring conducted 1.00 7.00 DPCU RING/EHO/CDO/ sanitation & hygiene to improve on sanitation and hygiene KCODEC gains. and gains improved ENERGY 30.00 8,182.00 Objective: Provide adequate, reliable and affordable energy to meet the national needs and for export Strategy: Increase access to energy by the poor and vulnerable 47. Connect at least two communities Tuluwe and Mpaha Mpaha & Tuluwe hooked to 2.00 5,00.00 DCE DPCU/VRA/MOE

to the national grid the national grid

48. Extend electricity to 8 Communities Yirkpani, fufulso,Lito, Electricity extended to a # 3.00 1,600.00 DCE DPCU/VRA/MOE

Amajorovi, Jukuku of far off grid communities 49. Expand the solar light system to All Area Councils # of far off grid communities 1.00 600 DCE DPCU/Ministry of

far off grid communities. given solar light Energy/MOE ROADS 6.00 2,205.00 Objective: Establish Ghana as a transportation hub for the West African sub-region Strategy: Improve and develop the physical infrastructure across all modes for transport 50. Construct speed ramps to reduce Ntereso, yapei # of speed ramps 0.00 58.00 DWD HA/ DPCU/ HWA highway accidents in 10 yipala,lingbinkura,Bils constructed in communities communities along the highway. ikura along the highway 51. Implement the Buipe layout Buipe Layout implemented 5.00 0.00 TCPU DPCU/EHU 52. Conduct Spot improvement & Zonkura,Tuluwe-Kichase Spots improved & a # of KM 3.00 2,000 DWD DPCU/HWA opening of 95km of feeder roads: Sheri-Kpengleso,Jukuku- feeder roads opened 1. Tuluwe-Adape-Gbevukpo, 2. Amedzrovi,Sheri- Kawaba-razak Kura, 3. Boachipe- Kopedeke,Mpaha- no.3, 4. Gbongbonto-lito, 5. Tettepe,Kpabuso- Bonyase/zowu, 6. Mamadupe, 7. Chukunto,winamda,wala Kpacheleve - Kasadjankura, kura,gbriri-lito 8.00 2,058.00

THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) Education Objective: Increase inclusive and equitable access to, and participation in education at all levels Strategy: Remove the physical, financial and social barriers and constraints to access to education at all levels 54 Constructing 6No 3unit classrooms Mamadupe, Alipe, # of 3 units and 6 units 30.00 4,800 DPCU GES / with ancillary facilities) to improve kasadjankura, constructed DONORS/JICA/ access. larigbani, sankunpe, TAs 55 Constrict 2no 10 units students Buipe # of 10 units students 10.00 5,000.0 DPCU GES/DONORS/TA dormitory at vocational & dormitory constructed at V/T 0 s technical senior high school SHS 56 Construct boreholes at existing District wide # of schools supplied with 0.00 100.00 DPCU GES/DONORS/TA

schools without water facilities BHs s

58 Construct 1no. 6 units classroom Mpaha 1no 6 units classroom 300.00 DPCU GES/DONORS/TA 4.00 block at Mpaha community SHS constructed s Objective2: Improve management of education service delivery 0.00 0.00 Strategy: Ensure efficient development, deployment and supervision of teachers 0.00 0.00 59 Recruit committed and Buipe Committed & hardworking GES PAGE/DEOC/DPC hardworking circuit supervisors to CSs recruited 0.00 10.00 U/GNAT supervise teachers 60 Organize capacity building Buipe # of capacity building GES PAGE/DEOC/DPC 0.00 12.00 workshop for circuit supervisors workshops organized for CSs U/PTA 61 Provide 5no. motorbikes to circuit District wide # of motorbikes supplied to GES PAGE/DEOC/DPC 0.00 45.00 supervisors to aid their movements CSs U/PTA Objective3: Improve quality of teaching and learning 0.00 0.00 Strategy: Deploy adequately qualified teachers and improve teachers’ time-on-task 0.00 0.00 63 Sponsor the training of 30 District wide # of teachers sponsored to GES DA/TAs/GPEG teachers to boost the train teacher pursue further studies 0.00 60.00 capacity annually. 64 Redistribute teachers where Tailor # of teachers redistributed GES SMCs/PTA/NSS/D possible to understaffed schools in kura(Gbovukpo), to understaff schools 0.00 2.50 A the District. Kulfo Strategy 3: Ensure adequate supply of teaching and learning materials 0.00 0.00 65 Supply 100 pieces of computers District wide # of computers supplied to # GES GPEG/DA/DLA to 10 schools to promote teaching of schools 0.00 12.00 & learning of ICT 67 Organize quiz competitions Circuit capitals # of quizzes organized GES DA/DEOC/SMCs/ 0.00 16.00 quarterly to encourage reading. PTAs/NSS/DLA 10,357. 44.00 5

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No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) HEALTH AND NUTRITION Objective 1: Bridge the equity gaps in geographical access to health services Strategy:1 Strengthen the district and sub-district health systems as the bed-rock of the national primary health care strategy 2: Accelerate the implementation of the revised CHPS strategy especially in under-served areas 68 Lobby for a district hospital Buipe District hospital provide 4.00 40.00 GHS DA/MOH 69 Construction of DHMT Office Buipe Office accommodation 0.00 GHS RING/MOH/ 50.00 provided KCODEC/WFP 70 Renovation and upgrading of Buipe Buipe health center 0.00 GHS DA/DONORS/ 20.00 Buipe Health center to Polyclinic upgraded to a polyclinic MOH/ RING 71 Renovation /Rehabilitation of 2no Mankpan and Chama # of CHPS compounds 0.00 50.00 GHS DA/DONORS/

CHPS Compounds renovated MOH 72 Construction of 2 no Buipe, & Boakyipe # of accommodations 0.00 210.00 GHS DA/DONORS/

accommodation units constructed MOH 73 Procure 4no. motorbikes for District wide # of motorbikes procured 0.00 35.00 GHS DA/DONORS/

outreach services MOH Support 10 new and old health District wide # of health staff supported 0.00 25.00 GHS DA/DONORS/ 74 staff to pursue various health in health programmes MOH programmes Objective 2: Reduce under-nutrition and malnutrition related disorders and deaths among infants 0.00 0.00 and young children and women in their reproductive ages Strategy: Enhance access to adequate nutrition and related services to all especially women 0.00 0.00 during pregnancy, underserved communities and vulnerable groups 75 Roll out a sensitization package on Sensitization rolled out in all GHS RING/WFP/DA child care and nutrition to improve All area Council the eight area council /DONORS 0.00 40.00 health status of children in all Capitals capitals communities. 76 Provide support for the cultivation 50 RING Communities # of communities supported DADU RING/CDU/ of nutrition based crops (beans, in nutrition base crops 0.00 GHS 80.00 millet, soya beans and groundnuts cultivation to improve Household nutrition. 85

Objective: Enhance national capacity for the attainment of the health related MDGs 0.00 0.00 Strategy1: Scale up community and facility based interventions for the management of childhood and neonatal illnesses 0.00 0.00 79 Implement all the applicable basic District wide Reduced maternal and DDGHS DA/NHIS/Donor and comprehensive emergency neonatal mortality s 0.00 obstetric and new born care 50.00 (EMNOC) recommendations.

80 Undertake focus antenatal care, District wide Antenatal care, labour new DDGHS DA/NHIS/Donor essential nutrition action for born and post natal care 0.00 s 50.00 pregnant women and PMTCT service provided to pregnant services. women Strategy 2: Intensify and sustain Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) 0.00 0.00 81 Support the Organization of District wide Organization of National DDGHS DCE/DCD/CD National Immunization Day Immunization Day exercise 0.00 24.00 exercise. supported. 82 conduct EPI coverage survey District wide EPI coverage survey

conducted 3.00 30.00 GHS DA Mental Health 0.00 0.00 83 Operationalize the Mental Health District wide Mental Health Act DDGHS SW/Basic 0.00 Act operationalized 11.00 Needs 84 Sensitization of staff and the District wide #. of staff and communities 0.00 DDGHS Global communities at large on the mental sensitized on mental health Fund/WHO/Glo health 12.00 bal Alliance Of Vaccine and Immunization 7.00 727.00

THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) The Aged Objective: Accelerate the implementation of social and health interventions targeting the aged 85 Provide financial support to poor # of poor and vulnerable SW CD/NCCE/NGO and vulnerable aged to rear District wide aged supported financially 0.00 25.00 s ruminants, poultry and fish farming to under ventures 86 Increase the number of aged District wide # of aged beneficiaries SW CD/NCCE/NGO beneficiaries under LEAP under LEAP increased by 0.00 25.00 s/LEAP 25% 87 Support 20 vulnerable aged to Buipe # of vulnerable aged SW CD/STAR register NHIS registered with NHIS 0.00 25.00 GHANA/NGOs /LEAP/NHIS 0.00 75.00 CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION Objective: Promote effective child development in all communities, especially deprived areas Strategy: Improve human, material and financial resources for child development, survival and protection. 88 Enforce child rights and protection District wide child rights and protection 0.00 SW CD/NCCE/NGO laws for effective compliance. laws enforced and in 8.00 s compliance 89 Conduct Sensitization on child Child rights sensitization 0.00 SW CD/NCCE/NGO District wide 12.00 rights conducted s 90 Construct kitchens at GSFS GSFS # of kitchens constructed 0.00 10.00 DPCU GDO 0.00 30.00

POPULATION MANAGEMENT AND MIGRATION FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) Objective: Integrate population variables into all aspects of development planning at all levels Strategy: Strengthen capacity of relevant stakeholders to integrate population issues into development planning and policy making 90 Train 10 departmental staff on # of departmental staff 0.00 5.00 DPCU All HODs integrating population variables trained on integrating All departments in development planning. population variables in development planning Strategy: Expand coverage, availability and accessibility of reproductive health and Family 0.00 0.00 Planning services including adolescents/youth. 91 Promote the use of District wide # of people embraced the 0.00 GHS MAF/GOG 9.00 contraceptives use of contraceptives 92 Organize in-service trainings for Capacity of staff built on 0.00 MAF/UNPA/MO staff on contraceptive updates, District wide contraceptives updates, GHS

counseling and provision of long counseling and provision of 6.00 H term family planning services long term family services 93 Set up designated centers for the Designated centers set up 0.00 MAF/UNPA/MO GHS provision of family planning District wide for family planning 6.00 H services. services POVERTY REDUCTION AND INCOME INEQUALITIES 0.00 0.00 Objective: Reduce income disparities among socio-economic groups and between geographical areas 0.00 0.00 Strategy: 1. Enhance income generating opportunities for the poor and vulnerable 0.00 0.00 94 Equip poor but enterprising Poor enterprising women 0.00 DADU SW/CD/DONO women with skills and startup equipped with skills and RS capital to do income generating District wide capital to do 20.00 activities. business(tie&die, gari, soap making) 95 Support poor but enterprising Poor enterprising men 0.00 DADU SW/CD/DONO men with productive skills for supported with productive RS District wide 20.00 income generation. skills(bee keeping, aquaculture) Sub-total 0.00 66.00 88

THEMATIC AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) Public Safety and Security Objective: Improve internal security for protection of life and property Strategy: Enhance institutional capacity of the security agencies 96 Increase the number of police sub- Browase/Lito/Tul # of police sub-stations 0.00 80.00 DCD/DCE GPS/TAs/

stations uwe opened Military 97 Intensify police patrol on the major Police patrol intensified on 4.00 DCD/DCE GP/TAs/ District wide roads in the district major roads in the district Military/Youth 98 Conduct capacity building # of security services 40.00 DCD/DCE GP/TAs/ workshop for the security services Buipe Capacity of security services Military/Youth boosted 99 Summon all Fulani herdsmen in the 4.00 DCD/DCE GP/TAs/ district to appoint leaders with Fulani herdsmen summoned Military/Youth District wide support from chiefs and security and appointed their leaders services Gender Equity and Women Empowerment 0.00 128.00 Objective: Promote women’s access to economic opportunity and resources, including property Strategy: Develop entrepreneurial and technical skills of women and girls 0.00 100 Promote girl- child education by # of girls given scholarships 0.00 giving special scholarships to girls District wide at various levels of 60.00 GDO CAMFED/DA at all levels of education education 101 Encourage equality in existing Equity in existing staff 0.00 staff development plans and development plans and District wide 60.00 GDO CAMFED/DA training programmes training programmes promoted Objective: Promote the effective use of data for decision making and development communication 0.00 0.00 Strategies: Mainstream statistics in the planning process. 0.00 0.00 102 Conduct quarterly data gathering District Quarterly data gathered 0.00 DPCU GDO/Other and analysis to feed into gender Departments and feed into gender 8.00 Departments decision making processes. decision making processes Sub-total 0.00 128.00

5.3 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2016 THEMATIC AREA: ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) OBJECTIVE: Improve fiscal revenue mobilization and management by end of 2017 Strategy: Eliminate revenue collection leakages. 1. Conduct refresher training of revenue Buipe # of revenue collectors 6.00 0.00 DFU BU/DPCU collectors trained 2. Sensitise the public on payment of local District wide The public sensitized on 2.50 0.00 BU DFU/ISD/NCCE/ taxes. payment taxes 3. Expand coverage of tax to other areas District wide Coverage of tax with help of TAs to improve earnings. collection areas 1.50 0.00 BU DFU/NCCE/DPCU expanded 4. Step up the activities of revenue District wide Activities of revenue 2.00 0.00 DCD DPCU/TAs/GPS taskforce. taskforce stepped out 5. Monitor PPP activities in tax collection. District wide PPP activities in tax 3.00 0.00 DCD DPCU/BAC collection monitored Sub-total 15.00 0.00

No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) to facilitate business startups. awaba, boosted 9. Continue to promote Buipe as an Buipe Peace and calmness DCE DCD/BAC/DPCU 4.00 0.00 industrial hub. restored in Buipe OBJECTIVE 2: Diversify and expand the tourism industry for economic development 0 0 Strategies: 1 Market Ghana as a competitive tourist destination 0 0 10. Implement the tourism development Buipe Tourism development 12.00 4.00 BAC DPCU/DCE plan. plan implemented Sub-total 24.00 38.00

other water harvesting techniques for different categories of farmers and agro ecological zones Conduct training for 30 interested Buipe,kasadjankura # of interested women DADU RING/DABU 11. women farmers in market gardening , yirkpani, bridge farmers undergone 0.00 30.00 farms/NRGP/Sakfos east& west, Kulfo training farms Support 40 poor hhs in ring communities Ntereso, yapei # of poor hhs in RING BAC/DA DA/RING/NRGP/W 12. in soap making yipala, Adapei, communities supported 0.00 28.00 DU AAF Kulfo Support 50 poor HHs in 10 communities Larigbani, # of poor HHs in 10 DADU DA/RING/NRGP/W in small ruminants’ production to nyangwuripe, communities supported AAF improve incomes. zonkura, 13. sankunpe,sawaba 0.00 45.00 ,bridge west, razak kura, Bilsikura, Jukuku Sub-total 103.00

No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Objective: Enhance natural resources management through community participation Strategy: Promote active involvement of community stakeholders in the development of natural resource management plans 14. Conduct sensitization & stakeholder Buipe sensitization & stakeholder FC DA/KCODEC/ analysis of natural resources at the analysis of natural resources 0.00 10 DADU/EPA/ local level. at the local level conducted NADMO 15. Set up community resource District wide community resource DA NRGP/AGRA/A 0.00 2.50 management committees. management committees set up DRA/KCODEC 16. Promote community tree planting and Buipe,yapei, tuluwe # of communities embraced DA GSOP/DPCU/ 0.00 40.00 management in 5 communities. kusawgu, mpaha, tree planting and mgt GEMP 17. Promote economic tree planting to Kabilpe,wambong, A #farm HHs into economic DA GSOP/DPCU/ encourage tree planting among farm ntereso, yipala, tree planting 0.00 15.00 GEMP HHs. fufulso, sankpagla CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE 0.00 67.5 Objective: Enhance capacity to adapt to climate change impacts 0.00 Strategy: Increase resilience to climate change impacts through early warning systems 0.00 18. Organize a CC/DDR sensitization Buipe HODs sensitized on CC/DRR 0.00 35.00 DPCU ICEIR/ NADMO workshop for HODs 19. Organize climate change awareness District wide Public awareness created 0.00 NADMO/DoA/ campaign for the public on its impacts on climate change and its 45.00 DPCU GHS & adaptation measures. impact & adaptation 20. Encourage farmers to adapt to new District wide # of farmer adopt new CC 0.00 10.00 DADU NADMO/DA CC resilient crop varieties. resilient crop varieties 21. Produce climate change resilient District wide climate change resilient 0.00 ICEIR/AAP/ building designs for public structures building designs for public 4.00 DPO NADMO structures produced 22. Conduct district wide sensitization on District wide Sensitization on early 0.00 5.00 early warning systems warning system conducted 23. Identify and designate safe havens Buipe & Yapei Safe havens identified and 0.00 2.00 for evacuations. designated for evacuation Sub-total 0.00 168.5

THEMATIC AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) WATER AND SANITATION OBJECTIVE: Accelerate the provision of adequate, safe and affordable water Strategy: Develop and manage alternative sources of water, including rain water harvesting 24. Repair 15 BHs in low coverage Fufulso # of BHs repaired in 0.00 40.00 DWST NORST/EHU/RI communities low coverage NG/DWD communities 25. Construct 6 dugouts in 6 communities Mamadupe,Alipe,boac # of dugouts 0.00 1,000 DWD DPCU/EHU/RIN hipe,winamda,walakur constructed in # of G/GSOP a,gbriri communities 26. Construct Small Town systems in 2 Tuluwe & Mankpan, Small town water 0.00 6,000 DWST CWSA/DPCU/

large communities. Adapei system constructed DWD 27. Construct storm drains to control run- Buipe,yapei,fufulso,san 0.00 3,000 DWD EHU/DPCU/NA

off and flood waters. kpagla,tuluwe,mpaha DMO Objective: Accelerate the provision of improved environmental sanitation facilities 0.00 0.00 Strategy 1: Promote the construction and use of modern household and institutional toilet facilities 0.00 0.00 28. Encourage hhs to visit the sanitation District wide Sanitation market 0.00 EHU SNV/KCODEC/ markets to select their sanitation receiving patronage 1.00 APDO/RING options. Strategy: Expand disability-friendly sanitation facilities 0.00 0.00 0.00 29. Construct 5 Disability friendly District wide # of disability friendly 0.00 DWD CD/DPCU/EHO 500.00 institutional latrines. latrines constructed 30. Construct access ramps to 10 District wide Access ramps to 10 0.00 50.00 DWD DPCU/PWD/SN institutional toilets for the disabled. institutional disabled V/ADPO toilets constructed 31. Enforce sanitation bye-laws to Buipe Sanitation by-laws 0.00 3.00 EHU DPCU/DCD/DC

encourage compliance. enforced E Strategy: Scale up the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) for the promotion of household 0.00 0.00 sanitation 32. Trigger 25 RING communities on CLTS District wide # of RING communities 0.00 30.00 EHO CD/AMs/DPCU

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No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) 33. Construct simple hh latrines in 25 Old Buipe, Boachipe, # of hh latrines 0.00 50.00 EHU SNV/DPCU/KC RING Communities gbongbonto, razak constructed in 25 RING ODEC/ kura, communities TAs/RING 34. Conduct routine monitoring on District wide Routine monitoring 0.00 10.00 EHU DPCU/TAs/ sanitation & hygiene to improve conducted RING gains. Sub-total 0.00 10,684

No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) ENERGY Objective: Provide adequate, reliable and affordable energy to meet the national needs and for export Strategy: Increase access to energy by the poor and vulnerable 35. String HT lines to 2 area council Tuluwe & mpaha # of HT lines string to 0.00 500.00 DCE DPCU/VRA/MO

capitals tuluwe & mpaha E 36. Extend electricity to 8 Communities Mahamudupe, Ntereso, Electricity extended to 0.00 1600.00 DCE DPCU/VRA/MO annually. yapei yipala, Yapei, # of communities E zonkura, sankunpe, Kpalangase, Tailor kura (Gbovukpo), Yala, Adapei, Kulfo 37. Provide solar lighting to 10 Seidupe Solar light supplied to a 0.00 60.00 DCE DPCU/Ministry

communities. # of communities of Energy/MOE ROADS & TRANSPORTATION 0.0 2160 Objective: Establish Ghana as a transportation hub for the West African sub-region Strategy: Improve and develop the physical infrastructure across all modes for transport 38. Conduct spot improvement on Larigbani,lito-buipe, Kusawgu-Tuluwe roads 0.00 2.00 DWD DPCU/DFR Kusawgu - Tuluwe spots improved roads 39. District wide Access roads opened 0.00 566.00 DWD DPCU/DFRs Open new access roads: Tuluwe – Kikale No. 4, Issahakukura Junction- 94

No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) Sikave, Mijemipe-Congo, Mpaha – Jerusalem, Butei-Mpotoso, Mankpan-Issape- Alihajipe-Kpetsilebe 40. Procure outboard motors to improve Chariso, Dokupe, # of outboard motors 0.00 35.00 DPCU RING access to cut-off communities. Nigeria Camp procured Sub-total 0.00 603.00

THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT; No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) EDUCATION Objective 1: Increase inclusive and equitable access to, and participation in education at all levels Strategy: Remove the physical, financial and social barriers and constraints to access to education at all levels 41. Construct 10no. 3unit & 6unit Yirkpani,gbongbonto, # 0f 3unit classroom 5,000 DPCU GES /JICA/ classroom blocks & ancillary facilities Avegome, Yala & ancillary facilities TAs/ Donors constructed 42. Construct 6 unit staff accommodation Nyangwuripe zonkura, # unit staff 0.00 5,00 DPCU GES/DONORS/ for tech/vocational school. kabilpe,lito,lingbinkura accommodation TAs constructed Objective 2: Improve management of education service delivery 0.00 0.00 Strategy: Ensure efficient development, deployment and supervision of teachers 0.00 0.00 43. Recruit & orient circuit supervisors Buipe CSs recruited & 0.00 1.00 GES PAGE/DEOC/D

oriented PCU/GNAT 44. Procure 4 motorbikes to boost the Buipe # of motorbikes given 0.00 12.00 GES PAGE/DEOC/D

movement of CSs. to CSs PCU/PTA Objective3: Improve quality of teaching and learning 0.00 0.00 Strategy: Deploy adequately qualified teachers and improve teachers’ time-on-task 0.00 0.00 45. Make teachers stay in the community Amajorovi, Yala, Teachers made to 0.00 10.00 GES PTA/TAs/SMCs

to teach. Digma, Chama stay & teachers DEOC/NSS/AM 95

No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) s 46. Give sponsorship support to 30 District wide # of teachers 0.00 60.00 GES DA/TAs/GPEG teacher trainees & bond them to return sponsored & bonded & teach. 47. Reallocate teachers to low staffed Kulfo, Lampor, Tuluwe, # of teachers 0.00 2.50 GES SMCs/PTA/NSS schools from high concentrated areas. Digma, Mankpan, transferred to low /DA Gbirigi, Chama, Butie staff schools Strategy 3: Ensure adequate supply of teaching and learning materials 0.00 0.00 Lobby for more TLMs from the GES. 0.00 12.00 GES GPEG/DA/DLA 48. Construct a District library. Buipe District library 0.00 DA/JICA/TAs/P 250.00 GES constructed TAs/SMCs 49. Organize quiz competitions quarterly Area council capitals Quarterly quiz 0.00 DA/DEOC/SMC to encourage reading. competition 16.00 GES s/PTAs/NSS/DL organized A Sub-total 5,368.5

THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local Externa Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) l (‘000) HEALTH AND NUTRITION Objective 1: Bridge the equity gaps in geographical access to health services Strategy 1: Strengthen the district and sub-district health systems as the bed-rock of the national primary health care strategy

2: Accelerate the implementation of the revised CHPS strategy especially in under-served areas 50. Kpacheleve, kabilpe, # of equipped 0.00 GHS DA/MOH Construct & equip 2 CHPS compound lingbinkura, Kpalangase, Amajorovi, CHPS compounds 4,000 (basic equipment & motorbikes) Jukuku, Digma, Adapei, Chokosipe constructed 51. Provide sponsorship support to 5 staff District wide # of staff trainees 0.00 GHS RING/MOH/ 50.00 trainees given sponsorship KCODEC/WFP 52. Procure 3 motorbikes for the Health Three sub-districts 0.00 GHS DA/DONORS/ Directorate to boost extension service 20.00 MOH/ RING delivery. 96

No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local Externa Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) l (‘000) Objective 2: Reduce under-nutrition and malnutrition related disorders and deaths among 0.00 0.00 infants and young children and women in their reproductive ages Strategy: Enhance access to adequate nutrition and related services to all especially women 0.00 0.00 during pregnancy, underserved communities and vulnerable groups 53. Conduct sensitization on child care and RING communities Sensitization 0.00 GHS RING/WFP/DA 40.00 nutrition in all RING communities. conducted /DONORS 54. Support the cultivation of nutrition RING communities Cultivation of 0.00 DADU RING/CDU/ based local crops (beans, millet, soya nutritious crops 80.00 GHS beans and groundnuts) in Communities. supported 55. Introduce fingerlings in 2 dugouts to Communities with Fingerlings 0.00 DADU RING/MFAC/ provide source of fish protein and boost dugouts introduced to # of 20.00 GHS incomes. dugouts Objective: Enhance national capacity for the attainment of the health related MDGs 0.00 0.00 Strategy1: Scale up community and facility based interventions for the management of 0.00 0.00 childhood and neonatal illnesses 56. District wide Exclusive breast 0.00 DDGHS DA/NHIS/Donor Intensify exclusive breast feeding feeding campaign 50.00 s educational campaign. intensified 57. District wide # of CHPS 0.00 DDGHS DA/NHIS/Donor Operationalise all CHPS facilities facilities in 30.00 s operation Strategy 2: Intensify and sustain Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) 0.00 0.00 58. Support the Organization of National Buipe NID exercised 0.00 DDGHS DCE/DCD/CD Immunization Day exercise. organization 24.00 supported Mental Health 0.00 0.00 Objective: Improve quality of health services delivery including mental health services 0.00 0.00 Strategy: Implement the Mental Health Act, finalize and implement the mental health strategy 0.00 0.00 59. Conduct refresher orientation on the Buipe HODs orient on 0.00 DDGHS SW/Basic 11.00 Mental Health Act for HODs. MHA Needs 60. Provide some basic support package District wide Mental health 0.00 10.00 97

No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local Externa Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) l (‘000) for the mental health patience. patience supported Sub-total 0.00 4,335

THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) THE AGED Objective: Accelerate the implementation of social and health interventions targeting the aged Strategy: Enhance social protection interventions for the Aged 61. Identify and support 15 poor aged District wide # of poor aged SW CD/DA/NGOs persons to do small ruminant persons supported 25.00 production. 62. Buipe # of poor old DDGHS CD/NCCE/NG Facilitate the Registration of the poor registered with 30.00 Os/SW/NHIS old in NHIS NHIS 63. District wide Aged educated on Conduct education on the nutritious nutritional health 7.00 healthy foods for the aged. food CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION 0.00 Objective: Promote effective child development in all communities, especially deprived areas 0.00 Strategy: Improve human, material and financial resources for child development, survival and protection. 0.00 64. District wide Child rights UNICEF/ Conduct awareness sensitization on the awareness 12.00 SW CD/NCCE/RIN rights of children in the District. creation conducted G 65. District wide Progress of CHRAJ/CD/NC Monitor progress of awareness awareness 8.00 SW CE/NGOs monitored Sub-total 82.00

Planning services including adolescents/youth. 67. Expand centers to provide reproductive Area council capitals Reproductive health DDGHS Public Health/ health and family planning services & family planning 25.00 CD/ GHS centers expanded POVERTY REDUCTION AND INCOME INEQUALITIES 0.00 Objective: Reduce income disparities among socio-economic groups and between geographical areas 0.00 Strategy: 1. Enhance income generating opportunities for the poor and vulnerable 0.00 68. Identify five female & five male District wide # of both males & DADU SW/CD/ entrepreneurs and link them to GIPC to females linked to 20.00 DONORS build their capacity for business. GIPC Sub-total 45.00

THEMATIC AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY Objective: Improve internal security for protection of life and property Strategy: Enhance institutional capacity of the security agencies 69. Institute surprise patrols on some major Tuluwe-kusawgu, lito- Surprise patrols on 8.00 DCD/DC GPS/TAs/ roads of the district buipe, mpaha- some major roads E Military domeabra instituted 70. Cooperate with TAs to take inventory District wide Inventory Fulani 4.00 DCD/DC GP/TAs/

of alien fulani herdsmen in the District. herdsmen taken E Military/Youth GENDER EQUITY AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT 0.00 Objective: Promote women’s access to economic opportunity and resources, including property 0.00 0.00 99

No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) Strategy: Develop entrepreneurial and technical skills of women and girls 0.00 0.00 71. Empower women through business skill Buipe Women empowered 0.00 training to set up and manage their with skills in business 7.50 BAC GDO/CD/DCE businesses. mgt 72. Sponsor girls/women for tertiary District wide # of Girls/women 0.00 60.00 GDO CAMFED/DA education. sponsored to tertiary Objective: Promote the effective use of data for decision making and development communication 0.00 0.00 Strategies: Mainstream statistics in the planning process. 0.00 0.00 73. Conduct quarterly data gathering and District wide Data gathered and DPCU GDO/HODDs 0.00 8.00 analysis for informed decision making. analyzed Sub-total 0.0 87.50

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5.4 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2017 THEMATIC AREA: ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) OBJECTIVE: Improve fiscal revenue mobilization and management by end of 2017 Strategy: Eliminate revenue collection leakages. 1. Conduct refresher training for revenue staff. Buipe # of revenue staff 1.00 4.00 DFO DBO/DCD trained Strategy: Eliminate revenue collection leakages. 0 0 2. Conduct pays your tax campaign. District wide # of campaigns 2.00 1.50 DFO BU/DPCU conducted 3. Continue to support revenue taskforce to District wide % improvement in 4.00 10.00 DCD DPCU/TAs/GPS improve collection revenue. 4. Monitor tax collection including the activities of District wide # of monitoring 3.00 0.00 DFO DCD/ DBO/FA PPP partners. sessions conducted Sub-total 12.00 15.50

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7. Regularly manage the industrial and business Buipe # of websites up 2.00 0.00 DCE DCD/BAC/DPCU

promotion website. dates carried out. OBJECTIVE 2: Diversify and expand the tourism industry for economic development 0 0 Strategies: 1 Market Ghana as a competitive tourist destination 0 0 8. Conduct effective Marketing of tourist Buipe Amount of publicity 0.00 4.00 BAC DPCU/DCE attractions of Central Gonja District. on tourist attractions. Sub-total 2.00 40.50

THEMATIC AREA: ACCELERATED AGRICULTURE MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) AGRICULTURE - ALTERNATIVE LIVELHOOD OBJECTIVE: Promote irrigation development STRATEGY: Develop and promote appropriate and affordable irrigation schemes including dams, boreholes, and other water harvesting techniques for different categories of farmers and agro ecological zones 9. Conduct training for 20 interested women Ntereso, # of women DADU RING/ DADU farmers in market gardening Larigbani, trained in mkt 0.00 30.00 farms/NRGP Buipe, Yapei gardening. 10. Support 30 ring beneficiaries to do production Digma, Butei # of RING BAC/DA DA/RING/NRGP/ guinea fowl Bridge East beneficiaries in G. 0.00 28.00 DU WAAF &West, Lito, fowl rearing. 11. Support 50 poor HHs in 10 communities in Lito, Digma, DOA DPCU/RING small ruminants’ production to improve incomes. Yala, Adapei, 0.00 25.00 Chama COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 0 0 Objective: Enhance natural resources management through community participation 0 0 Strategy: Promote active involvement of community stakeholders in the development of natural resource 0 0 management plans 12. Control the spread of wild fire with support of District wide % reduction in GNFS DA/KCODEC/ chiefs. wild fire. 0.00 10.00 DADU/EPA/ NADMO/ TAs 13. Hold quarterly stakeholder meetings on natural Buipe # of meetings DA AGRA/ADRA/Advan 0.00 5.00 resources. held. ce/KCODEC/ GNFS 102

14. Promote community tree planting and Amajorovi, # hectares of DA GSOP/DPCU/GE management in 10 communities. Seidupe community 0.00 40.00 MP plantations CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE 0.00 138.00 Objective: Enhance capacity to adapt to climate change impacts Strategy: Increase resilience to climate change impacts through early warning systems 15. Formulate CC/DRR strategic action plan to Buipe CC/DRR strategic 4.00 0.00 DPCU ICEIR/ NADMO reduce livelihood loses due to CC. plan done. 16. Organize radio programmes on CC/DRR Buipe # of radio NADMO/DOA/G awareness campaign for the public on its programmes on 3.5 0.00 DPCU HS impacts & adaptation measures. CC/DRR done. 17. Spread CC resilient crop varieties to farmers. District wide # of CC resilient crop varieties 2.00 8.00 DOA NADMO/NGOs spread. 18. Produce and disseminate information on early District wide # of leaflets warning system to the public. disseminated on ICEIR/AAP/ 2.00 7.00 DPO early warning NADMO systems. 19. Conduct yearly education on flooding and its District wide Yearly education 1.00 6.00 NADMO ISD/DOA effects. on flooding held. 12.50 21.00

coverage communities 21. Construct 5 dugouts in 5 communities Bonyase, zowu, # of Dugouts 1.00 1,000.00 DWD DPCU/EHU/RING/ yirkpani ,gbongbonto, constructed. GSOP Amajorovi, Avegome 22. Construct Small Town system to ease Dogope, # of Small Town 4.00 6,000.00 DWST CWSA/DPCU/DW

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water shortage. Systems D constructed. 23. Construct drains to control run-off and Mahamudupe ,fufulso, Kms of drains 5.00 3,000.00 DWD EHU/DPCU/NADM

flood waters. yapei constructed. O Objective: Accelerate the provision of improved environmental sanitation facilities 0 0 Strategy: Scale up the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) for the promotion of household sanitation 0 0 24. Trigger 25 communities on CLTS District wide # of communities 0.00 8.00

triggered. 25. Facilitate the Construction of simple HH Ntereso ,Yapei Yipala, # of HH latrines 2.00 20.00 EHO SNV/DPCU/KCOD latrines 25 RING Communities Nyangwuripe, Zonkura, constructed. EC/ TAs/RING Kabilpe, Sawaba 26. Conduct routine monitoring on sanitation District wide # of Monitoring 0.00 10.00 EHU DPCU/TAs/ RING & hygiene to improve gains. trips held per community. Sub-total 12.50 10,078.0

THEMATIC AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies 3r Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 4th d (‘000) (‘000) ENERGY Objective: Provide adequate, reliable and affordable energy to meet the national needs and for export Strategy: Increase access to energy by the poor and vulnerable 27. String HT lines to 2 area council capitals Tuluwe& mpaha Length of HT DCE DPCU/VRA/MOE 0.00 5,00.00 cables stringed. 28. Extend electricity to 8 Communities Larigbani, Alipe, # of communities DCE DPCU/VRA/MOE annually. Kabilpe, Nyangwuripe, connected. Old Buipe, Lingbinkura, 0.00 1,600.00 Bilsikura, Chokosipe, 29. Provide solar lighting to 10 communities. Kasadjankura,Boachi # of communities DCE DCD/DPCU/MO pe supplied with 4.00 600.00 E solar. ROADS & TRANSPORTATION 0.00 0 Objective: Establish Ghana as a transportation hub for the West African sub-region 0 0 0.00 Strategy: Improve and develop the physical infrastructure across all modes for transport 0 0 104

No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies 3r Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 4th d (‘000) (‘000) 30. Conduct spot improvement on: 1. District wide Kms of roads DWD DCD/DFR/DCE Kusawgu - Tuluwe roads, 2. Butei- improved. Mpotoso, 3. Mankpan-Issape-Alihajipe- 4.00 2,000.00 Kpetsilebe, 3. Kpabuso-Jebleso, 4. Chama – Kojope (No.6), 5. Sheri Junction-Nanape 31. Open new access roads: 1. Tuluwe – District wide Kms of new roads DWD DFR/DCD/DCE Akunape, 2. Gbongbonto Junction- opened. Binyalepe, 3. Mijemipe-Kodome 2.00 1,000.00 4. Tuluwe-Agege, 5. Sheri-Kaklito No. 5 6. Kuabiriso-Mikordape, 7. Kplangase- Seidupe 32. Procure outboard motors to improve Mataheko, Bamako, No. of outboard access to cut-off communities. Jerusalem, motors procured. 0.00 300.00 DPCU RING Kafuwuripe, Sub-total 10.00 5,505.00

Dogope,winamda,wal akura,gbriri 34. Construct 6 unit staff accommodation for Buipe, Jukuku, Digma # of units of staff 5.00 8,500 DPCU GES/DONORS/T

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No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) constructed. Objective 2: Improve management of education service delivery 0 0 Strategy: Ensure efficient development, deployment and supervision of teachers 0 0 35. Re-orient circuit supervisors to improve Buipe # of CSs 1.00 2.00 GES PAGE/DEOC/DP

performance reoriented. CU/GNAT 36. Procure 4 motorbikes to boost the Buipe # of motorbikes 0.00 20.00 GES PAGE/DEOC/DP

movement of CSs. provided. CU/PTA Objective3: Improve quality of teaching and learning 0 0 Strategy: Deploy adequately qualified teachers and improve teachers’ time-on-task 0 0 37. Create conditions for teachers to stay in Tuluwe,butie,lito,lamp # of teachers 2.00 10.00 GES PTA/TAs/SMCs the community to improve contact hours. or,mpaha,jukuku,yala, staying in DEOC/AMs digma community. 38. Give sponsorship support to 30 teacher Buipe # of teacher 0.00 60.00 GES DA/TAs/GPEG trainees & bond them to return & teach. trainees sponsored. 39. Reallocate teachers to low staffed Ntereso, # of teachers 0.00 2.50 GES SMCs/PTA/NSS/ schools from high concentrated areas. kplangase,nigeria redistributed. DA camp,mankpan 40. Strategy 3: Ensure adequate supply of teaching and learning materials 0 0 41. Lobby for more TLMs from the GES. Buipe 2.00 12.00 GES GPEG/DA/DLA 42. Construct a District library. Buipe Library facility 2.00 DA/JICA/TAs/PT 250.00 GES completed. As/SMCs 43. Organize quiz competitions quarterly to Area council capitals # of quiz 0.00 DA/DEOC/SMCs encourage reading. competitions 16 GES /PTAs/NSS/ organized. Sub-total 16.00 13,872.5

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THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) HEALTH AND NUTRITION Objective 1: Bridge the equity gaps in geographical access to health services Strategy 1: Strengthen the district and sub-district health systems as the bed-rock of the national primary health care strategy 44. Mahamudupe, fufulso, # of CHPS GHS DA/MOH Construct & equip 2 CHPS compound 1,700.0 ankunpe, compounds 2.00 (basic equipment & motorbikes) gbongbonto,razak kura, constructed. 0 Avegome, Dogope 45. Provide sponsorship support package to Buipe # of sponsorships GHS RING/MOH/ 4.00 45.00 10 bonded staff trainees for the District. provided. KCODEC/WFP Objective 2: Reduce under-nutrition and malnutrition related disorders and deaths among infants 0 0 and young children and women in their reproductive ages Strategy: Enhance access to adequate nutrition and related services to all especially women during 0 0 pregnancy, underserved communities and vulnerable groups 46. Conduct sensitization on child care and Ring communities # of communities GHS RING/WFP/DA/ 0.00 40.00 nutrition in all RING communities. sensitized. DONORS 47. Support the cultivation of nutrition based RING communities # of farmers DADU RING/CDU/ local crops (beans, millet, soya beans and supported in nutrition 2.00 80.00 GHS groundnuts) in Communities. crops. Objective: Enhance national capacity for the attainment of the health related MDGs 0 0 Strategy1: Scale up community and facility based interventions for the management of childhood 0 0 and neonatal illnesses 48. Intensify exclusive breast feeding District wide % improvement in DDGHS DA/NHIS/Donors 2.00 50.00 educational campaign. exclusive BF. 49. District wide # of CHPS DDGHS DA/NHIS/Donors Operationalise all CHPS facilities 2.00 30.00 Operationalised. Strategy 2: Intensify and sustain Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) 0 0 50. Support the Organization of National Buipe # of NID supported. DDGHS DCE/DCD/CD 3.00 24.00 Immunization Day exercise. Mental Health 0 0 Objective: Improve quality of health services delivery including mental health services 0 0 Strategy: Implement the Mental Health Act, finalize and implement the mental health strategy 0 0 51. Provide support package for identified Buipe # of income generating DDGHS SW/Basic Needs 0.00 12.00 mental patients for income generation. activities provided. 107

No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) 52. Support the regular supply of drugs for Buipe Frequency of drug 2.00 5.00 DDGHS DA/BASIC NEEDS the mental health patients. procurement. Sub-total 18.00 2,006.0

THEMATIC AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) THE AGED Objective: Accelerate the implementation of social and health interventions targeting the aged Strategy: Enhance social protection interventions for the Aged 53. Identify and support 20 poor aged District wide # of poor aged in SW CD/DA/NGOs persons to do small ruminant/g.fowl ruminant production. 2.00 25.00 production. 54. Facilitate the Registration of the poor old Buipe # of poor old SW CD/NCCE/NG 0.00 30.00 in NHIS registered in NHIS Os/NHIS/MP 55. District wide % coverage of Conduct education on the nutritious healthy education on aged 0.00 7.00 GHSNO CDO/DOA foods for the aged. diet. CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION 0 0 Objective: Promote effective child development in all communities, especially deprived areas 0 0 Strategy: Improve human, material and financial resources for child development, survival and protection. 0 0 56. Conduct awareness sensitization on the District wide # of awareness UNICEF/ 2.00 12.00 SW rights of children in the District. sensitizations held. CD/NCCE 57. District wide Monitoring conducted. 2.00 CHRAJ/CD/NC Monitor progress of awareness 8.00 SW CE/NGOs Sub-total 6.00 82.00

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POPULATION MANAGEMENT AND MIGRATION FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) Objective: Integrate population variables into all aspects of development planning at all levels Strategy: Strengthen capacity of relevant stakeholders to integrate population issues into development planning and policy making 58. Buipe # of quarterly DPCU All HODs Hold quarterly population issues review meetings population meetings 0.00 2.00 & factor outcomes in development. held. 59. Conduct training on computer models of Buipe Training on integrating population variables into development computer models 1.00 4.50 DPO DCD/HODs planning. held. Strategy: Expand coverage, availability and accessibility of reproductive health and Family 0 0 Planning services including adolescents/youth. 60. Encourage the provision of reproductive health Sub-districts # of service centers DDGHS Public Health/ 0.00 25.00 and family planning services centres. opened. CD/ GHS POVERTY REDUCTION AND INCOME INEQUALITIES 0 0 Objective: Reduce income disparities among socio-economic groups and between geographical areas 0 0 Strategy: 1. Enhance income generating opportunities for the poor and vulnerable 0 0 61. Create a linkage for 5 female & 5 male Buipe # of entrepreneurs DADU SW/CD/ entrepreneurs to GIPC for business promotion and linked to GIPC. 1.80 20.00 DONORS expansion. Sub-total 2.80 51.50

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THEMATIC AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE No. Activities Location Output indicators Time Schedule Annual Budget Implementing Agencies Local External Leading Collaborators 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (‘000) (‘000) PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY Objective: Improve internal security for protection of life and property Strategy: Enhance institutional capacity of the security agencies 62. Patrol some major roads of the district Lito-Buipe, Mpaha- # of patrols held 2.00 8.00 DCD/DC GPS/TAs/ regularly. Domeabra, # of roads E Military Kusawgu-Tuluwe patrolled. 63. Do quarterly update inventory on alien fulani District wide # of updates on 4.00 4.00 DCD/DC GP/TAs/ DFO

herdsmen in the District with support of TAs. fulani herdsmen. E /Military/Youth GENDER EQUITY AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT 0 0 Objective: Promote women’s access to economic opportunity and resources, including property 0 0 Strategy: Develop entrepreneurial and technical skills of women and girls 0 0 64. Continually Empower women through business Buipe # of women 1.50 skill training to set up and manage their empowerment 7.50 BAC GDO/CD/DCE businesses. trainings held. 65. Sponsor girls/women for tertiary education. District wide # of girls 1.50 60.00 GDO CAMFED/DA sponsored Objective: Promote the effective use of data for decision making and development communication 0 0 Strategies: Mainstream statistics in the planning process. 0 0 66. Conduct quarterly data gathering and analysis District wide Quarterly data DPCU GDO/HODDs for informed decision making. gathering & 3.00 8.00 analysis done. Sub-total 12.00 87.50

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5.5 DISTRICT PLAN LINKED TO THE DISTRICT COMPOSITE ANNUAL BUDGET

We wish to acknowledge that the indicative budgets as captured in the Annual Action plans have been translated into detail costing under the MTEF composite budget. This has been done in order to legally allocated development resources towards the implementation of the plan on annual basis. The details of the costing therefore can be fetched in the composite budget in the case of 2014 annual action plan. The subsequent annual action plans will find expression in the MTEF composite budget in line with current prices and needs year by year.

5.6 IMPLEMENTATION OF ANNUAL ACTION PLAN

The Annual Action Plans from 2014 to 2017 are to be implemented by the decentralized departments and other supporting departments of the District together with the partner agencies both within and external. The Local NGOs including, CSOs and FBOs will all be roped in to ensure a smooth and effective implementation of interventions. The action plans which covers several basic areas including education, health, water and sanitation and agriculture as well as cross cutting areas like gender, environment, HIV/AIDs, children and the aged, population and tourism have been scheduled with times lines to deliver the interventions. The success or otherwise of the implementation within the stipulated time frame is however hinged on the funding or financial resource availability.

The plan has been supported pictorially through the spatial framework that has been attached. This makes it possible to understand at a glance the ground spread of the interventions proposed to transform the lives of the people.

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6.0 CHAPTER 6: MONITORING AND EVALUATION ARRANGEMENTS This section indicates how the plan will be monitored and results documented for dissemination and to feed into further planning. The details required have been outlined step by step next.

6.1 Identification and analysis of stakeholders A good number of stakeholders are necessary when the implementation and monitoring of the MTDP is concerned. These stakeholders identified in the table below have various interests far as their work is concerned. Their various interests are to allow them take stock of their own performance or the performance of other. This will enable them in one way or the other to determine progress or otherwise so as to feed into re-strategizing in order to make positive improvements in the efforts at effecting development of the district and for that matter feeding into the regional and national development. The various stakeholders and their specific interest based on their area of operations are captured in the table below.

No. Stakeholder Interest in development/poverty reduction 1. District Chief Executive To ensure all parts of the District is developed. 2. DCD To ascertain if the efforts made is yielding results. 3. Assembly members To see the lives of their electoral areas is improving. 4. Member of parliament To ascertain if the policies are laws made are improving lives in the constituency. 5. Decentralized & Non- To ensure their interventions is benefiting the people. decentralized Departments/Agencies 6. Financial Institutions To affect business positively and make their profits. 7. Development partners To ensure interventions yield sustainable solutions to the poor. 8. Urban/Area Councils & Unit Protect the development interest and obtain fair share of committees interventions. 9. Local community Demand local development allocation 10. Regional Coordination Council Monitor progress of District development and level of harmony with regional & national aspirations 11. BAC To determine how businesses are developed and employment created. 12. DOA To determine output levels, productivity, level of technology transfer & assessment of food security. 13. NGOs/CBOs/CSOs/Associations To assess the impact of interventions and improvement of lives especially the vulnerable, demand accountability, transparency & advocacy. 14. Media To project vividly local development and events to the world at large so as to effect change. 15. SMC/PTAs To ensure pupils are performing and standards are rising. 16. Ghana Health Service To ensure child & maternal Health as well as public health and safety for improved productivity. 17. NHIS To ascertain coverage of services & projection of yearly coverage. 18. Community Development /Social To measure the progress of communities in terms of Welfare 19. Forestry Services To protect the environment and promote sustainability. 20. DPCU secretariat To coordinate progress of interventions and gather data for review, reporting and replanning. 21. VRA To assess power supply coverage & demand projections. 22. Ghana Statistical Service To solicit Support in data collection 112

6.2 ASSESSING NEEDS AND CREATING THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS AND CAPACITIES To be able to carry out effective monitoring of progress of the implementation of the MTDP, basic requirements of transport, fuel and some skill level of a few staff involved in the monitoring activities is necessary. This simple matrix below assesses the current situation of the District and what can be done to arrest the situation in the interim.

M & E NEEDS CAPACITY REQUIRED CURRENT MINIMUM GAP TO BE FILLED SITUATION Human resources Minimum of 5 staff Very good M & E training will be needed. Minimum Skills Basic knowledge in Fair Training on data gathering and data gathering. report writing. Transport At least 1 pickup & 2 Very bad At least 2 motorbikes. motorbikes ICT Laptop & desktop Very good Purchase of anti-virus and regular servicing. Financial Resource Fuel & field Allowance Poor Quarterly supply of fuel & field for staff allowance.

In situations of resources constraints, an effort geared towards solving these few capacity requirements will help produce concrete results.

6.3 MONITORING INDICATORS To be able to track progress of interventions as the plan is implemented, some key indicators are used. A few of these are for the purpose of evidence have been selected and included in this document. The full indicators which have been adopted from the NDPC core indicators and re-examined and expanded at the RPCU DPCU interface are attached as appendix to this plan. Tabulated below are some selected few of the indicators.

NO INDICATOR TYPE AGRICULTURE 1. Percentage (%) Increase in yield of selected crops, livestock and Fish: Out put 2. # of Communities Per AEA Out put 3. # of Planned Programs that are Gender Sensitive Out put 4. # of Farmer Groups Out put 5. # of Functional Farmer Groups Out put 6. # of Female Group Members Out put 7. # of Male Group Members Out put 8. # of Groups Linked to Credit Facilities Out put 9. # of Agricultural Mechanization Centers Out put 10. # of Hectares Irrigated Out put HEALTH 11. HIV/AIDS Prevalence rate (% of adult population, 15-49years. HIV positive) Out come 12. Maternal Mortality Ratio (No. of Deaths due to pregnancy and child Birth per Out put 100,000 Live Births 13. Under –five Mortality Rate (No. of deaths occurring between birth and exact age Impact five per 1000 live births) 14. Malaria case fatality in children under five years per 10,000 population Impact 15. Percentage of Rural population with sustainable access to safe water sources Out put

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NO INDICATOR TYPE 16. % of population with access to improved sanitation (flush toilets, KVIP, Household Out put latrine) 17. Doctor/Patient Ratio Outcome 18. Nurse/Patient Ratio Outcome 19. No. of neonatal Deaths Impact 20. No. of Registered Persons under DMHIS (NHIS) Outcome EDUCATION 21. Gross Enrolment Rate: KG, Primary, JHS, SHS/TECH. Output 22. Gender Parity Index: KG, Primary, JHS, SHS/TECH. Input 23. Teacher Pupil Ratio (Trained): KG, Primary, JHS, SHS/TECH. Input 24. Teacher Pupil Ratio (Untrained): KG, Primary, JHS, SHS/TECH. Input 25. Trained/Untrained Teacher Ratio: KG, Primary, JHS, SHS/TECH. Input 26. Dropout Rate: Primary-:Boys, Girls JHS: Boys, Girls Output 27. Increase in School Blocks Constructed Output 28. % Increase in Teachers Accommodation Out put

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6.4 MONITORING AND EVALUATION MATRIX GOAL: PERFORMANCE QUESTIONS VERIFIABLE INDICATORS MEANS OF VERIFICATION ASSUMPTIONS PURPOSE OUTPUTS Output 1: Mid-term Evaluation conducted Mid-term evaluations conducted. Mid-tern Evaluation report Output 2: Terminal Evaluation carried out Terminal Evaluation conducted. Terminal evaluation report Output 3: Specific Evaluations and studies No. of specific evaluations & studies undertaken. Study report undertaken Output 4: Participatory M&E conducted No. of participatory M & E conducted. M & E reports ACTIVITIES Organize Quarterly field monitoring visits No. of quarterly field monitoring visits carried Field monitoring report out Organize Quarterly District review meetings No. of quarterly District review meetings held Quarter review invitation letters. Prepare quarterly monitoring reports No. of quarterly monitoring reports prepared. Quarterly District review reports. Collect data Frequency of data collection. District data base. Prepare District APR No. of APRs prepared. Copies of APRs Hold APR review workshop No. of APR workshops carried out. APR workshop report Submit Final APR to RPCU and NDPC Period of submission of APR Letter of transmittals. Disseminate District APR No. dissemination Dissemination reports of APRs Hold M&E Training Workshop M & E training workshop conducted M & E training Reports Maintain office Equipments Frequency of equipment maintenance. Maintenance schedule & payment receipts Procure & maintain 2 monitoring motorbikes No. of motorbikes procured. Maintenance interval.

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6.5 M&E CALENDAR (WORK PLAN) This component of the M & E plan assigned through a participatory processes roles and responsibilities of all the team members or actors as to who does what with timelines and a budget to go with that. These are tabulated below.

Monitoring and Evaluation Calendar of the DMTDP (2014-2017) ACTIVITIES TIME FRAME (YEARS) ACTORS BUDGET First Year Second Year Third Year Forth Year GH ¢ (‘000) 2014 2015 2016 2017 DMTDP Evaluations Mid-term Evaluation July 2016 DPCU/ HODs/DPs/ AMs/DCE/MP 15.00 Terminal Evaluation March-April 2018 DPCU/ HODs/DPs/ AMs/DCE/MP 12.00 Specific Evaluations and studies Start 2nd Week of July bi-annually DPCU/ HODs/DPs/ AMs/DCE/MP 9.50 Participatory M&E Start 1st week of June bi-annually DPCU/ HODs/DPs/ AMs/DCE/MP 12.20 Sub-total 48.7 Data collection and review meetings Quarterly field visits 1st Week of March, June, September and December MONITORING TEAM MEMBERS 24.00 Quarterly review meetings 2nd Week of March, June, September and December DPCU/ HODs/DPs/ AMs/DCE/MP 27.20 Preparation of quarterly reports By 8th of March, June, September and December DPCU/ HODs/DPs/ AMs/DCE/MP 4.00 Sub-total 55.2 APR preparation and dissemination Data collation Last week of Jan. & 1st week of February Annually DPCU/ HODs/DPs/ AMs/DCE/MP 12.00 Draft District APR prepared By 10th February Annually DPCU/ HODs/DPs/ AMs/DCE/MP 4.00 Draft APR review workshop By 14th Feb Annually DPCU/ HODs/DPs/ AMs/DCE/MP 12.00 Final APR submitted to RPCU/NDPC 20th Feb Annually DPO/DCD 1.00 Dissemination of District APR 10th March annually DPDOTs 10.00 3-Day M&E Training Workshop Start 10 July bi-annually MONITORING TEAM MEMBERS 16.00 Maintenance of office Equipments Quarterly DCD/DPO 7.00 Procure & maintain 2 monitoring January 2015 DCD/DPO 4.800 motorbikes Fuel for monitoring Quarterly DCD/DCE 8.00 Sub-total 74.8 GRAND TOTAL 178.70

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6.6 M&E BUDGET The District will require financial and logistical budget amount to the tune of One Hundred and Seventy Eight Ghana Cedis Seventy Ghana Peswas (178.70) to be able to implement the Medium Term Plan monitoring for the four year period. The details of the budget in line with the MTEF format will be provided in the Detailed M & E plan which will be crafted as an extract of this plan. Work on that is underway and will soon be completed. We expect to fund the monitoring plan from the DACF funding sources and from individual project activities as a percentage of each project or activity will set aside as part of the project to cater for monitoring and evaluation activities of the District. The budget headings are captured in the M & E calendar above.

6.7 DATA COLLECTION, VALIDATION AND COLLATION Data on Programmes and Projects

The District Planning Coordinating Unit will compile a list of programmes and projects running in the district. The essence will be to capture all programmes and projects undertaken under the auspices of the District Assembly, by MDAs as well as Development Partners and NGOs to be able to track the overall district performance and measure progress in reducing poverty. Both primary and secondary data will be gathered and compartmented into Process data, Input data, Output data and Outcome/impact data. The compiled data will be validated in a forum represented by all the stakeholders to clean it of any errors and inconsistencies to arrive at authentic data to give it credibility. Data Analysis and use of the results

The District Planning Coordinating unit which is currently the manager of data at the assembly will collate all M&E data in the District including those gathered by the decentralized departments and agencies as well as NGOs and CSOs for analysis. The data will be analyzed using software that the team is conversant with. The analyzed data will reveal findings that will then be reported on to RPCU, NDPC and other stakeholders.

6.8 REPORTING At the end of each quarter monitoring activities, the findings will be made known to the project stakeholders including communities and sector departments and whoever is interested. The DPCU will brief the DCE, Presiding Member and other DA actors on progress of implementation of interventions observations and gaps identified. This will trigger all stakeholders to take the necessary action that is required before the next monitoring exercise will be conducted.

6.9 INFORMATION DISSEMINATION The plan has made provision for an effective plan dissemination team to make the plan known to the citizens of the District. As such this team will be used for the effective communication of the findings to the stakeholders at the sub-district and community levels in order to step up transparency and accountability of the DA. This activity will also ensure commitment to development and poverty reduction at the local level. The show of transparency will further the commitment of the stakeholders and development partners to support development interventions that emerged from the results of M&E outcomes.

6.10 PARTICIPATORY M&E Participatory M&E as a valuable tool will be employed to capture perceptions and assess whether interventions have met citizens expectations, especially of the poor and the vulnerable in society. Citizens’ assessment, using citizens score card and reporting cards as well as focus group discussions will be conducted to find out their perception on service delivery of selected issues within the DMTDP. This will yield valuable results for replanning.

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7.0 CHAPTER 7: COMMUNICATION STRATEGY Communication Strategy Activities ACTIVITY PURPOSE AUDIENCE METHOD/TOOL TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBILITY

Set up District Plan To establish a robust MTDP DA staff and other Meeting session at the DA dissemination outreach team November 2014 DCD communication platform. departmental heads, TAs. premises. (DPDOT) To equip members of the Meeting session at the DA November 2014 Orientation of DPDOT DPDOT members, HODs DCD, DPO, HODs content to disseminate. premises. & July yearly Community sensitization sessions Quarterly on their roles & responsibilities To create awareness on the Community members, Community durbars, drama, DCD/DPO/ Chairman DMTDP Traditional authorities etc role play etc of Dev’t. Sub-committee of DMTDP. Meeting with Political To update them on the status of DCE, PM, MPs & sub- Round-table discussion and, leadership July yearly. DPCU implementation committees chairpersons power point presentations.

Radio Discussions to Disseminate Annual Progress To cover majority of the pop Discussions and phone in Community members Quarterly DCD, DCE, DPDOT Report on the DMTDP district is information sharing. l sessions. implementation. To equip beneficiaries with All district members that Printing of fact sheets Production of leaflets Yearly DPO, DCD readable information. can read. locally or externally. To keep Assembly members Assembly members, HODs DCE sectional address at Conduct Assembly briefings informed on content & progress Quarterly DCE, DCD & the public. Assembly meetings. of plan implementation. Conduct assessment citizens’ To determine the level of Community members, Community for a, Interviews, involvement in plan interest and contribution to Assembly members & Unit December yearly. DPDOT, DPCU FGDs. implementation. implementation of the plan. committee members, Tas. Show case District development To show visual evidence of District members and the Documentary. Semi-annually District ISD, DCE, DCD on Television. progress. world at large.

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