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Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai District Assembly Annual BIBIANI-ANHWIASO-BEKWAI DISTRICT ASSEMBLY IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTRICT MEDIUM-TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2014-2017) ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR 2016 PREPARED BY: DISTRICT PLANNING COORDINATING UNIT TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page 1. TITLE PAGE ...................................................................................................................................... 3 2.0. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 3 3.0. MONITORING AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES REPORT ............................................... 6 4.0. UPDATE ON CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ISSUES ............................... 16 5.0. THE WAY FORWARD ............................................................................................................... 39 6.0 RECOMMENDATIONS. ............................................................................................................. 39 7.0 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................. 39 1 List of Tables Title Page Table 1: Trends of Actual Revenue received by Sources from 2013-2016 .................................... 7 Table 2: Trends of Expenditure (Actuals) from 2013-2016 ........................................................... 9 Table 3: Core District Indicators and Targets under GSGDA II .................................................. 10 Table 4: Specific District Indicators and Targets in the DMTDP under GSGDA II 2014- .......... 14 Table 5: Statistics on Youth Employment in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai District as at December, 31, 2016 ...................................................................................................................... 17 Table 6: Beneficiary Schools of School Feeding Programme and their Total Enrolments in Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai District, December 31, 2016. ............................................................ 21 Table 7: Technical Apprentice Training: ...................................................................................... 25 Table 8: Agro Processing Equipment Manufacture and Repairs .................................................. 26 Table 9: Impact of BAC activities during the 4th quarter ............................................................. 26 Table 10: Data on HIV&AIDS Situation in the District from 2009-2014 .................................... 28 Table 11. Activities, Progress and Results for January – December, 2016. ................................. 29 2 BIBIANI ANHWIASO BEKWAI DISTRICT ASSEMBLY ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT ON MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E) ACTIVITIES FOR 2016 1. TITLE PAGE 1.1 District: Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai District Assembly 1.2 M&E Report Period: January 1– December 31, 2016 2.0.INTRODUCTION The Annual Progress Report (APR) is the third phase of the implementation of the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai District Medium Term Development Plan (DMTDP) 2014-2017 under the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda II. The APR provides a framework for the systematic review of the implementation of the DMTDP 2014-2017 programmes and projects and their impact on the socio-economic development of the district. The report has been prepared from the results of an assessment of a set of nationally recommended core indicators, district specific indicators and also from other monitoring and evaluation events undertaken on programmes and projects which were captured in the Assembly’s 2016 Annual Action Plan and implemented as well. Specifically, it examined the achievement status of the following: the set of core district indicators; the set of other district indicators; revenue performance; expenditure performance; and Critical development and poverty issues in the District for 2016. 2.1.Status of Implementation of DMTDP The Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai District Assembly finished the preparation of the first Draft of its Medium Term Development Plan for 2014 – 2017 in the first year of 2014 and submitted copies of the Draft Plan to WRCC and NDPC for co-ordination and harmonization. However, after co- ordination and harmonization by WRCC and NDPC, the final comments were forwarded to 3 MMDAs for correction and finalization of the draft plan. The final draft plan been completed for implementation since the final comments were sent by NDPC. However, as development is not static but a continuous process, the District Assembly continued with the implementation of the 2014 – 2017 DMTDP in 2016 by drawing its 2016 Annual Action Plan and Development Budget Estimates based on the programmes and projects in the DMTDP. At the end of year DPCU meeting for 2016, it was realised that out of over 98 development projects earmarked for implementation in 2016 in the 2014-2017 DMTDP, 77 projects were selected to prepare the Assembly’s 2016 Development Budget for implementation to improve the living conditions of the people in relation to GSGDA II. The review further showed that under i. Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability out of 5 projects 4 were selected for execution, ii. Enhancing Competitiveness in Ghana’s Private Sector out of 6 projects 5 projects are being implemented which are old projects from 2015 whiles iii. under Accelerated Agriculture Modernisation and Natural Resources Management out of 14 projects, 12 projects have been selected for implementation, iv. Under Infrastructure and Human Settlement Development, out 27 projects earmarked for implementation, 24 projects are being executed, v. Under Human Development, Productivity and Employment, out of 21 projects, 16 projects are also being implemented in the Action Plan and vi. under Transparent and Accountable Governance 24 projects have been selected for execution out of 16 projects earmarked for implementation. The analysis of the above indicates that the Assembly could select 78.6% the programmes/ projects earmarked for implementation in 2016 Action Plan due to inadequate funds and supports as well as logistics. It is an encouraging performance/results over 2015 where only about 71.60% of the total 81 projects/programmes were implemented. The implication of the Assembly’s inability to execute all projects in 2016 Action Plan implies that the District vision to achieve all the stated objectives in 2016 in order to move towards the broad goal of improving the living standards of the people may / will not be fully realized. To be able to implement subsequent projects in the plan, there is the need for the Assembly to source adequate funds and support from its development partners and strategize very well to improve its internally generated revenue as indicated in its indicative financial resource plan of 2014-2017 DMTDP. The main challenges with the implementation of the DMTDP particularly during the year under review include: • Inadequate resource particularly funds both local and external resources affected the implementation of most key projects 4 • Delays in the release of funds affected projects completion period especially GETFund projects. • Non-availability of some public sector organisations and service providers in the district. • High illiterately rate among the people of the district which affected dissemination of information, adoption of modern technology, particularly farmers etc. • Inadequate credit facilities and poor attitude of farmers / traders towards repayment of loans granted them by financial institution. • Poor performance /attitude of some contractors • Inadequate logistics for the District • Poor accessibility to some projects sites due to bad nature of feeder roads in the district • Ill-equipped DPCU M&E Team of the district • High cost of M & E exercises due to undue delays in project completion period. • Low income among the people and the people poor attitude towards payment of taxes affected revenue generation of the district. • High cost of executing projects in the district due to undue delays in projects completion periods • High cost of construction materials • Ineffective functioning of the district sub-structures. • Low IGF mobilisation 2.2.The Main Purpose of the Monitoring and Evaluation Activities for 2016 The purpose of the APR included the following: i. to provide a single source of information to all stakeholders both local and national on progress being made by the district in the implementation of the DMTDP 2014 – 2017 particularly programmes and projects in 2016; ii. to identify weaknesses which are likely to hinder the achievement of the goals and objectives of the DMTDP 2014 – 2017; iii. to make recommendations for addressing the shortcomings; iv. provide information for effective co-ordination of district development at the regional and national levels; and v. Improve service delivery and value for money. 2.3.Processes involved and difficulties encountered The 2016 APR was compiled from outputs of quarterly monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects specified in the 2016 Annual Action Plan and other national as well as cross-cutting issues in the District. It also included findings from quarterly review meetings of the District Planning and Coordinating Unit (DPCU) and other departments, NGOs, CBOs, Donors etc, etc. Regular data collection exercises were also undertaken to determine the status of implementation of the programmes and projects. 5 This involves the compilation of a regular register of all on-going programmes and projects in the district i.e. programmes/ projects undertaken under the
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