ADANSI SOUTH DISTRICT MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2014 – 2017) CHAPTER ONE PERFORMANCE REVIEW REVIEW OF DISTRICT MEDIUM TERM PLAN (2010-2013) UNDER GHANA SHARED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENDA USING SEVEN THEMATIC AREAS The Adansi South District Assembly, as the highest political and planning authority, is charged with the preparation of the District Medium Term Development Plan that would guide the District Development to meet the goals and aspirations of the people. Such goals and aspirations should however meet the National Policy Framework within the Ghana Share Growth and Development Agenda II Ghana’s Development Policy Framework (2010-2013) was guided by the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda I with the following thematic Areas: . Enhancing and Sustaining Macro-Economic Development . Ensuring Competiveness in Ghana Private Sector . Accelerated Agriculture Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management . Oil and Gas Development . Infrastructure, Energy and Human Settlement . Human Development, Productivity and Employment . Transparent and Accountable Governance The above thematic areas formed the basis for the preparation of the Medium –Term Development plan (2010 -2013); the plan was however rolled over to 2014 REVIEW OF THE DMTDP (2010-2013) The Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda I (2010-2013) was followed by the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda II (2014-2017), which has seven broad thematic areas namely: 1 . Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability; . Enhancing Competiveness of Ghana’s Private Sector; . Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management; . Oil and Gas Development; . Infrastructure and Human Settlement; . Human Development, Productivity and Employment; . Transparent and Accountable Governance The Seven major thematic Areas would form the basis for the preparation of the District Medium Term Plan (2010-2014). REVIEW PROCESS An assessment of the performance of the Adansi South District Medium Term Development plan (2010-2013) was undertaken to review the previous performance to serve as a guide for the preparation of 2014-2017 Development Plan. The review was done taken into account the following indicators on the programmes and projects: - Fully implemented - Abandoned/Suspended - On-going - Not implemented - Implemented but not in the MTDP The District Assembly also took into account the following: i. The extent of the achievement of the planned goals and objectives ii. Reasons for the non-achievement of the goals and objectives iii. Problems /constraints encountered during implementation iv. Lessons learnt which have implications for DMTDP (2010-2017) 2 The Adansi South District earmarked about One Hundred and (101) programmes and projects for implementation in the Medium Term Development Plan (2010-2013).The Programmes and Projects were outlined in Seven Thematic Areas (7) Thematic Areas, namely; . Enhancing and Sustaining Macro-Economic Development . Ensuring Competivenes in Ghana Private Sector . Accelerated Agriculture Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management . Oil and Gas Development . Infrastructure, Energy and Human Settlement . Human Development, Productivity and Employment . Transparent and Accountable Governance The interventions in these sectors when implemented were to help achieve the target set in the District’s Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. The table below indicate the Policy objectives set, programming, indicators, targets level of achievement. 3 Table 1.1 PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF ADANSI SOUTH DISTRICT ASSEMBLY FROM 2010 - 2013 Level of Thematic Remarks Policy Objective Programme Indicator Target Achievement Area 2010-2013 Ensuring - Improve access Train management No. of Management 8 management staff and 4 Fully implemented and to financial members and member and accounting staff to be Sustaining services accounting staff Accounting staff trained Macroecono - Improve fiscal trained mic resource Revaluation of Properties revaluated Revaluate properties in Completed Stability mobilization Properties five communities the - Improve public municipality by 2013 expenditure Train Area Council Area Council Members 21 Area Council Staff to be Not implemented In adequate management by staff on basic office trained on basic trained funding equipping the practices, revenue revenue mobilization offices of mobilization and and management Accounts and management Internal Audit Submit quarterly Financial management 12 quarterly financial Fully implemented unit Financial management reports submitted reports to be submitted reports to appropriate quarters Equip offices of Equipped Accounts Fully equip offices Fully implemented Accounting staff and offices and Internal Internal Audit Audit Unit Procure Vehicle for No. of Vehicle supplied Procure a vehicle Fully revenue mobilization Implemented 4 Update the records/data Data on item updated Revenue items to be Fully implemented on all revenue items updated Train Revenue staff Number of Revenue 20 revenue staff to be Fully implemented on effective revenue Staff equip with trained mobilization revenue mobilization Conduct refresher Consultant engage to Refresher course on PP to Fully implemented courses on Public train Assembly’s be conducted procurement procurement practitioners Establish revenue task Ensure effective 10 member revenue task On-going The task force force revenue mobilization force to be formed comprise of five members Establish database on Create Data base for Establish data base on all Fully completed all private sectors private sector operators operators operators Organize Public for at Fora organized for the 7 Public fora to be Not Implemented Inadequate funding Area Councils on private sector organized in all Area 1. Improve Private Private sector Councils sector Organize District Trade Number of trade fairs 2 District fairs to be Not implemented Inadequate Competivenes Fair organized organized Funding Enhance 2. Expand the Encourage the FM station stations Local FM stations to be Not Implemented A private person Competiven opportunities for establishment of Local established established has begun the es in Job Creation FM Stations. establishment of Ghana’s 3. Promote Public FM Station at New Private Private Edubiase Sector Partnership towards Prepare Service Delivery Charter Service Delivery Charter to Fully development Delivery Charter prepared be prepared Implemented Procure Wireless Wireless Internet Wireless internet facility to Fully The service Internet facility established be procured Implemented Agreement Elapsed and efforts are being made to renew it 5 Conduct Capacity Knowledge of Private Improve the capacity of Not implemented Private sector not building programme for Sector Improved private sector fully organized the private Sector Inadequate funding Update District District Assembly Access to information from On-going Updates is done by Assembly Website Website prepared the Assembly improved Marks Publication Establish Business BAC established BAC to be established Not implemented Application was Advisory Centre within sent to NBSSI but the District the Assembly is yet to receive response Register all Galamsay Galamsay operators All Galamsey operators to Ongoing Operators registered be registered Monitor the Activities Activities of Galamsay Activities of operators to be On-going Inadequate funding of Galamsay operator operators monitored monitored has been a great challenge to activity Encourage Improve the value of 3 oil palm processing Not implemented Inadequate establishment of Oil Agricultural Produce in machines to be established Funding Palm Processing the District Donors also folded 1.Create Conjugal Machine at up their activities environment for Wuruyie,Kotwea and alternative livelihood Accelerate Atwereboana programme Agricultural Encourage Improve the quality of Gari processing machines Not Implemented Inadequate 2. Reverse forest and land Modernizati Establishment of Gari Agricultural Produce to be established Funding degradation on and Processing Machines in Donors also folded 3. Enhance community Sustainable needy communities up their activities participation in the Natural Encourage formation of Farmers formed groups Farmer based groups to be On-going There several environmental and Resource farmer based groups for to access credit formed farming groups but natural resource Managemen access to credit only two were able management by t to access credit awareness Encourage the Farmers encouraged to Credit unions to be formed Not Implemented Lack of 4. Improve agricultural formation of Credit form credit unions commitment from productivity Unions by farmers the farmers Encourage Agro- Farmers encourage to Agro-forestry encouraged Not implemented Inadequate Forestry by Farmers form Agro Forestry Funding 6 Educate farmers in Reduced the incidence 5000 farmers to be On-going proper harvesting and of post-harvest losses educated storage practices To increase extension Access to Extension 40 Extension officers to be Not implemented The extension officers from officers improved available officers reduced by One Increase Cocoa Improved the yield of Cocoa spraying gangs to be Not implemented The Spraying Gang spraying gangs Cocoa produce in the increased to 300 had remain 134 district from 2010 -2013 Organize sensitization Fish output increased Sensitization and training Not implemented Fisheries and training programs to be organized Department have programmes on fish supported 5 Youth farming and animal to establish 8