JASIKAN DISTRICTASSEMBLY ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS AND PROGRAMME 2016 PREPARED BY: DPCU ON 31-12-2016 1 LIST OF ACRONYMS JDA Jasikan District Assembly APR Annual Progress Report CBOs Community Based Organizations CBRDP Community Based Rural Development Programme CSO Civil Society Organization DA District Assembly DACF District Assembly Common Fund DCD District Coordinating Director DCE District Chief Executive AD1 Assistant Director 1 DFO District Finance Officer DM&E District Monitoring and Evaluation DMTDP District Medium-Term Development Plan DPCU District Planning and Co-ordinating Unit DPO District Planning Officer DDA District Department of Agriculture GHS Ghana Health Service GES Ghana Education Service GPRS (II) Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (2014-2017) MOFA Ministry of Food and Agriculture M&E Monitoring and Evaluation NDPC National Development Planning Commission NGOs Non- Governmental Organization 2 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Executive Summary This is the Annual Progress Reports on assessment of progress made in the implementation of activities outlined in the District’s Annual Development Plan for the year ending December 2014. It is a statement of progress made in respect of activities planned to be implemented in the District in 2014. Progress made in the achievement of specific objectives as outlined in the District’s Medium Term Development Plan (DMTDP 2014-2017) is clearly depicted in the report. Our goal as a District enshrined in 2014-2017 is to achieve an improvement in socio-economic development through massive infrastructure development and the development of human capital whilst enhancing good governance. Policy measures adopted in achieving this Goal above have been prioritized under the seven Thematic Areas of the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda II (GSGDA II). This Quarterly Progress Report is prepared using indicators and targets adopted for monitoring and output and interventions during the year under review. It also documents key interventions implemented during the quarter to bring about the desired changes in the indicators. The report is presented in Four Chapters. Chapter one provides an overview of the Development Status of the Quarter and the M&E Arrangements, whiles chapter two presents a review of status of development projects and programmes under the seven thematic Areas of GSGDA. Chapter Three is devoted to the assessment of the performance of Core Indicators across the sectors of the District Economy and chapter four outlines the recommendations and way forward. 3 CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction The Local Government Act, (Act 462) enjoins all District Assemblies to plan, implement and source for funding for their development programmes in their respect jurisdictions. In line with the above, all Districts are mandated to prepare their plans based on the existing conditions and ensure that their plans are fully implemented to achieve the desired impact. The Jasikan District Assembly as part of its obligation to ensure the growth of its local economy is implementing a four-year Medium Term Development Plan (MTDP), (2014- 2017) under the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda II (GSGDA II). As part of the processes leading to the attainment of goals and objectives set for the year, it was necessary for the District Planning and Coordinating Unit to assess the extent of implementation of the plan. This report therefore covers programmes and activities carried out by the District Assembly from 1st January to 31st December, 2016. 1.2 Key M&E Objectives for the year Monitoring and Evaluation as a tool for tracking down performance and necessary remedies in the development process also serves as a tool to generate key reliable information to help make sound policies and decision for the realization of the district set out goal and objectives. A broader public sector management and accountability is engaged through well-tailored Monitoring and Evaluation framework. The M&E will not only facilitate collective analysis and disseminations of information on performance outcomes but will also enable the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) and other MMDA’s to feed the analysis from the district and Regional APR’s directly into policy decision making process. The District Key M&E objectives seek to assess changes which have occurred rather than implementation base where the focus is on the implemented activities. A well co-ordinated M&E of the DMTDP systematic reporting will show the extent of progress made towards the implementation of the GSGDA II and will further help to: 4 Assess whether the DMTDP developmental targets were met. Identify achievements, constraints and failures so that improvement can be made to the DMTDP and project designs to achieve desired impact. Provide information for effective co-ordination of district development at the regional level. Provide district authorities, the government, development partners, communities, project management team and the general public with better means for learning from past experience. Improve service delivery and influence allocation of resource in the district, and demonstrate results as part of accountability and transparency to Ghanaians and other state holders. Re-instil the spirit of ownership of the DMTDP and build M&E capacity with the district. 1.3 Purpose of the M&E Plan The District Monitoring and Evaluation Plan is a flexible guide to the steps used to document DMTDP activities and how to measure progress towards achievement of DMTDP goal and objectives in a structured way. It provides a clear picture of the DMTDP M&E mechanisms and detailed information on how specific activities and outputs will be monitored and evaluated. The Plan also includes other components that will make it possible to understand the DMTDP context, reflect and learn lessons from project implementation 5 CHAPTER TWO EXTENT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF 2016 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2.1 Introduction Under the GSGDA II, the focus of the District was basically to reduce poverty to the barest minimum especially among the rural people. Accordingly various strategies were adopted to facilitate the achievement of the stated goals and objectives as expressed in the plan under the various thematic Areas. The performance of the District under the thematic areas within the year under review included the following: NO. KEY FOCUS POLICY OBJECTIVES ISSUES STRATEGIES IMPLEMENTING AND AREA COLLABORATIVE AGENCIES ENSURING AND Improve fiscal revenue Leakages in revenue Eliminate revenue collection DA/Private Partners SUSTAINING mobilization and management collection leakages MACROECONOMIC STABILITY ENHANCING Improve private sector Inadequate Improve trade and DA/BAC COMPETITIVENESS productivity and Infrastructure such investment climate IN GHANA’S competitiveness domestically as roads etc PRIVATE SECTOR & globally Accelerate investment in Poor modern infrastructure entrepreneurial Development culture Invest in human resources with Inadequate relevant modern skills and managerial and competences technical skills 6 ACCELERATED Improve science, Low adoption of Apply appropriate agriculture AGRICULTURAL technology and innovation technology research and technology to DA/Donor Partners/BAC MODERNISATION application introduce economies of scale AND SUSTAINABLE Low patronage of in agricultural production NATURAL Improve post-production locally RESOURCE management produced/processed Promote the patronage of MANAGEMENT products (due to locally processed products Develop an effective lack of awareness, through the production of domestic market high cost, prejudice quality and well packaged and poor products Promote the development packaging) of selected staple and Develop standards and horticultural crops Low promote good 7obilization7io and agriculture/aquaculture Promote livestock and product practices along the value poultry development for differentiation in chain food security and income domestic markets generation (weights and Promote the development of measures; grades selected staple crops in each Reverse forest and land and standards) ecological zone degradation Promote integrated crop- Low application of technology livestock farming especially among Intensify disease control and small holder surveillance especially for farmers leading to comparatively Zoonotic and scheduled lower yields diseases Uncompetitive Intensify implementation of local national forest plantation livestock/poultry development programme industry Implement an educational and enforcement programme to reduce 7 Forest destruction bushfires and forest degradation by chainsaw operators Intensification of charcoal production to meet urban energy demands OIL AND GAS Leverage the opportunities High national Ensure effective implementation DA DEVELOPMENT offered by the oil and gas unemployment levels of the local content policy as it industry to create decent jobs especially amongst the relates to employment in the youth oilandgas industry INFRASTRUCTURE Create an enabling Poor and Improve access to social and DA/ Private Partner AND HUMAN environment to accelerate inadequate rural infrastructure services to SETTLEMENTS rural growth and infrastructure and meet basic human needs DEVELOPMENT development services Introduce sustainable Accelerate the provision Inadequate access programmes to attract of adequate, safe and to quality and investment for the growth affordable water affordable water and development of the rural