SEKYERE EAST DISTRICT ASSEMBLY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN [DMTDP] 2014-2017 2015 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIVITIES IN THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FEBRUARY, 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................... iii LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................................................................................. iii LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................... iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... v CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Purpose of Monitoring and Evaluation for 2015 ...................................................................... 1 1.3 Processes Involved .................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Difficulties Encountered ........................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Status of Implementation of DMTDP -2015-Annual Action Plan ........................................... 2 CHAPTER TWO .......................................................................................................................... 3 M&E ACTIVITIES REPORT..................................................................................................... 3 2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Programmes and Projects Status for 2015 ................................................................................ 3 2.2 Update on Funding Sources from 2010-2016 ........................................................................... 3 2.2.1 Release of funds ..................................................................................................................... 3 2.2.2 Efforts to Generate Funds ...................................................................................................... 4 2.2.3 Challenges/Constraints Regarding the Generation of Funds ................................................. 4 2.3 Update on Disbursements ......................................................................................................... 4 2.3.1 Comments .............................................................................................................................. 4 2.4 Monitoring and Evaluation indicators under GSGDA II [2015] .............................................. 5 2.5 Update on Critical Development and Poverty Issues ............................................................... 5 2.5.1 Capitation Grant Implementation in the district .................................................................... 5 2.5.2 Supply of furniture to schools ................................................................................................ 6 2.5.3 Girl-Child Education .............................................................................................................. 6 2.5.4 The School Feeding Programme ............................................................................................ 6 2.5.5 HIV/AIDS .............................................................................................................................. 7 2.5.5.1 Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS (PMTCT) ................................ 7 i 2.5.6 Family Planning ..................................................................................................................... 8 2.5.7 Registration of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) ................................................................. 8 2.5.7.1 PWDs Common Fund ......................................................................................................... 8 2.5.8 Implementation of LEAP Expansion Programmes ................................................................ 9 2.5.9 Disaster Management........................................................................................................... 10 2.5.10 Home Science Extension/Women in Development ........................................................... 10 2.6 Implementation of the District Monitoring & Evaluation Plan .............................................. 11 2.7 Staff Training .......................................................................................................................... 11 2.8 Participatory M & E and other Studies ................................................................................... 11 CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................... 12 THE WAY FORWARD ............................................................................................................. 12 3.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 12 3.1 Key issues addressed and those yet to be addressed ............................................................... 12 3.2 Recommendations ................................................................................................................... 12 3.3 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 12 APPENDIX 1: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2015 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN-END OF YEAR ............................................................................................................................................ 13 APPENDIX 2: PROGRESS REPORT ON DISTRICT ASSEMBLY PROJECTS, 2015 .......... 19 Appendix 3: Update on Indicators and Targets [Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators under GSGDA [2015] ............................................................................................................................. 23 ii LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1 Update on Funding by Sources from 2010-2015………………………………………3 Table 2.2 Update on Disbursements from 2010- 2015…………………………………………...4 Table 2.3 Capitation Grant Implementation in the district for 2014/2015………………………..5 Table 2.4 School Feeding Programme Beneficiary Schools (2015)……………………………...6 Table 2.5 Registration, Counselling of Pregnant Women………………………………………..7 Table 2.6 Registered PWDs in the District………………………………………………….........8 Table 2.7 Disbursement of Funds to PWDs………………………………………………………9 Table 2.8 Type of Disasters………………………………………………………………………10 LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix 1: Implementation of The 2015 Annual Action Plan-End of Year .............................. 13 Appendix 2: Progress Report on District Assembly Projects, 2015 ............................................ 19 Appendix 3: Update on Indicators and Targets [Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators under GSGDA [2015] ............................................................................................................................. 23 iii LIST OF ACRONYMS AIDS : Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome APR : Annual Progress Report BAC : Business Advisory Centre BCG : Basillus Calmettee Guerin CWSA : Community Water and Sanitation Agency DACF: District Assemblies Common Fund DMTP : District Medium Term Development Plan DPCU : District Planning and Co-ordinating Unit DWSP : District Water and Sanitation Plan GOG : Government of Ghana GSGDA: Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda HIV : Human Immune Virus HIPC : Highly Indebted Poor Country IGF : Internally Generated Fund JHS : Junior High School KG : Kindergarten KVIP : Kumasi Ventilated Improved Pit LRED : Local and Regional Economic Development MMDAs: Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts Assemblies M&E : Monitoring and Evaluation NADMO: National Disaster Management Organisation OPD : Out Patient Department SDA : Seventh Day Adventist SHS : Senior High School TVET : Technical Vocational Education Training UTTDBE: Untrained Teachers Training in Diploma in Basic Education iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction The 2015 Progress Report is the review of the status of the implementation of the District Medium Term Development Plan (2014-2017) based on the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda II (GSGDA II). The report has been put together from the result of the assessment of a set of indicators and targets which have been adopted for monitoring and evaluating the achievements of programmes and projects implemented in 2015. The purposes of the reports are as follows: Provide single source information on the level of implementation of activities in the 2015 Annual Action Plan. Make recommendations for addressing the weaknesses and the challenges. The report basically provides an update on the status of actions taken on programmes and projects implemented during the year 2015 within the framework of the DMTDP. It specifically addresses the status of the following: Programme/Project status for the year 2015. Update on disbursement from funding sources Update on indicators