COMPOSITE ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR 2016 Prepared By: Municipal Planning Co-Ordinating Unit Upper Denkyira East Municipal Assembly P. O Box DW 50 Dunkwa-on-Offin January, 2017 TABLE OF CONTENT TABLE PAGE TABLE OF CONTENT ….. ….. ….. ….. I LIST OF TABLES ….. ….. ….. ….. II LIST OF ACRONYMS ….. ….. ….. ….. III CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ….. ….. ….. 1 1.0 Background ….. ….. ….. ….. 1 1.1 Profile of Upper Denkyira East Municipality ….. ….. ….. 2 1.2. Demographic Characteristics …... ….. ….. ….. 5 1.3 The District Assembly ….. ….. ….. ….. 9 CHAPTER 2: REPORT ON FUNDING BY SOURCES ….. ….. 16 2.1. Update on Funding Sources ….. ….. ….. ….. 16 2.2. Report on Disbursements by Sources ….. ….. ….. 17 CHAPTER THREE: DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS ….. ….. 18 3.1. National Disaster Management Organisation ….. ….. ….. 18 3.2. Department of Social Development ….. ….. ….. 21 3.3. Central Administration ….. ….. ….. ….. 23 3.4. Births and Deaths Registry ….. ….. ….. ….. 27 3.5. Town and Country Planning Department ….. ….. ….. 28 3.6. Education ….. ….. ….. ….. 29 3.7. Directorate of Agriculture ….. ….. ….. ….. 30 3.8. Health Directorate ….. ….. ….. ….. 32 3.9. Works Department ….. ….. ….. ….. 34 APPENDICES Appendix I Budget Summary and Disbursements by Departments ….. 35 Appendix II Progress on Feeder Road Projects ….. ….. ….. 36 Appendix III Physical Projects ….. ….. ….. …. 38 Appendix IV Annual Action Plan Implementation Status ….. 44 I | 2016 Annual Progress Report UDEMA LIST OF TABLES Content Page Table 1.1. Populations by sex in 20 Larger Settlements ….. ….. 5 Table 1.2: Age Structure by Sex ….. ….. ….. 7 Table 1.3: Departments of the Assembly and their constituents ….. 13 Table 2.1 Internally Generated Fund (IGF) ….. ….. ….. 16 Table 2.2 Trend of IGF from 2013-2016 ….. ….. ….. 17 Table: 2.3 Government of Ghana Transfers/Donor Funds ….. ….. 17 Table 3.1: Disaster Volunteer Groups ….. ….. ….. 18 Table 3.2: Types of Disaster and Affected Persons ….. ….. 19 Table 3.3: Relief Items Distributed ….. ….. ….. 20 Table 3.4: Mass Education Programme ….. ….. ….. 22 Table 3.5: Adult Education ….. ….. ….. 22 Table 3.6: Project/Programme Description and Level of Achievements ….. 30 Table 3.7: Estimate Crop Yield and Production for Year, 2016. ….. 31 Table 3.8 Incidence of HIV/AIDS ….. …… ….. 32 Table 3.9: Clinical Care ….. ….. …… 33 II | 2016 Annual Progress Report UDEMA LIST OF ACRONYMES CLTS Community Led Total Sanitation CNC Centre for National Culture CWSA Community Water and Sanitation Agency DVG Disaster Volunteer Groups DACF District Assembly Common Fund DFR Department of Feeder Road DUR Department of Urban Roads FBO Farmer Based Oraganisations GSGDA Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda GoG Government of Ghana ISD Information Service Department IGF Internally Generated Fund LI Legislative Instruments LEAP Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty MA Municipal Assembly MAC Municipal Aids Committee MoFA Ministry of Agric MED Municipal Education Directorate MHD Municipal Health Directorate MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework MTEF MT Metric Tonnes M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MUSEC Municipal Security Committee NDPC National Development Planning Commission NFED Non-Formal Education Division NHIS National Health Insurance Scheme ODF Open Defaecation Free PHC Population and Housing Census SPEFA Social Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability TCPD Town and Country Planning Department MWD Municipal Works Department III | 2016 Annual Progress Report UDEMA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0. Background This Annual Progress Report for 2016 constitutes the findings, observations and reactions of the Monitoring and Evaluation activities undertaken in the Municipality during the period under review. The Government of Ghana is committed to prudent management and accountability practices within the public service that result in effective and efficient delivery of services for the benefit of all Ghanaians. Government is further committed to the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) that links resource allocation to the national development policy objectives and the delivery of specified outputs and outcomes. Annually, Government and Development Partners commit significant resources to support a wide range of development interventions that are designed to improve the social and economic conditions in the country. The Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA II), to be implemented from 2014 to 2017, is a broad based development strategy for accelerated poverty reduction and democratic decentralisation. It focuses heavily on poverty reduction programmes and projects. The emphasis in the GSGDA II is on growth inducing policies and programmes which have the potential of supporting wealth creation for sustainable poverty reduction. GSGDA II is therefore anchored on maintaining the macroeconomic stability and on pursuing accelerated private sector competitiveness, vigorous human resource development, and good governance. All Government Agencies at the sector, regional and district levels that are tasked with the responsibility of implementing these programmes and projects are expected to demonstrate, through evidence based information, that these interventions are having the desired effects in terms of positively transforming the lives of all beneficiaries. In the context of good public sector governance, the application of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools to generate reliable and valid information to help Government make sound policies and decisions is becoming increasingly relevant, therefore this report. 1 | 2016 Annual Progress Report UDEMA 1.1 PROFILE OF UPPER DENKYIRA EAST MUNICIPALITY 1.1.2. Physical and Natural Environment 1.1.2.1. Location and Size The Upper Denkyira East Municipality is one of the Twenty (20) Administrative Districts of the Central Region. The Municipality was established in 2007 by the Legislative Instrument (LI 1877) from the then Upper Denkyira District. It was inaugurated in February 2008. The Administrative Capital is Dunkwa-On-Offin. It lies within latitudes 5º. 30’ and 6º 02’ north of the equator and longitudes 1º W and 2º W of the Greenwich Meridian. It shares common boundaries with Adansi South in the North, Assin North Municipal in the East and Twiffo Atti-Morkwa District in the West and Upper Denkyira West District in the North-West. The Upper Denkyira East Municipality covers a total land area of 1,020 square kilometers, which is about 10% of total land area of the Central Region. 1.1.2.2 Climate The Municipality falls within the semi equatorial zone with its characteristics. The mean annual temperatures are 29 º C on the hottest months and about 24ºC in the coolest months. There are two rainfall regimes, but the total annual mean rainfall is between 120cm and 200cm. The first rainy season is from May to June with the heaviest in June, while the second rainy season is from September to Mid-November. The main dry season is from late-November to February. 1.1.2.3 Vegetation The Upper Denkyira East Municipality falls within the semi-deciduous forest zone. It consists of three layers which do not differ much from the rain forest. The trees in this forest zone do not shed all their leaves at the same time nor are they of the same species. Trees of the lower layer and some of the topmost layers stay evergreen throughout the year. This is due to the generally moist condition of the area. Due to increasing cocoa and mining activities in the area, especially in the northern part of the Municipality, very little of the original forest remains, and most of what is left are secondary forests. The forest contains various valuable timber species such as Mahogany and Wawa. 2 | 2016 Annual Progress Report UDEMA 1.1.2.4 Conditions of the Natural environment Forestry is one of the important sectors of the district. The Municipality has three (3) major forest reserves which are all rich in wildlife and lumber. They include the Benso- Benn, Oppong Manse and Minta Forest Reserves. They consist of different species of tropical hardwood of high economic-value trees like Odum, Mahogany, Edinam and Wawa. Lumbering has therefore been an important economic activity in the district. However, this has been creating environmental problems, as there is no proper management of the forest reserves. The reserves have been encroached upon by illegal chainsaw operators whose activities, if not checked, will deprive the Municipality of the needed forest resources for development. Frequent outbreak of bushfires has also contributed to the depletion of forests and other forms of environmental degradation in the Municipality. Most of the known wildlife such as the deer and monkeys, which were mostly found in the forests, now face extinction. It is however important that, the Forestry Commission and the Municipal Assembly initiate a more intensive afforestation programme to preserve some of the important economic tree species to ensure ecological balance in the municipality. Sustainable harnessing of existing forest resources is also to be encouraged. 1.1.2.5 Conditions of the built environment Human activities do not only impact on the natural environment as have been portrayed vividly under natural environment discussed above; the impact manifests itself perhaps more prominently in areas where humanity lives. Most activities of man in settlements he creates as permanent abode more often impacts negatively on the environment. This aspect of the report highlights on the way of life of the people in terms of their shelter, and living conditions and practices