MINISTRY OF YOUTH AND SPORTS REPORT MINISTERIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT & REVIEW COMMITTEE ON GHANA YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND ENTERPRENEURIAL AGENCY (GYEEDA) JULY 2013 SIGNATURE PAGE Names Membership / Role Signature Date Mr. Ferdinand Gunn Chairman 15/07/2013 Mr. Randolph Nsor-Ambala Member 15/07/2013 Mr. Kwami Edem Senanu Member 15/07/2013 Mr. Mike K. Gabah Member 15/07/2013 Mr. Tuinese Edward Amuzu Secretary 15/07/2013 Dated this 15th day of July, 2013 at Accra and presented to the H.E. President John Dramani Mahama through the Hon. Elvis Afriyie- Ankrah, Minister for Youth and Sports. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS SIGNATURE PAGE ............................................................................................................................................................................................... II TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................................................................................... III LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .......................................................................................................................................... X EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 I. BACKGROUND ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 II. SUMMARY OF METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 III. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 A. THE BUSINESS CASE FOR GYEEDA ................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 B. THE CONCEPT OF GYEEDA (RELEVANCE, DESIGN, AND SUSTAINABILITY) ....................................................................................................... 4 C. GOVERNANCE ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 D. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................................................................................. 5 E. FUNDING GYEEDA ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 TABLE 1 - GOVERNMENT’S FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO NYEP BETWEEN 2009 AND 2012 ..................................................................................... 6 F. PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8 G. COMPLIANCE WITH 1992 CONSTITUTION AND RELEVANT LEGISLATION ....................................................................................................... 12 H. FINANCIAL IMPROPRIETY .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 IV. CONCLUSIONS AND KEY RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................................................................................................... 14 CHAPTER ONE .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 1.0 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 1.1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 1.2 INSTRUMENT OF APPOINTMENT ................................................................................................................................................................................ 19 1.3 MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE ............................................................................................................................................................................ 19 1.4 TERMS OF REFERENCE .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 iii 1.5 INAUGURATION OF THE COMMITTEE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 20 1.6 GYEEDA BRIEF CONTEXT AND MANDATE .............................................................................................................................................................. 20 1.7 GYEEDA FEATURES AND ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 21 1.8 PURPOSE OF THIS ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW ......................................................................................................................................................... 23 1.9 ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................................................... 23 1.10 REVIEW OF SECONDARY DATA ................................................................................................................................................................................. 24 1.11 SAMPLING METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 1.12 CHALLENGES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE ASSESSMENT ..................................................................................................................................... 25 1.13 CURRENT BENEFICIARY LEVELS AND PERFORMANCE ....................................................................................................................................... 26 1.13.1 Employment data for 2006 to 2008 ................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 TABLE 2 - GYEEDA EMPLOYMENT FIGURES 2006-2008 ............................................................................................................................................ 26 1.13.2 Registration and Absorption of Unemployed Youth: 2009 – 2012 ..................................................................................................................................... 27 1.13.3 Exit Plan for Beneficiaries ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 27 TABLE 3 - REGISTRATION AND EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR 2009 TO 2010 ....................................................................................................... 28 TABLE 4 – GYEEDA RECRUITMENT FIGURES AS AT DECEMBER 2012 ................................................................................................................. 28 1.14 RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 CHAPTER TWO .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 2.0 EVOLUTION OF GYEEDA ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 2.1 THE CONCEPT .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 2.2 RELEVANCE OF THE GYEEDA CONCEPT AND UNDERLYING FACTS/ASSUMPTIONS ................................................................................... 32 2.3 DESIGN STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES .................................................................................................................................................................. 33 2.3.1 Initial arrangements