International Development Grant

Ghana Advisory Services

Project Number: CA-3-A032178001

Status: Closed

Country/Region:

Ghana 100.00%

Maximum Contribution: $4,500,000.00

Start Date: January 02, 2004

End Date: September 30, 2013

Duration: 9.7 years

Project Description

This project acts as a framework for program-level advisory services and knowledge-building activities in the Ghana Program. It procures appropriate Ghanaian and Canadian expertise to undertake a range of activities including advisory services policy dialogue monitoring knowledge building and sharing donor collaboration and lessons learned. Expected Outcomes: 1) Increased sustainable reforms; 2) improved donor cohesion and harmonization in Ghana programming; 3) increased substantive engagement of donors and the Government of Ghana (GoG); 4) enhanced program design (including the incorporation of improvements in areas of environment gender equality and HIV/AIDS prevention and education); 5) improved risk management; and 6) institutional strengthening of GoG and other partners such as civil society. Partner/Executing Agency: Government of Ghana (Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning)

Progress & Results Achieved

Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2011) include: Advisory services provided with project support have contributed to the development of a National Anti-Corruption Action Plan and have helped the Ghana Audit Service to provide a more comprehensive picture of public financial management issues supporting the democratic process by bringing these issues forward for debate in Ghana’s Parliament. The project has also supported high-level discussions on how to improve the Government of Ghana’s overall management of the public sector for more effective service delivery.

Key Information

Executing Agency:
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada

Program:
WGM Africa

Last Modified:
September 19, 2025

Development Classifications

DAC Sector:

Water sector policy and administrative management 20%
Public sector policy and administrative management 30%
Public finance management 20%
Elections 10%
Agricultural policy and administrative management 20%

Aid Type: Project-type interventions

Collaboration: Bilateral

Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation

Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP

Policy Markers
Level 1 Gender equality
Level 1 Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting)
Level 2 Participatory development and good governance
Major Funding (>$1M)
Budget Breakdown
2004-04-01 to 2005-03-31 $4,500,000 CAD
Geographic Information
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Project Number: CA-3-A032178001