International Development Grant
Ghana Advisory Services
Project Number: CA-3-A032178001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
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:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP