District Development Facility-DDF Project

Title	District Development Facility-DDF Project
Status	Active
Start date	October, 2015
End date	March, 2017
PM&E networking centre	Greater Accra, Northern, Upper East, Upper West
District	Ada East, Adentan, Bawku, Bawku West, Bolgatanga, Bongo, Chereponi, East Gonja, Ga East, Ga South, Ga West, Jirapa, Kassena Nankana, Lambusise, Lawra, Nadowli, Osu Klotey, Salvelgu Nanton, Shai-Osudoku, Sissela West, Talensi, Tamale, Tolon, Wa East, Wa Muni, West Gonja, West Mamprusi, YENDI, Zabzugu
Description	The proposed project would contribute to promoting an inclusive and empowered society in Ghana by ensuring that more people in the country, particularly the marginalized and vulnerable have the capacity and opportunity to participate in local planning and monitor local expenditure. Importantly, it would to contribute to increased services delivery through effective utilization of the DDF for citizens’ benefit.

Stats

ID	15
Interactions	No interactions
Added on	2015-11-13
Added by	Mumuni Mohammed
Last modified	2016-01-08
Last modified by	Mumuni Mohammed

Name	Status
DDF – Making All Voices Count	Approved

Policy literacy phase

Name
Sensitization to increase knowledge and awareness of non-state actors on DDF and FOAT in Yendi
Sensitization to increase knowledge and awareness of non-state actors on DDF and FOAT in West Gonja
Sensitization to increase knowledge and awareness of non-state actors on DDF and FOAT in Tolon
Sensitization to increase knowledge and awareness of non-state actors on DDF and FOAT in two area councils in Tamale Metro
Sensitization to increase knowledge and awareness of non-state actors on DDF and FOAT in two area councils in West Mamprusi
Sensitization workshop for non-state actors on the District Development Facility (DDF) in two area councils in East Gonja
Sensitization workshop for non-state actors on the District Development Facility (DDF) in Zabzugu
Sensitization workshop for non-state actors on the District Development Facility (DDF) in Savelugu/Nanton
Radio sensitization on the DDF in Gurune at WORD FM Zuarungu
Radio Sensitization on DDF
DDF sensitization forum of citizens and non-state actors at Sheaga-Tindongo and Tongo-Winkogo Area Councils
Community sensitization workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of 100 non state actors on the DDF and FOAT in two (2) Area Councils
Sensitization workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of 100 non state actors on the DDF and FOAT
Sensitization workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of 100 non state actors on the DDF and FOAT
Community sensitization workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of 100 non state actors on the DDF and FOAT in two (2) Area Councils
Sensitization workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of non-state actors on the DDF and FOAT

Participatory research

Policy dialogue

Responsiveness tracking

Name	Status
Low knowledge of citizens on donors who fund development projects within the Municipality	No action yet
Baptist school in Nadoli to follow up with the Assembly for water project for the school	Success
Gbankor community through DCMC member in the community to push assemble man to make follow on a borehole they requested from the Assembly	Success
Nyuglu community committed to write to the Assembly for a borehole	Success
Commitment to make follow up on letter written to the Assembly in request for a new School block in Kaluri	Off track
District Assembly committed to reallocate market stores whose current owners are not making good use of them to interested persons.	No action yet
District Assembly committed to address sanitation issue at the daily market by constructing urinary and toilet facility.	Success
DA Committed to engage stakeholders at the Ghana Education Office before communities are selected to benefit from School projects.	Success
DA Committed to make use of local content to ensure local people are given the opportunity to participate in the construction of projects	On track
DA committed to disclose source of funding of projects to communities and Assembly persons	Success
DA committed to change sign post at projects sites that are not visible and ensure that future ones are made visible.	No action yet
DA committed to use part of DDF funds to construct quarters for Agric Extension officers during policy sensitization	On track
DA promised to construct a maternity ward at Dorimo with DDF Funds	On track
DA committed to construct health assistance training school (HATS) in Wechiau	On track
District Assembly made a commitment to construct a magistrate court with DDF funds in Wechiau	On track
DA Commited to construct Children’s Ward at the Wechiau District Hospital with funding from DDF	On track
DA committed to ensure that all area councils are reactivated and made functional	On track
DA Committed to Revive the zonal councils to ensure they are functional for effective monitoring of DDF projects	On track
Make the mid-year and annual reports on DDF available to citizens through CSOs and assembly members	On track
Publish details of all projects funded in the district under the DDF but accessible on demand by citizens or CSOs at the district planning unit.	On track
Organize periodic meetings with community members to share information from the DA for their comments after all assembly sessions.	On track
Provide labour support for construction projects in their communities from DDF through the district assembly.	On track
Chiefs and Imams pledged to mobilize citizens to support DDF projects implemented by the assembly in their communities	Success
Commitments made during National Dialogue on the DDF project	On track
Committments during District level Dialogue on the DDF	On track
citizens to monitor the progress of work by contractors at the community level	On track
itizens to Continue the self help project in their district.	On track
media to contact the District Assembly for information on projects all over the Districts. DASTECH FM would continue to engage the District Chief Executive and the District Co-ordinating Director on phone discussion on on-going projects or projects that need rehabilitation.	On track
1. Assembly members commit to contact the District Assembly for information of projects that they may not be aware	On track
citizens to inform family members, friend and Church members to always find out from the Assembly members projects that are been executed in their localities	On track
Citizens and Aseembly member committed themselves to spread the news about the DDF to the rest of the community members who could not attend the sensitizations	On track
1. The chiefs, elders and people of Nakolo and Bugsongo in the Kassena-Nankana West District have committed themselves to readily make land available for developmental projects if the necessary consultations and due process is followed.	On track
The DA committed to continue to involve TA, Assemblymen, and citizens when contracts are being given.	On track
PWDs committed to relay information to their members at their monthly meetings. By MARCH 2017.	Success
The media committed to give a slot for sensitization on DDF by MARCH 2017	Success
The Assembly promised to complete all DDF projects at various levels of construction on the availability of funds.	Success
The Assemblymen committed themselves to lobby the Assembly for DDF projects in the 2017 composite budget for their constituency.	On track
The MA made a commitment to further close the knowledge gap by educating the people on radio Savannah and Might FM.	Success
Community members resolve to occasionally visit the DA to discuss and report community problems through the Assembly Members.	On track
DA committed to publish amount of DDF funds released to the assembly on the assembly’s notice board	Success
Citizens of Grunshie Zongo commit to take good care of and own DDF projects for maximum use.	Success
DA commits to avail staff for community level interactions and engagements on DDF.	Success
DA committed to facilitate the construction of a market in the Kayereso area through communal efforts and DA’s support.	On track
DA commits to rehabilitate the Nurses Quarters at Kayereso which is currently in a deteriorating status	On track
Community members committed to put in place committees to monitor the implementation of projects in their communities and report to district assembly.	Success
DA committed to undertake the constructions of a Magistrate court for the district.	On track
DA committed to undertake the construction of Health Assistance Training School	On track
DA committed to undertake the constructions of 40 capacity beds at the children’s ward at the district hospital	On track
DA Committed to construct of culvert at Sane Denden	Success
Advocate for the completion of delivery rooms at sentu CHPS	Success
DA Committed to construct a car park at hamile to generate funds for the district	No action yet
DA committed to sink a borehole for the people of Bognuo	Success
DA committed to sink a borehole for the people of Sukeda	Success
DA committed to sink borehole for Dahile community	Success
DA Committed to construct doctors bungalow in Lambussie	Success
To relay information to senior chiefs and also share knowledge on development projects to citizens	On track
1. To educate citizens during Town Hall meetings 2. To use allocate radio airtime to talk about DDF in English and local dialects 3. Pass information of Assembly projects (DDF) through Traditional Authority	On track
. The Municipal Health Director promised to lobby the Assembly for more allocation of DDF funds and projects for the Health department	Success
Commit to take advantage of community gatherings to share and disseminate information to citizens	On track
Commit to make sure signages are included in all contract documents and ensure contractors comply	No action yet
Commit to sensitize people on DDF during quarterly durbars	No action yet
	Off track
Share information to Circuit Supervisors to also inform head teachers/School Management Committees/PTAs	On track
Call a meeting and disseminate/share information to other committee members and chiefs. Link with DA for information and pass onto community members	No action yet
To continue to inform community members and engage DA to allocate DDF projects to communities that need them most	No action yet
To extend invitations to all chiefs in various communities to get their citizens to attend Town Hall Meetings in particular electoral areas	On track
To continue to disseminate information on development to listening public and also share info to media network in the region	No action yet
To make sure that all DDF projects have signages	Success
To make documents on all DDF projects available to Health and Education directorates	Success
To share information to all chiefs and elders at the Traditional Council.	No action yet
To share information to other Assembly members, sub-committee and lobby with Health and Education directorates to benefit from DDF funds	No action yet
Human resource department of DAto make sure that Assembly members get some capacity building training	No action yet
District Assembly commits to provide copies of contract award letters to key stakeholders (assembly members, head teachers, TA) to ensure effective monitoring of project	No action yet
District Assembly commits to renovate two (2) area councils to ensure they are functional	Success
Assembly members commit to use existing structures (churches, mosques, associations) to pass information on DDF to community members	Success
District Assembly commits to include and allocate time in the agenda for next general assembly sessions to educate assembly members on the concept of DDF.	No action yet
Assembly members commit to downstream information shared at assembly sessions to community members using existing structures such as churches, mosques etc. in order to bridge the information gap	No action yet
District Assembly commits to provide copy of contract award letters to assembly members to ensure effective monitoring of projects in their electoral areas	No action yet
District Assembly commits to revive the zonal councils to ensure they are functional for effective monitoring of DDF projects	No action yet
District Assembly commits to hold town hall meetings in the three (3) zonal councils on rotational bases to bridge knowledge gap of citizens on DDF and other development activities	No action yet
District Assembly commits to provide logistics to all area councils to ensure they are functional/operational for effective monitoring of projects	No action yet
Assembly members commit to use existing structures (churches, mosques, associations) to pass information on DDF to community members to bridge knowledge gap	No action yet
District Assembly commits to inaugurate 2 remaining Area Councils and ensure that they are all functioning	No action yet
Assembly members commit to use community durbars to sensitize citizens on DDF projects	No action yet
Assembly members commit to inform general assembly of key findings that have been discussed during next assembly sessions	No action yet
District Assembly commits to reactivate the area councils and equip them with logistics to function in order to bridge knowledge gap on DDF and ensure effective monitoring of projects	No action yet
Pledge by community members to monitor DDF projects	Success
Increasing citizens awareness on sources of funds for development projects	No action yet
Assembly pledged to help promote accountability and also ensure that citizens are kept abreast with sources of funds for development projects within the Municipality	On track
Citizens pledged their involvement in governance at the district level	No action yet
Pledge to improve citizen’s participation	On track
DA committed that, with the support from RING to resource the zonal councils with motorbikes, computers and accessories to enable them perform their role effectively pursuance to the decentralization process.	Success
DA committed to use radio station to close the knowledge gap of citizens on DDF	Success
DA pledged to facilitate the extension of electricity supply to parts of Kpembe and Edipe section in Salaga town	On track
DA committed to Rehabilitate the Nurses Quarters at Kayereso and electricity situation at Kpolo	On track
DA committed to improve Water situation under the Kpembe Area Council.	On track

Title	Period	Status
Hold regional level data validation on DDF		Done
Hold a regional level validation workshop on DDF Draft report		Done
Community level sensitisation workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of 100 non state actors on the DDF and FOAT		Done
Hold Focus Group Discussion to assess citizens general knowledge on DDF and the benefits they derive from DDF projects		Done
Hold Focus Group Discussion to assess citizens general knowledge on DDF		Done
Hold sensitization workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of 100 non state actors on DDF and FOAT		Done
TOT regional workshop on communication and advocacy for networking members		Done
Training of DCMCs on the use of budget tracking instruments		Done
Data collection on the District Development Facility (DDF)		Ongoing
Hold sensitization workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of 100 non state actors on DDF and FOAT		Done
Hold sensitization workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of 100 non state actors on DDF and FOAT		Done
Hold sensitization workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of 100 non-state actors on DDF and FAOT		Done
Hold sensitization workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of 100 non-state actors on DDF and FOAT		Done
Hold sensitisation workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of 100 non state actors on the DDF and FOAT		Done
Hold sensitisation workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of 100 non state actors on the DDF and FOAT		Done
Sensitisation workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of 100 non state actors on the DDF and FOAT		Done
Hold sensitisation workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of 100 non state actors on the DDF and FOAT		Done
Hold sensitization to increase awareness and knowledge of non state actors on DDF and FOAT in Zabzugu district		Future
Hold sensitization workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of non state actors on DDF and FOAT in West Gonja district		Future
Sensitization workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of non state actors on the DDF and FOAT in Savelugu/Nanton Municipal		Future
Carry out pretest of DDF assessment tools in Tatale district		Done
Sensitization workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of non state actors on the DDF and FOAT in Tolon district		Done
Sensitization workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of non state actors on the DDF and FOAT in Tamale Metro		Done
Sensitization workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of non state actors on the DDF and FOAT in East Gonja district		Ongoing
Sensitization workshop to increase awareness and knowledge of non state actors on the DDF and FOAT in West Mamprusi district		Done
Renew and sign MoUs with 8 Radio stations		Ongoing

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