Between 1997 and 2001, UNDP provided institutional and resource capacity support to the Parliament of Ghana through its partnership with the Parliamentary Service. These interventions enabled Parliament to improve its delivery on its mandate of scrutinizing executive action and acting as interface between the public and the executive. Since 2001, the Parliament has, with UNDP support, embarked on a Transformation Plan to strengthen its ICT backbone as well as its management and administrative capacity. The APRM report of 2005 noted continued capacity constraints of Parliament and recommended increased capacity building in that regard to improve the effectiveness of its oversight function. Consolidating its substantive achievements further, Parliament seeks to deepen the quality of feedback it receives from the public in parliamentary processes and to enhance its capacity and those of its committees and staff to respond more effectively to the needs of Ghanaians. Consequently, Parliament developed an Enhanced Strategic Plan (ESP) in 2006, with the support of DANIDA and the National Governance Programme (another UNDP partner) to guide its resource mobilization and capacity-building efforts.
The UNDP’s new programme of support, as outlined in the CPAP 2006-2010, is a multi-year collaboration with the Parliament for joint action to mobilize support for the ESP’s implementation to improve parliamentary performance and management, enhance public participation, and improve the information technology assets which support the work of Parliament. The Annual Work Plan 2007 builds on ongoing support provided through the Parliamentary Service begun in 2006, including the quarterly Speakers’ Breakfast Forum, the development of a legislative performance assessment mechanism, and the creation of an electronic legislative tracking system. In addition, the Parliamentarians Forum for Human development and the MDGs aims to build capacity of decision makers at the national and district level on policy issues through the MDG lens. Research on key policy issues related to MDG achievement will also be undertaken.
List Of Other Democratic Governance Projects
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Armed Violence, Small Arms Reduction and Human Security•
Support to National Governance Programme•
IMPROVING HUMAN RIGHTS•
Support to Civic Education.•
Access to Justice•
Joint Support for Gender Policy and Strategies
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