GARID Working Session on Geo- Enabling Monitoring tools (GEMS) Asset Register Template Held

The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (MLGDRD) has held a training session for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and Management Information System (MIS) Officers under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) on the Geo- Enabling Monitoring tools (GEMS) Asset Register Template.

The training is to help build capacity for the MMDAs to make decisions on the necessary information to feed the Geo-Spatial Management Platform at the Assembly level.

The training session took place on the 24^th May, 2024 at the Ministry’s conference room as a follow-up on a meeting which took place in December 2023 in Koforidua.

A team member from the GARID project, Bernard Makafui leading the training session stated that, the platform is to help facilitate easy access to the Geo-Spatial Management Platform.

He added that, once the assignment on the permanent software was done it will be ready for deployment and use in all MMDAs. He reiterated that; this was only a trial session for the participants to be abreast with the system.

On his part, Mr. Eli Kuadey, Principal Planning Officer at the MLGDRD, expressed his profound gratitude to the participants present. He noted that, the training was very relevant for the performance output for all 29 MMDAs.

He encouraged participants to push this new initiative and adapt as they are the first batch of trainees for the new platform.

Source:    Rhodaline Abba

                  (Public Relations, MLGDRD)

The European Union (EU), Expertise France Groupe, and the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (MLGDRD) have initiated dialogue with five Municipal Assemblies (MAs) to implement the Sustainable Cities Project in the northern regions of Ghana.

The implementing MAs of the Sustainable Cities Project are Wa in the Upper West Region,  West Gonja in the Savannah Region, Yendi in the Northern Region, Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region, and East Mamprusi in the North East Region.

This came to light when the EU and Expertise France called on the Ministry in Accra on 27^th of May 2024 on the Project execution and the intervention needed and also update the Ministry on Expertise France Groupe introductory meeting with the five beneficiary Municipal Assemblies (MAs) in April 2024.

The Project manager Jihane Rangama, expressed her gratitude to the Ministry for the support during the visit to the MAs and called for the same in the recruitment of human resources to implement the Project.

The Director in charge of Local Governance and Decentralisation at the Ministry, Mr. Samuel Seth Passah, was hopeful that the interventions in the Project for the MAs would help the poor, improve local economic development, create job opportunities for the youth, and improve the livelihood of women in the implementing Municipal Assemblies.

The Project was slated to be launched in September 2024 at Tamale in the Northern Region.

Source:    Rhodaline Abba
                  (Public Relations, MLGDRD)

A one-day training to build the capacity of staff of the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development to help them understand and appreciate the roles they play in coordinating and collating reports on the Ministry’s achievements on targets set in the performance agreement signed between the Chief Director and the Head of Service at the Office Head of Civil Service has come off.

Key results areas in the performance agreement signed by the Ministry with the OHCS were reviewed and discussed as well as the focus areas, set targets results area including Performance Reporting, Financial Management, Human Resource Management, Leadership and Management Style, Right to Information, Chief Directors role and update on the Performance Agreement reporting template were also reviewed and discussed.

The Office of the Head of Civil Service organised the training to equip the officers to improve upon their delivery to achieve the targets set in the Chief Director and Directors' Performance Agreement.

The training emphasised the importance of the performance Agreement, with discussions on the responsibilities of each directorate and their deliverables and follow-up actions needed to achieve the targets by the end of the year.

Source:    Ernest Tweneboah Koduah

                 (Public Relations, MLGDRD)