Dutch Govt Commits GH¢2.8M To SAP

The Dutch government has committed GH¢2.8 million grant to sponsor a Social Accountability Project (SAP) aimed at addressing some of the challenges facing the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP). 

The SAP is expected to create multiple platforms, including the media, parliament, civil society organisations (CSOs) and the beneficiary communities, to work in a concerted effort to ensure that the GSFP is implemented according to the rules and regulations at all levels.

The two-year project is being implemented jointly by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), which is the supervising author-secretariat, the Embassy of the Royal Kingdom of the Netherlands and SNV Netherlands Development Organisation.

One of the key activities of the SAP is the Independent Civil Society Organisation Monitoring and Evaluation (ICSO-M&E), which is a platform for CSOs to use various monitoring tools to ensure transparency and accountability in the management to the GFSP at the district level.

The Minister for local Government and Rural Development, Mr. Joseph Yieleh Chireh, officially opened the ICSO-M