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Presentation Outline
Background
Institutional/Governance
Ghana
structure
Challenges
BACKGROUND
In order to address issues of poverty,
vulnerability and exclusion in Ghana and also
to meet the objectives of the MDGs (now SDGs)
and other national and international legal and
policy objectives, the Government of Ghana
has adopted Social Protection as a tool for
poverty reduction.
developed
and
implemented
programmes
support all categories of the poor, extremely poor, vulnerable
and excluded
Cont.
However,
reasons
collaboration
linkages
and
for
the
limited
cross
sectoral
complementarities
among
for
this;
effective
is
INSTITUTIONAL
ARRANGEMENTS
Cont.
Prior to the development of the National
Social Protection Strategy in 2007, Social
Protection was implemented in Ghana in an
uncoordinated,
poorly
and
ineffective
targeted manner.
Cabinet Memorandum (2014), memorandum
which mandates the Ministry of Gender,
Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) was
to develop and implement institutional
arrangements
IMCC
Discuss technical
proposals for the
implementation of
policies or reforms
upon request of the
Inter-Ministerial
Committee or
MoGCSP.
Sensitization of
Communities
on social
protection
activities
Facilitate the
formation of the
Community Social
Protection
Committee
(CSPCs) in
selected
communities
Organize
and
conduct the
training of
the CSPCs.
Compile and
update a
directory of
Complement
ary Services
in the
District.
Assist
Enumerators in
household
identification
and listing
during the PMT
data collect
Community
Validation.
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