The GIZ had gathered information on how Ghana’s decentralisation
process should be done in terms of beefing up the human resource at
the district assemblies to improve the system. Dr Volker Monikes, DIZ’s Programme Manager of Support for Decentralisation Reform (SfDR) who presented the equipment to the ministry, expressed satisfaction about the country’s decentralisation system and pledged Germany’s support to help further improve the system.
He said the DVDs told stories of how Ghana’s decentralisation
should be done and that conditions at the national level for effective
local governance had improved. Further, the capacities of institutions at local and regional levels had also improved and aroused political participation in the decision-making process.
Dr Monikes said the DVDs would help the Ministry, which is the
implementing agency for its programme, “Support for Decentralisation
Reforms”, to appreciate the need to ensure the physical
decentralisation process in terms of human resource.
Nana Oduro Kwarteng, Chief Director of the MLGRD who received the
DVDs, urged the country’s development partners to continue to support
the decentralisation process. He said the country had gone far in ensuring that local governance was sent to the doorsteps of the people and expressed the hope that the DVDs would help to further improve the system.
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