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Consultative Group Meeting
Technical Session
La Palm, Accra, 23/09/2010
INFRASTRUCTURE
AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
Presentation by Delegation of the European Union
PRIORITIES
WATER AND SANITATION: Medium term: i) ensuring efficient management of
water resources; ii) accelerating the provision of safe and affordable water; iii)
accelerating the provision and improve environmental sanitation; iv) ensuring the
implementation of health and hygiene education programmes as a component of all water
and sanitation programmes; v) improving sector coordination through a sector wide
approach to water and environmental sanitation delivery; vi) improving sector institutional
capacity; and vii) ensuring sustainable, predictable and adequate financing to the sector.
TRANSPORT: Establish Ghana as a transportation hub for the West African Subregion; integrate land use, transport planning and development planning and
service provision; and ensure sustainable development in the transport sector.
ALSO HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION; ICT;
RECREATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
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MILESTONES / RESULTS
WATER AND SANITATION: Several Investment Plans
prepared (Urban and Rural). MDG target for access to water has
been met. (are figures fully reliable) (Sanitation!) Important
SWAP process going on
TRANSPORT: National Transport Policy; TSDP (coming to an
end) ITP prepared. Infrastructure Country Diagnostic. Toll
increases (maintenance funding), Axle Load enforcement
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND
INNOVATION; ICT; RECREATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
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OBSERVATIONS (DPs)
Transport: Develop clear references to the integrated transport
planning methodology (established during past three years). GOG
ownership of "Integrated Transport Plan for Ghana". A greater focus
on maintenance and sustainability.
Water and Sanitation (priority sector) Need to refer to the Sector
Wide Approach (SWAp) process. Balance between central and local
government. Institutional capacity concerns and inadequate budget
allocation for both water and environmental sanitation facilities and
services clear. There needs to be a clear reference to sanitation
goals, e.g. MDG 7.
Human settlements: prominence in the plan, need for coherence
(DPs comments on first draft fully addressed in revised version?)
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WORKING TOGETHER
WATER AND SANITATION: Strengthening existing co-ordination mechanisms and fora
for sector dialogue and engagement; Establish appropriate high level mechanisms for coordination with other related sectors and the ten Regions. Establis a functional sector
Management Information System; Incorporate cross-cutting issues such as: gender,
environment, public sector reform, decentralisation and governance in the
implementation of SWAp.
TRANSPORT: Sector Working Group – meeting quarterly. Sub-groups on specific issues
reporting to the SWG: planning, facilitation of transport, axle load control. Tools for
planning, linking with budget and MTEF. Integrated transport planning methodology:
evidence based planning, economic forecasting, land use planning, institutional
framework, social and environmental considerations, financing options.
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION; ICT; RECREATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE – HOW TO ENGAGE. POSSIBLE GREATER ROLE FOR PRIVATE SECTOR
FOR ALL: HOW TO ENGAGE NON TRADITIONAL DONORS
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NEXT STEPS
WATER AND SANITATION: ensure sustainable, predictable and adequate financing to
the sector, economic water charges will be set. “Polluter Pays Principle” to be adopted.
Strengthen Water Directorate and the Environmental Health and Sanitation Directorate.
Prepare Strategic Sector Development Plan
TRANSPORT: Ownership and approval of the Integrated Transport Plan,
implementation of the Action Plan (part of the ITP) on the basis of a realistic agenda,
fitting in particular with the financial means (preparation and approval of MTEF), specific
attention on: maintenance (core/affordable road network), axle load control, access to
services, trade facilitation and regional integration. Need to better understand and factor
in consequences of Climate Change for investments
FOR BOTH: Monitoring of progress should ideally be indicator-oriented . GOG
could focus on a reduced set of reliable indicators & need to strengthen links
between NDPC and sector ministries for reporting and M&E
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