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Campaign Against Inequality in Health in Ghana The project will develop and put forward policy proposals on tax, social accountability, and health financing as well as pushing for access to information and gender disaggregated budget data. The project will use cyclical citizen -led campaigns and careful advocacy, this project will push for change in the fiscal system, improvements in transparency, accountability, citizen participation and gender responsiveness in the health system. In particular, we will see increased budget allocations for health and a reduction of indirect taxation, which we believe will reduce inequality in health in Ghana
Petroleum Downstream Tax Transparency in Ghana Key Activities 1. Investigate the sale of illegal products on the local market and advocate for the effective tracking of all petroleum export trucks – this will involve working with an investigative journalist from Multimedia Group and Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) team to generate evidence on the operations of the illegal trade for public discussion. This will involve tracking some of the operations to neighbouring countries to understand how the trade is done  2. Convene multi -stakeholder meeting with the Ministry of Finance and Energy to identify solutions and set target for resolving the challenges. The forum will seek to generate commitment from the Ministry of Energy and Finance on specific actions agreed by all stakeholders which ACEP will track to ensure that they are followed. 3. Radio discussions to increase public awareness of the illegal trade –these discussions will encourage citizens to look out for export trucks which discharge products on the local market.
Support for the Development and Implementation of WIN Minimum Standards in Ghana We propose a step change to take our advocacy and influencing work to the next level by developing a costed national Influencing Strategy/Map/Plan with a clear power analysis, theory of change and stakeholder analysis as well as disaggregated social and gender analyses.
Leveraging Fiscal Policy to Reduce Inequality in Ghana As part of the commitment towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)10.4.2, each country is expected to monitor not only their level of income inequality, but also the impact of their fiscal policies on inequality. Currently, there exist only one data set for Ghana on inequality, produced in 2015 using 2012 data by the Commitment to Equity(CEQ) Institute. To meet Ghana's obligation under the indicators for this goal (SDG10.4.2), more groundwork needs to be done to mainstream the methodology within government, while also mobilizing civil society. This project will leverage the Ghanaian government's adoption of a SDG framework for the national budget and economic policy. This project will take place within the context of Ghana's Beyond Aid and Sustainable Development Goals agenda and will seek to get government working with civil society and other relevant actors to regularly analyse and publish the SDG10.4.2 indicator in accessible and understandable format for policy making and demonstrate commitment to reducing social and economic inequality and to enhance equitable, sustainable and inclusive development.
Campaign for Universal Access to quality Healthcare in Ghana Conduct a research on universal access to health care in Ghana, Capacity building for partners and media for improved skills in advocacy and campaigning on universal access to free health care.Facilitate growth and linkage with Networks and alliances in health care and dialogue with policy makers, and Facilitating linkage between the Ghana health care campaign and the global ES campaign
Advocacy for Ghana SADA Policy and Practice Improvement The project aims at encouraging and facilitating the direct participation of women and men living with or threatened by poverty and hunger in the decision -making processes that affect their right to development by reinforcing civil society capacities for engaging in Northern Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA)/agric related policy making and implementation at local and national levels. The project also aims at building relationship with national civil society and INGOs, working in the Savannah zone of Ghana, with the aim to using the learning experience to develop longer -term agriculture governance and accountability project.
Hempel Wing School Project III for Out of School Children in Saboba District This will involve mobilizing and training School Management Committees (SMCs) and Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) and subsequently facilitating them to form networks that give them strong bargaining spirit and critical voice for influencing. Community activism will not only be helping in securing quality learning outcomes for their children, but also demonstrating this as active citizens. . The project will facilitate access to quality education for children in hard to reach communities. The project will influence government to replicate the model in many more deprived communities.
Ghana Strengthening Accountability Mechanism Project in 50 Districts in Ghana The goal of the Ghana Strengthening Accountability Mechanism (GSAM) project is to strengthen citizen oversight of capital development projects to improve local government transparency, accountability and performance. The project seeks to achieve this goal through three objectives. The first one is to "increase availability of accessible information on Metropolitan Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs') capital development project performance in 100 districts".  The second objective is to "increased use of citizen -generated information on MMDA capital projects in 50 Social Accountability (SA) districts". The last objective is "strengthened Civil Society Organisation (CSO) and citizens' capacity to monitor MMDAs' capital development projects in 50 SA districts".  Project strategies/intervention areas will involve Capital project monitoring, public information and advocacy campaigns and CSO capacity building. Under capital project monitoring (social and public),  the GSAM project supports CSOs and local citizens to regularly monitor and gather information on the planning and construction of selected capital development projects of 50 district assemblies based on their Annual Development Plans.  The information gathered will be used to assess the District Assemblies (DA's) performance in capital project implementation.            Under public information and advocacy campaigns, the GSAM project empowers citizens to engage with their local authorities to demand improved performance, through information dissemination and creation of opportunities for citizen engagement with the DAs on their performance in capital project implementation.             Under CSO capacity building, the GSAM project enhances the capacities of local CSOs and citizens to effectively carry out oversight of MMDA capital development projects using social accountability methodologies and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools. Local CSO and citizens are given training on capital pro
Ghana Tax Dialogue This project introduces an innovative approach to pursuing fiscal justice through multi -stakeholder dialogue that is intended to achieve a change in corporate tax practice within the private sector. It seeks to engage the private sector in recognising corporate taxation as a central theme of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and as an issue that is relevant to the business and human rights agenda.  Through the constructive multi -stakeholder dialogue, the project expects to:  · Identify and understand business' role in establishing a fair tax system in Ghana that ensures financing for human rights by placing corporate tax at the heart of sustainable business practices. · Unpacking and agreeing upon what constitutes responsible tax policy and practice and how it can be applied by corporate and investors. · Hold private sector actors to account for paying their fair share. ·  Build and enhance the social contract between private sector tax payers, governments and the whole of society.
Building Safe and Responsive Systems in Ghana for Misconduct Reporting The project which is a continuation of GHAB26 seeks to achieve the following outcomes in western and northern regions of Ghana; •Support partners to develop safeguarding policies, and safe recruitment practices •Support Oxfam and Partners to develop safe programming and safeguarding strategies to ensure programmes are safe •Organize safeguarding training and refresher sessions for Safeguarding focal points,  Hold continuous education, and awareness of safeguarding policies and practices among staff of Oxfam, partners and consultants/allies at least every six months, Hold community campaigns including radio to educate and create awareness of the risk of Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) in the development sector, Work with community members and partners to establish reporting mechanisms , Hold training on feminist principles to enable gender transformative approach to safeguarding , Organize discussions on social norms during PSEA community campaigns,
Mobilising Citizens to Advocate for Natural Resource and Fiscal Justice in Ghana The objective of this projects is to enhance citizen and Civil Society Organisation's (CSO's) leadership in the monitoring of existing policy and resource utilisation in the oil and gas value chain in Ghana.  We will draw upon our experiences on similar projects implemented under the Oil for Development (OfD) programme such as development of the hazards tool for monitoring basic environmental degradation and citizens' efforts to steer discourse on progressive policy changes in the petroleum sector.
Emergency WASH Response in Ghana Intervention  will primarily target refugees who are living in refugee camps (Approximately 5,000 beneficiaries ) of Fatenta and Ejirikrum and Ampain transit sites. The project aims to provide water and sanitatrion facilities as well as hygiene promotion in the target communities.
Shea Policy and Practice Improvement in Ghana This project  contributes to SCO 1 and will see women producers of shea kernel and shea butter in the three northern regions of Ghana collectively influencing government policy and practice to provide better investment and protection of their livelihood. The policies requiring improvement relate to long -term livelihood security issues securing the appropriate management of shea trees, limited investment and protection from the government into the shea sector in comparison to cocoa and the lack of exclusive policies that support women's economic position with the shea production cycle.
FAIR4ALL Agric & Mining Value Chains in Ghana Broadly, the project seeks to train and sensitise relevant stakeholders on the laws and policies on citizen's rights in the extractives and agriculture value chains; undertake research as relates to sustainable business value chains; produce and disseminate educational materials on policies and laws on corporate social responsibility; facilitate multi -stakeholder dialogues and alliances etc. It will also formulate policy proposals and advocate for the domestication of international norms and standards on rights protection and anti -corruption in the fiscal space and sustainable business chains in the cocoa and extractives sectors.
Oil 4 Food - Using Ghana's oil to feed Ghana's people Oxfam and partners will run a two month campaign to ensure that support for small -scale farmers is prioritised by the Government in its allocation of oil and gas revenues. The campaign will bring together partners from the extractive industries campaign (led by OA) and the GROW Campaign (led by OGB), as well as innovators in Ghanaian social media. A central part of the campaign will be a mobile phone petition promoted in universities, newspapers, radio etc, complemented by ‘thumbprint' petitions in farming communities where literacy is low, and online petitions.
Empowering Women, Girls, Boys and Men on ending Gender Based Violence in Ghana This project is a continuation of GHAB11 and will strengthen Civil Society Organisations' (CSOs') institutional, technical and financial capacities so that they will be able to influence state and non -state actors to formulate and implement policies and services (including legal support, health, creation and expansion of safe spaces and holistic, gender -responsive access to justice) for survivors of Gender Based Violence (GBV). In addition, this project will target discriminatory social and gender norms that contribute to harmful attitudes and practices to prevent violence against women and girls by mobilising communities and influencing national and local stakeholders, including working with men and boys, through advocacy, and research and evidence -based campaigning and media.
Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights for YoungWomen and Adolescent Girls in Ghana The project is continuation of GHAB25 and will conduct comprehensive sexual education training programs on life skills, gender equality, Gender Based Violence and related topics for Young Women and Adolescent Girls. It will also support groups create or reinforce processes to facilitate access to information on services, to develop a sense of empowerment, control and hope for the vulnerable youth.
Private Sector Advocacy for Responsible Agribusiness Investments in Ghana This project is a continuation of GHAB28 and will build the private sector influencing capacity of Oxfam in Ghana and national Civil Society Organizations. (CSOs) to influence and hold accountable Three (3) US/European based Behind the Brand (BtB) companies sourcing cocoa and other agricultural commodities from Ghana and public policies and practices. This will involve strategically engaging and holding BtB companies accountable to their commitments to climate, land, and gender, using Oxfam's methodologies/tools and expertise in private sector engagement and development.  The project will improve accountability of at least Three (3) food and beverage companies' supply chains and increase Oxfam's positioning to engage other large food companies, which are expanding investment in Ghana. The project will contribute to promoting secure and equitable land rights for Cocoa farmers, especially women small holder to benefit from investments, and for Ghanaian society at large to ensure inclusive rural development. To increase social inclusion as well as for productive investment in the rural sector, national and traditional land tenure and land governance. This project is a continuation of GHAB28 and will build the private sector influencing capacity.
Ghana Maternal Health Transitional Project Collaborate with Regional and District Stakeholders to Promote Maternal and Child Health Care  through the training of Community Health Volunteers, Midwives, Health logistical support to deprived communities and health centres  to facilitate skilled delivery and socio -economic development of the poor and marginalised people, especially women.
Private Sector Advocacy for Responsible Agribusiness Investments in Ghana This project will build the private sector influencing capacity of Oxfam in Ghana and national Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to influence and hold accountable four (4) US/European based Behind the Brand (BtB) companies sourcing cocoa and other agricultural commodities from Ghana and public policies and practices. This will involve strategically engaging and holding BtB companies' accountable to their commitments to climate, land and gender, using Oxfam's methodologies/tools and expertise in private sector engagement and development.  The project will improve accountability of at least four (4) food and beverage companies' supply chains and increase Oxfam's positioning to engage other large food companies, which are expanding investment in Ghana.
Enhancing Programme Quality, Gender Justice, Accountability & Learning in Ghana This project provides for programme development and management, gender justice, accountability (partnership, monitoring & evaluation) and learning activities to support the wider country programme objectives of improving sustainable livelihoods and access to essential services for women and men small scale farmers in resource poor regions of Ghana. It covers staff costs and overheads as well as programme coordination involving all partners. This project will ensure coherence between partner plans and overall programme objectives; effective monitoring of progress against the Country OCS via regular monitoring reviews and impact assessment.
Far Ban Bo - Protecting Fisheries Livelihoods Project in Ghana The project seeks to address the challenges of over -fishing and unsustainable fishing practises also known as Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU), weak capacity for monitoring and enforcing relevant laws, and lack of secure tenure rights and grievances mechanisms. The project will strengthen the capacity of fishery associations to engage in equitable fisheries governance and ensure safeguards for poor, vulnerable smallholder fishers in the context of capacity reductions.
Bureau of African Affairs - Training Akassato and Azove women groups on market U.S. Department of State: Bureau of African Affairs. Training Akassato and Azove women groups on marketing
INL AME Benin UofMaryland Preventing Violent Extremism The program purpose is to strengthen the influence and reach of GOB efforts to prevent political grievances and violence.
Bureau of African Affairs - West Africa Training and Logistics U.S. Department of State: Bureau of African Affairs. AFRICAP III [Covers services supplied by other U.S. Government agencies not otherwise classified.]
Bureau of African Affairs - Combating gender based violence through book readi U.S. Department of State: Bureau of African Affairs. Combating gender based violence through book reading
Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) in Benin Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) in Benin [through Mines Advisory Group]
CWT in the WAP Complex Combatting Wildlife Trafficking in the countries of the W-Arly-Pendjari (WAP) Complex
Bureau of African Affairs - Latrine and handwashing to two primary schools in U.S. Department of State: Bureau of African Affairs. Latrine and handwashing to two primary schools in Nikki
Bureau of African Affairs - Open Municipalities Initiative U.S. Department of State: Bureau of African Affairs. Open Municipalities Initiative
West Africa Security Sector Training and Logistics West Africa Security Sector Training and Logistics [Covers services supplied by other U.S. Government agencies not otherwise classified.]
Bureau of African Affairs - Waste management and community training in Glazoue U.S. Department of State: Bureau of African Affairs. Information Redacted. Information has been redacted in accordance with the two principled exceptions defined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act (FATAA) of 2016: the health and secu
Preventing Violent Extremism in Benin The program purpose is to strengthen the influence and reach of GOB efforts to prevent political grievances and violence.
Tomato Processing Unit for Women's Cooperative in Grand Popo Purchase semi-modern tomato processing equipment to reduce post harvest losses and train women groups in Grand Popo
Bureau of African Affairs - ACOTA Training in Benin MNJTF U.S. Department of State: Bureau of African Affairs. Information Redacted. Information has been redacted in accordance with the two principled exceptions defined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act (FATAA) of 2016: the health and secu
NCE SCG LEEP Build Capacity APB SCG to assess current quality and content of APB - build capacity and institutionalize it, Cotonou, Benin
Bureau of African Affairs - Cassava processing for women groups in Glo Djigbe U.S. Department of State: Bureau of African Affairs. Cassava processing for women groups in Glo Djigbe
U.S. Ambassadors' Special Self-Help Program: Terres Rouges NGO To offer vocational training to vulnerable young girls aged 14 to 22 in social difficulty in the municipality of So-Ava. The U.S. Ambassadors' Special Self-Help program is a grass-roots assistance program that allows U.S. embassies to respond quickly to local requests for small community-based development projects. This Self-Help fund provides small, short-term grants to community groups that are working to improve the basic economic and social conditions of their communities. Special Self-Help projects help to improve basic economic or social conditions at the local community, or village level, and have long-lived value.
U.S. Ambassadors' Special Self-Help Program: Solar Pumps Installation for Gardeners and Farmers To enable market gardeners and rice farmers to water their farms during dry season in order to reduce their dependence on fossil energy and electricity while increasing their income. The U.S. Ambassadors' Special Self-Help program is a grass-roots assistance program that allows U.S. embassies to respond quickly to local requests for small community-based development projects. This Self-Help fund provides small, short-term grants to community groups that are working to improve the basic economic and social conditions of their communities. Special Self-Help projects help to improve basic economic or social conditions at the local community, or village level, and have long-lived value.
Training Akassato and Azove Women Groups on Marketing and Management Techniques Training Akassato and Azove women groups on marketing and management techniques.
U.S. Ambassadors' Special Self-Help Program: CIRADD ONG Shea butter modern processing equipment for women groups in Tchaourou Commune, North-East Benin. The U.S. Ambassadors' Special Self-Help program is a grass-roots assistance program that allows U.S. embassies to respond quickly to local requests for small community-based development projects. This Self-Help fund provides small, short-term grants to community groups that are working to improve the basic economic and social conditions of their communities. Special Self-Help projects help to improve basic economic or social conditions at the local community, or village level, and have long-lived value.
U.S. Ambassadors' Special Self-Help Program: Advocacy ONG Support to skilled but vulnerable girls to help lift them out poverty and serve as reference women in Djougou. The U.S. Ambassadors' Special Self-Help program is a grass-roots assistance program that allows U.S. embassies to respond quickly to local requests for small community-based development projects. This Self-Help fund provides small, short-term grants to community groups that are working to improve the basic economic and social conditions of their communities. Special Self-Help projects help to improve basic economic or social conditions at the local community, or village level, and have long-lived value.
Bureau of African Affairs - Clean Water for Techakont Communities in Natiting U.S. Department of State: Bureau of African Affairs. Clean Water for Techakont Communities in Natitingou
West Africa Elephant DNA Collection Project To faciliate the collection of elephant DNA samples for better wildlife tracking
Bureau of African Affairs - Information Redacted U.S. Department of State: Bureau of African Affairs. Tomato Processing Unit for Women s Cooperative in Grand Popo
Bureau of African Affairs - Environmental Education and Conservation of Natura U.S. Department of State: Bureau of African Affairs. Environmental Education and Conservation of Natural Resource
RPSO fee INL/ BENIN Equipment PR9810540 Fund the RPSO fee using the FY 2018/2019 law (1911891022000C) law enforcement IN13A704 funds
Department of State - Peacekeeping Operations: Africa Maritime Security Initiative (AMSI) Instructor development