Review of District Assemblies Performance Assessment Tool (DPAT) Indicators for Volta and Oti Regions for the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (2020).

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Local Government Capacity Building

Review of District Assemblies Performance Assessment Tool (DPAT) Indicators for Volta and Oti Regions for the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (2020).

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The Government of Ghana since 2008 implemented a Performance Based Grant System (PBGS) known as the District Development Facility (DDF) as part of efforts to improve the performance of District Assemblies in terms of efficiency, accountability and delivery of basic community services. Under the DDF mechanism, District Assemblies were assessed on indicators using the Functional Organisational Assessment Tool (FOAT). Assemblies that performed satisfactorily were financially rewarded to implement their Medium-Term Development Plans (MTDPs) and Annual Action Plans (AAPs) which largely contributed significantly to the advancement of the socio economic development of citizens. After 10 years of implementation, the Government of Ghana decided to mainstream the good practices of the DDF into the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) through the responsiveness factor. A new assessment tool known as District Assemblies Performance Assessment Tool (DPAT) has been developed building on the lessons learnt from the FOAT. It is against this backdrop that Devtplan Consult Ltd was contracted to assess the following areas of 23 Municipal and District Assemblies in the Western and Western North Regions;