USAID/GHANA?S STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS PROJECT

Post Date

May 23rd 2014

Application Due Date

July 7th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

AID-RFA-641-14-000009

CFDA Number(s)

98.001

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Democracy and Governance

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $9340000

• Award Range:

  $9340000 - $9340000

Grant Description

In the context of decentralized government, improved accountability offers opportunity to monitor local officials and service delivery outcomes with an eye toward limiting corruption and demanding public services. Social accountability mechanisms strengthen citizensу capability to gather the requisite information to hold public officials accountable, and demand better services on a day-to-day basis. USAID/Ghana has decided to focus its support for local governance on the fundamental need to strengthen accountability mechanisms for improved development outcomes. Improved accountability is expected to have a significant positive effect on the incentives of politicians and technocrats within local governments to engage in рgood governanceс as defined by reduced corruption, stronger effort by officials, and improved development spending. This, in turn, is expected to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency and equity of local government capital budgeting and execution while improving citizen perceptions of the quality of governance. Additionally a randomized control trial design for a potential impact evaluation of hierarchical and social accountability mechanisms in local governance and service delivery is critical for determining the cause and effect of project interventions. USAID/Ghanaуs Strengthening Accountability Mechanisms Project (GSAM) is therefore a direct response to these identified priorities. The project is characterized by three main components. IMPORTANT NOTE: THE APPLICANT WILL ONLY CARRY OUT COMPONENT 2. Component 2: Improve accountability by enhancing mechanisms of bottom-up social accountability in local governance. This component includes programming aimed at increasing in the quality and quantity of information available to citizens about the effectiveness of development projects funded by local government capital budgets via extensive civil society monitoring, the production of scorecards, and public information campaigns that mobilize citizens to use the scorecards to demand improved development planning and execution.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Agency for International Development

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Matthew Cullinane
  Assistance Officer
  Phone 2026211276

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Point of contact

• Agency Email Address:

  Mcullinane@usaid.gov