Accra, Sept. 12, GNA – The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is coordinating an Independent Final Evaluation of the Ghana National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP), being implemented from 2015 to 2024, as part of Ghana’s efforts to fight corruption.
The evaluation is being conducted by national consultants and with technical support from the Independent Evaluation Section (IES) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
A statement issued by the GSS said the implementation of NACAP laid with the High-Level Implementation Committee, Monitoring Committee, and the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) dispensing a coordinating role.
It said the strategic objectives of NACAP were to build public capacity to condemn and fight corruption and to make corruption a high-risk, low-gain activity, institutionalize efficiency, accountability and transparency in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
It would also engage individuals, media, and Civil Society Organizations in reporting and combating corruption and conducting effective investigations and prosecution of corrupt conduct.
The statement said the evaluation aimed to assess the achievement, impact and sustainability of NACAP in fighting corruption in Ghana.
It said the second NACAP (2025-2034) would be developed in consultation with relevant stakeholders after the evaluation of the maiden NACAP.
The evaluation results will guide the design and implementation of more effective anti-corruption strategies to improve resource utilization for the benefit of the general population.
It said the results would also help to establish mechanisms and tools in NACAP 2 to promote learning, accountability and integrity in Ghana.
The evaluation targets all NACAP stakeholders and implementing agencies, including the Executive, Parliament, Judiciary, Public Sector Institutions, Ministries, Departments and Agencies and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies.
Others are Anti-corruption and Law Enforcement Agencies, Independent Governance Institutions, Media, CSOs, Private
Sector, Traditional Authorities, Religious Bodies, Political Parties, Development Partners, Citizenry, Labour Unions and Academia.
It said a wide range of information sources with various evaluation approaches, including document review, questionnaire administration and a survey approach for in-depth interviews, were being adopted to evaluate the progress of the activities and strategies as set out in NACAP.
The statement said following the publicization of the NACAP evaluation exercise during the media engagement and sensitization on the 2023 International Anti-Corruption Day, and the official launch of the evaluation by the President of Ghana in December 2024, implementing institutions of NACAP have been engaged through interviews.
The independence of the NACAP evaluation ensures that the Evaluation Manager at GSS has the mandate to ensure impartiality in the execution of its duties as the national statistical office.
It said the National Consultants from academia were providing independent professional and scientific guidance for the evaluation exercise.
The involvement of international evaluation advisors and the UNODC provides a quality assurance intervention to ensure that the evaluation complies with international best practices and is independent.
As an important national exercise to shape Ghana’s continued fight against corruption, GSS urged all persons in Ghana to participate in the evaluation by providing open and honest responses and inputs through the Citizen Science approach.
The GSS assured the public of the confidentiality of participants’ responses, which would be aggregated, anonymised and used for evaluation purposes only.
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