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Action Plan for GhanaDraft document – working document

Impressions/Findings Visit to Brazil

Existing in Ghana Objectives Actions Responsible

Legal and Policy framework Strong comprehensive legal and institutional framework for food and nutrition security and school feeding

Food is a right (the Human Right to Adequate Food is included in the Constitution as a social right)

School Feeding as an investment (x expenditure) – prevent school evasion, contribute to fight hunger, increase learning performanceStrong political will and commitment in all three federative levels (federal, state, municipality)

Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA 2010 – 2013)

Technical Assistance Plan – TAP

School Feeding Policy (being developed)

Nutrition Policy (Awaiting Cabinet Approval)

FASDEP II/CAADP Pillar III (METASIP)

Ghana School Feeding Programme Document (2007-2010)

Strong Political Will and Commitment

Secure funds for the national school feeding programme

Fight hunger and malnutrition (MDG 1)

Increase school enrollment, attendance, retention (MDG 2)

Enhance domestic agricultural production (increase food production, farmers’ income and food quality)

Institutionalize social accountability

Promote school gardening to enhance nutrition

Prepare a legal framework (School Feeding is an Investment in Human Capital) Right to Food

• Strengthen the link between school feeding and small farmers

• Strengthen inter-sectoral approach: collaboration among relevant ministries

• Advocacy: awareness raising of the executive and legislative powers

• Mobilize civil society organizations

• Consultations at all levels concerning the need for a legal framework

Some highlights for the law:

• Include purchase from small farmers

• Discuss the possibilities of linking

Involvement of different sectors (agriculture, health, education, finance, environment) at different levels (federal, state and municipality)

Multi-sectoral approach to the implementation of GSFP

school feeding with other existing social protection interventions

• Structure/Operations/Institutional Arrangements/Source of Funding etc

• Role of Nutritionist• Coverage (Who & Where)• Scope


Existing in Ghana Ob jectives Actions Responsible

Financial capacity

Public investment – not an expenditure

Financial involvement in different levels

Sharing responsibilities between states and municipalities

Legal framework is able to secure sources of funds for the programme

Budget Line for School Feeding from GoG

Support from WFP

Support from other NGOs - PCD, SNV etc

- Secure the expansion of budget for homegrown school feeding

- Increase resource mobilization (from development partners, private sector, others)

- Improve the management system and financial operations

Discuss the modalities of financial sustainability and extent of community participation in homegrown school feeding

Strengthen financial mechanisms to enhance accountability in the implementation of homegrown school feeding

Organize an advocacy workshop to promote the idea of “school feeding as an investment”

Produce advocacy materials and Media outreach

Organise field visits for DPs

Strong government commitment is reverted in significant investments

in order to solicit for funds Explore the possibility of

special levies / contributions / donations to support School Feeding



Institutional framework

National Food and Nutrition Security Council – CONSEA

Interministerial Chamber for food and nutrition security - CAISAN

School feeding is integrated in a food and nutrition security system

Programme Steering Committee

Establishment of a National School Feeding Secretariat

District/ School Implementation Committees

Improve the collaboration between different stakeholders in home grown school feeding

Build government (central and decentralized) and community capacity to implement homegrown school feeding

Strengthen the Programme Steering Committee ( Capacity building)

Periodic Technical Committee Meetings (Bi – Monthly)

Improve information sharing (horizontal and vertical)

Strengthen the local level activities (DICs, FBOs, SICs, Caterers) – Trainings, Workshops, Seminars, Exchange Visits, Monitoring etc.



Design and Implementation

Nutritionist is mandatory for the programme implementation – established by law

Need to strengthen/consolidate awareness of the content of the school feeding law in the implementation process

Formalized link to agriculture – school feeding as local market opportunities for family

Feed children in selected public primary schools with one hot nutritious meal on every school day with locally produced food

Feeding is targeted mostly at deprived communities

Feeding of the children is a decentralized activity

Service providers are contracted to provide food to pupils using at least 80% of locally produced foodstuffs

WFP also providing one hot

To reduce poverty and improve food security

Increase enrolment,attendance and retention

Reduce short term hunger and malnutrition

Boost domestic food production

Organize refresher training for government officials and other key stakeholders in the implementation of the school feeding programme

Define and communicate roles and responsibilities to key stakeholders on school feeding from central to local level

Improve data collection and information management system

Strengthen National Food Buffer Stock Company operations with the SFP ( Training, exchange visits, seminars, etc)

Establish nutritional standards for the

farmers

Diversified menu – healthy and adequate food + use/introduction of family farmers’ products (fresh food delivered at school – promotion of diversification of meals)

Important level of development of family farmers´ productive and organizational capacity (access to credit with grace period, cooperatives, processing possibilities)

Focus on more structured family farmers

Quality is a priority at the purchase from smallholders` farmers or school feeding

Social accountability component – school feeding

nutritious food to schools in the deprived regions

Linking small farmers to service providers (Caterers) is being studied

Ghana Education Service transports WFP food to the schools

Five ministries are involved and being coordinated by MLGRD

Technical assistance Plan – TAP

M& E System is being developed at the national level for all levels

Food and Drugs Board ensures the food safety at the schools

SFP

Strengthen the links between P4P and school feeding

Increase utilization of smallholder farmers produce

Expedite the development of M&E systems at all levels

council + food and nutrition security council

District/Municipality level

Presence of nutritionist

Different modalities of implementation

Local food included in the menu



Community Participation

School Feeding Council – accountability and reporting (institution of control, transparence, supervision, monitoring at local level)

Social accountability component – school feeding council + food and nutrition security council

Community participation is not formalized (some communities support the actual cooking, kitchens construction, provide fuel, condiments, water, etc)

District/School Implementation Committees

Enhance social accountability

Enhance ownership of the programme at the local level

Prepare a strategy for sensitizing communities

Strengthen school level activities (Training, workshops etc)

Strengthen collaboration with independent civil society organization

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