Ministry of Planning Ghana

The Ministry of Planning (MoP) plays a key role in linking the technical output of planning to the necessary political decision-making platform, which is given expression through the public investment programmes and the national budget. 

Key Current Activities:

• Facilitate the development of the Party Manifesto and other national development demands into a Coordinated Programme for Economic and Social Development Policies (CPESDP).
• Coordinate the expression of the CPESDP into a Medium-Term National Development Policy Framework.
• Facilitate the reflection of the CPESDP in the Sector Plans as well as the Medium-Term Development Plans of Sub-National Authorities.
• Seek to institute practical measures to link planning, programming and budgeting at both national and local levels
• Facilitate the development of Project Appraisal skills among the PPMEDs of Sectors and SOEs, and the DPCUs of Sub-National Authorities.
• Lead in the institution of processes for conducting thorough project appraisal for all Public Investments
• Create and organise a Programme/Project Bank for all appraised projects and prioritize for Local and national budgets
• Facilitate national implementation of the SDGs and coordinate reporting on international development agreements
• Facilitate and ensure inclusive growth and development and the engagement of citizens to establish a culture for development planning and implementation.
• Facilitate the development of a Ghana Economic Model for analyzing and projecting reliable economic development indices for Ghana