General News of Friday, 24 May 2019Source: GNANDPC to hold forum to inform national development planningFile photoThe National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) will, on Wednesday, May 29, hold a National Development Forum to engage the public on development policy and promote ownership and accountability for the implementation of national priorities. He, however, said Ghana’s experience in the implementation of development plans had been intermittent until around 2003, when the country sought to institutionalise its planning and implemented a succession of Medium–Term National Development Policy Frameworks. Other topics would be: Infrastructure and Development; Private Sector Development; Youth Development; Corruption and National Development; National Security; Climate Change: Impact, Risks and Vulnerability; Mobilising Financial Resources for Development: The State and Prospect of Development Financing in Ghana; and Tracking Ghana’s Progress Towards Attainment of the SDGs”. Prof. Adei said the development forum had been instituted as part of the mandate of the NDPC, granted under the 1992 Constitution, to gather information around national development and advice the President on policy and strategy. The involvement of Ghanaians will spur collective action and support for national development,” he said.

Source: GhanaWeb May 23, 2019 18:33 UTC