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𝐍𝐃𝐏𝐂 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐅𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐏𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓

The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), through its Plan Coordination Division, has strengthened the organisational development (OD) skills of 35 selected staff through a three-day capacity-building workshop held from 30 September to 2 October 2026.

Held under the GIZ-supported PAIRed Agreement, the workshop was facilitated by Dr. Adom Ghartey and Mr William Amoah and focused on practical skills to enhance workplace interactions, collaboration and professional effectiveness in support of the Commission’s mandate.

Participants explored key areas including workplace adaptation, effective communication and active listening, facilitation, negotiation, conflict resolution and networking. The sessions emphasised reflection, empathy, professional objectivity and the importance of aligning individual actions with broader organisational objectives.

In his closing remarks, Mr William Amoah encouraged participants to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in their daily work and to sustain their professional development through continuous practice and personal responsibility.

Speaking on behalf of the Director-General, Dr Sandra Kesse-Amankwa also encouraged staff to translate the knowledge and skills gained into practice, both within the Commission and in their everyday professional interactions.

The training forms part of efforts to strengthen staff capacity and foster a more collaborative, effective and results-oriented organisational culture at the NDPC.

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𝐍𝐃𝐏𝐂 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑-𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆, 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐍𝐔𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

The Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr Audrey Smock Amoah, has stressed the need for stronger implementation, financing and reporting mechanisms to translate Ghana’s nutrition commitments into measurable results for women and children.

Dr Amoah said this at a breakfast meeting on government leadership, health systems and nutrition held in Accra on Thursday, October 1, 2026, as part of the Micronutrient Forum Global Conference. The meeting was held under the theme, “From Commitment to Action: Government Leadership for Sustainable Nutrition in Ghana.”

According to Dr Amoah, nutrition must be addressed across the different stages of the development planning process, from planning and budgeting to implementation and reporting. She said the national development planning framework provided the basis for integrating nutrition priorities into programmes and budgets, but stressed the need to ensure that commitments were effectively implemented and monitored.

“Whoever you are, the fact that you are in this room means that there is something we should be doing, and let us do it now,” she said, urging stakeholders to move beyond commitments and focus on concrete actions.

The Executive Director of Women, Media and Change (WOMEC), Dr Charity Binka, said nutrition should be viewed beyond its health dimension, describing it as an investment in human capital and future development. “Our mission should move from commitment to five-year priorities, from five-year priorities to implementation, and from implementation, we have to have measurable results,” she said.

A representative of the Eleanor Crook Foundation said the meeting provided an opportunity for key stakeholders to examine Ghana’s efforts to address malnutrition and identify further actions needed to ensure that mothers and children had access to essential nutrition interventions.

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From commitment to action for sustainable nutrition in Ghana.
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𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐍𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬

Ghana is strengthening sustainable financing for nutrition by integrating it into how districts plan, budget and implement development programmes.

Delivering a presentation on “Ghana’s Experience with Decentralized Nutrition Budgeting and Public Financial Management Improvements” at the ongoing 7th Global Conference of the Micronutrient Forum held in Accra on 29 September 2026, on behalf of the Director-General of the Commission, A Principal Planning Analyst, Mr Nii-Odoi Odotei, explained that districts are integrating multisectoral nutrition priorities into their Medium-Term Development Plans (MTDPs). This gives nutrition interventions a place in district budgets and provides a basis for tracking their implementation.

The approach brings together action across health, education, social protection and food systems. It also connects national priorities, including the Medium-Term National Development Policy Framework 2026–2029 and Ghana’s Nutrition for Growth commitments, to programmes and resources at the local level.

“Integrating nutrition into district plans and budgets,” he noted, provides a practical pathway for translating national nutrition priorities into actions at the local level, while creating a basis for tracking the implementation of planned interventions.

The approach is intended to support more consistent financing for nutrition and ensure that nutrition priorities are reflected in district development planning and budgeting.

The 7th Global Conference of the Micronutrient Forum brought together stakeholders to share experiences and explore practical approaches to strengthening nutrition action and financing in the face of changing development and environmental challenges.

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𝐍𝐃𝐏𝐂 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐏𝐂𝐔 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐏𝐂𝐔 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬

The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has held a Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting to review the Guidelines for the Operationalisation of Regional Planning Coordinating Units (RPCUs) and District Planning Coordinating Units (DPCUs), issued in 2004 to guide the effective functioning of the Units within Ghana’s decentralised planning system.

The review seeks to update the Guidelines to reflect changes in the country’s legal, institutional, planning and public financial management frameworks, and strengthen coordination, planning, monitoring and accountability at the regional and district levels.

The meeting, held on Tuesday, 29th September 2026, brought together representatives of government institutions and GIZ to review the existing Guidelines, deliberate on proposed areas for revision and provide technical and institutional inputs to guide the preparation of the revised document.

Delivering welcome remarks on behalf of the Director-General, Dr. Sandra Kesse-Amankwah said NDPC had conducted an internal review of the 2004 Guidelines but required external expertise to update the document. “A lot has changed over the years. Some institutions have been established, some legislations have come up,” she said..Read more: https://www.ndpc.gov.gh/media_center/blog_details/ndpc-holds-technical-working-group-meeting-to-review-rpcu-and-dpcu-guidelines

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𝗩𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

The Vice President, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has called for stronger multisectoral action and sustained investment to tackle malnutrition, stressing that the challenge requires coordinated responses across health, education, agriculture, social protection and the private sector.

She said malnutrition remains one of the most persistent challenges to human development, with consequences that can extend from childhood into adulthood and pregnancy, affecting the health of mothers and children and potentially carrying across generations.

“𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬,” 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝.

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang made the call at the opening of the 7th Global Conference of the Micronutrient Forum in Accra, being held under the theme, “Nutrition at the Frontiers of a Changing Environment.”

She noted that nutrition outcomes are influenced by several interconnected factors, including what families can afford, what children consume at school and their access to health services. She therefore underscored the need to integrate nutrition into primary healthcare and other essential services.

“There is therefore an opportunity for us to embed nutrition care into prevention, maternal care, child care, immunisation and community-level care,” she said.

The Vice President reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment to increasing financing for essential nutrition services and strengthening expenditure tracking across government. She stressed that domestic financing and international cooperation must complement each other to build sustainable nutrition systems…Read more: https://www.ndpc.gov.gh/media_center/blog_details/v%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%97%B0%F0%9D%97%B2%20p%F0%9D%97%BF%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%98%80%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%97%B1%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%97%BB%F0%9D%98%81%20c%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%97%B9%F0%9D%97%B9%F0%9D%98%80%20%F0%9D%97%B3%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%BF%20s%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%BF%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%BB%F0%9D%97%B4%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%97%BF%20m%F0%9D%98%82%F0%9D%97%B9%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%98%80%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%97%B0%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%BF%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%97%B9%20a%F0%9D%97%B0%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%BB%20%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%BB%20m%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%97%B9%F0%9D%97%BB%F0%9D%98%82%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%BF%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%BB.

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𝐍𝐃𝐏𝐂 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫-𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐍𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦

Nutrition is increasingly being recognised as a critical component of Ghana’s development planning, with discussions focusing on how stronger coordination, financing and evidence can improve nutrition outcomes across the country. This formed the focus of a symposium organised as part of the Micronutrient Forum 2026 in Accra, under the theme, “𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚.”

The Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr Audrey Smock Amoah, said nutrition had implications far beyond the health sector and was closely linked to human capital development, education, productivity and resilience.

“𝐍𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬,” 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

She noted that Ghana had established policies, institutions and coordination platforms for nutrition, but translating these arrangements into coherent implementation, sustained investment and measurable results remained important.

Dr Amoah explained that Ghana’s approach brings together sectors including health, agriculture, education, water, sanitation and hygiene, social protection, local economic development and public finance.

She said the Food Systems and Nutrition Security Cross-Sectoral Planning Group provides an avenue for these actors to work around a common agenda and strengthen the integration of nutrition priorities into sector and district development plans..Read more: https://www.ndpc.gov.gh/media_center/blog_details/ndpc-director-general-highlights-nutrition-and-sustainable-financing-at-micronutrient-forum

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🌍 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

The Micronutrient Forum’s 7th Global Conference officially commenced today, 28 September 2026, in Accra, Ghana, bringing together policymakers, nutrition experts, researchers, development partners and other stakeholders from around the world.

Under the theme “Nutrition at the Frontiers of a Changing Environment,” the four-day conference is exploring the critical links between nutrition, food systems, climate and development, with a focus on how evidence, innovation, technology, data and stronger partnerships can drive sustainable and equitable nutrition outcomes.

🇬🇭 The official opening ceremony will take place later today, with the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana expected to deliver the keynote address.

Also taking place today is the NDPC/UNICEF Symposium on Multisectoral Collaboration and Financing for Nutrition, which brings into focus a critical issue for Ghana’s development agenda: how can policy commitments be translated into sustained financing and coordinated action that delivers better nutrition outcomes?

The symposium provides an opportunity for stakeholders to examine how stronger multisectoral collaboration and sustainable financing can help translate Ghana’s nutrition commitments into tangible results for children, women, families and communities.

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𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗦:

The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has concluded a two-day National Data Advocacy Workshop on Strengthening Ghana’s Data Ecosystem for National Development and Human Capital Measurement and Reporting.

The workshop brought together stakeholders from relevant institutions to discuss ways to strengthen Ghana’s data ecosystem for improved planning and evidence-based decision-making.

Day Two focused on the Human Capital Development Strategy, with Mr Peter Porekuu, Chief Analyst at the Commission, leading the discussion on its strategic pillars, implementation framework and the importance of reliable data in supporting effective planning and decision-making.

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