Frank leads on the development and implementation of the Foundation’s Results and Learning strategies including systems for monitoring, evaluation and reporting, and the aggregation and dissemination of results. Frank brings to the role 14 years of managing M&E systems of several donor organisations including Global Fund, IPPF, DFID, JICA, JOICFP and DFATD. He has strong expertise in Project Planning and Management, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, and Results Logic Analysis.
Prior to joining STAR-Ghana Foundation, Frank worked as the Senior M&E Manager of the STAR-Ghana Programme (Christian Aid), M&E lead at Right To Play (RTP-Ghana) and M&E Coordinator at Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG). Frank has a post-graduate diploma in Leadership Development from the Management Sciences for Health Incorporated (United States) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Studies from the University of Cape Coast (Ghana).
In addition, he has professional certificates in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) from the University of Ghana School of Public Health, Project and Financial Management from Management Development and Productivity Institute (MDPI), and Project Management Professional from Step Up Business School. He is a member of the Institute of Directors, Ghana (IoD) and the Ghana Monitoring and Evaluation Forum (GMEF).
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Local governance - strategic partnerships component
Request for concept notes
STAR-Ghana's local governance call aims to strengthen, scale up and consolidate the results of previous and on-going local governance focused initiatives particularly in the areas of inclusive voice, improved access and transparency in service delivery.
The call is open for applications until 2nd March 2018.
Open to:
Registered Ghanaian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) operating at regional or national levels; academic and research institutions; professional associations; advocacy NGOs; private sector associations; civil society networks / coalitions, media organisations.
Expected outputs
- Spaces for collaboration between civil society (including private sector associations and media) and state actors on service delivery at local level strengthened.
- Horizontal and vertical linkages amongst CSOs to address systemic local governance, public participation and inclusion challenges strengthened.
- Inclusive voice and participation in local governance.
- Mechanisms for increased transparency and responsiveness in local governance enhanced.
- Issue-based and inclusive DA elections, including the election of women, PWDs and youth promoted.
- Citizen participation in the processes around the creation of new districts and regions, election of MMDCEs and creation of new districts enhanced.
Focus areas
The call will focus on unfinished business in local governance in the following areas:
- Promoting basic service delivery and development management at local level.
- Innovative technologies and media for promoting citizens participation, accountability and public access to information in local governance.
- Gender inclusion, disability and diversity in local governance.
- Poverty reduction, local economic development, resource mobilisation and budgetary utilisation at the local level.
- Implementing the new Act 936, party political elections of MMDCEs and voter education and sensitisation towards Referendum.
Call component and duration
The Strategic Policy Grants Component will support national level CSOs with capacity to do strategic level policy influencing to implement projects aimed at addressing systemic constraints around local governance and decentralisation issues at the policy levels. Projects shall have a maximum duration of 24 months and grant fund support not exceeding GHC 600,000.
Eligibility criteria for the CSO or the Coalition/Network/Alliance
- CSO, Coalition, networks and platforms who have implemented project around local governance or decentralisation within the past three years and are considering further up scaling of the project.
- The Grants is not applicable to CSOs or Coalitions wishing to commence entirely new project
- Should be able to state clearly the results and outcomes that will be achieved from the project;
- Must demonstrate a track record in working with and delivering results around governance focused initiatives;
- Ability to co-develop and implement local governance and decentralisation initiatives that can lead to strategic and national level policy change or action.
Grant Partners implementing STAR-Ghana funded projects as lead organisations are not eligible to apply. GESI small partners are in principle not barred from applying for the grant. However, STAR-Ghana will not award a fresh grant to an organisation which is either holding a grant or whose project has ended but has not completed the project/grant closure activities and signed off by STAR-Ghana. So those who are not sure that they would have completed their project closure activities by May 2018 need not apply.
How to apply
Download a concept note form for the local governance – strategic partnerships component
This form should be completed and submitted by email to: strategiclocalgovernance@star-ghana.org.
Deadline for submission of competed application forms is 2nd March 2018.
Shortlisted applications will be notified within two weeks after close of application and will be work with the Programme Management Team to co-develop full proposals for consideration by the Steering Committee..
For enquiries, please email us at the following address: info@star-ghana.org or call (0302) 774488/7012404 between 9am and 5pm on week days.
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Anti-corruption - innovative alliances component
This call is closed. View the latest updates here.
Background information:
Theme:
Fighting Corruption in Ghana through an enabling policy and regulatory framework.
Eligible organisations
Registered and informal alliances/coalitions/networks of stakeholders in the fight against corruption. These alliances/coalitions/networks must be led by registered Ghanaian civil society organisations (CSOs) operating at national and regional levels, including:
- Academic and research institutions;
- Professional associations;
- Research and advocacy NGOs;
- Think Tanks;
- Private sector associations; and,
- Faith-based organisations.
Lead organisations must demonstrate capacity to mobilize broad alliances of state and non-state actors for long-term engagement and collective action in the fight against corruption.
NB: Organisations currently receiving grants from STAR-Ghana under the GESI and Media calls are not eligible to apply as lead organisations for this grant.
About STAR Ghana
STAR-Ghana is a five-year (2015 – 2020) voice and empowerment programme supported by UK Aid, the European Union and DANIDA. Its purpose is to support the development of a civil society and citizenry capable of influencing change which will lead to inclusive access to high quality and responsive service delivery in Ghana. Its strategic approach is focused on supporting the creation, utilisation and institutionalisation of spaces for collective engagement, within civil society and between civil society and other actors, as a means of increasing the accountability and responsiveness of the executive and key state institutions at both local and national levels and promoting inclusive national development. For more information about STAR-Ghana, please visit the website at www.star-ghana.org.
The anti-corruption call
National corruption surveys in recent years point to a significant deterioration in citizens’ perceptions of corruption in Ghana. Overall trends are negative, particularly for citizens seeking to access public goods and services. Public perceptions also reflect a growing awareness of, and concern about corruption across key sectors of government.
Corruption is a brake on development, burdens the poor and exacerbates inequality. The resulting lack of trust in public officials, institutions, and processes weakens the state-citizen relationship and undermines democracy. Tackling it is therefore essential if Ghana is to achieve sustainable and equitable growth.
An important lesson learnt from anti-corruption actions in Ghana and globally is the need for collaboration and joint actions among stakeholders, given that there are certain corruption issues which cannot be tackled by any one organisation or institution alone. In addition, fighting corruption can be very dangerous for an individual or single organisation or enterprise and collaborative actions help not only to mitigate the risks, but also increase the impact and credibility of anti-corruption actions. The scale and complexity of corruption issues also requires a multi-sectoral and multi-actor approach in order to achieve sustainable results.
To this end STAR-Ghana intends to support the development of broad-based multi-stakeholder alliances and networks to increase the effectiveness of current anti-corruption actions. The Innovative Alliances Component of STAR-Ghana’s anti-corruption call seeks to incentivise the development of innovative alliances or collective actions bringing together stakeholders who usually do not work together on such issues, such as NGOs, professional associations, private sector associations, media, state agencies, public institutions, traditional associations, academia, etc. to implement actions addressing systemic corruption issues. Applications are therefore invited from eligible civil society organisations, including media organisations, professional associations and private sector associations to develop and implement projects under the Innovative Alliances component of the anti-corruption workstream. Such applications should focus on developing and/or strengthening innovative alliances or collaborations among and between diverse stakeholders to address systemic corruption issues at both national, district or community levels. The proposals should be anchored on the National Anti-corruption Action plan (NACAP) and, as much as possible, take account of gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) considerations.
Projects funded under this component will be for a maximum duration of two (2) years and a budget not exceeding GHS750, 000.00 per project.
Eligibility criteria:
Lead organisations submitting applications to STAR-Ghana:
- must be registered with the Registrar-General’s Department with Tax Identification Number;
- must not have been blacklisted by any donor agency, governmental agency or by STAR-Ghana;
- must have a demonstrable experience and capacity to undertake national /strategic level policy influencing on anti-corruption issues;
- must be able to provide audited accounts for the last two years.
For enquiries, please email us at the following address: info@star-ghana.org or call (0302) 774488 between 9am and 5pm on week days.
Anti-corruption – strategic grants component
This call is closed. View the latest updates here.
Background information:
Theme
Fighting Corruption in Ghana through an enabling policy and regulatory framework.
Eligible organisations
Registered Ghanaian civil society organisations (CSOs) operating at national levels and actively engaged in policy influencing processes. These include:
- Academic and research institutions;
- Professional associations;
- Research and advocacy NGOs;
- Think tanks;
- Private sector associations;
- Civil society networks, coalitions, alliances and platforms.
Eligible organisations must demonstrate capacity to mobilize citizens and citizen groups and forge alliances of relevant stakeholders for long-term engagement and collective action in the fight against corruption.
NB: Organisations currently receiving grants from STAR-Ghana under the GESI and Media calls are not eligible to apply as lead organisations for this grant.
About STAR-Ghana
STAR-Ghana is a five-year (2015 – 2020) voice and empowerment programme supported by UK Aid, the European Union and DANIDA. Its purpose is to support the development of a civil society and citizenry capable of influencing change which will lead to inclusive access to high quality and responsive service delivery in Ghana. Its strategic approach is focused on supporting the creation, utilisation and institutionalisation of spaces for collective engagement, within civil society and between civil society and other actors, as a means of increasing the accountability and responsiveness of the executive and key state institutions at both local and national levels and promoting inclusive national development.
The anti-corruption call
National corruption surveys in recent years point to a significant deterioration in citizens’ perceptions of corruption in Ghana. Overall trends are negative and petty corruption has worsened particularly for citizens seeking to access public goods and services. Public perceptions also reflect a growing awareness of, and concern about, corruption across key sectors of government. Tackling corruption is essential if Ghana is to achieve sustainable and equitable growth. Corruption is a brake on development, burdens the poor and exacerbates inequality. The resulting lack of trust in public officials, institutions, and processes weakens the state-citizen relationship and undermines democracy.
As part of its approach of convening and catalysing citizens’ actions around key national issues, STAR-Ghana is implementing a workstream aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of citizens’ actions against corruption. This will be done through the provision of grants and technical support to civil society organisations, including private sector associations and the media, and brokering relationships between and among key stakeholders. The workstream will complement the work of ‘sister’ programmes such as STAAC, ARAP and GOGIG, support the implementation of the NACAP and strengthen spaces for civil society engagement with key institutions such as Parliament, CHRAJ and the Judiciary.
To this end, STAR-Ghana intends to award grants to a limited number of national level CSOs and CSO coalitions to develop and implement projects and initiatives aimed at helping to address the systemic causes of corruption in Ghana. Applications are therefore invited proposals from eligible civil society organisations, including media organisations, professional associations and private sector associations, to develop and implement projects under the strategic policy influencing component of the Anti-Corruption Workstream. Such proposals should focus on strategic level policy influencing on anti-corruption issues, be anchored on the National Anti-corruption Action plan (NACAP) and, as much as possible, take account of gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) considerations.
Applicants are particularly encouraged to consider issues and strategies such as:
- Addressing high-risk, high-value, high-impact sectors;
- Making more effective use of Ghana’s commitments and obligations under existing international and regional anticorruption instruments;
- Seeking to mainstream results and lessons into public law- and policy-making;
- Exploring opportunities for linking actors across levels of governance (community, district, regional and national), and enable collaborations between actors working on complementary issues and/or movement building on anti-corruption issues.
Projects funded under this component will be for a maximum duration of two (2) years and a budget not exceeding GHS700, 000.00 per project.
Eligibility criteria
- Must be registered with the Registrar-General’s Department with Tax Identification Number;
- Must not have been blacklisted by any donor agency, governmental agency or by STAR-Ghana;
- Must have a demonstrable experience and capacity to undertake national /strategic level policy influencing on anti-corruption issues;
- Must be able to provide audited accounts for the last two years.
For enquiries, please email us at the following address: info@star-ghana.org or call (0302) 774488 between 9am and 5pm on week days.
