[{"bbox": [96, 151, 1136, 473], "category": "Text", "text": "from 2010; creation of two district court user committees; and development of the \"Eye on Corruption\" mobile application to report corruption cases. The current programme (budget EUR 11.99 million) comes to an end in June 2022, with a new phase planned from July 2022 that may include integrity of the justice system and further digitalisation of the justice sector. Within Ghana, GIZ includes a component on Accountability and Resource Governance under its Governance for Inclusive Development Programme (GovID) (2019-2023), which focuses on key accountability institutions in the public finance management sector¹⁴ as well as support to CSOs and strengthening Audit Committees at the sub-national level.¹⁵ GovID is also implementing interventions to combat illicit financial flows and serious organised crime with support from the British Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), including assistance to EOCO to develop a national policy framework and implementation strategy for asset recovery. Assessments are undergoing (by GIZ and FCDO) to decide whether additional funding will be secured from FCDO to continue into a new phase of GovID or whether a new programme will be required."}, {"bbox": [96, 495, 1136, 658], "category": "Text", "text": "**France / Expertise France** is currently implementing the regional Organised Crime: West African Response to Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (OCWAR-M) project (2019-2024), funded by the EU, with a budget of EUR 6.75 million.¹⁶ Within Ghana, the OCWAR-M programme focuses on detection, investigations, asset recovery, international cooperation, judgement; a diagnosis of the Ghanaian anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) system; and the AML/CFT national coordination committee. Future plans include training on cryptocurrency for financial intelligence unit agents."}, {"bbox": [96, 681, 1136, 976], "category": "Text", "text": "**UNODC** is the lead UN Agency for the implementation of the UNCAC. UNODC's focus on corruption in Ghana during 2021 included support to Ghanaian authorities to carry out corruption risk assessments within the fisheries and health sectors, building the capacity of CHRAJ to conduct corruption risk assessments, improving the existing whistle-blower protection framework, and strengthening integrity within law enforcement. Support included the development of a manual and training for the Police Professional Standards Bureau (PPSB) under the EU-funded global programme \"Strengthening Criminal Investigation and Criminal Justice Cooperation along Drug Trafficking Routes\" (CRIMJUST). For 2022 UNODC plans include: continued support to the PPSB; a country-wide corruption survey in cooperation with Ghana Statistical Service and CHRAJ; implementation of corruption risk mitigation strategies in the health and fisheries sectors; and the development of standard operating procedures on whistle-blower protection. UNODC also implements a schools project with a focus on anti-corruption and has established a platform to engage with civil society."}, {"bbox": [96, 999, 1136, 1215], "category": "Text", "text": "**FCDO's** most recent support to anti-corruption was under the Strengthening Action Against Corruption (STAAC) programme that included support to the Financial Intelligence Centre, EOCO and the financial courts; the Public Procurement Agency to improve procurement regulation and oversight; and support to civil society and the media. FCDO was also responsible for STAR-Ghana, a multi-donor civil society fund. Both STAAC and STAR-Ghana have ended and FCDO is currently in the early stages of determining what its future support to Ghana in the field of rule of law/anticorruption will include. Future support is expected to be linked to the recently published research into funding of presidential campaigns conducted by CDD and funded by FCDO and/or on budget and debt transparency."}, {"bbox": [96, 1238, 1136, 1400], "category": "Text", "text": "**The United States Agency for International Development's (USAID's)** Ghana Strengthening Accountability Mechanisms Programme focused on strengthening accountability for improved development outcomes in almost half of Ghana's district-level governments. The programme included partnering with the Ghana Audit Service to conduct performance audits of capital development projects in approximately 100 districts, supporting the Public Accounts Committee and groups of citizen associations to reduce corruption and provide incentives for elected officials and technical authorities to improve accountability. USAID also supported the development of a digital"}, {"bbox": [86, 1444, 1144, 1489], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁴ Ghana Audit Service (GAS), Internal Audit Agency, Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, and the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (an NGO)."}, {"bbox": [86, 1489, 1144, 1532], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁵ With co-funding from the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the Ghana Revenue Authority is being supported to develop codes of conduct and implement e-learning and the Ghana Audit Service is being supported to conduct a tax audit."}, {"bbox": [86, 1532, 1144, 1621], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁶ OCWAR-M has 4 components: advocacy / sensitisation of civil society; compliance / strengthening the AML/CFT legal and regulatory framework of Member States; strengthening the AML/CFT system of stakeholders; and technical assistance to the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA). The project is based in Senegal and is part of a wider OCWAR programme that includes support to the fight against cybercrime and trafficking (both of which are based in Nigeria)."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 6 of 28"}]