Ghana-Luxembourg Social Trust Pilot advisory project

The project will test a new financing mechanism for supporting social security systems in low-income countries (in this case Ghana) by collecting money in high income countries (in this case Luxembourg). With the funds collected, the project will pilot a conditional cash benefit that targets pregnant women. Conditionalities refer to the taking up of maternal and child related health services until the child reaches the age of 5. The project will produce the following outputs a. Local project staff b. Workshop on project implementation c. Office in Accra d. Support to and supervision of project activities The project will support and supervise project activities carried out by implementation partners, supporting a timely completion of agreed activities in a satisfactory quality, specifically as relates to a) information and awareness raising, b) identification of beneficiaries and membership management, c) delivery of health services and monitoring of compliance with conditionalities, d) delivery of the cash benefit, e) process and impact assessments. The project will ensure overall flow of communication between implementing partners in Dangme West, relevant government institutions, social partners and other stakeholders in Accra, ILO Social Security Department, and the Abuja office and the OGB-L. e. Participation in social protection sector group meetings f. Monitoring and Auditing

Project symbol

GHA/09/02/OGB

Admin unit

CO-Abuja

Start date

01/09/2009

End date

31/12/2016

Total allocation

273695

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

273695

Development Partners

Confédération Syndicale Indépendante du Luxembourg

Country/Countries

Ghana

Outcomes

Creating and extending social protection floors