Ghana

Client: Water Resources Commission of Ghana (WRC).

NVE Mandate: Assisting the WRC developing key steps and inputs towards the planned National Dam Safety Unit (NDSU).

Contract Value/ Duration: MNOK 6.7 grant for the project from Norad, with equivalent of MNOK 0.53 as a national input from Ghana. Norad’s final approval still pending; - the project started in late 2009 with planned duration of 3 years.

Type of Activities: Preparation of legal provisions and regulations, technical guidelines and modus operandi, data management, capacity building, and long term financing strategy, all as required for the functioning of NDSU.

Work Completed 2010: Workshop with relevant Technical Committee on Dams, Legal and Finance actors on various activities and capacity building initiatives.

Work in Progress 2010: With the Dam Safety Working Group (DSWG) as a basis, continuing activities towards implementation of the fully operational NDSU

Activities and Outputs:
The institutional Agreement between NVE and WRC was signed in December 2010 and the Programme was officially established. Some activities started in Ghana early in 2010 with special approval from Norad while awaiting the final Project Document approval. A workshop in Accra, for the three Technical Committees took place in February 2010 as a follow-up to the 1st workshop in Swedru in December 2009.

Results/Outcome:
Some results were achieved in spite of the disturbing start delays:

• Second meeting of the DSWG and the technical Committees held, February 2010, Accra.
• Steering Committee Meeting held, December 2010, Accra.

These meetings have been termed results as important issues relevant to project’s objective were tabled and discussed.