The overall objective of the programme to which this project belonged was the following: The public revenue and budget system, as well as the management of Ghana’s natural resource revenues, are more transparent, increasingly rule-based and more effective. In general, the Ghanaian public finance management (PFM) system is strengthened.
For this purpose, the project entailed advisory work to be delivered by short-term experts on technical issues and in the area of process management and organizational development (OD). The technical areas included public finance management, public budget formulation and execution, tax policy, tax administration and domestic accountability (including resource governance and external budgetary oversight). Process management refered to improvement of decision making and business processes with the relevant partner institutions.
Delivered short-term assignments were:

• TPU Team Building Workshop
• Comprehensive Records Management Programme for the Ghana Records Revenue Authority
• Effective Financial Management System for the Ghana Revenue Authority
• Post Clearance Audit Consultancy for the Ghana Revenue Authority
• Consultancy for Environmental Fiscal Reform Policy Document
• Consultancy for Environmental Fiscal Reform - Framework for establishment of Ghana Green Fund
• Consultancy for Capital Allowance Regime
• Impact Assessment of the ECOWAS Common External Tariffs (CET)
• Review of Free Zones Regime in Ghana
• Development of a Comprehensive Manual for the Audit of Infrastructure Projects
• Identifying Support Needs regarding the Budget Process
• Consultancy for the Communication and Public Affairs Department of GRA
• Media Training for GRA
• Branding Strategy for GRA
• Development of an Internal Audit Manual for GRA
• Review of appropriate / additional information and proposal of updates for the legislative framework for promoting revenue transparency and accountability in Ghana’s natural resource sector
• Consultancy for the introduction of a Construction Industry Scheme
• Draft Legislation for the Ghana Green Fund
• Consultancy to develop a manual on Self Assessment
• Development of stores management system manual for TPU
• Impact assessments of emmission tax and plastic tax
• Evaluation of the 2012-2014 GRA Strategic Plan
• Strategic Plan and Performance Management Framework for Budget Division
• Development of Budget Operations Manual
• Development of a Management Budget Implementation Information Framework and Reporting Tool
• Development of Guidelines for the Preparation of Policy Briefs and Macroeconomic Performance Reports
• Evaluation of EITI Implementation in Ghana
• Development of a Fiscal Risk Management Framework for Budget Division

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• Review of tax exemptions policy in loans and grants agreements for Tax Policy Unit (TPU)