The Steering Committee of the Post COVID-19 Skills Development and Productivity Enhancement Project (PSDPEP) ensures that the objectives, outcomes and outputs of the project are achieved in a timely manner, with high considerations for cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The Committee also ensures that all project beneficiary institutions perform their roles satisfactorily during the life of the project and that project implementation failures are corrected expeditiously. It is also the duty of the Committee to ensure that there is effective inter-ministerial and inter-agency cooperation that will help resolve any project implementation challenges or issues. The Committee approves the Annual Work Plans and Budgets of the project and conducts Quarterly and Annual Reviews.
Membership of the Project Steering Committee comprises policy and managerial level staff of the Ministries of Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development; Education; Health; Finance; Environment, Science and Technology; Gender Children, and Social Protection; the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations; the University of Ghana; Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC); the Ministry of Information; the Ghana Statistical Service; and the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) at the corporate level. The Social Investment Fund serves as the Secretariat of the Committee and its Executive Director is the Secretary. To ensure objective and accountable reviews of project implementation, the Committee is chaired by the Ministry of Finance. The Project Steering Committee is expected to meet at least twice in a year.
