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6.0 Performance Monitoring Plan
Designing a fresh approach for the ICFG program using an ecosystem approach in the Western Region of Ghana required the development of a practical and efficient Performance
Management Plan – PMP – especially throughout the program implementation. The PMP guided the developmental process of the Initiative and allowed for smart
projections to be made while tracking progress of field activities as well as generating timely and accurate results to USAID.
Over the life of the program, the Initiative employed monitoring and evaluation ME tools to monitor performance through the design of a basic performance monitoring and evaluation
system in order to track progress, make projections for subsequent years and scale up resources and time to implement and periodically assess effectiveness of projects while
learning by doing. As at September, 2013 the Initiative was reporting on 13 Indicators Annex 1, 10 of which
were Feed the Future Indicators, 2 Global Climate Change Indicators and 1 Custom Indicator which is the Governance Scorecards tool – Annex 2A and B. While the standard indicators
allowed for meeting targets as outlined in the USAID Results Framework, the ICFG custom indicator allowed the Initiative to measure progress on the Orders of Outcomes and Policy
Cycle Framework in relation to USAID Development Objectives. A governance score-carding evaluation tool was applied periodically with a team of both
external and internal partners periodically. The ICFG program was able to ascertain the level of success of program goals, the level of commitment of partners, the level of capacity and
constituencies built over the project life, See Annex 2Aand 2B. Results of this evaluation tool was confirmed by an external evaluation report which indicated that the ICFG had built a
commendable and overwhelming social capital and that relevant institutions now understood the Initiative’s program goals and supported it.
Overall, 1225 individuals received short term training and 20 received long term training while 163 persons were trained in child health and nutrition and 588 individuals from
producer and community based organizations received USG assistance. A total of 64 persons were recorded to be using Climate Change information in decision making. Relative to
institutions, 79 were strengthened, 51 public-private partnerships were forged while 48 CBO and producer organizations received USG assistance.
Seven 7 climate change adaptive capacity and vulnerability assessments were completed [four District reports are compiled in document 66, two village assessments within Ahanta
West district in documents 44 and 45, and a summary of hazards and adaptation planning in the Shama ICM Toolkit, document 50]A total of 33,720 Ha of areas of biological significance
were put under improved management as a result of USG assistance.
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7.0 Program Management
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