nnex A: The Committee's visit programme
in Ghana
The International Development Committee visited Ghana
from 25 to 28 March 2008. The key meetings were as follows:
Wednesday 26 March
Briefing meetings with British officials
Meeting with Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, Minister of Finance
and Economic Planning, Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, Minister of State
for Finance, and Professor George Gyan Baffour, Deputy Minister
of Finance
Meeting with Mr Speaker at the Ghanaian Parliament
and visit to the Parliamentary Learning Centre
Meeting to discuss donor harmonisation and coordination
with representatives of other donors, including:
World Bank
Canadian High Commission/CIDA
European Commission
Royal Netherlands Embassy
UNICEF
USAID
UNDP
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Thursday 27 March
Meeting with the Royal Netherlands Embassy
Visit to Princess Marie Louise Hospital, Central
Accra
Meeting with Major Courage Quashigah (rtd), Minister,
and Dr Edward Addai, Director for Policy Planning, Ministry of
Health
Visit to the Three-Districts Water Supply Scheme
in Volta Region (Aveyime and Ada Luta)
Friday 28 March
Meeting with civil society groups, including:
Ghana Research and Advocacy Programme, G-RAP
Civil Society Rights and Voice Initiative, RAVI
Business Sector Advocacy Challenge Fund, BUSAC
ActionAid
Institute for Democratic Governance, IDEG
Visit to Governance Issues Forum Network (GIFNET)
in Ashaiman
Visit to UN Humanitarian Response Depot (HRD)
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