This was part of the recommendation issued at the end of the school which was on the theme: “Improving the Performance of the Local Government System in the Era of E-Governance.”
Dr (Mrs) Abigail Aryeh-Adjei, Rapporteur-General for the school, said the theme had been apt considering how fast the world is developing with an increase use of Information Communication Technology (ICT), adding that is importance in local governance was acknowledged by the school.
The recommendations also asked government to lay e-infrastructure for metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies and provide them with guidelines and directions to help them embrace ICT in their activities such as resource mobilisation, management and dissemination of information to stakeholders.
It said citizens should be involved in preparing and analysing public budgets, implementation and evaluation of programmes or projects that they develop.
The recommendations called on stakeholders and institutions responsible for policy initiation and implementation such as the Trades Union Congress, National Commission for Civil Education, Electoral Commission, Social Welfare and Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice to be well resourced to carry out their mandates.
On the Effective Deployment of Human Resource in Decentralised Local Government System through E-Learning the school recommended that district assemblies should prioritise training and periodic re-training of its staff to acquire skills and knowledge in ICT.
The participants said it would eventually create a technologically inclined working environment to deploy the use of ICT in the most efficient, reliable, effective and convenient way to be productive in their delivery of services.
Under the topic; using e-platform for knowledge and information dissemination, the school called for the establishment of offices for ICT infrastructure by the district assemblies, with computers and internet facilities available and also recruit IT personnel.
“There is an urgent need to address the low representation and participation of women in decision making in order to enhance their equitable access to and use of e-government resources.”
The recommendations stated that this could be done through an affirmative action policy backed by a database of women established nationwide.
The school recommended among other things, that district assemblies find avenues of increasing their income by establishing companies, encouraging payment of levies for funeral permits and marriage registration and the involvement of community members in the construction of community infrastructure to promote the sense of ownership and maintenance.
The participants said district assemblies should develop Public-Private Partnerships that take local contexts into consideration.
Professor Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi, Chairman for the ceremony, urged the participants to update their skills and knowledge in ICT.
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Quelle/Source: spyghana, 09.01.2015
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