The Greater Accra Regional Director of Economic Planning at the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC),Mrs. Jemima Lomotey has called for stronger coordination among implementing partners to ensure the successful implementation of activities under the 2026 UNFPA Adolescent and Youth Development (AYD) Programme.
She made the call during a coordination meeting convened to review approved activities, budgets, implementation arrangements and reporting requirements for the first and second quarters of 2026.
The meeting brought together representatives from the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Department of Gender (DoG), National Youth Authority (NYA) and GARCC to strengthen collaboration, address implementation challenges and ensure a common understanding of programme responsibilities.
Ishmael Kwasi Selassie, programme Analyst for Adolescent and Youth Development (AYD) at UNFPA outlined key interventions scheduled for implementation across the Greater Accra Region.
According to him, the Department of Gender will select and train 50 out-of-school young people as Reproductive Health Education (RHE) mentors to support vulnerable adolescents. The department will also organise sensitisation sessions for 600 adolescent girls and young people on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) in six selected communities.
Mr. Selassie said 600 parents drawn from Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs), religious and traditional mothers and fathers groups, and local authorities would also be engaged to address misinformation, disinformation and resistance to reproductive health education.
He noted that the Ghana Health Service would conduct strategic Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Family Planning and Adolescent Health service delivery outreaches in deprived communities across the region. The service will also support surgical repair for 20 women living with obstetric fistula and strengthen adolescent-friendly health services through support for Usher Polyclinic and Mayera Health Centre as centres of excellence for adolescent SRHR service delivery.
Mr. Selassie further indicated that the National Youth Authority would train 100 youth leaders from 25 youth-led organisations across nine programme districts on decentralised governance and budgeting processes to enhance youth participation in governance and development planning.
He explained that the authority would also organise youth-led town hall meetings involving five district development actors and 500 young people to promote youth-centred planning and budgeting in demographic dividend sectors. Additionally, two District Youth Committees will be established and inaugurated in Ada West District and Ayawaso North Municipality to strengthen youth engagement in local development processes.
Other interventions include the establishment of a Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) task force to monitor the implementation of recommendations arising from maternal death audits and improve maternal health outcomes.
Representatives were encouraged to strengthen outcome reporting by documenting early signs of impact, including action plans developed by beneficiaries and follow-up activities undertaken after training. They were also advised to document achievements, challenges, lessons learned and recommendations through success stories and stakeholder quotations to enrich programme reports.
The representatives were further guided on the importance of obtaining informed consent for photographs and other forms of documentation to support reporting, accountability and audit requirements.
The meeting ended with a renewed commitment by implementing partners to strengthen collaboration, improve accountability and ensure the effective delivery of interventions aimed at improving the wellbeing of adolescents and young people across the Greater Accra Region.
