The Japanese Government has provided a fund of US$ 350,000 to implement a project “Capacity Development for Pro-poor Private Sector-led Growth through Enhancing Corporate Governance”, a two-year project seeking to support the implementation of the Corporate Governance Component of the Program of Action of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Country Review Report in Ghana.

The project is implemented by UNDP and the Private Enterprise Foundation (PEF) and provides technical assistance to strengthen the public sector regulatory framework for pro-poor private sector development and develop the capacity of the private sector for enhanced growth through improved corporate governance. Following the launch of project in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan in Accra, the PEF conducted an initial study on the status of implementation of the Program of Action and organized three validation workshops to source inputs from stakeholders and submitted the report to the APRM Secretariat.