Ghana MEL Platform Activity

About the Project

2022 – 2026 | $16.5 million | Ghana

The US Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Ghana Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Platform is a $16.5 million, four-year (2022 – 2026) activity with the objective to provide monitoring, evaluation, and learning support to USAID/Ghana, USAID’s implementing partners, Ghanaian academic and research institutions, and the Government of Ghana.

The MEL Platform activity represents USAID/Ghana’s flagship initiative to enhance core Mission performance management functions and strengthen the integration of evidence into USAID/Ghana programming, the collaborative relationships across USAID staff and implementing partners around learning, and in-house and partner monitoring and evaluation capacity.

Services under the Ghana MEL Platform will include:

• Performance management support: strengthening results measurement, MEL plan reviews, performance data analysis, and supporting performance management.
• Research and analysis: conducting assessments, special studies, and surveys.
• Evaluation services: performance and impact evaluations.
• Capacity building and learning support: M&E and learning-related training, workshops, and coaching, learning events for USAID staff, implementing partners, and other stakeholders, engagement with Government of Ghana and other local research institutions.
• Knowledge management databases and Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping.

USAID/Ghana staff, implementing partners, and different stakeholders attend the official launch of the Ghana MEL Platform Activity in Accra. Photo: Emmanuel Attramah

• Communication and outreach: Strategic communications and dissemination, media, and event support, and designing and producing outreach materials and information.

The Activity is implemented by a team of experienced implementers, evaluators, and researchers, led by LINC and including The Cloudburst Group, DevLab@Penn, ISSER at the University of Ghana, and Gobin Global.

This activity is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The information provided on this website is not official U.S. Government information and does not represent the views or positions of the U.S. Agency for International Development or the U.S. Government.