IncluCity Mid-term Report: Improving Governance and Services for Ghana’s Urban Poor

The IncluCity program bridges the gap between the urban poor and their local government to enable the provision of improved services in Ghana. Managed by Global Communities, a nonprofit humanitarian assistance and international development organization, IncluCity is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Launched in October 2011, this four-year, US$4 million program improves citizen engagement in municipal governance and increases municipal revenues in two of Ghana’s largest cities – Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi.

The program has two primary objectives:

1. Increased constructive participation of slum residents in governance, inclusive planning and budgeting processes in the Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assemblies (AMA and STMA); and,
2. Increased capacity of AMA and STMA to generate municipal revenue.