Ghana placed first out of ten Open Government Partnership (OGP) members who won awards at the 2023 Open Government Global Summit held on the 6th and 7th of September 2023 in Tallinn, Estonia.
Hon. Yaw Osafo Marfo, the Senior Presidential Advisor, and Dr. E.O Osae, Director-General of the Internal Audit Agency received the award for Ghana.
To recognise reformers at the forefront of advancing open governance, an award for “Inspirational Reforms” was launched by the OGP. Forty-seven applications were received from its members across the world out of which ten (10) winners emerged. The Internal Audit Agency took the top position out of the ten winners with an application on the topic “Public Accounts Committee and Audit Reports.”
The award was won on the theme “Anti-corruption”. Ghana through the Internal Audit Agency’s initiative has taken great strides towards combating corrupt practices in the public sector.
The establishment of Audit committees and their role in ensuring the effective implementation of audit recommendations, naming and shaming of defaulters of audit report submission in the country’s newspapers, and the prosecution of cases of financial irregularities has enhanced accountability, transparency, and financial management in the country’s public sector.
Below are the winners by rank.
- Ghana
- Brazil
- Indonesia
- Portugal
- Tarkwa-Nsuaem, Ghana
- Nandi-Kenya
- Glasgow, UK
- Aragon, Spain
- Contagem, Brazil
- Yerevan, Armenia
Source: iaa.gov.gh