African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs

The African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), based in Ghana, provides parliamentary-strengthening support to representative parliaments in Africa. Under this grant ACEPA, with its partners INASP and the Ghana Statistical Service, works to (a) strengthen the Parliament of Ghana’s access to and use of data to monitor Ghana’s progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and other national development priorities; and (b) foster learning among the broader evidence-informed policymaking community about parliamentary use of data to enhance representation and oversight functions. This grant advances the Evidence-Informed Policymaking goal that governments in East and West Africa use evidence to improve policy decisions.

The African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) provides parliamentary strengthening support to representative parliaments in Africa. Under this grant ACEPA, together with its partners INASP and the Ghana Statistical Service, aims to enhance the Parliament of Ghana’s effectiveness in oversight and representation by improving the capacity of its committees to use data to inform their deliberations.