Business Sector Advocacy Challenge Fund: Ghana

The BUSAC fund supports the growth of a competitive private sector in Ghana by improving the business environment.

Overview

The BUSAC fund enables the private sector in Ghana, as well as trades unions and the media, to influence public policy formulation by:

  • undertaking appropriate research
  • developing evidence-based policy positions
  • advocating those positions with government and other private sector organisations

The objectives of the BUSAC fund are:

  • broader private sector engagement in government policy making and policy implementation
  • strengthened capacity of private sector organisations to advocate for pro-business sector reform in Ghana, to support the Ghanaian economy and contribute to poverty reduction
  • improvement of the private sector by removing bottlenecks at all levels of government administration, but also within the private sector
  • broader public understanding of the role of business in society

How to apply

Application details are available on the Business Sector Advocacy Challenge (BUSAC) Fund website

Background information on the fund

Ghana’s Business Sector Advocacy Challenge Fund is supported by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) as well as DANIDA (the Danish development ministry) and USAID. The BUSAC fund provides grants to fund up to 90% of the cost of the advocacy actions that are selected in each ‘call for application’.

Contacts

Business Sector Advocacy Challenge (BUSAC) Fund website

Published 26 August 2014