Social Public Expenditure and financial Accountability (SPEFA) project started in 2013 and ended in April 2017 with funding from GOG through SNV. 

The project sough to ‘improve citizen’s perception of urban management and increase active citizen’s engagement in the development process of their metropolitan and municipal areas’. 

CEDEP implemented the project in Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Assembly (EJMA) and Asante Akim Central Municipal Assembly (AACMA). 

Project strategies consisted of a quarterly SPEFA Fora which targeted 120 MMAs stakeholders to build their capacity on District Assembly’s processes and a half yearly Town Hall Meetings (300 people) which bring both duty bearers and rights-holders together to share information directly and openly on developmental issues which ultimately affect citizens.

The SPEFA project has empowered citizens; especially marginalized groups (women and PWDs) to engage with their respective MMAs to demand for improved service delivery.