Did you know that Ghana has its own time zone? It is
called GMT – Ghana Maybe Time….This little anecdote was told by one of our
Ghanaian clients. So true! Our kick-off meeting was supposed to start at 8:50
am, but actually started “a bit later”. I assume Barbara, the CDS country
director, is well aware of it and had it worked into the schedule from the
beginning, because we finished right on time.
It was so good to meet our clients - finally first time face
to face. Despite working hard we laughed a lot. Tuesday we were picked up early
(on time) and driven to our client’s office. Everyone was extremely helpful in
getting us installed. We have our own cozy little office.
Our office – my team: Dianne and Derrick and our good souls, Barbara from CDS with Remi from IBM Nigeria.
Our client is Ghana Audit Services (GAS) – the Audit Service
exists to promote good governance in the areas of transparency, accountability
and probity in the public financial management system of Ghana. Our task
is to perform a skills assessment in existing and new departments and to
provide a comprehensive framework to guide the setting up of a new department.
More to come,
Cynthia
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