The Commission further reviewed and assisted Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to finalise their Draft Sector and District Medium-Term Development Plans under the GSGDA. OBJECTIVE 2: ENCOURAGE BROAD-BASED PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPMENT The participation of all stakeholders to the broad-based sustainable socio-economic development is very important as it involves people in the whole development process. This objective assesses policies, strategies ad incentive measures put in place to stimulate participation from public servants, private sector, civil society and local communes. 5.3 Stakeholder participation in socio-economic development The national development planning process, the budget process as well as the annual consultative reviews have opened up space for policy dialogue and enable non-state actors to participate in decision making. 5.3.1 National Development Planning Process Public consultation constitutes an integral part of the development planning process right from the policy formulation stage through implementation to monitoring and evaluation. a) Cross-Sectoral Planning Groups (CSPGs) The preparation of key policy documents involved broad participation of a cross section of the Ghanaian population to ensure that diverse shades of opinion and experience are reflected at all stages of the process and ultimately in the final report. Technical working groups referred to as Cross Sectoral Planning Groups (CSPG) are organized around the relevant thematic areas of the policy. The composition of the CSPG comprise both state and non-state actors drawn from the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Sixth Annual APRM Progress Report: January – December 2011 85