The Business Sector Advocacy Challenge (BUSAC) Fund is a programme set up to strengthen the advocacy capacity of private sector business groups and associations in Ghana. Supported by DANIDA (the lead Development Partner), USAID and DFID, the first phase of the programme run from 2004 to February 2010, during which the Fund provided a total of 362 advocacy grants to various business groups and associations within the ten regions of Ghana.
The second phase of the BUSAC Fund was a five-year extension to BUSAC Fund I and was intended to consolidate the gains made in BUSAC Fund I and to further spread the concept of advocacy to all sectors of the economy in all the regions of Ghana. With the support of its Development Partners, DANIDA, USAID and the EU, the second phase of the BUSAC Fund run from March 2010 to 30th June 2016, during which the Fund provided 435 advocacy grants worth over 17.6 million USD to various Private Sector Organizations (PSOs) across the ten regions of Ghana to enable them advocate the removal of barriers within the business environment. For BUSAC Fund Phase II, PSOs eligible for support included business associations, trade unions, media houses and farm-based organisations (FBOs).
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