Pln. Frederick Nyame is a resourceful Development Planning Officer with over 10 years of professional experience in managing sustainable government and donor programmes/projects at the Central Regional Coordinating Council. Pln. Nyame obtained degrees in MSc Project Management, MBA Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprise Development, all from the University of Cape Coast and BA Economics and Entrepreneurship from the University for Development Studies in 2019, 2017 and 2011 respectively. He has strong interests in small business development, development planning, investment/project appraisal, monitoring and evaluation, risk management, performance auditing, impact assessment and local governance. Some of his achievements include successfully managing international projects like the European Union Project (2014-2017) and Support for Decentralization Reforms (SfDR 2016-2019) of GIZ. Others include leading to harmonize all 22 District Medium Term Development Plans (DMTDPs 2010-2013, 2014-2017 and 2018-2021). Pln. Nyame is the schedule officer for Ghana Secondary Cities Support Program, World Bank program spanning 2019-2025 and the District Development Database Platform (DDDP) component of the Governance for Inclusive Development (GovID) Program of the GIZ, where he trained all 22 district Assemblies in the Central Region and further provided hands-on support to Savannah, Northern, North East regions and Oti Regions. He has also consulted for Le Plafond Consult and Soman Consult Limited in the 4th and 5th cycle District Performance Assessment Tool (DPAT) in the Ashanti and Eastern regions in 2020 and 2021 respectively, with functional roles in Planning and Budgeting, Management, Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation, Environment, Social Inclusion and Service Delivery thematic areas. As a member of the technical team, he helped to develop the concept paper and terms of reference for the Regional Development Strategy (2022-2030) for the Central Regional Coordinating Council, and he serves as the desk officer coordinating activities of all the nine committees of the project. He is also a member on the Youth and Technology Development Committee, where he brings on board initiatives that are geared toward sustainable employment in the central region. Currently, Pln. Frederick Nyame is pursuing a PhD in Development Studies, with specialization in Project Management and a corporate member of the Ghana Institute of Planners (GIP), the professional umbrella of the built environment in Ghana.