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ONE PROGRAMME

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FRAMEWORK

2013-2017

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In Liberia, the United Nations is represented by the UN Mission (UNMIL), as well as the UN

Country Team (UNCT), which is made up of 16 Agencies, Funds, and Programmes, as well as the

World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

All UN interventions in Liberia are aligned with the national medium-term strategy, known as the

Agenda for Transformation, and as such, the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF

2013-2017) reflects priorities of the AfT.

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One Programme

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Description Page

Signature Page 5

Acronyms and Abbreviations 7

Foreword from the Acting Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs 9

and Deputy SRSG, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator

Preface from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General 11

and UN Coordinator in Liberia

Liberia Facts and Figures 12

Executive Summary 14

SECTION 1

Background 16

Progress on the Millennium Development Goals 20

Liberia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (2008-2011) 21

National Vision and Agenda for Transformation 21

The United Nations in Liberia 22

UN Development Assistance Framework (2008-2012) 23

Delivering as One 23

SECTION 2: One Programme Pillars

One Programme Pillar I: Peace, Security and Rule of Law 27

One Programme Pillar II: Sustainable Economic Transformation 41

One Programme Pillar III: Human Development 57

One Programme Pillar IV: Inclusive Governance and Public Institutions 79

Cross-cutting Issues 93

SECTION 3

Programme Management 95

Monitoring and Evaluation 97


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SIGNATURE PAGE

The One Programme has been developed by the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in consultation with the

Government of Liberia and other partners, with the objective of improving the lives of the people of Liberia,

particularly the most vulnerable, in alignment with national priorities, UN Development Group‘s (UNDG)

programming principles, and the Millennium Development Goals.

Four One Programme Pillars, in line with those in the Agenda for Transformation (AfT), have been identified,

providing the scope and strategic direction of the UN system‘s support to Liberia from 2013 - 2017.

They are:

1. Peace, Security, Rule of Law

2. Sustainable Economic Transformation

3. Human Development

4. Inclusive Governance and Public Institutions

A number of cross-cutting issues have been mainstreamed into the One Programme, which comprises this UN

Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) and a Costed Action Plan.

By signing hereunder, the Government of Liberia and the United Nations endorse this UNDAF and underscore

their joint commitment to the fulfillment of its goals.

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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

AFL Armed Forces of Liberia

AfT Agenda for Transformation

BoB Bureau of the Budget

BIN Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization

CARI Central Agriculture Research Institute

CBO Community-Based Organizations

CBL Central Bank of Liberia

CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

CSA Civil Service Agency

CSO Civil Society Organization

CST County Support Team

DaO Delivering as One

DDRR Disarmament, Demobilization, Rehabilitation and Re-integration

DDC District Development Committee

DHS Demographic Household Survey

DSRSG Deputy Special Representative of the Secteraty-General

ECD Early Childhood Development

ECE Early Childhood Education

ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FDA Forestry Development Authority

FST Field Support Team

FLY Federation of Liberian Youth

GBV Gender-Based Violence

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GEMAP Governance and Economic Management Assistance Programme

GFTAM Global Fund for Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria

GoL Government of Liberia

GRC Governance Reform Commission

HACT Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers

HCSO Humanitarian Coordinator‘s Support Office

HRBA Human Rights Based Approach

HRBM Human Rights Based Management

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HoFO Heads of Field Office

IAPT Inter Agency Programming Team

ICGL International Contact Group on Liberia

IDP Internally Displaced Person

IFC International Finance Corportation

ILO International Labour Organization

IOM International Organization for Migration

IMF International Monetary Fund

INCHR Independent National Commission on Human Rights

JP (Government of Liberia-UN) Joint Programme

LDA Liberia Development Alliance

LDHS Liberia Demographic and Health Survey

LISGIS Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-information Services

LNP Liberian National Police

LWSC Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation

MDG Millennium Development Goal

MIA Ministry of Internal Affairs

MICAT Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism

MLME Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy

MoA Ministry of Agriculture


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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

MoC Ministry of Commerce

MoD Ministry of Defense

MoE Ministry of Education

MoF Ministry of Finance

MoG&D Ministry of Gender and Development

MoH&SW Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

MoJ Ministry of Justice

MoL Ministry of Labour

MMR Maternal Mortality Ratio

MPEA Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs

MPW Ministry of Public Works

MRD Ministry of Rural Development

MRU Mano River Union

MYS Ministry of Youth and Sports

NAC National AIDS Commission

NACP National HIV/AIDS/STI Control Programme

NEC National Elections Commission

NGO Non-Governmental Organization

NHDR National Human Development Report

NIC National Investment Commission

NSA National Security Agency

OMT Operations Management Team

OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

PBC/F Peacebuilding Commission/Fund

PMTCT Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission

PRS Poverty Reduction Strategy

RCO Resident Coordinator‘s Office

SRSG Special Representative of the Secretary-General

SSR Security Sector Reform

STD Sexually Transmitted Disease

TRC Truth and Reconciliation Commission

UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNCT United Nations Country Team

UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNDSS UN Department of Safety and Security

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNFPA United Nations Population Fund

UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund

UNWOMEN United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services

UNMIL United Nations Mission in Liberia

VCT Voluntary Counseling and Testing

WB World Bank

WFP World Food Programme

WHO World Health Organization


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FOREWORD FROM THE ACTING MINISTER OF PLANNING AND

ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND THE UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR

Since the 14-year civil war ended ten years ago and constitutional rule was restored in 2006, Liberia has made

significant progress towards securing the peace, building the economy, improving social services, and engaging

in wide-scale infrastructure reconstruction and development. Important first steps have been taken to reconcile

the people, and democratic governance is being steadily consolidated. In 2011, the first post-conflict nationally-

organized presidential and legislative elections were held successfully.

Liberia‘s first Poverty Reduction Strategy, introduced in 2008, ended in 2011, and an evaluation showed that

two-thirds of planned actions were carried out. Progress has been made in health, social services, electricity

generation and distribution, road construction and in the agricultural and mining sectors. A number of critical

public institutions have been established to improve governance, facilitate decentralization, enhance transparen-

cy and accountability, and improve service delivery. A civil service reform strategy has also been initiated.

Yet, a number of challenges remain. Unemployment, particularly among the youth, is unacceptably high. A

survey in 2010 revealed that 37% of households considered themselves to be living in poverty, while 8.9% felt

they were living in extreme poverty. A large percentage of Liberia‘s 3.5 million population lives on less than

US$ 1 a day, women and children continue to be sexually abused or exploited, and many Liberians lack access

to appropriate healthcare.

The Government and people have introduced an ambitious and bold vision: Liberia RISING 2030, to transform

the country through a new development strategy, which was launched in December 2012. A national reconcilia-

tion roadmap, a multi-year budget framework and an open budget initiative have also been launched. Currently,

reforms of the Constitution, electoral laws and land tenure are underway. The overall effort is to turn Liberia into

a middle income country by 2030, characterized by peaceful and inclusive politics, a diversified economy, stable

institutions and an educated citizenry, all in the lifetime of one generation.

Medium-term development strategies, the first of which is the Agenda for Transformation, 2013-2017, have

recently been launched. The Agenda is organized around five pillars:

1. Peace, Security and Rule of Law

2. Economic Transformation

3. Human Development

4. Governance and Public Institutions

5. Cross-cutting issues

Building on the achievements of Liberia‘s first UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), 2008-2012,

the One UN Programme, has been developed through a highly consultative process, with close collaboration

among the Government, the United Nations system, and Development Partners. The One Programme comprises

the UNDAF and a Costed Action Plan, and is closely aligned with national priorities as outlined in the Agenda

for Transformation, and is developed around four pillars, namely:

1. Peace, Security and Rule of Law.

2. Sustainable Economic Transformation.

3. Human Development.

4. Inclusive Governance and Public Institutions.

Cross-cutting issues identified in the Agenda have been mainstreamed into the One Programme.

The One Programme is a key component of ―Delivering as One‖ in Liberia, setting out the various interventions

of UN agencies and funds in the country, in a single strategic framework. It is a bold initiative, and one that will

require innovative coordination and implementation modalities, and strong commitment from Government,

Development Partners and the UN to work together in achieving the priorities of the One Programme.


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Besides enhancing national leadership and ownership, the One Programme reinforces the Government‘s

monitoring and oversight capacities, provides a transparent overview of UN activities and financial arrange-

ments, and ensures accountability. It also helps position the UN more strategically in areas where it has a distinct

comparative advantage, allowing it to be a more effective development partner and increasing the impact of its

collective interventions through more coherent, coordinated and focused strategies and programmes.

In conclusion, we reaffirm our commitment in achieving the objectives set forth in the One Programme, which

will demonstrate a measured and improved change in the lives of the people of Liberia.


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PREFACE FROM THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE

SECRETARY-GENERAL AND UN COORDINATOR IN LIBERIA

Tremendous progress has been made in Liberia since the end of the devastating conflict in 2003. Nationally

organized elections have been held, the economy has improved and the budget is double that of a few years ago,

amongst a host of other areas of progress. In four consecutive years, children who have never known war have

started school. We are confident that the hard-won peace and stability that Liberia enjoys today will continue to

be entrenched, that genuine reconciliation will occur, and that all those living in Liberia will benefit from that

peace.

Ambitious goals have been set for the country in its Liberia RISING: 2030, in the medium-term Agenda for

Transformation, and National Reconciliation Roadmap. The United Nations system welcomes the launch of

these documents that set out long and medium terms goals for Liberia.

Such ambitious goals are necessary if Liberia is to continue to consolidate and sustain progress, and become a

middle-income country by 2030. It is also important that every person living in Liberia, the Government, and

Development Partners work together, and with vigor, in supporting the achievement of that goal, for the fair dis-

tribution of prosperity to all, and for the broadest public participation in the development of the country.

The launch of the One Programme comes at a time when the UN in Liberia itself is starting a transitory stage. In

September 2012, the UN Security Council recommended that UNMIL continue with the next stage of its Consol-

idation, Drawdown and Withdrawal plan, reducing its troop strength by almost half over the next few years, and

increasing its police strength to enhance its support to the Liberia National Police (LNP).

This is a positive development, and reflects Liberia‘s progress with regard to peace and security. The transition

will be gradual, and at the same time, the United Nations is working at increasing its capacity to continue

supporting Liberia. This One Programme reflects that commitment to Liberia, articulating the broad areas of UN

assistance in the next five years. It was developed through a process of consultation with the Government and

Development Partners.

This One Programme is closely aligned to national priorities, based on the comparative, diverse, and collective

expertise of the entire United Nations family in Liberia. The development of one strategic framework will

strengthen collaboration within the United Nations in Liberia for greater impact and accountability of our efforts.

It also incorporates the UN Country Team (UNCT) and the UN Mission in Liberia‘s (UNMIL) shared vision of

security and peace-building priorities.

As Coordinator of the United Nations system in Liberia, I take this opportunity to reiterate our commitment to

stand by Liberia, and together with other Development Partners, to support the goals of achieving peace,

prosperity and equality for all people in Liberia.


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Ms. Karin Landgren

Special Representative of the Secretary-General

and Coordinator of the United Nations in Liberia

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LIBERIA: FACTS AND FIGURES


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Demographic

Indicator Figure Unit Year Source

Total Population (est.) 3.5 Million people 2008 P&H Census*

Total female (est.) 1.7 Million people 2008 P&H Census

Total male (est.) 1.7 Million people 2008 P&H Census

% Population (female) 50.0 % 2008 P&H Census

% Population (male) 50.0 % 2008 P&H Census

Population urban 1.8 Million people 2008 P&H Census

Population rural 1.6 Million people 2008 P&H Census

Urban population 47.0 % 2008 P&H Census

Rural population 53.0 % 2008 P&H Census

Population under 5 years old 17 % 2008 P&H Census

Population under 15 years old 42.4 % 2008 P&H Census

Population 15-24 years old 9.5 % 2008 P&H Census

Population 15-64 years old 42.5 % 2008 P&H Census

Population over 64 years old 5.6 % 2008 P&H Census

Estimated yearly population

growth rates

2.1 % 2008 P&H Census

Teenage Pregnancy (15-19

years old)

31.0 % 2007 LDHS*

Fertility rate 5.2 Number of children/

woman

2007 LDHS

Economic

Real GDP 1233.0 US$ million 2010 MOF*

GDP Growth rate est. 6.1 % 2010 MOF

GDP per capita estimate (US$) 328 US$ 2010 World Bank

Outlook

Total National Budget 516.4 US$ million 2011

/12

MOF

Inflation rate (consumer price

inflation)

8.5 Average % 2011 MOF

Proportion of population living

for less than US$1/day; below

2,400 Kcal/day per equivalent

adult)

63 % 2007 NHDR* 2006/

Liberia CWIQ *

survey

Population in extreme poverty

(living on less than US$0.50 per

day)

47.9 % 2007 NHDR 2006/

Liberia CWIQ

survey

Domestic Debts total 280.4 US$ million 2010 MOF

External Debts total 0.28 US$ million 2010 MOF

Value of Exports 334.69 US$ million 2010

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MOF

Value of Imports 1521.83 US$ million 2010 MOF

Unemployment rate: total

female over 15 years old

34.2 % 2010 MOF

Unemployment rates: male over

15years old

18.8 % 2007 CWIQS

Vulnerable unemployment 15+

years old

80.1 % 2007 CWIQS

Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS): 2008 Population and Housing Census (P&H Census)

Liberia Demographic and Health Survey (LDHS)

Ministry of Finance (MOF)

National Housing Development Report (HNDR)

Common Welfare Indicator Questionnaire (CWIQ). 12

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Health

Life expectancy 56.8 Years 2007 LDHS*

Infant (under 1 year) mortality

rate

71 # of deaths /1,000

live births

2007 LDHS

Under 5 mortality rate 110 # of deaths/1,000

live births

2007 LDHS

Maternal mortality rate 994 # of deaths/100,000

live births

2007 LDHS

Births assisted by a health

professional

46.4 % total births 2007 LDHS

Institutional deliveries 36.9 % of women 15-49 2007 LDHS

Immunization, DPT3 93 % of infancy 2007 LDHS

Polio cases reported in the last 5

years

11 Number 2007 LDHS

Stunting rate 42 % 2007 LDHS

Wasting rate (children under-5) 4.9 % 2008 LFSNS*

Underweight rate (children

under-5)

16.6 % 2008 LFSNS

Adult HIV prevalence rate,

projected for 2009 (15–49 year

olds)

1.5 % 2008 HIV/AIDS SR

HIV prevalence among young

people, projected 2009 (% of 15

-24 years) male/female

0.7/1.8 % 2008 HIV/AIDS SR

HIV prevalence among preg-

nant women (ANC attendees)

5.4 % 2008 HIV/AIDS SR

Orphaned children (under 18

years) - HIV orphans

7.2/1.2 % 2008 HIV/AIDS SR

Education

Primary school gross enrolment

ratio (GER) – Female

89/85 Total 2007 LDHS

Primary school net enrolment

ratio (NER) – Female


Primary school net attendance

ratio (NAR) – Female

40.0/38.6 Total 2007 LDHS

Primary school gross attendance

ratio (GAR) – Female

82.7/79.1 Total 2007 LDHS

Secondary school NER –

Female

5/5 Total 2007 LDHS

Secondary school GER –

Female


Secondary school NAR –

Female

19.6/17.9 Total 2007 LDHS

Gender parity index (based on

primary school gross attend-

ance)

0.88 index 2007 LDHS

Adult literacy rate (of 15-49

years) - male/female

70.3/40.8 % 2007 LDHS

Liberia Demographic and Health Survey (LDHS)

Liberia Food Security and Nutrition Survey (LFSNS)

HIV/AIDS Statistical Report (HIV/AIDS SR)

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Since 2003, The Government of Liberia (GoL), in collaboration with the UN and development partners, has

made significant progress in securing peace and rebuilding essential infrastructure and services that were

destroyed during the 14 year conflict. In order to consolidate the gains and achievements, Liberia is now

moving from a period of recovery to long-term sustainable development, inclusive growth and wealth creation,

as articulated in its long-term national vision and medium-term Agenda for Transformation (AfT).

The first Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS 1) was completed in 2012. In formulating its post PRS development

agenda, the GoL launched two strategically complementary processes geared towards identifying both long and

medium-term national priorities in a comprehensive and coordinated manner. This process resulted in the

development of the National Vision 2030, whose overarching goal is to transform Liberia into a middle income

country by 2030. In order to achieve this, a series of medium-term plans will be implemented to guide develop-

ment activities in Liberia. Starting with a successor to the PRS1, the AfT will focus on investing in three main

areas: infrastructure, including transport, ports, and energy; people, including youth and employment, health,

education and reconciliation; and institutions, with particular emphasis on security, private sector development

and public sector reform.

The first United Nations Development Assistance Framework (2008 – 2012) assisted the GoL to implement

national objectives by aligning its interventions with the four pillars of the PRS1. Taking into consideration the

reformulation of the government‘s priorities, the end of the UNDAF in 2012, and the launch of Delivering as

One in 2010, the United Nations in Liberia began preparations for the development of a successor to the

UNDAF. In 2010, Liberia became the first post-conflict country with an Integrated Mission to implement

Delivering as One.

It was decided by the UN Country Team (UNCT) that the new UNDAF would be more strategic and focused

on the UN‘s comparative advantage as well as take into account the requirements of Delivering as One. In line

with the latter, it was also agreed that in addition to the Strategic Framework and Results Matrix at the

Outcome and Outputs levels, the UNDAF would be accompanied by a detailed Costed Action Plan. Together

they constitute the One Programme.

The UNDAF describes the UN‘s collective response to national development priorities, while the

corresponding Costed Action Plan operationalizes the UNDAF and defines in greater detail, management and

coordination arrangements, financial modalities, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) processes and serves as the

main legal document for multi-year programming.

The One Programme Strategic Priority Areas are summarized as follows:


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UN Pillar I: Peace, Security and Rule of Law

Outcome 1.1: Rule of Law: Liberia has an improved, inclusive Rule of Law framework for effective

administration of and equitable access to justice in compliance with International Human Rights

Standards.

Outcome 1.2: Peace and reconciliation: Liberia has an improved, coherent and inclusive mechanism

for national reconciliation operationalized at national, regional county and local level.

Outcome 1.3: Security: Liberia has more efficient, effective, accountable and responsive security institu-

tions at the national, regional, county and local levels.

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UN Pillar II: Sustainable Economic Transformation

Outcome 2.1: Natural Resource and Food Security: Improved sustainable natural resource utilization and

food security.

Outcome 2.2: Private sector development: Improved equal access to sustainable livelihoods opportunities in

an innovative and competitive private sector for rural and urban areas.

Outcome 2.3: Basic Infrastructure and Energy: Improved access to sustainable basic infrastructure.

Outcome 2.4: Macro-economic policy environment: Improved evidence-based policies to maintain a stable

and inclusive macro-economic environment.

UN Pillar III: Human Development

Outcome 3.1: Health and Nutrition: The population has increased access to and utilization of equitable,

affordable, and quality health and nutrition services.

Outcome 3.2: Education: School-aged girls and boys and youth have increased access to quality inclusive

ECD, Basic, Post-Basic and Alternative basic Education, especially in counties with education indicators below

the national average.

Outcome 3.3: Social Welfare: Social welfare systems and services are improved and utilized, especially by the

most vulnerable groups and individuals.

Outcome 3.4: Social Protection: Vulnerable households and groups benefit from appropriate social protection

services and systems.

Outcome 3.5: Water, Sanitation & Hygiene: Population has increased utilization of safe water and practice

safe sanitation and hygiene in underserved areas.

Outcome 3.6: HIV-AIDS: Scaled up access to and utilization of HIV Prevention, treatment, care and support

services.

UN Pillar IV: Inclusive Governance and Public Institutions

Outcome 4.1: Strengthening Key Governance Institutions: By 2017 Liberia has governance institutions

equipped with inclusive systems to perform effectively.

Outcome 4.2: Constitutional and Legal Reform: By 2017, a review of the Constitution is completed with a

framework that guarantees democratic governance and equal rights of all citizens.

Outcome 4.3: Natural Resources Management: By 2017, Liberia has an effective and efficient natural

resource management framework enabling transparent, accountable and equitable distribution of economic

benefits and protection of rights of all.

Outcome 4.4: Public Sector Institutions and Civil Service Reform: By 2017, Liberia has an improved and

decentralized public sector and civil service providing fair and accountable basic services to people.

The Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) and Results Based Management, two of the five programming

principles, have been central to the development of the One Programme.

Furthermore, gender equality and women‘s empowerment is a UN mandate, a GoL goal, and a programming

principle for development assistance within the One Programme. The situation of women and girls in Liberia

warrants additional, coordinated and comprehensive gender‐specific activities to address gender disparities and

gender based violence (GBV). The needs of vulnerable men and boys will also be addressed through the One

Programme.

Environmental sustainability and capacity development are also mainstreamed into the document. Other issues

considered as cross cutting in the AfT, such as youth empowerment, labour and employment, HIV/AIDS, child

protection, conflict prevention and needs of disabled and disadvantaged persons have been mainstreamed into

the four UN Pillar Areas.

The One Programme has been developed with the full participation of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL),

and incorporates key focus areas related to UNMIL‘s mandate and core benchmarks, such as security and peace

consolidation and represents a shared vision of the entire UN system‘s contribution to the country‘s development

priorities.

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SECTION 1

Background

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SECTION 1:

1.1 Background

1.1.1 Economic Situation

According to World Bank classifications, Liberia is a

Low Income country. Moreover, Liberia ranks 174 out

of 186 in UNDP‘s 2011 Human Development Index.

63.8% of Liberia‘s 3.5 million people live below the

poverty line, with 47.9% living in extreme poverty and

subsisting on less than US$1 per day. Liberia‘s Low

Income status has been exacerbated by many years of

civil war, during which economic activity came to a

virtual stand-still and infrastructure was badly damaged

or destroyed. A major contributing factor to poor eco-

nomic performance was also a history of inequality,

exclusion and underdevelopment in some areas.

Nevertheless, since the end of the conflict, Liberia has

become one of the world's fastest growing economies

with a 7% growth rate in 2011 and a 9% growth rate

anticipated for 2012, mainly due to the expansion of

mining activities. This economic stability has enabled

banks to open throughout the country, and there are

currently nine different banks with 78 branches na-

tionwide. An increasing number of individuals and or-

ganizations now have access to credit, which will fur-

ther stimulate the economy. The stable economic con-

ditions during the post-war period fulfilled the criteria

for the Heavily Indebted Poor Country completion

point, which qualified the country to receive US$ 4.6

billion in debt relief.

Liberia continues to rely heavily on external sources of

funding, mainly official development assistance (ODA)

and foreign direct investment (FDI). Combined with a

high dependency on imported food, this leaves the

economy vulnerable to macroeconomic effects, includ-

ing rising food and fuel prices and the global economic

turndown.

Economic recovery has been heavily reliant on agri-

culture and mineral resource exploration.

Agriculture is the primary source of livelihood for two-

thirds of Liberia‘s population. Over 330,000 house-

holds are engaged in agriculture, primarily small holder

and subsistence farming, as well as the cultivation of

cash crops, such as coffee, sugarcane and cocoa. Libe-

ria‘s economy is also dependent on large scale com-

mercial rubber and palm oil plantations. In 2008, rub-

ber accounted for nearly 90% of exports. Manufactur-

ing industries account only for 9.6% of GDP, and ser-

vices occupy 30%.

Agriculture, in particular cash crop farming, will

continue to be a major driver of growth and source of

employment, which will improve livelihoods, and re-

duce food insecurity and poverty.

According to the 2010 Comprehensive Food and Nu-

trition Survey, food security had improved over the

preceding five years. However, it indicated that food

insecurity remains high. 41% of Liberians consume

insufficient food and of these 13% eat only rice, roots

and tubers. A stakeholder survey in 2011 indicated that

56% of households had only one meal a day, and 34%

two per day. Rice is the main staple of Liberian diets

and 60% of national requirements are imported from

Asia and South America, a reduction from 90% imme-

diately after the war, but still a high proportion. All

domestic livestock were lost in the war, but there are

signs of replenishment. Over half of rural families keep

chickens, and goat ownership has risen from 5% in

2006 to 10% of households in 2010. The same survey

indicated that the areas with the poorest road networks

are the least food secure.

1.1.2 Infrastructure and Employment

Since 2006, 1000 miles of up-country roads and 400

miles of feeder roads have been built, allowing more

farmers and small business operators to access

markets. In addition, a concession has been signed for

the operation of the Freeport of Monrovia with APM

Terminals, one of the largest operators in the world.

Work is now underway to revitalize the country's other

ports, including Bassa, Sinoe and Harper, which will

boost local economies in the South-East. The AfT lists

infrastructure development, energy, roads and ports, as

well as increasing access to electricity, as key priorities

in the AfT. In 2006, the Liberia Electricity Corpo-

ration recommenced operations, and currently more

than 5000 customers have access to the grid. As trans-

mission lines are rebuilt and access is improved, the

cost of electricity, currently the most expensive in Afri-

ca, is expected to decrease.

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Despite improving economic conditions, Liberia expe-

riences high levels of unemployment, which is estimat-

ed to be 18.8% for males and 34.2% for females. The

informal sector accounts for 68% of employment,

primarily in agriculture, forestry and fishing, as well as

in the wholesale and retail trade. Only 15% of Liberi-

ans are employed in the formal economy, mostly in

plantation agriculture. A Labour Force Survey

conducted in 2010 concluded that approximately 1.1

million people aged 15

and over were employed,

of whom most are self-

employed or are unpaid

workers in a family

concern. 78% of the

labour force, estimated to

be 1,133,000 persons, is

in ―vulnerable employ-

ment‖, lacking the pro-

tection of labour regula-

tions and social benefits.

Youth, aged 15-35 com-

prise 63% of the total

population, but lack vocational training, employment

opportunities, and access to adequate health care and

reproductive health services. A large number were

deprived of basic education opportunities during the

conflict. They possess neither the requisite education,

nor the technical or entrepreneurial skills to obtain

gainful employment in either the private or public sec-

tors. Youth unemployment, particularly high among

ex-combatants, remains a major threat to peace and

stability in Liberia.

1.1.3 Health

Liberia‘s health standards have been steadily improv-

ing since the end of the conflict.

Life expectancy has significantly improved, from 42

years in 2006 to 55.5 in 2011. Similarly, the number of

functioning health care facilities in the country have

increased by 55%, from 354 in 2006 to 550 in 2011,

while 71% of people have access to a health facility

located within five kilometers from their community.

Between 2006 and 2011, 30 new clinics were

constructed and 196 were rehabilitated. In 2012, the

World Health Organization (WHO) declared that

Liberia has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus

(MNT). The incidence of HIV remains low at 0.17%,

with an HIV prevalence of 1.5% in the adult popula-

tion, higher among women (1.8%) than men (1.2%).

Although the provision of the Basic Package of Health

Services has increased from under 40% in 2008 to

more than 80% in 2010, there is still disparity in terms

of accessibility, distribution and utilization of services.

For example, 85% of urban households are within one

hour walk of a health facility, while two thirds of rural

households travel more than one hour to reach a health

care facility.

The Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation has

increased the provision of treated water from 3 million

gallons per day in 2010 to 5.5 million gallons a day in

2011, and has expanded its customer base to 700,000

people within greater Monrovia. Yet, access to safe

drinking water nationwide remained poor, with a

study in 2010/2011 indicating that only 50.8% of all

water points surveyed were fully functional.

1.1.4 Education

While the gross primary enrollment rate of 94%

(2008) reflects improvements in the post-war period,

net primary enrollment remains low at 34%. Efforts to

fully abolish primary school fees in 2006 were

expected to improve school access, but schools have

not received operational budgets to substitute the fees.

Without adequate funding, poor educational quality is

reflected in a low literacy rate of 56% among the pop-

ulation older than 15, as well as grade 6 completion

rate of only 35% for 15-19 years olds. The percentage

of adults who have completed secondary school

remains unchanged, at 11%, however, the percentage

of those who have completed university education did

rise from 12% to 15%.

A large number of schools and educational facilities

were completely destroyed or damaged during the

conflict, and the sector suffers from a lack of trained

teachers. Nevertheless, in the period 2008–2012, more

than 220 primary and secondary schools were either

constructed or rehabilitated, while three community

colleges and a modern campus for the University of

Liberia were built.

1.1.5 Gender and Gender-Based Violence

Women comprise 54% of the labour force in both the

formal and informal sectors. In agriculture they consti-

tute the majority of smallholder producers and it is

estimated that they produce approximately 60% of

agricultural products, carry out more than 80% of trad-

ing activities in the rural areas and are engaged in the

artisanal fishing industry, in addition to fulfilling daily

household chores.

Yet women remain among the most disadvantaged.

They are disproportionately clustered in the least

productive sectors, with 90% employed in the

informal sector or in agriculture.

The gender gap is also apparent in education.

Illiteracy rates among women aged 15 to 49 are espe-

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42% of Liberian women, as opposed to 18% of men,

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In rural areas, literacy rates among women are stag-

geringly low at only 26%. With regard to secondary

school statistics, the net enrolment rate for women is

6%, while only 8% of women complete secondary

school, in contrast to 19% of men. Early marriage and

high rates of teenage pregnancy contribute to high

dropout rates among girls. It is estimated that 48% of

Liberian women become pregnant by the age of 18.

Sexual and Gender based violence (SGBV), which

was exacerbated by the civil conflict, continues to be

prevalent in Liberia, and occurs across all socio-

economic strata. During the conflict, the perpetrators

of SGBV were mainly fighting forces. However, after

the war, perpetrators include not just ex-combatants,

but community or family members, teachers,

husbands and partners. Women and girls continue to

bear the brunt of sexual and gender-based violence.

Rape and domestic violence remain the most frequent-

ly reported serious crimes in Liberia, accounting for

more than 70% of all reported cases. Between January

and July 2011 alone, 1,325 cases of SGBV were

reported with rape related incidents representing a

total of 68% of all reported SGBV cases. In the past

four years, an average 55% of survivors of reported

rapes involved children below the age of fifteen years.

Nevertheless, Liberia has made considerable progress

in combating SGBV. A Rape law was passed in 2008,

expanding the definition of rape and meting out severe

penalties to those convicted of rape. The Government

established Criminal Court E, specialized in SGBV

cases and a specialized unit in the Ministry of Justice

was also created to expedite the investigation and

prosecution of alleged perpetrators. Community

awareness campaigns on SGBV were undertaken

throughout the country, while comprehensive training

sessions were held for judges, magistrates, prosecu-

tors, health, and social workers in the clinical manage-

ment of rape. A total of 52 Women and Children

Protection Sections (WACPS) have been established

within the Liberian National Police (LNP) service and

personnel trained to manage sexual violence and juve-

nile justice cases. Psychosocial and health assistance

were provided for survivors of SGBV and shelters

were constructed to support victims of abuse. A com-

munity referral system was also developed and mech-

anisms to prevent, monitor and report Sexual Exploi-

tation and Abuse (SEA) and SGBV in schools and

communities were strengthened. At the policy level,

the National GBV Action Plan was revised in 2012

and a National Action Plan for the implementation of

Resolution 1325 was formulated in the same year.

1.1.6 Rural versus Urban Disparities

The poor state of infrastructure continues to constrain

economic growth in Liberia, especially outside the

greater Monrovia area. Large scale migration to the

capital and other cities is adding to the strain on the

limited infrastructure and social services. With the

population expected to rise to five million by 2018,

there is an urgent need to invest in roads, water,

energy, transport, and other infrastructure, as well as

in capacity building and governance institutions across

the country.

Outside Monrovia, levels of urbanization remain low,

with most cities having populations of 100,000 people

or less. Many areas remain inaccessible due to poor

road conditions, which become worse during the rainy

season, while rural populations have less access to

health and educational facilities, transport, and

markets. Rural areas have lower literacy rates (42% as

opposed to 72% in urban areas). Net Enrollment Rates

for secondary schools in 2008 was 17% in rural areas,

half that of urban areas. Illiteracy in the rural areas is

higher (58%) than in the urban areas (30%).

The rates of informal employment are much higher in

rural (75%) than urban areas (59%), and much higher

for females (74%) than for males (61.3%). The high

rates of informal employment in rural areas are related

to the lack of formal jobs in most of the counties, with

the population being primarily engaged in subsistence

farming.

1.1.7 Land Issues

In Liberia, access to, control over, and ownership of

land were at the heart of the conflict and remain

sources of contention and insecurity. Less than 20% of

total land in Liberia has a title attached to it, while a

high percentage of the population either occupy state

or private lands with little or no statutory or formal

arrangements, leaving women particularly land

insecure. The issue of land ownership is further

complicated by a dual legal system, the return of

displaced populations to their areas of origin and the

increasing number of concessional agreements signed

between the Government and multi-national compa-

nies.

Following elections in 2005, the Government has been

committed to promoting land reform and established a

Land Commission in 2009, which has taken signifi-

cant steps towards the formulation of a long-term land

policy, law reform and the development of an alterna-

tive dispute resolution mechanism.

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1.1.8 Humanitarian and Refugee Issues

The presidential election in Côte d‘Ivoire held on 31

October 2010 resulted in a runoff, with both sides

claiming victory, which sparked an escalation of

political and social tensions. The tensions resulted in

the deterioration of the overall security situation in the

country, and led to an internal conflict. This generated

large-scale displacement of the population, both inter-

nally and to neighbouring countries, mainly Liberia.

By mid-2011, more than 200,000 refugees had

crossed into Liberia from Côte d‘Ivoire. By mid-2012,

this number had decreased to an estimated 70,000,

half of whom reside in refugee camps in Nimba,

Grand Gedeh and Maryland County. A Consolidated

Appeal (CAP) in February 2012 for US$121 million,

targeting 120,000 refugees, 2,000 third country

nationals, and 140,000 vulnerable Liberians in host

communities was revised mid-year to US$97 million

to reflect a decrease in refugee numbers. A number of

Sierra Leonean refugees and third country nationals

also live in Liberia.

1.1.9 Rule of Law and Security Sector Reform

From an overall perspective, progress continues to be

made to ensure an integrated approach to justice and

security in Liberia. Both sectors have witnessed

tangible improvements since the end of the conflict,

which have resulted in a more effective prosecution

system, increased access to justice, enhanced capacity

of judicial and justice officials, law reform and the

construction of the first of five Regional Justice and

Security Hubs.

Prison statistics clearly illustrate the level of progress,

as well as the challenges which lie ahead: in January

2009 the percentage of sentenced prisoners stood at

10%, while in May 2011 the percentage had doubled

to 20%. Similarly, in 2009, public defenders did not

exist in any of the counties, with the exception of

Montserrado. However, by 2012, trained public

defenders had been deployed to all fifteen counties, in

addition to county attorneys, magistrates and other

justice-related personnel. With regard to legislation, in

2009, the President established the Law Reform

Commission as part of the overall governance reform

process.

The security architecture has evolved into a stream-

lined sector with a clearly defined strategy and

parameters of responsibility. Significant progress has

been achieved in restructuring the Armed Forces of

Liberia, whose capacity has increased to two

battalions. The Liberian National Police (LNP) is

comprised of 4,400 trained officers, the majority of

whom are unarmed, with women representing close to

19% of the total force. Marked improvements within

the LNP have led to the adoption of Standard Operat-

ing Procedures, the development of accountability

mechanisms and human resource and financial man-

agement processes. Reform has also been initiated in

the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (BIN),

which has a total of 2,000 unarmed officers to control

border areas, as well as the Liberian Coast Guard.

1.1.10 Reconciliation

In 2010, Liberia was officially placed on the agenda of

the UN Peace Building Commission to help the

country consolidate its peacebuilding initiatives.

A Statement of Mutual Commitments was subsequent-

ly signed identifying three peacebuilding priorities for

the country: Security Sector Reform, strengthening the

Rule of Law, and promoting National Reconciliation

As a result, the Liberia Peacebuilding Programme was

formulated, capturing key interventions designed to

address critical gaps in the above areas. Consequently,

three Joint Programmes were developed by the GoL

and UN in order to address critical needs in the areas

of justice and security, land and youth.

1.2 Progress on the Achievement of the MDGs

The most recent report on Liberia‘s progress on the

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) indicates

that even though the country has made significant

progress on its development agenda, it has achieved

mixed results with regard to the MDGs.

Statistics reveal progress in promoting gender equality and empowering women (MDG 3), for which Liberia

won the prestigious MDG Three Award in 2010,

combating HIV and AIDS with a current prevalence

rate of 1.5% (MDG 6), and developing a global part-

nership for development (MDG 8).

However, the eradication of extreme poverty and

hunger (MDG 1), the attainment of universal primary

education (MDG 2), reduction in child mortality

(MDG 4), improvement in maternal health (MDG 5),

and environmental sustainability (MDG 7, relating to

water and sanitation and to improved life for urban

slum dwellers) were found to be lagging behind, and

considered unlikely to be achieved by 2015.

In 2011, the Government established a technical work-

ing group to mainstream MDGs into national and

sectoral planning strategies. The group will use

UNDP‘s MDGs Breakthrough Strategy and the MDG

Acceleration Framework (MAF) mechanism to

address off-track MDGs.

Following a review of the status of all the goals and

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targets, and considering existing resource and capacity

constraints, MDG 5 (improving maternal health) was

selected for acceleration. The selection was also made

in view of its multiplier effects on gender, maternal

and child health, education and water and sanitation

sectors.

The Ministry of Health‘s document ―Road map for

accelerating the reduction of maternal and newborn

morbidity and mortality in Liberia (July 2011 – June

2016)‖ outlines how MDG 5 will be accelerated.

WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF and UNAIDS are coordinat-

ing with line Ministries on the eventual rollout of the

roadmap.

Furthermore, there is a lack of data on issues related to

the MDGs. The publication of the 2012 Liberia MDG

Report, compiled by the Ministry of Planning and

Economic Affairs (MPEA) and the Liberia Institute of

Statistics and Geo-information Services (LISGIS), is

expected to fill this gap.

1.3 Poverty Reduction Strategy One PRS1)

(2008-2011)

The Government launched Liberia‘s first full Poverty

Reduction Strategy (Lift Liberia: PRS 2008-2011) in

2008, focusing on four key areas: Peace and Security,

Economic Revitalization, Governance and Rule and

Law, and Social Services.

Under each pillar an overall goal was outlined:

Pillar I (Peace and Security): Establish an

accountable security sector, including border

management that had the capacity to provide

security, manage conflict and prevent violence,

while respecting human rights.

Pillar II (Economic Transformation): Ensure

national economic policies and programmes are

being implemented to support equitable, inclusive

and sustainable socio-economic development.

Pillar III (Governance and Rule of Law):

Promote democratic, accountable and transparent

governance that is participatory, inclusive, and in

accordance with human rights standards.

Pillar IV (Basic Services): Improve health and

education, with an emphasis on reduced maternal

and child mortality and increased learning

achievement.

A number of cross-cutting issues were also incorpo-

rated into the PRS, including youth, gender, environ-

ment, capacity development and HIV and AIDS.

To initiate the formulation process of the PRSI, a

highly participatory exercise was carried out in 132

districts and three regional centers. The results of these

country-wide consultations informed the subsequent

development of County Development Agendas, for

each of the 15 Counties, adopting national priorities

articulated in the PRS for implementation at the local

level.

An evaluation of the PRSI conducted in 2012

concluded that two-thirds of planned actions were

carried out during the implementation period.

Among the numerous achievements, the report cited

the following:

The creation of a number of critical public

institutions to improve governance, facilitate the

decentralization process, reduce corruption, and

improve service delivery. These include the Liberia

Anti-Corruption Commission, the Public Procure-

ment and Concession Commission, and the Liberia

Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

The development of a comprehensive Civil Service

Reform Strategy rationalizing the functions and

mandates of a number of ministries and agencies.

A National Defense Act passed in 2008.

A National Decentralization Strategy drafted in

2011, outlining a phased approach to fiscal decen-

tralization /devolution to the Counties over a

period of ten years.

1.4 National Vision and Agenda for Transformation

Based on the findings and conclusions of the PRS1

evaluation, in early 2011 the government embarked on

two parallel, complementary processes. These resulted

in the development of a medium term, prioritized,

results-oriented growth strategy, which is incorporated

into a long term vision of nation building.

The Agenda for Transformation (AfT) outlines the

specific goals that Liberia aims to achieve in the next

five years and forms the foundation for longer-term

development. Long-term goals are articulated in

Liberia RISING: Vision 2030, which takes a broad

view of economic, political, social, and human devel-

opment over an 18-year timeframe (2012-2030).

It aims to transform Liberia into a middle income

country by 2030.

The end result of this transformation would be a

country that is characterized by peaceful and inclusive

politics, a diversified economy, stable institutions and

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administers and enforces laws fairly, land tenure prob-

lems have been resolved, natural resources are effi-

ciently managed and health and education standards

have reached those of other middle income countries.

The development of the Vision 2030 began in early

2011, when five thematic assessments on the culture,

history of Liberia, its people, the origin of the state

and natural resources, were undertaken. These were

followed by a number of regional and district consul-

tations focused on responding to the following four

broad questions in discussions with a representative

cross-section of the population:1) where have we

come from 2) where are we now 3) where do we want

to go, and 4) how do we get there.

With regard to the development of the AfT, the GoL

established 24 sectoral working groups,* tasked with

conducting comprehensive analyses of key sectors,

identifying needs and proposing a set of priorities and

strategies to be implemented during the period 2013-

2017. The UN and other partners actively participated

in these groups.

The results and recommendations from the studies

were presented at a High Level Economic Forum in

September 2011, which was attended by UN repre-

sentatives. The main objective of this Forum was to

build consensus among key Government policy mak-

ers and development partners on the country‘s future

development agenda.

Liberia‘s AfT is organized around the following five

pillars:

1) Peace, Security and Rule of Law.

2) Economic Transformation.

3) Human Development.

4) Governance and Public Institutions.

5) Cross-cutting issues.

From the priorities identified by the Government, it is

evident that the AfT recognizes the importance of

security as the most critical pre-requisite to growth

and development.

Furthermore, the GoL has resolved that all future

growth and development strategies must address these

issues in an inclusive manner.

1.5 The UN in Liberia

The United Nations in Liberia works within an Inte-

grated Mission context. The Head of UNMIL, the

Special Representative of the Secretary-General

(SRSG), is also the Coordinator of the United Nations

in Liberia. UNMIL‘s Deputy Special Representative

of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) for the Consolida-

tion of Democratic Governance also functions as Resi-

dent Coordinator (RC) and Humanitarian Coordinator

(HC). A second DSRSG coordinates issues related to

the Rule of Law.

Since the deployment of UNMIL in 2003, the UN in

Liberia has enhanced integration by creating joint

management structures, jointly planning and imple-

menting programmes and undertaking joint operations

in several areas.

The Strategic Policy Group (SPG) is the principal

forum for the discussion of key internal policy and

strategic issues. It is chaired by the SRSG and includes

representatives from UNMIL Sections and UNCT.

The UN Country Team (UNCT) in Liberia is an

expanded UNCT and comprises Heads of Agencies,

Funds and Programmes, the World Bank and IMF, as

well as substantive sections of UNMIL, and is chaired

by the Resident Coordinator (DSRSG/RC/HC).

The Inter-Agency Programming Team (IAPT) provides advice and technical support on program-

ming issues to the UNCT. It comprises Senior

Programme Officers of the UN, as well as some

UNMIL sections (including Human Rights and Civil

Affairs).

The Operations Management Team (OMT) provides operational support to the UNCT, and

advices on harmonization of the UN system‘s business

practices and common services, with the objective of

enhancing the delivery of development assistance, and

reducing transaction costs for both the UN and its part-

ners. The OMT has embarked on harmonization activ-

ities such as the adoption of a common ICT platform,

the introduction of common transport services, and the

launch of common international travel services, all of

which forms part of its change management plan.

Other coordination groups include the UN Communi-

cations Group (UNCG), a Monitoring and Evalua-

tion Technical Working Group (M&E), as well as

Theme Groups on Gender and HIV/AIDS. Four

UN Pillar Groups monitor progress across the four

priority areas of the One Programme.

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At the field level, the UN has three Joint Offices, and

all 15 County offices are led by Heads of Field

Offices, who serve as focal points for the UN system

in the Counties.

1.6 UNDAF 2008 – 2012

The UN Development Assistance Framework

(UNDAF 2008-2012) was aligned with the national

priorities and timeframe of the PRS 2008-2011. Initia-

tives were carried out in each of the four areas of the

PRS Pillars: Peace and Security, Revitalizing the

Economy, Strengthening Governance and Rule of

Law, and Rehabilitating Infrastructure and Basic

Social Services. A fifth Outcome focusing specifically

on HIV and AIDS was subsequently added.

Five UNDAF Outcome Groups, which include partici-

pants from all UN Country Team members and

UNMIL Sections, were established following the

finalization of the UNDAF. Their purpose was to

ensure regular interaction between UN entities within

a common thematic area, and to coordinate planning,

implementation and monitoring of activities and

programmes.

To implement the UNDAF, a number of Joint

Programmes and initiatives were also developed with

the Government of Liberia to enhance coordination on

common thematic areas, including:

County Support Teams.

Food Security and Nutrition.

Gender Equality and Women‘s Economic

Empowerment.

Prevention and response to Sexual and Gender

Based Violence.

Youth Employment and Empowerment.

HIV and AIDS.

Justice and Security.

Adolescent Girls Initiative.

In addition to the annual reviews, an in-depth mid-

term review of the UNDAF was conducted in 2010.

Main recommendations emerging from this exercise

are summarized under the following categories:

Coordination: The Outcome Group structure

should ensure closer engagement with Govern-

ment and other development partners.

Crosscutting Issues: are main streamed through-

out the UNDAF, and adequate resources are allo-

cated. Ensure that sustainability is considered at

all stages of programme planning, implementation

and evaluation.

Results Based Management: A SMART*

UNDAF/Strategic Framework of Assistance is

developed.

Monitoring and Evaluation: The UNDAF moni-

toring and evaluation framework is, as far as possi-

ble, aligned with the M&E framework of the

Government‘s.

Accountability and Management tool: The

UNDAF should be reinforced as an accountability

and management tool.

The implementation of these recommendations, as

well as substantive changes in the timelines and

deliverables of the PRSI, ultimately led to a revision

of the UNDAF and its realignment with the Govern-

ment‘s reprioritization strategy.

In keeping with the June 2008 Secretary-General‘s

Decision on Integration, the mid-term review also

evaluated the UNDAF against the minimum standards

of the Integrated Strategic Framework (ISF). These

require the development of a common vision on peace

consolidation shared by UNMIL and the UNCT, as

well as a set of agreed results, timelines and responsi-

bilities for the delivery of related tasks and actions.

The assessment concluded that the UNMIL-UNCT

joint vision was fully captured in the UNDAF and its

five Outcome Areas, and that the UNDAF fulfilled all

ISF requirements. It was subsequently endorsed by the

Integrated Mission Task Force in late January 2010.

1.7 Delivering as One

In February 2010, the Government of Liberia (GoL)

requested to become a Delivering as One (DaO) self-

starter country.

Once approval was received from the Department of

Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the UN Devel-

opment Group (UNDG), a Concept Note and roadmap

were developed and endorsed at a High-Level meeting

in October 2010 with the participation of representa-

tives of the Government, UN, donors and partners,

thereby officially launching DaO in Liberia, and

becoming the first post-conflict country with an

integrated mission to do so.

In this context, the SRSG remains the Head of the UN

system in Liberia, while the DSRSG/RC/HC, has

delegated authority to plan and implement the

Delivering as One agenda.

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The objective of DaO

in Liberia is to

enhance the impact of

UN interventions, by

building on the

achievements to date, increasing Government owner-

ship, delivering more coordinated, effective and

efficient assistance to the country, and ensuring a

smooth transition of UNMIL.

Since the launch, a number of activities were

undertaken under three broad categories:

Programmatic Change, Organizational Change, and

Communications. Below is a summary of some of the

key activities undertaken in each category:

1.7.1 Programmatic change

A comprehensive review of existing Joint

Programmes, as well as a mid-term review of the

UNDAF were undertaken, and key recommenda-

tions implemented.

A UNCT Capacity Assessment was conducted to

review existing human, financial and technical

capacities, identify critical gaps and required

capacities, and recommend actions and measures

to coherently respond to national priorities,

deliver the One Programme, facilitate the change

management process and ensure a smooth transi-

tion of UNMIL.

A Strategic Planning Retreat with GoL and devel-

opment partners, followed by a results-based

management (RBM) workshop resulted in a draft

UNDAF narrative and a results framework at the

outcome and output levels. The results framework

has been operationalized through a Costed Action

Plan. Together, the UNDAF and Costed Action

Plan form the UN One Programme.

1.7.2 Organizational Change

All coordination mechanisms were reviewed, and

in some cases, restructured. In addition, UNDAF

Outcome Groups were also assessed, reconfigured

and renamed to address DaO and Transition

requirements. The UN Pillar Groups will closely

monitor activities and results under the pillars of

the UN One Programme, and regularly report to

the UNCT on progress.

An inter-agency monitoring and evaluation

(M&E) technical working group was created and

staff trained on Results Based Management

(RBM) and M&E.

An assessment of UNCT‘s operational capacity in

light of the UN One Programme, DaO, and

UNMIL transition was conducted.

The Operations Management Team has developed

a five-year Change Management Plan to harmonize

common business practices and services in a

number of areas, such as travel, ICT, procurement

and human resources, and increase collaboration

between Operations and Programmes.

1.7.3 Communications

A wide range of advocacy and publicity materials

were developed and briefings held on DaO for

UN staff throughout the country, Government,

donors, and partners.

A joint communications strategy and workplan

have been developed to reflect DaO Principles.

1.7.4 Transition of the United Nations

Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)

UNMIL has played a critical role since the end of the

conflict in Liberia, both by ensuring security within its

borders, and assisting in the restoration and extension

of state authority throughout the country. The Mission

has also supported the consolidation of peace and

security throughout the country, including training the

Liberian National Police, the Bureau of Immigration

and Naturalization and of Corrections officers,

supporting reforms in the justice and rule of law sec-

tors, and working closely with other UN entities and

development partners on recovery and development

activities.

Currently, UNMIL provides essential services to the

entire UN system, the Government and partners

including security, medical evacuation, aviation, com-

munications and other logistical operations. UNMIL is

also a key partner in the Liberia Peacebuilding Plan

and is involved in implementing a number of Joint

Programmes (Land, Justice and Security, Youth).

A Technical Assessment Mission (TAM) visited

Liberia in March 2012, tasked with conducting a

thorough review of progress made toward the transi-

tion benchmarks presented to the Security Council, as

well as developing proposals for the next stages of the

UNMIL transition.

The Assessment Mission concluded that although

significant progress has been achieved in the political,

economic and security sectors, these gains remain

fragile.

The mission's findings indicate that Liberia still

requires the presence of the peacekeeping mission to

maintain stability, while the country‘s security institu-

tions continue to require support and capacity develop-

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Moreover, the TAM found that Security Sector

Reform (SSR) has not been sufficiently integrated into

the broader reconciliation agenda.

In line with the TAM and Secretary-General‘s report,

the Security Council recommended that approximate-

ly 4,200 troops be repatriated in three phases between

beginning August 2012, leaving UNMIL‘s military

strength at approximately 3,750 troops in July 2015. It

also recommended that the police strength be

increased by up to three more formed police units to

1,795 personnel, in order to build public confidence in

the security sector and mitigate the effect of UNMIL‘s

reconfiguration in selected Counties.

A holistic approach towards SSR and justice reform is

a pre-requisite for sustainable peace, development and

reconciliation, and facilitates the effective transition of

UNMIL. Emphasis has been placed on the extension

of state authority, with recommendations that UNMIL

support the government in capacity building of all

security institutions, strengthening democratic govern-

ance, national reconciliation, and judicial services.

To advance the process, a number of actions have

already been taken as part of UNMIL transition

planning, including the establishment of a Joint

Transition Planning Working Group in 2010 in close

collaboration with the Government and key partners.

UNMIL services to Government and UNCT partners

have been mapped, and a working group focusing on

the civilian aspects of transition has been set up to

map out priority thematic areas and operational func-

tions to be transferred to the UNCT as UNMIL draws

down.

1.7.5 One Programme

The UNCT, in consultation with the Government,

decided not to conduct a Common Country Assess-

ment, since the AfT and Vision 2030 formulation

processes were preceded by a number of comprehen-

sive diagnostic studies and sectoral reviews, undertak-

en in close collaboration with key development part-

ners.

As an initial step, a One Programme Formulation Plan

was developed in 2010, outlining the steps and time-

lines leading to an UNDAF and Costed Action Plan.

The latter reflects the UN system‘s agreed, costed

results under One Budgetary Framework, showing

each Agency‘s planned inputs together with the fund-

ing sources, as well as resources to be mobilized under

a One Fund. The Costed Action Plan complements the

UNDAF by providing details on how the UN will

work with national partners and each other to achieve

the agreed result. It also contains details in terms of

governance and accountability structures, management

and implementation strategies, and monitoring and

evaluation mechanisms.

In accordance with the UNDAF guidelines, the five

programming principles (RBM, Capacity Building,

Gender, Environmental Sustainability and Human

Rights Based Approach) have been incorporated into

the One Programme. In addition, issues identified as

cross-cutting in the AfT have also been included into

the four Pillar Areas in the One Programme.

As was the case with the previous UNDAF, the One

Programme incorporates the UNCT and UNMIL‘s

shared vision on security and peacebuilding priorities.

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SECTION 2

UN One Programme Pillars

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One Programme Pillar I:

Peace, Security and Rule of Law


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National Development Vision Statement

To improve the quality of life of the Liberian people and promote sustainable and equitable socio economic

development by ensuring a secure environment where peace and the rule of law are upheld.

Relevant International and Regional Treaties and Conventions

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Optional Protocol to the CRC on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict

Optional Protocol to the CRC on the sale of Children, Child prostitution and Child Pornography

Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR),

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

Optional Protocol to the ICCPR

Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

Optional Protocol to CEDAW

Convention against Torture or other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)

Optional Protocol to the CAT

Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of

others

Final Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of

the Prostitution of others

Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

African Charter on Human and Peoples‘ Rights

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples‘ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court

on Human and Peoples‘ Rights

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples‘ Rights on Rights of Women in Africa

African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

African Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption

Note 1: In Liberia, ratification or accession to a treaty must be accompanied by its incorporation into domestic

law. A review is ongoing to determine which treaties have been, and which must still be, domesticated.

Relevant Millennium Development Goals

MDG 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

MDG 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women

MDG 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Key One Programme Results

Outcome 1.1: Rule of Law: Liberia has an improved, inclusive Rule of Law framework for effective admin-

istration of and equitable access to justice in compliance with International Human Rights standards.

Outcome 1.2: Peace and Reconciliation: Liberia has an improved, coherent and inclusive mechanism for

national reconciliation operationalized at national, regional, county and local levels.

Outcome 1.3: Security: Liberia has more efficient, effective, accountable and responsive security institutions

at national, regional, county and local levels.

2.1 ONE PROGRAMME PILLAR 1: PEACE, SECURITY AND RULE OF LAW

PROGRAMME SUMMARY


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2.1.1 Outcome 1.1: Rule of Law – Building

effective administration and equitable access to

justice Context

Extending the rule of law, including access to justice,

improved capacity of the justice and security institu-

tions, and justice sector service delivery beyond the

capital Monrovia, remains a daunting task due to

limited state capacity and porous borders.

Although the threat of armed conflict has declined

significantly, there is much to be done to make Liberia

safe for its citizens. Armed robbery, mob violence

and vigilantism occur frequently, while arbitrary arrest

and detention, harsh prison conditions and prolonged

pre-trial detention undermine the formal justice

system.

Excessively high pre-trial detention rates result from

an array of weaknesses within the justice system, such

as the lack of a legal aid policy framework, poor coor-

dination between the various justice sector compo-

nents, ineffective deployment of circuit court judges

and poorly implemented bail provisions. Approxi-

mately 80% of the national prison population are

pre-trial detainees, with over 50% of this imprisoned

at the Monrovia central prison. With overcrowding at

over 200%, the prison system‘s capacity to ensure

safe, secure and humane conditions, is severely lim-

ited.

Rule of Law is also undermined by inconsistencies

resulting from the existence of two separate legal

systems, formal and customary. The formal system is

not accessible throughout the country and is only

handling a fraction of the cases. A recent report states

that 3% of all disputes are taken to the formal justice

system for resolution, 38% to customary courts and

50% are not pursued. In addition, key findings of

related studies indicate that many Liberians perceive

the formal justice system to be ineffective and incon-

sistent with Liberian traditions. The huge backlog of

cases resulting in lengthy pre-trial detention further

erodes confidence in the ability of the court system to

deliver justice effectively.

The judicial system also suffers from a shortage of

qualified magistrates, judges and support staff, and a

lack of accountability and oversight. The current legal

framework does not take into account the needs of the

most vulnerable, and tends to favour urban areas. A

significant number of magisterial courts are not

functioning, while many courts still lack essential

equipment and are housed in sub-standard buildings.

The fact that most Liberians lack even rudimentary

knowledge of both the justice system and their rights

and obligations, further complicates the situation.

Women suffer in particular, when the justice system

fails to protect victims of gender-based crime, while

all marginalized groups face barriers that prevent

adequate access to the justice system.

Rape continues to be one of the highest reported

crimes, with domestic violence also prevalent.

Although intensive in-service training has improved

the handling of cases involving SGBV and subsequent

referral by the police to the courts, the overall

response of the criminal justice system to SGBV

cases remains weak.

Government Priorities

The GoL has identified the following steps that need

to be taken to address the issues:

Review and harmonization of the customary and

formal justice systems.

Implementation of the modernization plan for the

Legislature.

Rehabilitation/construction and operationalization

of court facilities.

Training and deployment of judicial staff to the

Counties.

Implementation of transparent recruitment and per-

formance management procedures of judicial/

justice personnel.

Application of measures designed to increase case

management processes. Effective financial man-

agement system to support decentralization.

UN Contribution

The UN will support the various GoL agencies tasked

with these substantial reforms, and based on its

comparative advantage, provide assistance to the

following:

Harmonizing of customary and statutory justice

systems.

Capacity building of the Independent National

Commission on Human Rights.

Enhancing protection of vulnerable groups in the

justice system.

Assisting with treaty reporting and domestication

of International Human Rights standards.

Improving public knowledge of legal rights and

remedies for access to justice.

Improving service delivery capacity of justice

institutions at county and district level.

Building the capacity of justice sector

professionals.

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2.1.2 Outcome 1.2: Peace and Reconciliation:

Ensuring long-term peace and stability through

increased social cohesion

Context

While the GoL and its partners have progressed on the

implementation of the security and rule of law compo-

nents, efforts on national reconciliation were initially

hampered by the lack of a coherent strategy and

coordination framework. In response, a Strategic

Roadmap for National Healing, Peacebuilding and

Reconciliation was formulated, which is a comprehen-

sive framework that identifies the critical components

for reconciliation, and creates a coordination platform

between the various stakeholders. It also identifies

Government ministries, national institutions, civil

society organizations and international partners who

will participate in the implementation of the subse-

quent programmes and projects.

The strategic goals associated with reconciliation are

as follows: a) Transforming individual, community

and societal mindsets, b) Rebuilding and strengthen-

ing inter-group relations, and c) Dismantling and

replacing polarizing institutions with more inclusive

bodies to prevent a relapse into conflict.


The Roadmap, which is aligned with Liberia‘s Vision

2030 and other ongoing peacebuilding and state build-

ing processes such as the New Deal, is organized in

the following 12 inter-related strategic outcomes.

They are geared towards confronting past legacies,

managing the present, including ongoing land and

other community conflicts, and forging a shared and

reconciled future:

Accounting for the Past:

Community based Truth-telling, Atonement and

Psychosocial Recovery.

Memorialization.

Reparations.

Diaspora and Reconciliation.

Managing the Present:

Political Dialogue.

Conflict Prevention and Mediation.

Women‘s Recovery and Empowerment.

Youth Recovery and Empowerment.

Social Cohesion.

Planning for the Future:

Inclusive People‘s History.

National Vision and Collective Identity.

Transformative Education System.

UN Contribution

The UN in Liberia will provide the following

assistance:

Enhance inclusive policy processes within the

security sector by strengthening capacity of people

of Liberia through CSOs to engage in consultation,

advocacy and outreach activities related to national

reconciliation.

Enhance transitional justice as captured in the

Strategic Roadmap for National Healing, Peace

building, and Reconciliation, including technical

support for development of a national Reparations

programmme (and policy), and capacity support to

the Independent National Commission for Human

Rights to engage in consultation, advocacy and

outreach activities related to national reconcilia-

tion.

Strengthening capacities, systems and structures

for dialogue, mediation and conflict resolution

(including Alternative Dispute Resolution) at

national, county, and community levels through

community-based peace committees for conflict

monitoring, mediation and response and enhanced

youth and women‘s participation in the reconcilia-

tion dialogue.

2.1.3 Outcome 1.3: Security: Efficient, account-

able, responsive security institutions

Context:

Security institutions in Liberia have shown improve-

ment in both accountability and professionalism.

However much more remains to be done, as full

responsibility for the maintenance of security will be

transferred to Liberians within the next five years.

Although important reforms have been undertaken,

they have been insufficiently coordinated, resulting in

weak linkages between the various security actors of

the country. Emphasis has been placed on some

aspects of reform, such as basic training for the Armed

Forces of Liberia (AFL) and the Liberia National

Police (LNP), while other core aspects have received

limited attention. Nevertheless, the skill set of AFL

and LNP remains limited and needs continued capaci-

ty development support, which includes the provision

of essential equipment and communications.

There continues to be a significant lack of public con-

fidence in justice and security sector institutions,

including the police, the judiciary and corrections,

while concerns regarding transparency, accountability

and, fair treatment are expressed by large segments of

the population. In order to sufficiently lay the founda-

tions for the continued extension of state authority in

the country, the number of LNP recruits must double

to 8,000 by 2015.

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To accelerate progress, the Government of Liberia has

identified a number of key interventions:

LNP, AFL and Department of Defence (DOD) will

strengthen security and protection services.

The National Security Council will manage the

transition of UNMIL.

The Special Security Services will develop a Stra-

tegic Plan for the sector.

The DEA will be reformed and develop a National

Drug Prevention and Protection Strategy.

The Liberia National Fire Service will develop a

National Fire Prevention and Protection Strategy.

All agencies will be reformed as per the recommen-

dations of the National Security Strategy.

Five justice and security regional hubs will be

constructed, which will decentralize operations and

bring the security sector personnel closer to the

communities they serve.

UN Contribution

The UN in Liberia will contribute to the government's

goals by:

Identifying and addressing critical security gaps.

Assisting with the establishment of the five

Regional Hubs.

Contributing to the development of improved over-

sight, accountability and management structures.

Assisting with the integration of International

Human Rights standards in security sector institu-

tions.

Strengthening the role of women in security sector

institutions.

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and

resi

st g

over

nm

ent

and

do

no

r p

ress

ure

Ou

tpu

t 1

.1.1

:

Leg

al f

ram

ewo

rk o

n

har

mo

niz

atio

n o

f cu

s-

tom

ary a

nd

sta

tuto

ry

just

ice

syst

ems

dev

el-

op

ed i

n c

om

pli

ance

wit

h I

HR

S

Exis

ten

ce o

f h

arm

on

ized

leg

al f

ram

ewo

rk

do

cum

ent

Bas

elin

e: 0

, T

arget

: 1

Exis

ten

ce o

f sc

ale

of

mea

sure

fo

r co

mp

lian

ce w

ith

IHR

B

asel

ine:

0 T

arget

:1

Leg

al f

ram

ewo

rk

do

cum

ent

Lea

der

ship

an

d C

oo

rdin

atio

n:

Mo

J, M

IA,

Leg

isla

ture

/Law

Ref

orm

Co

mm

issi

on

, N

atio

nal

Bar

Ass

oci

atio

n

Leg

al A

dvic

e an

d t

ech

nic

al

sup

po

rt:

UN

MIL

, L

JSS

D,

UN

DP

, U

NIC

EF

, U

NO

DC

U

NM

IL H

RP

S (

tech

nic

al

ad

vi-

sory

ser

vic

es)

UN

DP

: $

1,0

00

,000

UN

ICE

F: $

200

,00

0

Ou

tput

1.1

.2:

Lib

eria

IN

CH

R

stre

ngth

ened

to

im

ple

-

men

t it

s m

and

ate

to

imp

rove

the

Hu

man

Rig

hts

sit

uat

ion

# o

f hu

man

rig

hts

mo

nit

ors

tra

ined

an

d d

eplo

yed

to a

ll c

ou

nti

es

Bas

elin

e: 0

Tar

get

: 1

5

(at

leas

t 30

%

wo

men

)

CS

O r

epo

rts

UN

MIL

, U

NC

T

rep

ort

s

Co

ord

inat

ion

an

d l

ead

ersh

ip:

INC

HR

, U

NO

DC

U

ND

P:

$50

0,0

00

UN

ICE

F:

$2

50

,00

0

UN

MIL

HR

PS

:

$2

5,0

00

34

#

of

HR

vio

lati

on

s re

po

rted

an

d a

dd

ress

ed

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y a

ge,

sex

, d

isab

ilit

y,

cou

nty

) B

asel

ine:

TB

D,

Tar

get

: 1

00

%

Exis

ten

ce o

f re

po

rtin

g m

ech

anis

m a

nd

cap

acit

y i

n

pla

ce

Bas

elin

e: 0

T

arget

: q

uar

terl

y r

epo

rtin

g

Nat

ion

al H

um

an R

igh

ts A

ctio

n P

lan

(N

HR

AP

)

dra

fted

an

d r

oll

ed o

ut

(Yes

/No

) N

atio

nal

str

ateg

y f

or

the

Imp

lem

enta

tion

of

the

Co

nven

tion

on

th

e R

igh

ts o

f P

erso

ns

wit

h D

isab

il-

itie

s (N

SIC

RP

D)

dra

fted

an

d r

oll

ed o

ut

(Yes

/No

) P

ropo

rtio

n o

f d

istr

icts

wit

h c

om

mu

nit

y-b

ased

mo

nit

ori

ng o

f t

he

NH

RA

P

Bas

elin

e:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 8

0%

P

ropo

rtio

n o

f d

istr

icts

wit

h c

om

mu

nit

y-b

ased

mo

nit

ori

ng o

f t

he

NS

ICR

PD

Bas

elin

e:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 8

0%

# o

f N

HR

AP

rec

om

men

dat

ion

s an

d U

PR

rec

om

-

men

dat

ion

s im

ple

men

ted

Bas

elin

e: 0

T

arget

: 7

0%

INC

HR

, U

NM

IL

rep

ort

s on

NH

RA

P

and

UP

R i

mp

le-

men

tati

on

A

dvo

cacy

an

d m

on

ito

rin

g:

Hu

man

rig

hts

CS

Os

Tec

hn

ical

an

d l

ogis

tica

l su

ppo

rt:

UN

DP

, U

NIC

EF

Tec

hn

ical

ad

vis

ory

ser

vic

es:

UN

MIL

HR

PS

Ou

tput

1.1

.3:

En

han

ced p

rote

ctio

n o

f

vu

lner

able

gro

up

s in

the

just

ice

syst

em,

incl

ud

ing w

om

en,

men

,

gir

ls,

bo

ys,

ref

ug

ees,

IDP

s an

d, p

erso

ns

(wo

men

, m

en,

bo

ys

&

gir

ls)

wit

h d

isab

ilit

ies

Pro

po

rtio

n o

f re

po

rted

cas

es o

f G

BV

su

cces

sfu

lly

pro

secu

ted

(d

isag

gre

gat

ed b

y a

ge,

sex

, d

isab

ilit

y,

cou

nty

) B

asel

ine

4%

T

arget

50

%

Pro

po

rtio

n o

f re

po

rted

cas

es o

f vio

len

ce a

gai

nst

chil

dre

n s

ucc

essf

ull

y p

rose

cute

d (

dis

aggre

gat

ed

by a

ge,

sex

, d

isab

ilit

y,

cou

nty

) B

asel

ine:

10

%

Tar

get

: 3

0%

Mo

J re

po

rts

Jud

icia

ry R

epo

rts

Mo

HS

W R

epo

rts

Mo

GD

Rep

ort

s G

BV

IM

S S

yst

em

Mo

J S

GB

V C

rim

es

Un

it R

epo

rt

Lea

der

ship

an

d C

oo

rdin

atio

n:

Mo

J, M

oH

SW

, M

oG

D

Leg

al A

dvic

e an

d t

ech

nic

al

sup

po

rt :

UN

Wo

men

, U

NIC

EF

,

UN

DP

, U

NM

IL,

UN

HC

R a

nd

UN

OD

C

Tec

hn

ical

ad

vis

ory

ser

vic

es :

UN

MIL

HR

PS

UN

DP

:$1

,000

,00

0

UN

ICE

F:

$3

,200

,00

0

IOM

: $2

00

,00

0

UN

HC

R:$

1,0

00,0

00

35

N

um

ber

of

surv

ivo

r/ch

ild

-fri

end

ly w

itn

ess

and

vic

tim

pro

tect

ion

ser

vic

es a

t re

gio

nal

lev

el

Bas

elin

e: 0

T

arget

: 5

# o

f re

fugee

s/ID

Ps

pro

vid

ed w

ith

leg

al A

ssis

tan

ce

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y a

ge,

sex

, d

isab

ilit

y,

cou

nty

) B

asel

ine:

64

,450

(Ja

nu

ary 2

01

3)

Tar

get

: T

BD

Ou

tput

1.1

.4:

Imp

roved

ap

pli

cati

on

of

IHR

sta

nd

ard

s an

d

pri

nci

ple

s th

rou

gh

do

-

mes

tica

tio

n a

nd

tre

aty

rep

ort

ing

# o

f key

IH

R i

nst

rum

ents

rat

ifie

d

Bas

elin

e :

TB

D:

Tar

get

: O

pti

on

al P

roto

cols

to

CR

C o

n i

nvo

lve-

men

t o

f ch

ild

ren i

n a

rmed

co

nfl

ict

and

on t

he

sale

of

chil

dre

n, ch

ild

pro

stit

uti

on

and p

orn

ogra

ph

y t

o

be

rati

fied

#

of

rati

fied

IH

R i

nst

rum

ents

dom

esti

cate

d

Bas

elin

e: r

equ

ires

co

mp

leti

on o

f G

oL

rev

iew

of

curr

ent

stat

us

of

rati

fica

tio

n/a

cces

sio

n a

nd

do

mes

-

tica

tio

n

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

T

arget

: 1

00

%

revie

w

# o

f tr

eaty

rep

ort

s su

bm

itte

d t

imel

y

Bas

elin

e: C

RC

2nd, 3

rd a

nd 4

th c

om

bin

ed r

epo

rt

sub

mit

ted

in

200

9,

CE

DA

W r

epo

rt s

ub

mit

ted

20

09

Tar

get

: C

CP

R,

CE

SC

R,

CR

C a

nd C

ED

AW

rep

ort

sub

mit

ted

in

201

3

# o

f U

PR

rec

om

men

dat

ion

s fo

llow

ed u

p

Bas

elin

e: 0

T

arget

: 3

0

# o

f U

PR

rec

om

men

dat

ion

s m

oved

fro

m ‗

nei

ther

acce

pte

d n

or

reje

cted

‘ to

‗ac

cep

ted

‘ B

asel

ine:

0

Tar

get

: 1

5

Nat

ion

al G

azet

te

Tre

aty B

od

y

rep

ort

s R

elev

ant

law

s a

nd

stat

ute

s (t

hei

r p

rovi-

sio

ns)

P

erio

dic

al r

epo

rts

M

oJ.

Jud

icia

ry,

Leg

isla

ture

, L

aw

Ref

orm

Co

mm

issi

on

, M

oG

D,

Mo

D,

Mo

I A

dvo

cacy

& M

on

ito

rin

g:

LN

BA

,

AB

A,

AF

EL

L,

and

oth

er C

SO

s T

ech

nic

al a

dvis

ory

ser

vic

es

in

do

mes

tica

tio

n a

nd

tre

aty r

epo

rt-

ing

UN

MIL

HR

PS

, IL

O

Leg

al a

nd

tec

hn

ical

ad

vic

e: I

OM

,

UN

ICE

F,

UN

MIL

HR

PS

,

UN

DP

, U

NF

PA

, U

NO

DC

UN

DP

: $

20

0,0

00

ILO

: $

80

,000

UN

FP

A:

$2,0

00

,000

UN

Wo

men

:

$1

00

,000

UN

MIL

HR

PS

:

$1

0,0

00

36

O

utp

ut

1.1

.5:

Im

pro

ved

pub

lic

kn

ow

led

ge

of

legal

righ

ts a

nd

rem

edie

s fo

r ac

-

cess

to j

ust

ice

% o

f su

rviv

ors

acc

essi

ng j

ust

ice

serv

ices

(d

isag

gre

gat

ed b

y c

oun

ty

and

dis

tric

t)

Bas

elin

e: 3

5%

T

arget

: 5

0%

C

han

ge

in p

ub

lic

per

cepti

on o

f

just

ice

syst

em (

dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y

age,

sex

, d

isab

ilit

y a

nd

coun

ty)

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

T

arget

: T

BD

(U

ND

P)

MO

J IM

S R

eport

s M

OG

D I

MS

M

OH

SW

IM

S

IOM

K

AB

P S

urv

ey o

n

just

ice

Syst

em

U

ND

P,

IOM

, U

NIC

EF

, U

NO

DC

T

ech

nic

al a

dvis

ory

ser

vic

es:

UN

MIL

HR

PS

UN

DP

: $

1,0

00

,00

0

UN

ICE

F:

$6

00

,000

U

NM

IL H

RP

S:

$1

0,0

00

Ou

tput

1.1

.6:

S

ervic

e d

eliv

ery c

apac

ity o

f th

e

rule

of

law

in

stit

uti

on

s im

pro

ved

at

cou

nty

and

d

istr

ict

level

s

# o

f lo

gis

tic

supp

ort

fac

ilit

ies

p

rovid

ed, re

novat

ed, up

gra

ded

an

d/

or

con

stru

cted

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y

typ

e, i

nst

ituti

on,

geo

gra

phic

loca

-ti

on

) B

asel

ine:

1 r

egio

nal

hub

T

arget

; 5

Reg

ional

H

UB

S

Pro

ject

rep

ort

s M

oJ

Rep

ort

s T

oJ

Rep

ort

s U

NM

IL r

eport

s

L

ead

ersh

ip a

nd

coord

inat

ion

: T

he

Judic

iary

, M

oJ

Ad

vic

e an

d t

ech

nic

al s

upp

ort

: U

NM

IL,

UN

DP

, U

NO

PS

,

UN

OD

C

Tec

hn

ical

ad

vis

ory

ser

vic

es:

U

NM

IL H

RP

S

UN

DP

: $

5,0

00

,00

0

Ou

tput

1.1

.7:

In

crea

sed

in

stit

uti

on

al a

nd p

rofe

s-

sion

al c

apac

ity o

f ru

le o

f la

w i

nst

i-

tuti

on

s to

eff

ecti

vel

y a

dm

inis

ter

just

ice

# o

f ju

stic

e se

ctor

pro

fess

ion

als

trai

ned

(p

rose

cuto

rs, pu

bli

c d

efen

d-

ers,

jud

ges

, co

urt

off

icer

s, i

nves

ti-

gat

ors

, p

oli

ce d

isag

gre

gat

ed b

y

role

, ag

e, s

ex,

dis

abil

ity,

coun

ty)

Bas

elin

e: D

ata

from

JT

I (2

01

3)

Tar

get

: at

lea

st 5

0%

of

all

Just

ice

sect

or

pro

fess

ion

als

trai

ned

Lea

der

ship

& c

oord

inat

ion

: M

oJ,

Ju

dic

iary

L

ogis

tica

l a

nd

tec

hn

ical

su

pp

ort

: U

ND

P,

IOM

, U

NIC

EF

,

UN

MIL

,UN

OD

C

Tec

hn

ical

ad

vis

ory

ser

vic

es:

UN

MIL

HR

PS

UN

DP

: $

4,0

65

,00

0

UN

ICE

F:

$1

,200

,000

Ou

tco

me 1

.2:

Peace a

nd

reco

nci

lia

tio

n:

Lib

eria

has

an i

mp

roved

, co

her

ent

and

incl

usi

ve

mec

han

ism

for

nat

ional

rec

on

cili

atio

n o

per

atio

nal

-

ized

at

nat

ion

al,

regio

nal

coun

ty

and

loca

l le

vel

% o

f dis

pute

s su

cces

sfu

lly r

eso

lved

b

y A

DR

mec

han

ism

s

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y c

ou

nty

, se

x,

age,

eth

nic

ity,

dis

abil

ity a

nd t

yp

e of

con

flic

t)

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

: L

and

Com

mis

sion

,

MoY

S

# o

f re

levan

t T

RC

rec

om

men

da-

tion

s ef

fect

ivel

y i

mp

lem

ente

d

Bas

elin

e: T

RC

rep

ort

T

arget

: re

com

men

dat

ion

s on

incl

usi

ven

ess,

par

tici

pat

ion a

nd

dec

entr

aliz

atio

n a

dop

ted

C

han

ge

in p

erce

pti

on

of

nat

ional

iden

tity

an

d b

elon

gin

g

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y s

ex,

age,

dis

abil

-it

y,

eth

nic

ity a

nd

geo

gra

ph

y).

B

asel

ine:

PB

O L

PP

M&

E u

nit

T

arget

: C

urr

icu

lum

on

pea

ce

edu

cati

on

and

hu

man

rig

hts

for

sch

ools

PB

O L

PP

M&

E r

eport

s L

and

Com

mis

sion, M

oI,

MoY

S,

Coun

ty r

eport

s M

OE

-IM

S r

eport

s

Ris

ks:

L

ack

of

Go

L b

ud

get

ary s

upp

ort

for

nat

ional

rec

on

cili

atio

n

Lac

k o

f ad

equ

ate

bi-

an

d m

ult

i-

late

ral

sect

or

fund

ing f

or

nat

ion

al

reco

nci

liat

ion

V

uln

erab

le a

nd

mar

gin

aliz

ed

gro

up

s la

ck c

on

fid

ence

in

nat

ion

al

reco

nci

liat

ion p

roce

ss

Lac

k o

f G

oL

poli

tica

l w

ill

for

pro

fou

nd

and

gen

uin

e re

con

cili

a-

tion p

roce

ss

Poli

tica

l an

d e

con

om

ic m

argin

ali-

zati

on

am

on

g y

ou

th

Inte

rnal

and

tra

ns-

bord

er s

ecu

rity

pro

ble

ms

esca

late

und

erm

inin

g

soci

al c

oh

esio

n

Lea

der

ship

and

coord

inat

ion

: M

oI,

MoJ,

Ju

dic

iary

, L

egis

latu

re,

INC

HR

, M

oY

S

Ad

voca

cy &

mon

itori

ng:

pro

fes-

sion

al a

nd

hum

an r

igh

ts C

SO

s T

ech

nic

al s

upp

ort

: U

ND

P,

UN

ICE

F,

UN

MIL

HR

PS

;

UN

Wom

en

37

Ou

tput

1.2

.1:

Incl

usi

ve

po

licy

pro

cess

es w

ith

in t

he

secu

rity

sec

tor

enh

ance

d

Eff

ecti

ve

nat

ion

al c

oo

rdin

atio

n s

tru

ctu

re f

or

reco

nci

liat

ion

pu

t in

pla

ce

Bas

elin

e: P

alav

a /P

eace

Hu

t m

ech

anis

m

Tar

get

: M

ore

in

clu

sive,

in

tegra

ted

co

ord

inat

ion

stru

ctu

re e

xis

ts

% o

f re

pre

sen

tati

ves

fro

m v

uln

erab

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L,

UN

DP

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UN

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UN

OD

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00

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um

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UN

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d

inst

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: $

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41

One Programme Pillar II:

Sustainable Economic Transformation


UNDAF 2013 - 2017

42

National Development Visions Statement

To transform the economy to meet the demands of Liberians by improving agriculture to expand the

economy for rural participation and food security, leveraging the FDI in mining and plantations to

develop the domestic private sector; provide employment for the youthful population; invest in

infrastructure for economic growth; and address fiscal and monetary issues for macroeconomic stability.

Relevant International Treaties and Conventions

Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


MDG 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger MDG 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability MDG 8: Develop a global partnership for development

Key One Programme Results

Outcome 2.1: Improved sustainable Natural Resource Utilization and food security

Outcome 2.2: Improved equal access to sustainable livelihood opportunities in an innovative and compet-

itive private sector

Outcome 2.3: Improved access to sustainable basic infrastructure

Outcome 2.4: Improved and evidence-based policies to maintain a stable and inclusive macro-economic

environment

2.2 ONE PROGRAMME PILLAR II: SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION

PROGRAMME SUMMARY


UNDAF 2013 - 2017

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UNDAF 2013 - 2017

2.2.1 Outcome 2.1: Natural Resources Utiliza-

tion and Food Security : sustainable natural

resources utilization and sustained food security

Context

Agriculture was the backbone of Liberia‘s economy

before and during the conflict, and will remain a

major driver of growth for the future. It accounts for

61% of GDP (2008) and is the primary source of live-

lihood for two-thirds of Liberia‘s people. Agrarian

systems are complex and reflect established, some-

times discriminatory, social practices. Forest based

systems dominate with tree crop-based systems in the

central belt, while root crop-based systems (including

rice) are found in the upland areas of the north. Fish-

ing and manual mixed cropping enterprises typify the

coastal belt.

While emphasis is being placed on agricultural devel-

opment for economic growth, the sustainable use of

natural resources, such as water, land and forests,

should be taken into account to avoid conflict and

environmental degradation. The sector is faced with a

number of challenges that hinder the full realization of

its potential, including the gap between large-scale

and small-holder farmers. Disparities are character-

ized by limited access to finance, infrastructure, tech-

nology, information and modern farming methods. In

addition, low productivity and lack of crop and live-

stock diversification contribute to food insecurity.

Small scale farmers lack the necessary inputs, such as

fertilizers, irrigation systems, seeds, breeding stock, as

well as credit, machinery and infrastructure for

transport, storage and marketing outreach services.


The GoL‘s goal is to achieve sustainable agricultural

growth for both small-holder and large-scale farmers,

as well as improve the nutritional status of low-

income households through the following key inter-

ventions:

Research and identification of training needs.

Technical support in improved agricultural

practices, access to equipment, micro-finance and

marketing services to farmers.

Formation of farming cooperatives which are

intended to become the main conduit for socio-

economic development.

Establishment of a safety and, disease control

system.

Extension services to farmers country-wide.

Maintenance of strategic food reserves and

provision of market information.

Address infrastructure needs, including the con-

struction of feeder roads, to facilitate farmers‘

access to markets.

Encourage private sector investment in storage

and transport facilities.

Increase competitiveness of Liberian products on

the world market.

Promote aquaculture development and restocking

of natural water bodies with fish, as well as in-

crease the efficiency of processing facilities and

distribution networks.

Strengthen the livestock base to include sheep,

goats and poultry.

UN Contribution

The UN in Liberia will assist the Government in

achieving its goals by focusing on the following stra-

tegic priorities:

Providing advisory services and agricultural inputs

in order to increase production and productivity of

small-holder farmers.

Contributing to the development of value-added,

post-harvest food processing facilities and expand-

ing market linkages for small-holder farmer coop-

eratives.

Developing productive safety-nets, focusing on

youth, and female farmers in target areas.

Providing advice on improving the utilization of

natural resources (land, water, forest).

Building the capacity of public and community

institutions to coordinate, deliver and monitor food

security programmes.

2.2.2 Outcome 2.2: Private Sector Development:

Access to sustainable livelihoods in an innovative

and competitive private sector

Context

The GoL has acknowledged that if Liberia is to

achieve its long-term goal of becoming a middle-

income country by 2030, growth and employment in

the private sector must be at the core of its economic

transformation policies.

However, the economy has to contend with a domes-

tic private sector which suffers from a lack of tax

incentives and a conducive regulatory and legal envi-

ronment, limited access to financing and inadequate

capacity and management skills of entrepreneurs.

Moreover, the absence of financial services for low

income Liberian micro-enterprises, coupled with their

lack of access to larger markets, hinders their compet-

itiveness, both nationally and at a regional level.


The GoL will encourage and facilitate Small and

medium enterprises (SMEs) to move to the formal

sector, increase access to financial services, expand

access to key marketing and infrastructure services

and enhance entrepreneurial capacities.

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UNDAF 2013 - 2017

With regard to industrial development, the GoL will

seek to improve options for industry to employ

Liberian workers, including under-represented groups,

and increase the competitiveness of new and existing

industrial enterprises. This also entails enhancing the

skill set of the labour force to meet the needs of the

private sector.

In addition, measures to improve the regulatory

environment will be undertaken, which will provide

incentives for SMEs to enter the formal sector.

The GoL will also ensure protection of property

rights, as well as strengthen its own capacity in

contract negotiations.

UN Contribution

The UN, will support the Government and small

business owners in the following areas:

Building capacity to pass and implement legisla-

tion/policies aimed at fair and non-discriminatory

labour and employment practices.

Developing mechanisms to streamline the regula-

tory framework for the private sector.

Increasing access to business development

services and vocational training.

Enhancing access to financial services and

markets and improving value-chain standards for

small business, particularly those in rural areas.

2.2.3 Outcome 2.3: Basic Infrastructure and

Energy: Access to sustainable basic infrastructure

and alternative energy

Context

The Government considers infrastructure develop-

ment, which includes road and bridge construction,

affordable housing and sustainable energy as key

priorities in the immediate and medium term.

In all of these areas, the needs are vast, as are the chal-

lenges. In terms of energy and power, a majority of

Liberians have no access to electricity, resulting in an

over-reliance on unsustainable sources for both indus-

trial and household consumption purposes. The

transport sector is disrupted by inadequate mainte-

nance, management and safety standards. The total

road network of Liberia extends to 2,206 miles,

close to half of the country‘s infrastructure needs. In

addition, the existing primary, secondary and feeder

roads, of which 95% remain unpaved, suffer from

poor maintenance and are affected by heavy rainfall.


The GoL will increase affordable access to the

electricity grid in main population centers and adopt

sustainable energy policies and practices, including

reduced use of charcoal and wood for fuel. Improved

planning and coordination in the transport sector will

increase the efficiency and safety of transport services

nationwide. 2,300 additional miles of roads will be

constructed and a maintenance system established.

With regard to housing, the GoL will expand access to

affordable housing, especially for low-income groups

and improve housing policies.

UN Contribution

The UN will support the Government in the following

areas: The formulation of a National Urban Development

Strategy, plans and legal framework, as well as

building the capacity of civil servants to implement

the strategy in 2017.

Developing a policy framework to increase access

to affordable housing.

Expanding agricultural and market infrastructure,

including feeder roads and market facilities.

Building the capacity of relevant Government staff

to develop options for alternative energy in rural

areas.

2.2.4 Outcome 2.4: Macroeconomic Policy:

Evidence based policies for stable and sustained

macro-economic environment

Context

During the period of the PRS-1, the GoL achieved

balanced budgets and negotiated major debt reductions.

Despite numerous achievements, gaps in capacity in

financial management and monitoring within line

ministries remain. Tax laws and revenue collection

systems are rudimentary.


To address these challenges, the Government is intro-

ducing a Medium-Term Expenditure Framework,

which will inform line ministries in the development of

their respective 3-year budget plans. It also intends to

improve fiscal planning and expenditure management

and strengthen tax administration and royalty revenues.

UN Contribution

The UN will assist the Government in maintaining

fiscal stability through targeted interventions in several

areas:

Building the capacity of civil servants in economic

modeling and policy research, development and

advocacy.

Building capacity for fiscal and monetary policy

management.

Contributing to efforts towards regional coopera-

tion and integration and macroeconomic

harmonization.

45

N

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on

al

Devel

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men

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46

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ry:

Ch

icken

14

Pro

po

rtio

n o

f sm

allh

old

er f

arm

ers

wit

h

acce

ss t

o i

mp

roved

inp

uts

, in

par

ticu

lar,

hig

h y

ield

ing r

ice

var

ieti

es b

y t

yp

e an

d

geo

gra

ph

ic a

rea

Bas

elin

e: 9

%

Tar

get

: 1

8%

Agri

cult

ura

l

pro

du

ctio

n s

urv

ey

CF

SN

S

Bu

reau

of

Fis

her

ies

rep

ort

s JP

FS

N R

epo

rts

Agri

cult

ura

l p

ro-

du

ctio

n s

urv

ey

C

on

sult

atio

ns:

En

vir

on

men

tal

Pro

tect

ion

Agen

cy (

EP

A);

Nat

ion

al D

isas

ter

Rel

ief

Co

m-

mis

sio

n;

Lib

eria

n N

atio

nal

Far

mer

Un

ion

; N

atio

nal

Bu

reau

of

Fis

her

ies;

LIS

GIS

; L

iber

ian

Met

eoro

logic

al S

ervic

es

Tec

hn

ical

Ass

ista

nce

an

d A

dvic

e:

Eu

rop

ean

Un

ion;

US

AID

/FE

D

Cen

tral

Agri

cult

ura

l R

esea

rch

Inst

itu

te

FA

O:

$1

9,0

00

,00

0

Ou

tput

2.1

.2:

Val

ue-

add

ed p

ost

-har

ves

t fo

od

pro

cess

ing,

faci

liti

es a

nd

mar

ket

lin

kag

es f

or

smal

l h

old

er f

arm

er

org

aniz

atio

ns

exp

and

ed

Nu

mb

er o

f fo

od

pro

cess

ing f

acil

itie

s

esta

bli

shed

by s

mal

lho

lder

far

mer

org

an-

izat

ion

s in

tar

get

are

as (

dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y

typ

e o

f m

emb

ersh

ip g

rou

ps

and

typ

e o

f

faci

lity

) B

asel

ine:

(i)

mix

ed c

oo

per

ativ

es:

9

(ii)

wo

men

gro

up

s: 6

a

nd

yo

uth

gro

up

s,

dis

abil

ity f

arm

ers

gro

up

s: 0

in

Bon

g,

Nim

ba

, L

ofa

, M

on

tser

rado

an

d G

ran

d

Kru

T

arget

: (i

) m

ixed

sm

allh

old

er c

oop

era-

tives

: 1

8

(ii

) w

om

en f

arm

er

org

aniz

a-

tio

ns:

12 a

nd

yo

uth

and

dis

abil

ity f

arm

er

org

aniz

atio

ns:

5 i

n B

ong

, N

imb

a, L

ofa

,

Mo

nts

erra

do,

Gra

nd

Kru

, G

ran

d B

ass

a,

Gb

arp

olu

, an

d B

om

i N

um

ber

of

smal

lho

lder

far

mer

org

aniz

a-

tio

ns

assi

sted

to

par

tici

pat

e in

com

pet

i-

tive

ten

der

s to

su

pp

ly f

oo

d

Agri

cult

ura

l A

nn

ual

Sta

tist

ics

Su

rvey

R

epo

rt f

rom

th

e

nat

ion

al a

gri

cult

ura

l

cen

sus

C

on

sult

atio

ns:

Lib

eria

n N

atio

nal

Far

mer

s U

nio

n;

Nat

ion

al R

ura

l

Wo

men

‘s S

tru

ctu

re;

Ch

amb

er o

f

Co

mm

erce

T

ech

nic

al A

ssis

tan

ce:

US

AID

/

FE

D; L

iber

ian

met

ereo

log

y,

foo

d

safe

ty a

nd

tes

tin

g s

ervic

es

Bu

ild

ing p

rodu

ctiv

e ca

pac

itie

s

thro

ugh

tec

hnic

al a

ssis

tan

ce a

nd

glo

bal

fo

rum

an

d t

ran

sfer

of

tech

-

no

logy:

arti

san

al a

nd

in

du

stri

al

(UN

IDO

)

FA

O:

$9

,30

0,0

00

WF

P:

$6

,000

,000

UN

Wo

men

:

$7

50

,000

47

co

mm

odit

ies

to P

4P

pro

gra

mm

e

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y t

yp

e of

mem

ber

ship

eg.

wo

men

gro

up

s, y

outh

gro

up

s et

c.)

and b

y g

eo-

gra

phic

are

a B

asel

ine:

8 g

roup

s (3

wom

en g

roup

s; 5

mix

ed

coop

erat

ives

, 0

dis

abil

ity g

roup

s)

Tar

get

: 2

0 g

roup

s (1

0 w

om

en g

rou

ps;

5 m

ixed

coop

erat

ives

; 5 y

outh

gro

up

s, d

isab

ilit

y g

roup

s:

TB

D)

Met

ric

tons

of

pro

cess

ed f

ood c

om

modit

ies

(ric

e, b

eans,

cas

sava

flour)

sold

by f

arm

er

org

aniz

atio

ns

thro

ugh

sele

cted

mar

ket

dev

el-

op

men

t p

rogra

mm

es (

dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y c

om

-

modit

y,

mar

ket

pro

gra

mm

e an

d g

eogra

phic

area

) B

asel

ine:

80

0 M

T

Tar

get

: 4,0

00 M

T

Stu

die

s fr

om

agri

cul-

tura

l re

sear

ch c

ente

rs

Outp

ut

2.1

.3:

Pro

duct

ive

safe

ty-n

ets

wit

h f

ocu

s on

smal

lhold

er y

outh

and w

om

en f

arm

-

ers

exp

anded

in s

elec

ted t

arget

are

as

Nu

mb

er o

f w

om

en,

yo

uth

and d

isab

led f

arm

ers

par

tici

pat

ing i

n l

abor

inte

nsi

ve

agri

cult

ure

work

fare

sch

emes

in t

arget

are

as

Bas

elin

e: 1

9,5

00

(W

B &

WF

P)

Tar

get

: 80

,000

Nu

mb

er o

f w

om

en,

yo

uth

, an

d p

eop

le w

ith

dis

abil

ity b

enef

itin

g f

rom

agri

cult

ura

l in

puts

dis

trib

uti

on,

gra

nts

and l

oan

sch

emes

in t

arget

area

s dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y c

ateg

ory

, in

puts

and

geo

gra

phic

are

a B

asel

ine:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 40

% i

ncr

ease

on 2

01

2 b

asel

ine

Nu

mb

er o

f co

mm

unit

y g

rain

res

erves

(C

GR

s)

esta

bli

shed

in t

arget

are

as d

isag

gre

gat

ed b

y

cate

gory

, in

puts

and g

eogra

phic

are

a B

asel

ine:

0

Tar

get

: 15

in

7 c

ounti

es (

Bong,

Lofa

, N

imb

a,

Gra

nd K

ru,

Gbar

polu

& B

om

i)

Pro

port

ion o

f p

ost

har

ves

t lo

sses

red

uce

d

thro

ugh l

oca

l pro

cess

ing

Bas

elin

e: 3

0-3

5 %

(20

11

) T

arget

: 25

%

Agri

cult

ura

l st

atis

tics

and W

B r

eport

s

C

onsu

ltat

ions:

N

atio

nal

Rura

l W

om

en‘s

Str

uc-

ture

, L

RR

RC

T

echnic

al A

dvic

e:

FE

WS

-NE

T

Cap

acit

y d

evel

op

men

t

for

post

har

ves

t m

an-

agem

ent:

UN

IDO

WF

P:

$4

,50

0, 00

0

FA

O:

$3

,50

0,0

00

UN

Wom

en:

$7

50

,000

UN

IDO

: $

6,0

00

,000

48

Ou

tput

2.1

.4

Uti

liza

tio

n o

f N

atu

ral

Res

ou

rces

(lan

d,

wat

er a

nd

fo

rest

) im

pro

ved

Hec

tare

s o

f la

nd

un

der

lo

wla

nd

ric

e fa

rmin

g

Bas

elin

e: 2

7,0

00

in

201

0

Tar

get

: 4

2,0

00 i

n 2

017

Hec

tare

s o

f la

nd

un

der

irr

igat

ed l

ow

lan

d

farm

ing s

yst

ems

Bas

elin

e: 3

,00

0 i

n 2

010

Tar

get

: 1

0,0

00 i

n 2

017

Nu

mb

er o

f co

mm

un

itie

s as

sist

ed t

o a

do

pt

sust

ain

able

fo

rest

res

ou

rces

man

agem

ent

pra

ctic

es (

dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y c

ateg

ory

, an

d

geo

gra

ph

ic a

rea)

Bas

elin

e: 1

0 c

om

mu

nit

ies

Tar

get

: 3

0 c

om

mu

nit

ies

Nu

mb

er o

f co

mm

un

itie

s as

sist

ed t

o a

dap

t

and

mit

igat

e th

e ef

fect

s o

f cl

imat

e ch

ange

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y c

ateg

ory

, an

d g

eogra

ph

ic

area

)

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

in

201

2

Tar

get

: 2

5 c

om

mu

nit

ies

Cro

p S

urv

ey

C

on

sult

atio

n:

Lan

d

Co

mm

issi

on

, E

PA

T

ech

nic

al A

ssis

tan

ce:

US

AID

/FE

D;

EP

A

WF

P:

$2

,000

,000

FA

O:

$3

,50

0,0

00

UN

DP

: $

4,7

50

,000

Ou

tput

2.1

.5:

Cap

acit

ies

of

pu

bli

c an

d c

om

mu

-

nit

y l

evel

in

stit

uti

on

s to

co

ord

i-

nat

e, d

eliv

er a

nd m

on

ito

r fo

od

secu

rity

pro

gra

mm

es i

ncr

ease

d

Nu

mb

er o

f fo

od

sec

uri

ty a

nd

vu

lner

abil

ity

asse

ssm

ent

rep

ort

s p

rodu

ced

Bas

elin

e: 1

ever

y 2

yea

rs

Tar

get

: 1

ever

y y

ear

Nu

mb

er o

f fa

rmer

-bas

ed o

rgan

izat

ion

s

assi

sted

to

del

iver

exte

nsi

on s

ervic

es

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y t

yp

e o

f m

emb

ersh

ip a

nd

geo

gra

ph

ic a

rea)

B

asel

ine:

11

Tar

get

: 2

5

Nu

mb

er o

f ag

ricu

ltu

ral

exte

nsi

on o

ffic

ers

per

cou

nty

(d

isag

gre

gat

ed b

y s

ex,

and

geo

gra

ph

-

ic a

rea)

Bas

elin

e :

TB

D w

ith

Mo

A

Tar

get

: In

crea

se b

y 1

00

%

Cro

p S

urv

ey

Mo

A r

epo

rts

C

on

sult

atio

ns:

Nat

ion

al F

arm

ers

Un

ion;

Nat

ion

al R

ura

l

Wo

men

‘s S

tru

ctu

re

WF

P:

$2

,500

,000

FA

O:

$7

,89

0,0

00

UN

Wo

men

: $

300

,000

49

Ou

tcom

e 2

.2:

Pri

va

te s

ecto

r

develo

pm

en

t Im

pro

ved

eq

ual

acc

ess

to s

ust

aina-

ble

liv

elih

oo

ds

op

port

unit

ies

in a

n

inno

vat

ive

and c

om

pet

itiv

e p

rivat

e

sect

or

for

rura

l an

d u

rban

are

as

Em

plo

ym

ent

to p

op

ula

tion r

atio

Bas

elin

e: 6

0.5

%

Tar

get

: T

BD

Shar

e of

wom

en i

n w

age

emp

loym

ent

in t

he

non

-agri

cult

ura

l se

ctor

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y s

ecto

r

and g

eogra

phic

are

a)

B

asel

ine:

11

.4%

T

arget

: 3

0%

Lab

our

forc

e par

tici

pat

ion r

ate

(dis

aggre

gat

ed

by s

ex,

age,

dis

abil

ity a

nd g

eogra

phic

are

a)

Bas

elin

e: L

iber

ia:

62

.8%

; U

rban

: 54

.9%

; R

ura

l:

71

.2%

; M

ale:

66

.1%

; F

emal

e: 5

9.9

%;

Youth

:

TB

D

Dis

abil

ity:

TB

D

Tar

get

: T

BD

wit

h G

over

nm

ent

Pro

port

ion o

f ow

n-a

ccount

and c

ontr

ibuti

ng

fam

ily w

ork

ers

(vuln

erab

le e

mp

loym

ent)

in

tota

l em

plo

ym

ent

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y s

ex,

age

and g

eogra

phic

are

a)

Bas

elin

e: L

iber

ia:

77

.9%

; U

rban

: 67

.5%

; R

ura

l:

86

.1%

; M

ale:

68

.3%

; F

emal

e: 8

7.3

%;

Youth

:

TB

D

Tar

get

: L

iber

ia:

65

%;

Urb

an:

55

%;

Rura

l:

75

%;

Mal

e: 6

0%

; F

emal

e: 7

0%

; Y

outh

: T

BD

P

rop

ort

ion o

f w

ork

ers

in t

he

info

rmal

sec

tor

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y c

ateg

ory

, se

x,

age

and g

eo-

gra

phic

are

a)

Bas

elin

e: L

iber

ia:

68

%;

Urb

an:

59%

; R

ura

l:

75

%;

Mal

e: 61

.3%

; F

emal

e: 7

4.7

% ;

Y

outh

:

TB

D,

Dis

able

d:

TB

D

Tar

get

: L

iber

ia:

55

%;

Urb

an:

50

%;

Rura

l:

60

%;

Mal

e: 55

%;

Fem

ale:

55

%;

Youth

:

TB

D,

Dis

able

d:

TB

D

Pro

port

ion o

f la

bour

forc

e in

the

pri

vat

e se

ctor

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y i

ndust

ry,

size

, se

x a

nd g

eo-

gra

phic

are

a)

Bas

elin

e: 5

7%

(in

cl.

info

rmal

sec

tor)

Tar

get

: 70

% (

incl

. in

form

al s

ecto

r)

Lib

eria

lab

our

forc

e

surv

ey

Nat

ional

p

op

ula

tion

and h

ousi

ng c

ensu

s

M

inis

try o

f L

abour

Lab

our

forc

e su

rvey

;

CW

IQ

Worl

d b

ank

rep

ort

Ris

ks

Corr

up

tion a

nd r

ent

seek

ing

beh

avio

r is

not

suff

icie

ntl

y

addre

ssed

In

flat

ion

L

ow

liq

uid

ity w

ithin

the

finan

-

cial

sec

tor

Slo

w g

row

th o

f th

e p

rivat

e

sect

or

lead

ing

to s

kil

led l

abor

sup

pli

es e

xce

edin

g d

eman

ds

Cost

s of

form

aliz

atio

n o

ut-

wei

gh t

he

exp

ecte

d b

enef

its

for

mic

ro e

nte

rpri

ses

Ass

um

pti

on

s G

over

nm

ent

rem

ains

com

mit

-

ted t

o i

ncl

usi

ve

gro

wth

, an

-

chore

d o

n t

he

pri

vat

e se

ctor,

and d

emo

nst

rate

s ow

ner

ship

of

the

refo

rm m

echan

ism

s In

fras

truct

ure

dev

elop

men

t,

incl

udin

g f

or

tran

sport

and

ener

gy,

mee

ts t

he

targ

ets

in

the

AfT

and l

eads

to l

ow

er

cost

s of

pro

duct

ion

C

once

ssio

nai

res

rem

ain c

om

-

mit

ted t

o a

dher

e to

pra

ctic

es o

f

corp

ora

te r

esp

onsi

bil

ity o

ut-

lined

by t

he

corp

ora

te r

esp

on-

sibil

ity f

oru

m

Dec

entr

aliz

atio

n o

f ban

kin

g

serv

ices

and c

onti

nued

co

m-

mit

men

t fr

om

the

centr

al b

ank

to t

he

exp

ansi

on o

f fi

nan

cial

serv

ices

in r

ura

l ar

eas

Lea

der

ship

and C

oord

i-

nat

ion:

Min

istr

y o

f L

abour

Cap

acit

y b

uil

din

g a

nd

skil

ls d

evel

op

men

t on

Wom

en E

nte

rpri

se

dev

elop

men

t: I

LO

, U

N

Wom

en

50

T

he

cost

of

do

ing b

usi

nes

s (a

s m

easu

red

in

the

Wo

rld

Ban

k B

usi

nes

s S

urv

ey)

Bas

elin

e: N

um

ber

of

day

s to

sta

rt a

bu

sin

ess:

9 d

ays;

Co

st a

s a

% o

f p

er c

apit

a in

com

e:

68

.4%

T

arget

: 7

day

s; 5

0%

Ou

tput

2.2

.1:

Str

ength

ened

cap

acit

ies

for

pro

mo

tio

n a

nd i

mp

lem

enta

tio

n o

f

lab

ou

r an

d e

mp

loym

ent

po

lici

es,

legis

lati

on

an

d p

artn

ersh

ips

Pro

po

rtio

n o

f p

aid

em

plo

yee

s, e

mp

loyer

s

and

mem

ber

s o

f p

rod

uce

rs‘

coop

erat

ives

in

tota

l em

plo

ym

ent,

dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y s

ex,

age,

dis

abil

ity a

nd

geo

gra

ph

ic a

rea

Bas

elin

e: L

iber

ia:

21

.1%

; U

rban

: 4

1.6

%;

Ru

ral:

12

.8%

; M

ale:

31

.2%

; F

emal

e: 1

1.1

%;

Yo

uth

: T

BD

T

arget

: L

iber

ia:

30

%;

Urb

an:

45%

; R

ura

l:

20

%;

Mal

e: 3

5%

; F

emal

e: 2

0%

; Y

ou

th:

TB

D,

Dis

abil

ity:

TB

D

Nu

mb

er o

f L

iber

ian

s in

th

e in

form

al s

ecto

r

rep

rese

nte

d b

y w

ork

er a

sso

ciat

ion

s o

r un

ion

s B

asel

ine:

TB

D w

ith

Mo

L

Tar

get

: T

BD

N

um

ber

of

chil

d l

abou

r ca

ses

iden

tifi

ed a

nd

con

clu

sivel

y i

nves

tig

ated

(d

isag

gre

gat

ed b

y

cate

go

ry,

ind

ust

ry,

sex a

nd

geo

gra

ph

ical

area

) B

asel

ine:

TB

D w

ith

Mo

L

Tar

get

: T

BD

N

um

ber

of

coll

ecti

ve

bar

gai

nin

g a

gre

emen

ts

reac

hed

bet

wee

n t

he

Tri

par

tite

par

tner

s

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y c

ateg

ory

an

d i

nd

ust

ry)

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

wit

h M

oL

T

arget

: T

BD

E

vid

ence

an

d e

xis

ten

ce o

f th

e im

ple

men

ta-

tio

n o

f H

IV a

nd

AID

S p

oli

cies

and

pro

gra

mm

es i

n t

he

wo

rk p

lace

Lab

ou

r F

orc

e S

urv

ey

Rep

ort

M

inis

try o

f L

abo

ur

Rep

ort

s

L

ead

ersh

ip a

nd

coo

r-

din

atio

n:

Min

istr

y o

f

Lab

ou

r S

upp

ort

to t

he

Imp

le-

men

t o

f N

atio

nal

Em

plo

ym

ent

Po

licy

and

Act

ion

Pla

n:

ILO

,

UN

Wo

men

T

ech

nic

al A

dvis

ory

Ser

vic

es:

UN

MIL

HR

PS

UN

Wo

men

: $

300

,000

ILO

: $

1,0

00

,000

UN

MIL

HR

PS

:

$2

0,0

00

51

B

asel

ine:

Nat

ional

HIV

and A

IDS

Work

pla

ce

Poli

cy a

dop

ted;

Nat

ional

Rub

ber

Sec

tor

HIV

and A

IDS

Work

Pla

ce p

oli

cy p

endin

g

Tar

get

: Im

ple

men

tati

on o

f H

IV a

nd

AID

S

Work

pla

ce P

oli

cy i

n v

ario

us

sect

ors

; A

dop

tion

and i

mp

lem

enta

tion o

f th

e N

atio

nal

Rub

ber

Sec

tor

HIV

and A

IDS

Work

Pla

ce p

oli

cy

Avai

lab

ilit

y o

f a

stra

tegy f

or

the

roll

-out

of

the

Dec

ent

Work

Bil

l at

MO

L

B

asel

ine:

No

Tar

get

: Y

es

Outp

ut

2.2

.2:

Mec

han

ism

s dev

elop

ed t

o s

trea

mli

ne

the

regula

tory

fra

mew

ork

for

the

pri

vat

e se

ctor,

incl

udin

g s

tandar

diz

a-

tion o

f en

forc

emen

t m

echan

ism

s b

y

201

7

A s

trea

mli

ned

pri

vat

e se

ctor

regula

tory

fra

me-

work

wit

h s

tandar

diz

ed e

nfo

rcem

ent

mec

ha-

nis

ms

in p

lace

B

asel

ine:

No

Tar

get

: Y

es

Exis

tence

of

an I

SO

Cer

tifi

ed N

atio

nal

Sta

nd-

ards

Lab

B

asel

ine:

No

Tar

get

: Y

es

Exis

tence

of

coord

inat

ed a

nd s

tandar

diz

ed

enfo

rcem

ent

mec

han

ism

s fo

r co

mm

erci

al

contr

acts

and c

once

ssio

n a

gre

emen

ts

Bas

elin

e: N

o

Tar

get

: Y

es

NIC

and M

oC

I M

IS

rep

ort

s M

oC

I C

om

mer

cial

Court

reco

rds

L

eader

ship

an

d c

oord

i-

nat

ion:

Min

istr

y

of

Lab

our,

M

ove,

MoC

I

and C

om

mer

cial

court

s T

echnic

al s

up

port

and

Ad

vis

ory

: U

NM

IL

HR

PS

, U

ND

P,

ILO

A

dvoca

cy f

or

pro

mo-

tion o

f p

rivat

e se

ctor

inst

ituti

onal

fra

mew

ork

:

UN

IDO

UN

DP

: $6

,000

,000

ILO

: $

1,0

00

,000

UN

MIL

HR

PS

: $

15,0

00

Outp

ut

2.2

.3:

Incr

ease

d a

cces

s to

busi

nes

s

dev

elop

men

t se

rvic

es a

nd q

ual

ity

voca

tional

tra

inin

g,

focu

sing o

n

emp

loym

ent

crea

tion,

MS

ME

s de-

vel

op

men

t ta

rget

ing y

outh

, w

om

en

and d

iffe

rentl

y a

ble

d p

erso

ns

Nu

mb

er o

f p

erso

ns

gra

duat

ing a

nnual

ly f

rom

qual

ity v

oca

tional

tra

inin

g a

nd b

usi

nes

s sk

ills

trai

nin

g,

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y v

uln

erab

ilit

y,

sex,

age,

dis

abil

ity a

nd g

eogra

phic

are

a)

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

in 2

012

Tar

get

: 10

,000

per

yea

r

MoL

, M

oC

I, M

oY

S

rep

ort

s L

abour

Forc

e S

urv

ey

L

eader

ship

and c

oord

i-

nat

ion:

Mol,

MoC

I an

d

MoY

S

Tec

hnic

al an

d a

dvis

ory

sup

port

: U

N W

om

en,

ILO

, U

NID

O,

UN

MIL

HR

PS

ILO

:$4

00

,000

UN

Wom

en:

$4

,500

,000

UN

MIL

HR

PS

: $

20,0

00

* F

urt

her

dis

cuss

ion r

equir

ed o

n i

ndic

ativ

e re

sou

rces

fro

m U

NID

O

52

Ou

tput

2.2

.4:

En

han

ced a

cces

s to

su

stai

nab

le

fin

anci

al s

ervic

es,

mar

ket

lin

kag

es

and

val

ue

chai

n u

pgra

din

g f

or

MS

ME

s, w

ith

sp

ecia

l fo

cus

on

the

rura

l ar

eas

Nu

mb

er o

f re

gis

tere

d M

SM

Es

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y i

nd

ust

ry,

ow

ner

ship

, se

x,

dis

abil

ity a

nd

geo

gra

ph

ic a

rea)

B

asel

ine:

8,3

69 b

usi

nes

ses

regis

tere

d w

ith

LB

R (

7,2

00

are

Lib

eria

n o

wn

ed, 1

169

are

fore

ign

bu

sin

esse

s) a

nd

388

pet

ty t

rad

ers

regis

tere

d

Tar

get

: T

arget

TB

D w

ith

GO

L

Nu

mb

er o

f fi

nan

cial

pro

du

cts

avai

lab

le

thro

ugh

fo

rmal

in

stit

uti

on

s (d

isag

gre

gat

ed b

y

typ

e, s

ize

of

lo

ans,

tar

get

ed c

lien

ts a

nd

geo

gra

ph

ic a

rea)

B

asel

ine:

TB

D w

ith

Cen

tral

Ban

k L

iber

ia

and

Mo

CI

Tar

get

: T

BD

N

um

ber

of

per

son

s ac

cess

ing f

inan

cial

serv

ices

th

rou

gh V

illa

ge

Sav

ings

and

Lo

an

Ass

oci

atio

ns

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y s

ex,

age,

dis

abil

ity a

nd

geo

gra

ph

ical

are

a)

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

wit

h C

entr

al B

ank L

iber

ia i

n

20

12

Tar

get

: 3

0,0

00

Mo

CI

/ L

iber

ia

Bu

sin

ess

Reg

istr

y

CB

L R

epo

rts

T

ech

nic

al a

nd

Ad

vis

o-

ry s

up

po

rt:

UN

MIL

HR

PS

UN

DP

: $

5,7

50

,000

UN

Wo

men

:

$1

,500

,00

0

UN

MIL

HR

PS

:

$3

0,0

00

Ou

tco

me

2.3

: B

asi

c In

frast

ru

c-

ture

an

d

En

erg

y

Imp

roved

acc

ess

to s

ust

ain

able

bas

ic i

nfr

astr

uct

ure

Pro

po

rtio

n o

f u

rban

po

pu

lati

on

liv

ing i

n

slu

ms

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y s

ex,

age,

dis

abil

ity

and

geo

gra

ph

ic a

rea)

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

T

arget

: T

BD

Per

cen

t o

f h

ou

seh

old

s w

ith

acc

ess

to e

lec-

tric

ity a

nd

/ o

r re

new

able

en

erg

y s

ou

rces

,

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y s

ex o

f h

ead

of

ho

use

ho

ld

and

geo

gra

ph

ic a

rea)

B

asel

ine:

10

% i

n M

on

rovia

, 2

% i

n r

ura

l

area

s T

arget

: T

BD

MoP

W r

epo

rt o

f n

ew

feed

er r

oad

s

N

atio

nal

Po

pu

lati

on

and

Hou

sin

g C

ensu

s

Ris

ks

No

n-e

xo

ner

atio

n o

f al

tern

a-

tive

ener

gy p

rod

uct

s fr

om

cust

om

s d

uti

es m

akes

pro

d-

uct

s u

naf

ford

able

fo

r p

ub

lic

con

sum

pti

on

Do

mes

tic

skil

ls n

ot

ade-

qu

atel

y d

evel

op

ed t

o m

eet

the

nee

ds

for

infr

astr

uct

ure

con

stru

ctio

n

Inte

rven

tio

ns

for

imp

rovin

g

ho

usi

ng c

ond

itio

ns

for

the

po

or

ben

efit

hig

h i

nco

me

earn

ers

Lib

eria

n p

rivat

e se

cto

r to

o

wea

k t

o s

up

po

rt i

nfr

astr

uc-

ture

dev

elo

pm

ent

Lea

der

ship

an

d C

oo

r-

din

atio

n:

Min

istr

y o

f

Pu

bli

c W

ork

s T

ech

nic

al S

up

po

rt:

WB

, U

NO

PS

, U

N H

AB

ITA

T,

UN

DP

, U

N W

om

en,

FA

O,

UN

MIL

53

A

ssu

mp

tion

s G

over

nm

ent

rem

ain

s co

m-

mit

ted

to

im

pro

vin

g h

ou

sin

g

con

dit

ion

s fo

r th

e u

rban

po

or

Co

st o

f gri

d e

lect

rici

ty

con

tin

ues

to d

ecli

ne

Po

licy

fra

mew

ork

s en

do

rsed

by t

he

Go

ver

nm

ent

of

Lib

eria

H

igh

way

s an

d o

ther

dev

el-

op

men

t co

rrid

ors

are

buil

t

Ou

tput

2.3

.1:

Nat

ion

al U

rban

D

evel

op

men

t

Str

ateg

y,

pla

ns

and

leg

al f

ram

e-

wo

rk p

rep

ared

an

d c

apac

itie

s

stre

ngth

ened

fo

r im

ple

men

tati

on

by 2

01

7

Nat

ion

al u

rban

dev

elo

pm

ent

stra

teg

y a

nd

legal

fra

mew

ork

in

pla

ce

Bas

elin

e: 0

T

arget

: 1

Nat

ion

al u

rban

dev

elo

pm

ent

pla

ns

in p

lace

B

asel

ine:

0

Tar

get

: 1

0

MoP

W,

ML

ME

,

NH

A,

LW

SC

an

d

LE

C a

nn

ual

rep

ort

L

ead

ersh

ip &

Co

ord

i-

nat

ion

: M

oP

W

Tec

hn

ical

Su

ppo

rt:

UN

Hab

itat

UN

Hab

itat

:

$7

,000

,00

0

UN

OP

S:

$18

,000

,00

0

Ou

tput

2.3

.2:

Po

licy

fra

mew

ork

dev

elo

ped

fo

r

incr

easi

ng a

cces

s to

ad

equ

ate

and

affo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g a

nd

cap

acit

y o

f

Nat

ion

al H

ou

sin

g A

uth

ori

ty

stre

ngth

ened

fo

r im

ple

men

tati

on

by 2

01

7

Nat

ion

al H

ou

sin

g P

oli

cy a

vai

lab

le

Bas

elin

e: 0

T

arget

: 1

NH

A a

nn

ual

rep

ort

M

oP

W d

ata/

repo

rt

NH

A a

nd

MoP

W

ann

ual

rep

ort

L

ead

ersh

ip &

Co

ord

i-

nat

ion

: M

oP

W

Tec

hn

ical

Su

ppo

rt:

UN

Hab

itat

UN

Hab

itat

:

$2

,000

,00

0

UN

OP

S:

$2,0

00

,000

Ou

tput

2.3

.3:

Agri

cult

ura

l an

d m

ark

etin

g i

nfr

a-

stru

ctu

re e

xp

and

ed

Nu

mb

er o

f g

end

er-s

ensi

tive

mar

ket

fac

ilit

ies

con

stru

cted

dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y t

yp

e an

d

loca

tio

n

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

T

arget

: In

crea

se b

y 1

00

%

Kil

om

eter

s o

f fe

eder

ro

ad a

nd b

rid

ges

reh

a-

bil

itat

ed/c

on

stru

cted

dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y t

yp

e,

len

gth

an

d l

oca

tio

n

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

T

arget

: T

BD

Lib

eria

Pro

du

ce a

nd

Mar

ket

ing C

orp

ora

-

tio

n (

LP

MC

), M

oA

,

Far

mer

s C

orp

ora

tive

ann

ual

rep

ort

M

oP

W a

nd

Mo

A

ann

ual

rep

ort

L

ead

ersh

ip

and

coo

r-

din

atio

n:

MoP

W a

nd

Mo

A

Tec

hn

ical

an

d

cap

acit

y b

uil

din

g:

UN

DP

, U

N W

om

en &

ILO

UN

Wo

men

:

$4

,000

,00

0

UN

DP

: $

4,4

00

,000

ILO

: $

3,5

00

,000

54

Outp

ut

2.3

.4:

Enhan

ced c

apac

itie

s of

nat

ional

agen

cies

for

on g

rid a

nd o

ff g

rid

elec

tric

ity p

rovis

ion,

wit

h p

arti

cula

r

focu

s on p

rovid

ing a

lter

nat

ive

ener

-

gy s

ourc

es t

o r

ura

l co

mm

unit

ies,

by

201

7

Exis

tence

of

a m

aste

r p

lan f

or

dev

elop

men

t of

Rura

l an

d R

enew

able

Ener

gy

Bas

elin

e: 0

Tar

get

: 1

Nu

mb

er o

f ru

ral

com

mu

nit

ies

acce

ssin

g a

fford

-

able

and r

elia

ble

alt

ernat

ive

ener

gy s

ourc

es

(dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y g

eogra

phic

are

a)

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

T

arget

: T

BD

Rura

l an

d R

enew

able

Ener

gy A

gen

cy

(RR

EA

) of

Lib

eria

R

RE

A d

ata

and

annual

rep

ort

UN

Wom

en:

$2

00

,000

UN

DP

: $2

,200

,000

Ou

tcom

e 2

.4:

Macro-e

con

om

ic

poli

cy

en

vir

on

men

t Im

pro

ved

evid

ence

-bas

ed p

oli

cies

to

mai

nta

in a

sta

ble

and i

ncl

usi

ve

mac

ro-e

cono

mic

en

vir

on

men

t

Pro

port

ion o

f off

icia

l house

hold

surv

ey a

nd

censu

s re

port

s co

nta

inin

g d

ata

(dis

aggre

gat

ed

by s

ex,

age,

educa

tion,

etc.

and a

t nat

ional

,

sect

ora

l an

d c

ounty

lev

els)

B

asel

ine:

70

%

Tar

get

: 100

%

Pro

port

ion o

f off

icia

l su

rvey

s p

lanned

un

der

the

NS

DS

co

mp

lete

d a

nd r

eport

s dis

sem

inat

ed

Bas

elin

e: 4

0%

T

arget

: 75

%

Pro

port

ion o

f nat

ional

, se

ctora

l an

d l

oca

l dev

el-

op

men

t p

oli

cies

and p

rogra

mm

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ula

ted

usi

ng d

ata

and s

tati

stic

s, i

nte

gra

ting p

op

ula

tion

fact

ors

and d

isag

gre

gat

ed b

y s

ex

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elin

e: T

BD

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get

: T

BD

E

xis

tence

of

a gen

der

-res

ponsi

ve

budg

etin

g

fram

ework

at

nat

ional

and l

oca

l gover

nm

ent

level

s B

asel

ine:

0

Tar

get

: 1

Lib

eria

‘s E

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mp

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sourc

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on

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elin

e: 1

6-2

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arget

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%

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port

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f L

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tar

iffs

ali

gned

wit

h

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co

mm

on e

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tar

iff

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elin

e: T

BD

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arget

: T

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Nat

ional

Str

ateg

y f

or

Dev

elop

men

t S

tati

s-

tics

(N

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ional

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inat

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iff

(NC

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ks

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tici

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chan

ges

in t

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curr

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regim

e O

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cris

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regio

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de

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ent

staf

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e su

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cap

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rem

ains

com

mit

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o s

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acro

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man

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and p

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rman

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ver

nm

ent

and L

egis

latu

re

rem

ain c

om

mit

ted t

o g

ender

equal

ity i

n p

lannin

g a

nd b

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g

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ional

Str

ateg

y f

or

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elop

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men

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tati

stic

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mai

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tional

and e

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tivel

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coll

ecti

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rate

d c

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mit

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t of

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WA

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ou

ntr

ies

for

regio

nal

eco

no

mic

coop

erat

ion

and i

nte

gra

tion

55

Outp

ut

2.4

.1:

Enhan

ced n

atio

nal

and l

oca

l ca

pac

i-

ties

for

mac

ro-e

cono

mic

model

ing

and p

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cy r

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dev

elop

men

t

and a

dvoca

cy w

ith f

ocu

s on d

ata

coll

ecti

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anal

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s an

d u

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ng d

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men

t re

sult

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Gs,

by 2

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mb

er o

f nat

ional

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taff

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ple

ting f

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al t

rain

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ours

es o

n d

ata

man

agem

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elin

e: T

BD

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arget

: T

BD

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um

ber

of

nat

ional

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taff

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nal

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le b

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and o

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ength

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ity o

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ine:

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tence

of

info

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lica

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port

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by n

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nal

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lish

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ded

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reg

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o

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der

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po

nsi

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dget

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end

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nat

ion

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nal

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wit

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ten

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f a

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ctio

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ord

i-

nat

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om

mit

tee

on

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ltil

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al S

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lan

ce

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elin

e: N

o

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get

: Y

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ten

ce o

f a

har

mo

niz

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n a

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nsi

tio

n

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n o

n C

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mo

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iff

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elin

e: N

o

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get

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po

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f in

tra-

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nal

tra

de

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m E

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n

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elin

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%

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get

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xis

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ce o

f n

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nal

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ns

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of

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nal

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: $

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0,0

00

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National Development Visions Statement

Improve the quality of life by investing in: quality education, affordable and accessible quality health

care, social protection for vulnerable citizens, and equitable access to healthy and environmentally friend-

ly water and sanitation services.


Universal Declaration on Human Rights

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Maputo Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa (African Charter on Human and People‘s Rights)

African Charter on the Rights & Welfare of the Child



MDG 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education


MDG 4: Reduce Child Mortality

MDG 5: Improve Maternal Health

MDG 6: Combat HIV and AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases

MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability

Key One Programme Outcome Statements

Outcome 3.1: Health and Nutrition: The population has increased access to and utilization of

equitable, affordable, and quality health and nutrition services

Outcome 3.2: Education: School-aged girls and boys and youth have increased access to quality

inclusive Early Child Development, Basic, Post-Basic and Alternative Basic Education

Outcome 3.3: Water Sanitation and Hygiene: The population has increased utilization of safe water

and practice safe sanitation and hygiene in underserved areas

Outcome 3.4: Social Welfare: Social welfare systems and services are improved and utilized,

especially by the most vulnerable groups and individuals

Outcome 3.5: Social Protection: Vulnerable households and groups benefit from appropriate social

protection services and systems

Outcome 3.6: HIV and AIDS: Scaled up access to and utilization of HIV prevention, treatment, care

2.3 ONE PROGRAMME PILLAR III: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMME SUMMARY


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2.3.1 Outcome 3.1: Health and Nutrition: access

and utilization of equitable, affordable and quality

health and nutrition services

Context

The number of skilled birth attendants per 10,000

persons is 5.7, still below the WHO recommended 23

per 10,000 persons. Maternal mortality stands at 994

per 100,000 live births (2011), among the highest in

the world, and under-5 mortality is 110 per 100,000

live births. Chronic malnutrition remains high at 42%,

while 36% of children under-five are chronically mal-

nourished.

As a whole, the sector suffers from a critical shortage

of skilled health workers, particularly in rural areas, as

well as the inadequate performance of existing health-

related personnel, often also insufficiently trained and

deployed in ill-equipped primary health care facilities.


The Government's priorities in the AfT are centered

on improving both the quality and access to the health

system so that it serves the needs of all Liberians. The

following priority interventions have been identified:

Rehabilitation of remaining health facilities and

the recruitment/deployment of qualified clinical

staff.

Improvement of the operational efficiency, effec-

tiveness, financial sustainability, and accountabil-

ity of health services.

Promotion of community health, through the

recruitment of networks of trained health volun-

teers.

Increased access to and use of Essential Package

of Health and Social (EPHS) Welfare Services,

especially in rural areas and by vulnerable popula-

tions.

Reduced mortality and stunting by 25% and

increased immunization coverage from 74% to

80% for children under-five.

Reduced maternal mortality rate by 25%.

Provision of medical supplies and essential drugs

to facilities countrywide.

UN Contribution

The UN will assist the Government in improving

access to and quality of health care facilities in several

ways:

Building capacity to provide quality maternal and

newborn health services and ensuring compliance

with national policies.

Increasing awareness and knowledge of maternal

and newborn health care services.

Building capacity within the Ministry to implement

and monitor the essential package of health

services (EPHS) within a human rights framework.

Enhancing the ability of health workers to manage

cases of common childhood illnesses.

Assisting the Ministry in ensuring that a 90%

immunization rate is maintained.

Building the capacity of health workers and volun-

teers to deliver essential nutrition interventions.

Spreading knowledge of optimal feeding and care

practices for children below two years in targeted

regions.

2 3.2 Outcome 3.2: Education: school-aged girls

and boys and youth have increased access to

quality inclusive Early Child Development, Basic,

Post-Basic and Alternative Basic Education

Context

Although enrolment rates in primary and secondary

schools have improved considerably, many children

are still deprived of their right to education. The main

reasons given by families for children not attending

school include the inability of parents to pay school

fees, excessive distances to schools and lack of quali-

fied teachers. Many schools are still not implementing

the GoL‘s Free and Compulsory Education Policy that

removes fees in public primary schools, while it is

considered standard practice to oblige parents to pay

for uniforms, textbooks and other expenses, which, in

many instances, are used to cover schools‘ operating

costs. The total amount spent by households on educa-

tion is equivalent to US$27 million, greater than the

budget allocated by government to the sector (US$23

million).

The quality of learning in schools is also undermined

by overcrowding in classes, low salaries for teachers

and an inadequate number and geographical distribu-

tion of qualified teachers. Over 60% of primary school

teachers do not possess the required minimum qualifi-

cations. The situation is worse in remote and difficult

to access rural areas. Classroom conditions in many

schools are extremely poor and the majority lack

proper sanitation, and basic equipment such as desks

and chairs.

Furthermore, vocational training is ad hoc, of varying

quality and is not demand-driven. As a result,

vocational training does not fulfill the needs of the

market and does not lead to employment for out of

work youth.

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To address these challenges the GoL‘s strategic objec-

tives include:

Ensuring equitable access to free basic education

for all children and youth.

Improving the quality, relevance and accessibility

of secondary, tertiary and vocational/technical

education and to alternative basic education

programmes for out of school adolescents.

Increasing the numbers and improving the compe-

tencies of teachers in public schools.

Improving national and community oversight,

standards and coordination to ensure quality educa-

tion.

Rehabilitating and building functioning schools by

providing them with teachers, basic utilities and

equipment.

UN Contribution

The UN will provide technical advisory and policy

development services in the following areas:

Designing, modeling and piloting a holistic early

child development (ECD) approach.

Improving the learning level of children in basic

education.

Strengthening the education management system,

particularly as the system is decentralized.

Strengthening expanded post-basic education.

Designing and assisting with the implementation

of alternative basic education systems.

Continuing, and increasing government owner-

ship of the school feeding programme.

2.3.3 Outcome 3.3: Social Welfare and Social

Protection: systems and service improvement

Context

Social welfare and protection services are designed to

ensure that the poorest and most vulnerable in society

are safeguarded from violence, exploitation, abuse,

discrimination and neglect. With 47.9% of Liberia's

population living in extreme poverty, approximately

92,000 people living with disabilities, 4,300 orphaned

children and 85% of the workforce in vulnerable

employment, this is a daunting task. Lack of capacity

at the local level and coordination among the various

Government entities is also a challenge.

The GoL recognizes that addressing social welfare

and protection issues is a critical means of reaching

the country‘s poor and marginalized populations.

Ongoing social protection programmes in Liberia, the

majority of which are financed by external partners,

will provide a strong foundation on which the GoL can

build a comprehensive and inclusive social protection

system.


In the AfT, the GoL has committed to assuming

progressive responsibility for social protection

programmes by:

Adopting and implementing a National Social

Protection Strategy to benefit the poorest and most

vulnerable households and groups.

Improving social service capacities nationally and

at county level, with the participation of communi-

ties.

Establishing an Alternative Care Unit to assist

orphans and families who are willing to host them.

Increasing access to services such as cash

transfers, food for work programmes, food supple-

mentation programmes, school feeding, family

planning and social welfare services for vulnerable

populations.

UN Contribution

The One Programme will support the GoL to achieve

its goals by focusing on:

In the area of Social Welfare:

Building the capacity of social workers to manage

cases, monitor situations and promote family-based

care.

Contributing to the establishment of birth registra-

tion services across the country.

Creating safe and secure environments for

survivors and individuals at risk of violence,

exploitation and abuse across the country.

In the area of Social Protection:

Building the capacity of relevant officials and staff

to deliver social protection services.

Increasing opportunities for vulnerable youth to

seek employment and improve their livelihoods.

Supporting safety net cash programmes to the most

vulnerable households.

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2.3.4 Outcome 3.4: Water, Sanitation and

Hygiene

Context

Liberia has one of the highest rainfall rates in the

world and an abundance of rivers and streams.

However, even before the conflict, the country‘s water

supply infrastructure was minimal outside the capital.

During the war, Monrovia‘s pipe-borne water system

suffered major damage and is still operating at only

27% of its pre-war capacity. Access rate to an

improved drinking water source is 68% nationwide

(79% in urban areas and 51% in rural areas), and only

4% of households have pipe-borne water connections.

Most protected sources are hand-dug wells in shallow

water table areas or bore holes with hand pumps in

low water table areas. A recent mapping exercise

revealed that 40% of the improved water points have

either broken down or do not yield sufficient water

year round. At present, there is no sense of communi-

ty ownership of protected water points, nor is there an

effective system for their maintenance and repair.

Under these circumstances, use of unsafe water, lack

of basic sanitation and poor knowledge of hygiene

practices contribute to the high rate of mortality and

morbidity of children under five. Water-borne

diseases, including diarrhea and cholera account for

over one third of child deaths in the country.

Institutionally, several Government entities have over-

sight of the water and sanitation sector, which has led

to coordination challenges, further highlighting the

need for a coherent strategy and policy framework

that identifies clear roles and linkages between the

concerned ministries and agencies.

The disposal of human waste presents an even greater

challenge. Nearly half of the population lack access to

toilets, while 20% use shared facilities. The situation

is even more alarming in rural areas where 77% lack

access to toilets. In urban areas, where housing is

denser, 30% of the population lack access to toilets,

and use streams, ditches, beaches and rivers. Lack of

solid waste disposal, poor drainage and rotting

garbage leads to a disease ridden environment. The

GoL has limited capacity to develop infrastructure

required to expand waste collection and water supply,

and lacks human resource capacity for planning and

coordination.


In terms of water and sanitation, the GoL plans to:

Expand and sustain water and sanitation services

country-wide, through the establishment of a clear

and functional governance structure, which

includes a National Water Resource and Sanitation

Board (NWRSB).

Increase safe hygiene practices by communities and

schools.

Expand equitable access to environmentally friendly

and sustainable water and sanitation services, solid

waste management, including to the poorest and

most vulnerable communities.

UN Contribution

The One Programme will contribute to creating an

expanded WASH sector by focusing on underserved

areas and prioritizing the following key interventions:

Providing improved water and sanitation services

to 400,000 additional people in underserved areas.

Providing and assisting with implementation of

WASH packages in 500 schools and 50 health

facilities in underserved areas.

Assisting with the establishment of the NWRSB

and other governing bodies.

Building capacity both centrally and at county

level for monitoring and evaluation.

Building capacity at central level for financial

management.

2.3.5 Outcome 3.5: HIV and AIDS

Context

A National AIDS Strategic Framework (NSF) 2010-

2014 was finalized in January 2010 to provide

guidance for a broad-based and expanded AIDS

response in the country. Subsequently, a plan to opera-

tionalize the NSF, including actions to address gender,

women, girls and HIV related challenges was

developed. The NSF and other strategic sources of

information indicate that although Liberia is a low

HIV prevalence (1.5%) country, it is faced with the

threat of increased infection due to cross-border move-

ments into Liberia. According to the Demographic

Health Survey (2007), the urban areas of Liberia, in

particular Montserrado County and the border areas,

register a higher HIV prevalence at 2.5% compared to

that of rural areas at 0.08%. The central region, includ-

ing Monrovia, has an HIV prevalence of 2.6%

followed by the South Eastern region bordering Côte

d‘Ivoire with 1.7%. North Central Liberia has the low-

est prevalence rate of 0.6%.

Over the last few years, a number of positive strides

have been made in addressing issues related to HIV

and AIDS in Liberia, including:

Expanding Services for the Prevention of Mother

to Child Transmission by 90% from 156 Health

facilities in 2010 to 297 health facilities presently;

with PMTCT sites increased from 144 in 2010 to

256 in 2011.

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National Network of People Living with HIV was

established and is helping with advocacy on

rights and information.

Increasing access to HIV treatment, care and

support from 3891 in 2010 to 4953 in 2010; and

6,804 for care in 2010 to 8824.

Despite these gains, condom use remains low, and

vulnerability of women and girls as a result of GBV,

including rape, and inadequate and unaffordable basic

socioeconomic services among people living with

HIV (PLHIV) and orphans and vulnerable children

(OVC) remains high. There is also inadequate infor-

mation on HIV/AIDS in the education sector and

limited resources and skills among caregivers. The

country is also faced with limited reproductive health

facilities for prevention of mother-to-child transmis-

sion (PMTCT) and low utilization and/or coverage of

voluntary, counseling and testing (VCT) services in

the general population.


The Government plans to prevent the spread of HIV

and mitigate the impact of AIDS on those infected,

their families, and the nation through:

Curbing risky behavior by increasing knowledge

of HIV and AIDS among traditional, religious,

and community leaders as well as youth.

Improving the quality and coverage of health

treatment, social support, employment, and

economic opportunities for HIV-affected persons.

Improving the society‘s perceptions of PLHIV

with the aim of reducing stigma and discrimina-

tion.

UN Contribution

The One Programme will support the GoL to sustain

focus on prevention and treatment for HIV prevalence

by:

Increasing understanding and knowledge of the

causes of HIV infection among youth and adoles-

cents.

Increasing the number of infected women access-

ing treatment.

Increasing access to quality care, treatment and

support services for people living with HIV.

Building capacity to respond to HIV throughout

the country.

63

Nati

on

al

Devel

op

men

t G

oal:

T

o i

mp

rove

qu

alit

y o

f li

fe b

y i

nves

tin

g i

n:

qu

alit

y e

du

cati

on

; af

ford

able

an

d a

cces

sib

le q

ual

ity h

ealt

h c

are;

so

cial

pro

tect

ion

fo

r vu

lner

able

cit

izen

s; a

nd

eq

uit

able

acce

ss t

o e

nvir

on

men

tall

y f

rien

dly

wat

er a

nd

san

itat

ion

ser

vic

es

On

e P

rog

ram

me P

illa

r II

I:

Hu

ma

n D

evel

op

men

t

Ou

tco

mes/

Ou

tpu

ts

Ind

icato

rs,

Base

lin

es,

Targ

ets

Mea

ns

of

Veri

fica

tion

R

isk

s a

nd

Ass

um

pti

on

s R

ole

of

Part

ners

Ou

tco

me

3.1

: H

ealt

h a

nd

Nu

trit

ion

T

he

po

pu

lati

on

has

in

crea

sed

acce

ss t

o a

nd u

tili

zati

on o

f eq

uit

a-

ble

, af

ford

able

, an

d q

ual

ity h

ealt

h

and

nu

trit

ion

ser

vic

es.

% o

f h

ealt

h f

acil

itie

s ac

hie

vin

g t

wo

-sta

r le

vel

of

EP

HS

acc

red

itat

ion

Bas

elin

e:

9%

T

arget

:

90

%

Pro

po

rtio

n o

f d

eliv

erie

s w

ith

skil

led

bir

th

atte

nd

ants

B

asel

ine:

22

%

Tar

get

: 4

0%

%

of

Hea

lth

Cen

ters

an

d H

osp

ital

s p

rovid

ing

fun

ctio

nal

em

ergen

cy o

bst

etri

c an

d n

eon

atal

care

ser

vic

es

Bas

elin

e: 3

8%

T

arget

: 6

5%

C

on

trac

epti

ve

pre

val

ence

rat

e (C

PR

) an

d

un

met

nee

d

CP

R B

asel

ine:

11

%

CP

R T

arget

: 1

6%

U

nm

et b

asel

ine:

36

%

Un

met

tar

get

:18

%

Pro

po

rtio

n o

f ch

ild

ren w

ho

rec

eived

Pen

ta-3

B

asel

ine:

73

%

Tar

get

: 9

0%

P

ropo

rtio

n o

f in

fan

ts (

0-6

mo

nth

s) e

xcl

usi

ve-

ly b

reas

tfed

B

asel

ine:

3

4%

T

arget

: 5

0%

E

xis

ten

ce o

f gu

idel

ines

fo

r d

isab

ilit

y-

sen

siti

ve

EP

HS

Bas

elin

e:

No

Tar

get

: Y

es

Exis

ten

ce o

f G

uid

elin

es o

n N

on

-

Co

mm

un

icab

le D

isea

ses

(NC

D)

Bas

elin

e: N

o

Tar

get

: Y

es

EP

HS

Acc

red

itat

ion

rep

ort

H

MIS

, C

WIQ

an

d

DH

S

Em

ON

C

Ass

ess-

men

t L

DH

S,

HM

IS,

LD

HS

, H

MIS

E

PI

Su

rvey

an

d

Rev

iew

Ris

ks

Lac

k o

f ad

equ

ate

fulf

illm

ent

of

do

no

r co

mm

itm

ents

F

ood

sec

uri

ty,

foo

d p

rice

s

and

liv

elih

ood

sit

uat

ion

det

erio

rate

s P

lan

nin

g,

man

agem

ent

and

mo

nit

ori

ng c

apac

ity n

ot

adeq

uat

ely e

nh

ance

d

Ass

um

pti

on

s In

crea

sed

res

ou

rces

all

oca

-

tio

n f

or

imp

lem

enta

tio

n o

f

EP

HS

Nat

ion

al H

ealt

h h

um

an

reso

urc

e p

lan

eff

ecti

vel

y

imp

lem

ente

d

Su

pp

ly c

hai

n a

nd

lo

gis

tics

man

agem

ent

syst

em e

ffec

-

tive

Ro

ad M

ap o

n M

ater

nal

an

d

New

bo

rn h

ealt

h i

s fu

lly

imp

lem

ente

d

Mat

ern

ity l

egis

lati

on

an

d

Co

de

of

Bre

ast

mil

k S

ub

sti-

tute

s C

od

e en

acte

d

Mo

HS

W t

o p

rovid

e

over

all

coo

rdin

atio

n

for

the

sect

or,

wit

h

spec

ific

in

pu

ts f

rom

the

com

mu

nit

y h

ealt

h,

fam

ily h

ealt

h,

and

nu

trit

ion

div

isio

ns

LIS

GIS

wil

l co

ord

i-

nat

e st

atis

tics

fo

r th

e

sect

or

Maj

or

no

n-U

N P

oo

l

Fu

nd

con

trib

uto

rs

incl

ud

e: E

U,

Iris

hA

id,

DfI

D

On

e P

rog

ram

me

Pil

lar

3:

Hu

ma

n D

ev

elo

pm

ent

64

Outp

ut

3.1

.1:

Str

ength

ened

nat

ional

cap

acit

y t

o

pro

vid

e co

mp

rehen

sive

mat

ernal

and

new

born

hea

lth

serv

ices

w

ith

emp

has

is o

n m

ost

vuln

erab

le a

nd

mar

gin

aliz

ed c

om

munit

ies

in c

om

-

pli

ance

wit

h n

atio

nal

poli

cies

Pro

port

ion o

f hea

lth f

acil

itie

s w

ith f

unct

ionin

g

refe

rral

syst

ems

Bas

elin

e: 7

0%

T

arget

: 9

0%

P

rop

ort

ion o

f hea

lth f

acil

itie

s p

rovid

ing y

outh

-,

adole

scen

t-an

d d

isab

ilit

y-f

rien

dly

S

RH

serv

ices

acc

ord

ing t

o s

tandar

ds

Bas

elin

e: 1

5%

for

youth

and a

dole

scen

t, N

/A

for

dis

abil

ity

Tar

get

: 5

0%

P

rop

ort

ion o

f co

unti

es r

eport

ing m

ater

nal

and

neo

nat

al d

eath

s w

ithin

48

hours

B

asel

ine:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 6

0%

P

erce

nta

ge

of

Em

ON

C f

acil

itie

s w

ith c

om

mu-

nic

atio

n s

yst

em i

n p

lace

B

asel

ine:

30

%

Tar

get

: 9

0%

P

rop

ort

ion o

f H

ealt

h F

acil

itie

s im

ple

men

tin

g

the

Road

Map

for

Red

uct

ion o

f M

ater

nal

and

New

born

Mort

alit

y a

ccord

ing t

o t

he

stan

dar

ds

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

T

arget

: 8

5%

EP

HS

acc

redit

atio

n

Rep

ort

H

MIS

H

MIS

Rep

ort

H

MIS

Rep

ort

E

PH

S a

ccre

dit

atio

n

Rep

ort

M

erli

n w

ill

par

tici

pat

e

in k

ey a

ctiv

itie

s th

rough

the

Pool

Fun

d

Tec

hnic

al a

dvis

ory

Ser

vic

es:

UN

MIL

HR

PS

UN

ICE

F:

$7

,40

0,0

00

UN

FP

A:

$20

,838

,00

0

WH

O:

$1

,05

2,0

00

UN

MIL

HR

PS

:

$2

5,0

00

IOM

: $4

75

,00

0

Outp

ut

3.1

.2:

Wom

en a

nd a

dole

scen

ts h

ave

incr

ease

d a

war

enes

s an

d k

now

ledg

e

rela

ted t

o m

ater

nal

and n

ewb

orn

hea

lth c

are

info

rmat

ion a

nd s

ervic

es

Pro

port

ion o

f w

om

en a

nd a

dole

scen

ts w

ho

hav

e k

now

led

ge

in M

ater

nal

, N

ewborn

, an

d

Chil

d H

ealt

h c

are

and i

mm

uniz

atio

n i

ssues

B

asel

ine:

T

BD

T

arget

: 8

5%

P

rop

ort

ion o

f new

born

s b

reas

tfed

wit

hin

one

hour

of

bir

th

Bas

elin

e: 3

4%

T

arget

: 6

0%

P

rop

ort

ion o

f hea

lth f

acil

itie

s w

ith f

unct

ional

Co

mm

unit

y H

ealt

h D

evel

op

men

t C

om

mit

tee

(CH

Ds)

B

asel

ine:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 3

0%

KA

P S

urv

ey

KA

P S

urv

ey,

EP

I

Surv

ey

HM

IS,

Em

ON

C

Ass

essm

ent

M

erli

n w

ill

par

tici

pat

e

in k

ey a

ctiv

itie

s th

rough

the

Pool

Fun

d

Tec

hnic

al a

dvis

ory

Ser

vic

es:

UN

MIL

HR

PS

UN

FP

A:

$80

0,0

00

UN

ICE

F:

$2

,50

0,0

00

WH

O:

$1

,05

3,4

30

UN

MIL

HR

PS

:

$2

5,0

00

65

Outp

ut

3.1

.3:

Cap

acit

y o

f M

inis

try o

f H

ealt

h a

nd

Soci

al W

elfa

re s

tren

gth

ened

to

imp

lem

ent

and m

onit

or

EP

HS

at

all

level

s w

ithin

Hum

an R

ights

fr

ame-

work

Pro

port

ion o

f p

op

ula

tion w

ithin

5km

of

hea

lth

faci

lity

B

asel

ine:

6

9%

T

arget

: 8

5%

P

rop

ort

ion o

f tr

ansf

use

d b

lood t

hat

mee

ts

nat

ional

sta

ndar

ds

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

T

arget

: 1

00

%

Pro

port

ion o

f hea

lth f

acil

itie

s w

ith f

unct

ionin

g

dia

gnosi

s fo

r bas

ic i

nves

tigat

ion i

ncl

udin

g H

IV

and A

IDS

, T

ub

ercu

losi

s, a

nd M

alar

ia

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

T

arget

: 8

5%

P

rop

ort

ion o

f hea

lth f

acil

itie

s p

rovid

ing t

imel

y,

accu

rate

and c

om

ple

te H

IS r

eport

s to

the

MO

H&

SW

B

asel

ine:

7

6%

T

arget

: 9

0%

P

rop

ort

ion o

f hea

lth f

acil

itie

s w

ith n

o s

tock

-out

of

esse

nti

al d

rugs

in t

he

last

thre

e m

onth

s B

asel

ine:

T

BD

T

arget

: 8

0%

E

xis

tence

of

Mult

i-se

ctora

l p

lan o

n N

on

-

Co

mm

unic

able

Dis

ease

s (N

CD

).

Bas

elin

e: N

o

Tar

get

: Y

es

MO

HS

W A

nn

ual

Rep

ort

H

ealt

h M

anag

emen

t

Info

rmat

ion S

yst

em

(HM

IS)

and N

atio

nal

Blo

od S

afet

y R

eport

H

MIS

and N

atio

nal

Blo

od S

afet

y R

eport

H

MIS

and E

ssen

tial

Pub

lic

Hea

lth S

ervic

es

(EP

HS

) ac

cred

itat

ion

rep

ort

, H

MIS

H

MIS

, N

DS

Rep

ort

U

SA

ID m

ajor

contr

ibu-

tor

to E

PH

S t

hro

ugh

Reb

uil

din

g B

asic

Hea

lth S

ervic

es

(RB

HS

) N

atio

nal

Blo

od S

afet

y

Pro

gra

mm

e N

atio

nal

Dia

gnost

ic

Unit

T

echnic

al a

dvis

ory

Ser

vic

es:

UN

MIL

HR

PS

UN

ICE

F:

$7

,35

0,0

00

UN

FP

A:

$1,1

20

,000

WH

O:

$1

,59

2,0

00

UN

MIL

HR

PS

:

$3

0,0

00

IOM

: $2

37

,50

0

Outp

ut

3.1

.4:

Enhan

ced t

echnic

al c

apac

ity o

f

hea

lth w

ork

ers

and c

om

mu

nit

y

volu

nte

ers

for

incr

ease

d c

over

age

of

case

man

agem

ent

of

com

mo

n c

hil

d-

hoo

d i

llnes

s at

com

mu

nit

y l

evel

Pro

port

ion o

f co

mm

unit

ies

wit

h a

t le

ast

one

Tra

ined

Co

mm

unit

y V

olu

nte

er

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

T

arget

: 8

0%

P

rop

ort

ion o

f dia

rrhea

cas

es a

mong

chil

dre

n

und

er f

ive

effe

ctiv

ely t

reat

ed w

ith O

RT

B

asel

ine:

72

.1%

T

arget

: 8

0%

P

rop

ort

ion o

f A

RI

case

s am

ong c

hil

dre

n u

nder

five

trea

ted w

ith e

ffec

tive

anti

bio

tics

B

asel

ine:

48

.7%

T

arget

: 7

5%

MO

H&

SW

Rep

ort

from

Co

mm

unit

y

Hea

lth D

ivis

ion

H

MIS

and D

HS

H

MIS

and D

HS

M

ento

r In

itia

tive

work

-

ing o

n c

om

mu

nit

y

bas

ed c

ase

man

agem

ent

of

mal

aria

N

MC

P r

esp

onsi

ble

for

guid

elin

es,

poli

cies

, an

d

coord

inat

ion o

n m

alar

ia

Tec

hnic

al a

dvis

ory

Ser

vic

es:

UN

MIL

HR

PS

UN

ICE

F:

$3

,03

0,0

00

WH

O:

$3

78,0

00

UN

MIL

HR

PS

:

$1

5,0

00

66

P

rop

ort

ion o

f m

alar

ia c

ases

in c

hil

dre

n t

reat

ed

wit

h A

CT

wit

hin

24

hours

of

onse

t of

fever

B

asel

ine:

37

.6%

T

arget

: 8

0%

HM

IS,

MIS

Outp

ut

3.1

.5:

Nat

ional

cap

acit

y e

nhan

ced t

o m

ain

-

tain

im

mu

niz

atio

n c

over

age

over

90

% i

n a

ll c

ounti

es

Nu

mb

er o

f co

unti

es w

ith P

oli

o-f

ree

stat

us

mai

nta

ined

and n

on

-Poli

o A

FP

rat

es o

f

<2

/100

,000

pop

ula

tion l

ess

than

15

yea

rs o

f ag

e

Bas

elin

e:

Poli

o:

15

Counti

es

AF

P:

13

Counti

es

Tar

get

: P

oli

o:

15

Counti

es

AF

P:

15

Counti

es

Pro

port

ion o

f hea

lth f

acil

itie

s co

ndu

ctin

g

im-

muniz

atio

n o

utr

each

thro

ugh t

he

RE

D s

trat

egy

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

T

arget

: 9

0%

P

rop

ort

ion o

f hea

lth f

acil

itie

s w

ith f

unct

ionin

g

cold

chai

n s

yst

em

Bas

elin

e: 7

1%

T

arget

: 9

0%

P

rop

ort

ion o

f hea

lth f

acil

itie

s w

ith n

o s

tock

-out

of

vac

cines

and r

elat

ed s

up

pli

es i

n t

he

last

thre

e

month

s B

asel

ine:

60

%

Tar

get

: 90

%

MoH

SW

EP

I R

eport

H

MIS

H

MIS

M

oH

SW

CI

Rep

ort

and H

MIS

E

PI

Div

isio

n o

f

MoH

SW

wil

l fu

nct

ion

as c

oord

inat

ing b

ody

UN

ICE

F:

$9

,80

0,0

00

WH

O:

$3

,67

1,0

00

UN

FP

A:

$75

0,0

00

UN

MIL

HR

PS

:

$3

0,0

00

Outp

ut

3.1

.6:

Enhan

ced c

apac

ity o

f hea

lth w

ork

ers

and c

om

mu

nit

y v

olu

nte

ers

to d

eliv

er

esse

nti

al n

utr

itio

n i

nte

rven

tio

ns

wit

h

dec

entr

aliz

ed s

ervic

e del

iver

y a

t

com

mu

nit

y l

evel

Co

ver

age

of

bi-

annual

Vit

amin

A s

up

ple

men

ta-

tion o

f ch

ildre

n a

ge

6-5

9 m

onth

s B

asel

ine:

8

6%

T

arget

: 9

5%

P

rop

ort

ion o

f pre

gnan

t w

om

en r

ecei

vin

g i

ron

sup

ple

men

ts

Bas

elin

e:

41

%

Tar

get

: 7

0%

P

rop

ort

ion o

f ch

ildre

n u

nder

5 y

ears

tre

ated

for

moder

ate

and s

ever

e ac

ute

mal

nutr

itio

n

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

T

arget

: 8

0%

HM

IS a

nd D

HS

HM

IS a

nd D

HS

Nutr

itio

n/S

MA

RT

surv

ey

UN

ICE

F:

$6

,40

0,0

00

WF

P:

$2

,000

,000

UN

FP

A:

$85

,000

WH

O:

$1

25,0

00

67

O

utp

ut

3.1

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Car

egiv

ers

know

ledge

and s

kil

ls

enhan

ced t

o c

arry

out

op

tim

al f

eed-

ing a

nd c

are

pra

ctic

es i

n c

hil

dre

n

bel

ow

tw

o y

ears

wit

h f

ocu

s in

south

east

ern c

ounti

es a

nd u

rban

poor

Tim

ely i

ntr

oduct

ion o

f co

mp

lem

enta

ry f

eedin

g

(6-9

month

s)

Bas

elin

e: 5

5%

T

arget

:75

%

Pro

port

ion o

f in

fants

bott

le-f

ed o

r fe

d w

ith

bre

ast

mil

k s

ubst

itute

s B

asel

ine:

32

%

Tar

get

: 1

0%

P

rop

ort

ion o

f ca

regiv

ers

wit

h c

hil

dre

n b

elow

two y

ears

rea

ched

wit

h c

hil

d s

tim

ula

tion c

oun-

seli

ng

Bas

elin

e: 0

%

Tar

get

: 3

0%

P

rop

ort

ion o

f ch

ildre

n 6

-23

month

s re

ceiv

ing

min

imu

m a

deq

uat

e die

t as

per

WH

O–

UN

ICE

F

IYC

F s

tandar

d

Bas

elin

e:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 4

0%

CF

NS

and D

HS

CF

NS

and D

HS

MoH

SW

and E

duca

-

tion r

eport

s C

FN

S a

nd D

HS

UN

ICE

F:

$6

,400

,000

Ou

tcom

e 3

.2:

Ed

ucati

on

Sch

ool-

aged

gir

ls a

nd b

oys

and

youth

have

incr

ease

d a

cces

s to

qual

ity i

ncl

usi

ve

EC

D,

Bas

ic, P

ost

-

Bas

ic a

nd A

lter

nat

ive

bas

ic E

duca

-

tion,

esp

ecia

lly i

n c

ounti

es w

ith

educa

tion i

ndic

ators

bel

ow

the

nat

ional

aver

age

Gro

ss E

nro

lmen

t R

ate,

(E

CD

, B

E)

Bas

elin

e: 1

06

Tar

get

: 11

0

Gro

ss C

om

ple

tion R

ate

(EC

D,

BE

) B

asel

ine:

83

T

arget

: 9

0

Net

Enro

lmen

t R

ate

(EC

D,

BE

) (E

CD

) B

asel

ine:

47

%

Tar

get

: 65

(BE

) B

asel

ine:

42

% T

arget

:70

% o

f gir

ls t

ransi

ting f

rom

Bas

ic t

o P

ost

Bas

ic

Educa

tion

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

Tar

get

: 2

0%

incr

ease

yea

rly

% o

f en

roll

ed s

tuden

ts c

om

ple

ted P

E a

nd A

BE

wit

h a

ccep

tab

le l

earn

ing a

chie

vem

ents

(B

y

Gra

de

1, 3

, 6

, 9 &

12

) B

asel

ine:

TB

D T

arget

: 2

0%

incr

ease

yea

rly

% o

f new

mod

el s

chools

for

EC

D/B

E/A

BE

loca

ted i

n a

reas

over

5 m

iles

fro

m e

xis

ting

schools

B

asel

ine:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 50

%

*al

l dat

a in

dic

ators

(E

CD

, B

E, A

BE

, P

BE

) w

ill

be

dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y s

ex a

nd d

istr

ict,

wit

h a

s-

sess

men

t of

incl

usi

on o

f th

ose

wit

h d

isab

ilit

ies

Sch

ool

Cen

sus/

EM

IS

Sch

ool

Cen

sus/

EM

IS

Sch

ool

Cen

sus/

EM

IS

Sp

ecif

ic s

tudie

s

Ass

um

pti

on

s G

oL

co

mm

itte

d t

o a

deq

uat

e

long t

erm

fu

ndin

g i

ncl

udin

g

fundin

g f

or

com

ple

men

tary

sup

port

sch

emes

S

trong c

oord

inat

ion w

ithin

educa

tion s

ecto

r an

d r

elev

ant

min

istr

ies

MO

E c

om

mit

ted t

o i

mp

lem

ent

Educa

tion A

ct i

n l

ine

wit

h

PR

SP

goal

s R

isk

s W

eak

infr

astr

uct

ure

and g

ov-

ernan

ce s

yst

em i

n e

duca

tion

Uti

liza

tion o

f q

ual

ity e

duca

-

tion s

ervic

e re

mai

ns

low

due

to h

ouse

hold

fac

tors

, su

ch a

s

pover

ty,

or

com

pet

itio

n f

rom

trad

itio

nal

bush

sch

ools

,

whic

h a

re n

ot

suff

icie

ntl

y

addre

ssed

by o

ther

UN

DA

F

pro

gra

mm

es

Lim

ited

co

ver

age

of

curr

ent

pro

gra

mm

e of

teac

her

tra

inin

g

MO

E t

o p

rovid

e o

ver

all

coord

inat

ion a

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lan-

nin

g f

or

the

sect

or

Worl

d B

ank

to a

dd t

o

outc

om

e th

rou

gh t

he

const

ruct

ion o

f sc

hools

as p

art

of

Imp

lem

enta

-

tion o

f F

TI

(GP

E)

Cat

alyti

c F

und

Gra

nt:

3 c

lass

room

pri

mar

y

schools

(8

set

s), 6 c

lass

-

roo

m p

. sc

hools

(4

set

s),

Bas

ic E

duca

tion

Sch

ools

(20

set

s)

68

Outp

ut

3.2

.1:

A h

oli

stic

EC

D a

ppro

ach d

esig

ned

,

model

led a

nd p

ilote

d

Exis

tence

of

app

roved

EC

D C

urr

iculu

m

Bas

elin

e: N

ot

appro

ved

T

arget

: A

pp

roved

%

of

EC

D t

each

ers

trai

ned

on t

he

new

curr

icu-

lum

B

asel

ine:

0%

T

arget

: 60

% o

f under

tra

ined

tea

cher

s in

at

leas

t

7 l

ow

-per

form

ing c

ounti

es

Pro

port

ion o

f p

ubli

c sc

hools

rec

eived

EC

D

mat

eria

ls

Bas

elin

e: 0

%

Tar

get

: A

ll p

ubli

c sc

hools

off

erin

g E

CD

have

app

ropri

ate

mat

eria

ls

Pro

port

ion o

f sc

hools

in l

ow

per

form

ing c

oun-

ties

conduct

ing p

erfo

rman

ce a

sses

smen

t ac

cord

-

ing t

o s

tandar

ds

Bas

elin

e: 0

T

arget

: 30

%

Per

centa

ge

of

pub

lic

schools

im

ple

men

ting E

CD

acco

rdin

g t

o C

hil

d F

rien

dly

Sch

ool

(CF

S)

stan

d-

ards

Bas

elin

e: 0

T

arget

: 20

%

MoE

Rep

ort

T

rain

ing r

eport

P

roje

ct M

onit

ori

ng

rep

ort

C

om

mis

sioned

surv

ey

Pro

ject

Monit

ori

ng

rep

ort

O

pen

Soci

ety I

nit

iati

ve

to f

acil

itat

e pri

nti

ng a

nd

dis

trib

uti

on o

f E

CD

poli

cy

UN

ICE

F:

$8

,500

,000

Outp

ut

3.2

.2:

Chil

dre

n l

earn

ing l

evel

in B

asic

Educa

tion i

mp

roved

Co

mp

eten

cy-b

ased

Bas

ic E

duca

tion C

urr

iculu

m

revis

ed

Bas

elin

e:

Curr

iculu

m e

xis

ts a

nd b

eing p

ilote

d

Tar

get

: 8

0%

publi

c sc

hools

usi

ng r

evis

ed c

urr

ic-

ulu

m w

ith 5

0%

of

thei

r te

acher

s tr

ained

S

tuden

t to

tex

tbook

rat

io f

or

gra

des

5-9

in c

ore

sub

ject

s B

asel

ine:

20

09

stu

den

t/te

xtb

ook

rat

io:

4:1

over

-

all

Tar

get

: S

tuden

t to

tex

tbook

rat

io n

o m

ore

than

2:1

for

gra

des

5-9

in c

ore

sub

ject

s

Pro

port

ion o

f ch

ildre

n a

t ri

sk o

f dro

pp

ing o

ut,

incl

udin

g c

hil

dre

n w

ith d

isab

ilit

ies,

who r

ecei

ve

long

-ter

m c

om

ple

men

tary

sup

port

B

asel

ine:

T

BD

T

arget

: 2

0%

Per

centa

ge

of

schools

mee

tin

g s

tandar

ds

of

lear

nin

g a

chie

vem

ent

for

gra

de

1,3

,6,9

B

asel

ine:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 7

0%

EM

IS S

chool

Cen

sus

EM

IS s

chool

censu

s E

MIS

, M

oE

, E

duca

-

tion P

oole

d F

und

Pro

gre

ss r

eport

E

MIS

, M

oE

, E

duca

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tion P

oole

d F

und

Pro

gre

ss r

eport

M

oE

P

roje

ct r

eport

s

U

NM

IL t

o p

rovid

e

poli

cy s

up

port

on g

irls

educa

tion a

nd h

um

an

rights

W

orl

d B

ank

to p

rocu

re

and d

istr

ibute

tex

tbook

s

for

gra

des

5-9

under

FT

I (G

PE

) G

rant

Tec

hnic

al a

dvis

ory

&

fiel

d s

upp

ort

to r

elev

ant

loca

l ac

tors

: U

NM

IL

HR

PS

UN

ICE

F:

$21

,000

,000

UN

MIL

HR

PS

: $

15,0

00

69

P

erce

nta

ge

of

teac

her

s co

mp

lyin

g w

ith

esta

bli

shed

cod

e o

f C

ond

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fo

r se

curi

ty o

f

chil

dre

n

Bas

elin

e: N

o c

od

e o

f co

ndu

ct

Tar

get

: 5

0%

N

um

ber

of

stu

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n p

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vat

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cati

on

pro

ject

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asel

ine:

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ne

Tar

get

: 5

00 s

tud

ents

, in

clud

ing a

t le

ast

300

gir

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par

tici

pat

ing i

n p

ilo

t in

5 s

elec

ted

are

as

Ou

tput

3.2

.3:

Ed

uca

tion

man

agem

ent

syst

em

stre

ngth

ened

in

clud

ing t

he

dec

en-

tral

izat

ion

pro

cess

Nu

mb

er o

f E

MIS

an

d d

atab

ase

exp

erts

trai

ned

at

cen

tral

lev

el

Bas

elin

e: T

BA

T

arget

: 8

0 t

rain

ed a

nd

EM

IS f

un

ctio

nal

N

um

ber

of

dat

a co

llec

tio

n a

nd

EM

IS e

xp

erts

at c

ou

nty

lev

el

Bas

elin

e: T

BA

T

arget

: 8

5

Nu

mb

er o

f C

ente

rs o

f E

xce

llen

ce e

stab

lish

ed

Bas

elin

e: 0

T

arget

: 3

Cen

ters

of

Exce

llen

ce s

et u

p

Per

cen

tage

of

new

ly c

on

stru

cted

or

reh

abil

i-

tate

d s

cho

ols

mee

tin

g t

he

chil

d-f

rien

dly

sch

oo

l st

and

ard

s B

asel

ine:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 8

0%

Exis

ten

ce o

f gu

idel

ines

an

d c

urr

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lum

rev

i-

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on

in

clu

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on

fo

r ch

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an

d

yo

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wit

h d

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ilit

ies

Bas

elin

e: N

o

Tar

get

: Y

es

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ten

ce o

f gu

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to

im

pro

ve

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g

mat

eria

ls u

tili

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on

Bas

elin

e: N

o

Tar

get

: Y

es

Nu

mb

er o

f co

un

ty s

cho

ol

bo

ard

s fu

nct

ion

ing

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

in

201

3

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get

: A

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N

um

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of

PT

As

effe

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g

Bas

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e: 2

00

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: 1

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In

spec

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to M

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p

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of

trai

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s an

d

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NE

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assi

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pro

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sta

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up

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ele-

van

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cal

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rs:

UN

MIL

HR

PS

UN

ES

CO

: $

14

9,0

00

UN

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F:

$3

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0,0

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UN

MIL

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:

$1

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70

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3.2

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Exp

and

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du

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pro

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str

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Nu

mb

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pla

ced

und

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late

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gle

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: 4

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gir

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on

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20

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0

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10

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BA

T

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BA

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mis

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n o

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and

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pro

gre

ss r

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rts

Mo

E a

nd

Pro

ject

pro

gre

ss r

epo

rts

Mo

E a

nd

MY

S

rep

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s M

oE

and

MY

S

rep

ort

s

W

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d B

ank a

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UN

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CO

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ad-

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MY

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d l

ead

ersh

ip

Tec

hn

ical

ass

ista

nce

:

UN

ES

CO

UN

ICE

F:

$2

,50

0,0

00

UN

FP

A:

$1,5

00

,000

UN

ES

CO

: $

1,5

01

,000

71

Ou

tput

3.2

.5:

Alt

ern

ativ

e B

asic

Ed

uca

tion (

AB

E),

for

ou

t-of-

sch

ool

chil

dre

n,

you

th, an

d

wom

en d

esig

ned

and

im

ple

men

ted

Per

cen

tage

of

pub

lic

sch

ools

in

th

e ta

rget

ed a

reas

im

ple

men

tin

g a

bil

ity-b

ased

AB

E c

urr

icu

lum

,

incl

udin

g l

ife-

skil

ls

Bas

elin

e:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 8

0%

P

erce

nta

ge

of

gra

de

3 a

nd

6 s

tud

ents

mee

tin

g t

he

com

pet

ency

bas

ed a

sses

smen

t of

lite

racy

, n

um

erac

y

and

lif

e-sk

ills

B

asel

ine:

No C

BA

exis

ts

Tar

get

: 7

0%

P

erce

nta

ge

of

AB

E l

earn

ers

wh

o p

rog

ress

to j

un

ior

seco

nd

ary

B

asel

ine:

N

ot

avai

lab

le

Tar

get

: 1

0%

P

erce

nta

ge

of

targ

eted

ou

t of

sch

ool

chil

dre

n

rece

ivin

g l

on

g-t

erm

com

ple

men

tary

su

pp

ort

,

incl

udin

g s

chola

rsh

ip g

ran

t sy

stem

B

asel

ine:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 2

0%

N

um

ber

of

you

ng w

om

en a

nd

ru

ral

wom

en g

rad

u-

atin

g f

rom

Lev

el 3

lit

erac

y p

rogra

mm

es

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

T

arget

: 7

,500

N

um

ber

of

mar

gin

aliz

ed a

nd

vu

lner

able

ad

ole

scen

t

gir

ls p

rovid

ed w

ith

lit

erac

y,

nu

mer

acy a

nd

liv

eli-

hood

dev

elop

men

t sk

ills

in

th

e M

on

tser

rad

o a

nd

Gb

arp

olu

Counti

es

Bas

elin

e: T

BA

T

arget

: 2

52

EM

IS S

chool

Cen

sus

EM

IS w

ith

com

mis

-

sion

ed s

tud

y

MoE

/Edu

cati

on

Poole

d

Fu

nd

pro

gre

ss r

eport

M

oE

and

MO

GD

rep

ort

s

U

N W

om

en a

nd

UN

MIL

to

pro

vid

e p

rogra

mm

e

and

poli

cy s

upp

ort

on

gir

ls a

nd

wom

en‘s

ed

uca

-ti

on a

nd h

um

an r

ights

W

orl

d B

ank t

o d

isbu

rse

sch

ool

gra

nts

und

er F

TI

Gra

nt

MoE

, M

OG

D c

oord

ina-

tion, p

rovis

ion

of

lear

n-

ing f

acil

itie

s T

ech

nic

al s

upp

ort

: U

NE

SC

O

UN

ICE

F:

$1

4,8

80,0

00

U

N W

om

en:

$75

0,0

00

Ou

tput

3.2

.6:

Incr

ease

d g

ov

ern

men

t ow

ner

ship

and

imp

lem

enta

tion

of

effe

ctiv

e sc

hool

feed

ing p

rogra

mm

e in

low

per

form

ing

area

s

Nu

mb

er o

f gir

ls a

nd b

oys

rece

ivin

g U

N‘s

food

as

sist

ance

B

asel

ine:

32

0,0

00

boys

and

gir

ls r

ecei

ve

hot

mea

ls

and

9,0

00

gir

ls i

n g

rad

e 4

-6 r

ecei

vin

g G

irls

Tak

e H

om

e ra

tion

s T

arget

: 2

34

,000

boys

and

gir

ls r

ecei

ve

hot

mea

ls

and

6,0

00

gir

ls i

n g

rad

e 4

-6 G

irls

Tak

e H

om

e

rati

ons

Nu

mb

er o

f sc

hool

ben

efit

ing f

rom

th

e fu

ll e

ssen

tial

le

arn

ing p

ack

age

Bas

elin

e:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 2

00

N

um

ber

of

educa

tion u

nit

s at

cen

tral

an

d c

ounty

lev

els

wit

h c

apac

ity t

o i

nd

epen

den

tly d

esig

n a

nd

im

ple

men

t sc

hool

feed

ing n

utr

itio

n p

rogra

mm

e

Bas

elin

e: 0

T

arget

: 8

EM

IS,

Sch

ool

Cen

sus

MO

E/W

FP

mon

itori

ng

E

MIS

, S

chool

Cen

sus

MO

E S

chool

Fee

din

g

Rep

ort

M

OE

Sch

ool

Fee

din

g

Rep

ort

M

OE

for

imp

lem

enta

tion

and

poli

cy i

ssu

es, M

OA

to s

upp

ort

sch

ool

gar

den

-

ing,

WF

P t

o p

rovid

e fo

od

an

d t

echn

ical

su

pp

ort

WF

P:

$12

,000

,00

0

UN

ES

CO

: $

1,8

20

,000

72

E

xis

ten

ce o

f N

atio

nal

Sch

ool

Fee

din

g p

rogra

mm

e p

oli

cy a

nd N

atio

nal

Hom

e G

row

n S

chool

Fee

din

g

pro

gra

mm

e st

rate

gy

B

asel

ine:

0

Tar

get

: N

atio

nal

Sch

ool

Fee

din

g P

oli

cy a

dop

ted

H

om

e G

row

n S

chool

Fee

din

g S

trat

egy d

evel

op

ed

MO

E S

chool

Fee

din

g

Rep

ort

Ou

tput

3.2

.7:

Inte

gra

ted

cu

rric

ulu

m a

nd

incr

ease

d

und

erst

andin

g a

mon

g c

hil

dre

n, you

th

and

gen

eral

pu

bli

c of

pea

ce,

tole

ran

ce

and

nat

ional

id

enti

ty

Note

: T

his

Ou

tput

has

bee

n m

oved

fr

om

Pea

ce a

nd R

econci

liat

ion

(in

itia

lly 1

.2.4

) to

Edu

cati

on

, fo

r

alig

nm

ent

Hu

man

Rig

hts

and

Civ

ics

curr

icu

lum

exis

ts

# o

f sc

hools

tea

chin

g c

ivic

educa

tion a

nd

his

tory

of

Lib

eria

( E

nsu

re l

inkag

e H

um

an D

evel

op

men

t

Ou

tcom

e G

rou

p)

# o

f f

unct

ion

ing c

om

mun

ity b

ased

res

ou

rce

cen

ters

pro

vid

ing p

eace

bu

ild

ing i

nfo

rmat

ion

and

act

ivit

ies

Bas

elin

e: 0

T

arget

: 1

5

Nat

ion

al c

urr

icu

lum

M

oE

sta

tist

ics

A

dvic

e an

d t

ech

nic

al

supp

ort

: U

NIC

EF

, U

ND

P

Tec

hn

ical

ad

vis

ory

serv

ices

: U

NM

IL H

RP

S

UN

ICE

F:

$3

,410

,000

UN

MIL

HR

PS

: $

20

,00

0

Ou

tco

me 3

.3:

So

cia

l W

elf

are

Soci

al w

elfa

re s

yst

ems

and

ser

vic

es

are

imp

roved

an

d u

tili

zed

, es

pec

iall

y

by t

he

most

vu

lner

able

gro

up

s an

d

ind

ivid

ual

s

Lev

el o

f G

ov

ern

men

t of

Lib

eria

over

all

bu

dget

allo

cati

on

for

soci

al w

elfa

re s

ervic

es

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

T

arget

: 1

0%

incr

ease

over

bas

elin

e ea

ch y

ear

Bir

th r

egis

trat

ion

cover

age

amon

g c

hil

dre

n u

nd

er 5

yea

rs

Bas

elin

e: 7

% (

BV

S D

ata

201

2)

Tar

get

: 5

0%

nat

ion

wid

e P

erce

nta

ge

of

refe

rred

soci

al w

elfa

re c

ases

pro

-

cess

ed t

hro

ugh

a n

atio

nal

cas

e m

anag

emen

t sy

stem

B

asel

ine:

0

Tar

get

: 7

5%

of

case

s

Nat

ion

al b

ud

get

L

DH

S,

BV

S b

irth

reg

istr

atio

n

dat

a M

oH

SW

ser

vic

e p

rovi-

sion

dat

a

Ass

um

pti

on

s S

ust

ain

ed f

inan

cial

and

hu

man

reso

urc

e in

ves

tmen

t m

ade

by

Go

ver

nm

ent

of

Lib

eria

for

soci

al s

ervic

e d

eliv

ery

C

oord

inat

ion

am

on

gst

ser

vic

e d

eliv

ery a

gen

cies

an

d i

nst

itu

-

tion

s is

op

erat

ion

al a

t b

oth

th

e

nat

ional

an

d s

ub-n

atio

nal

lev

els

Ris

ks

Com

mun

ity n

orm

s an

d a

ttit

ud

es

imp

ede

effe

ctiv

e ca

se r

eport

ing

and

res

pon

se

Maj

or

par

tner

s fo

r al

l

inte

rven

tion

s in

clud

e

MoH

SW

(in

clud

ing t

he

Dep

artm

ent

of

Soci

al

Wel

fare

an

d B

ure

au o

f

Vit

al S

tati

stic

s) a

nd

MO

GD

as

pri

mar

y c

oor-

din

atin

g a

nd

im

ple

men

t-

ing a

gen

cies

. A

ddit

ional

coord

inat

ion

work

wil

l ta

ke

pla

ce w

ith v

ario

us

rule

of

law

in

stit

uti

on

s

incl

udin

g t

he

WA

CP

S o

f L

NP

Ou

tput

3.3

.1:

Th

e ca

pac

ity o

f re

levan

t ac

tors

to

man

age

soci

al w

elfa

re c

ases

, m

on

itor

resi

den

tial

fac

ilit

ies,

an

d p

rom

ote

fa

mil

y-b

ased

car

e is

im

pro

ved

Exis

ten

ce o

f so

cial

wel

fare

cas

e m

anag

emen

t

syst

em w

ith

lin

ks

to g

over

nm

ent

inst

itu

tion

s B

asel

ine:

No c

ase

man

agem

ent

syst

em e

xis

ts

Tar

get

: C

ase

man

agem

ent

syst

em e

xis

ts

Pro

port

ion

of

dis

tric

ts w

ith

at

leas

t one

trai

ned

soci

al w

ork

er

Bas

elin

e: 2

4%

(1

6/6

8 d

istr

icts

) T

arget

: 7

5%

P

rop

ort

ion

of

dis

tric

ts w

ith

per

son

s tr

ain

ed t

o

del

iver

psy

choso

cial

sup

port

B

asel

ine:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 8

0%

MoH

SW

ser

vic

e p

rovi-

sion

dat

a M

oH

SW

sta

ff d

ata

MoH

SW

sta

ff d

ata

MO

HS

W s

ervic

e p

rovi-

sion

dat

a

W

HO

to c

on

trib

ute

to

war

d t

he

trai

nin

g o

f

per

son

s to

del

iver

psy

-

choso

cial

supp

ort

T

ech

nic

al a

dvis

ory

an

d

fiel

d s

up

port

to r

elev

ant

loca

l ac

tors

: U

NM

IL

HR

PS

UN

ICE

F:

$5

,000

,000

IO

M:

$5

00

,000

W

HO

: $

50

,000

U

NM

IL H

RP

S:

$1

5,0

00

73

P

rop

ort

ion o

f ch

ildre

n l

ivin

g i

n i

nst

ituti

ons

-

incl

udin

g r

esid

enti

al f

acil

itie

s fo

r ch

ildre

n w

ith

dis

abil

itie

s -

whose

sta

tus

is r

evie

wed

at

leas

t

once

ever

y y

ear

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

T

arget

: 100

%

Exis

tence

of

an o

per

atio

nal

fost

er-c

are

syst

em

and r

egula

tory

str

uct

ure

B

asel

ine:

No f

ost

er c

are

syst

em e

xis

ts

Tar

get

: F

ost

er c

are

syst

em a

nd r

egula

tory

str

uc-

ture

are

op

erat

ional

MO

HS

W s

ervic

e

pro

vis

ion d

ata

Outp

ut

3.3

.2:

Bir

th r

egis

trat

ion s

ervic

es a

vai

lab

le

acro

ss t

he

countr

y

Pro

port

ion o

f dis

tric

ts w

ith b

irth

reg

istr

atio

n

serv

ices

B

asel

ine:

50

% (

34

/68

dis

tric

ts)

Tar

get

: 75

% o

f dis

tric

ts

Pro

port

ion o

f re

gis

tere

d b

irth

s fo

r w

hic

h c

erti

fi-

cate

s ar

e is

sued

wit

hin

30

day

s B

asel

ine:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 75

%

BV

S b

irth

reg

istr

atio

n

dat

a B

VS

bir

th r

egis

trat

ion

dat

a

B

irth

reg

istr

atio

n

coord

inat

ed t

hro

ugh t

he

Bure

au o

f V

ital

Sta

tis-

tics

at

MoH

SW

UN

ICE

F:

$3

,800

,000

Outp

ut

3.3

.3:

A s

afe

and s

ecure

en

vir

on

men

t fo

r

surv

ivors

and i

ndiv

idual

s at

ris

k o

f

vio

lence

, H

TP

, ex

plo

itat

ion,

dis

crim

inat

ion,

abuse

and n

egle

ct

exis

ts a

cross

the

countr

y

Pro

port

ion o

f p

oli

tica

l su

bdiv

isio

ns

wit

h a

com

mu

nit

y-b

ased

pro

tect

ion a

nd v

iole

nce

pre

ven

tion s

truct

ure

B

asel

ine:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 5

0%

N

um

ber

of

counti

es w

ith a

one-

stop s

ervic

e

del

iver

y c

ente

r fo

r su

rviv

ors

of

VE

DA

N a

nd

HT

P

Bas

elin

e: 0

Tar

get

: 6

Nu

mb

er o

f go

ver

nm

ent-

op

erat

ed s

afe

ho

mes

op

erat

ing i

n c

om

pli

ance

wit

h e

stab

lish

ed

stan

dar

ds

Bas

elin

e: 0

T

arget

: 5

MoG

D s

ervic

e p

oin

t

dat

a U

NJP

on G

BV

ser

vic

e

pro

vis

ion d

ata

UN

JP o

n G

BV

ser

vic

e

pro

vis

ion d

ata

IO

M w

ill

pro

vid

e

sup

port

to t

hei

r ta

rget

ed

pop

ula

tions

as n

eeded

UN

FP

A:

$3,5

00

,000

UN

ICE

F:

$1

,20

0,0

00

UN

JP

-SG

BV

:

$7

60

,000

Ou

tcom

e 3

.4:

Socia

l P

rote

cti

on

Vuln

erab

le h

ouse

hold

s an

d g

roup

s

ben

efit

fro

m a

pp

ropri

ate

soci

al

pro

tect

ion s

ervic

es a

nd s

yst

ems

Per

centa

ge

of

food

-inse

cure

pop

ula

tion i

n

targ

eted

are

as

Bas

elin

e: 4

1%

T

arget

: 30

%

Ess

enti

al a

sset

def

icie

nci

es a

mon

g h

ouse

hold

s in

targ

eted

are

as

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

, bas

ed o

n C

WIQ

201

0

Tar

get

: T

BD

, bas

ed o

n C

WIQ

20

10

CF

SN

S R

eport

C

WIQ

Rep

ort

Ris

ks

Syst

emic

shock

or

emer

gen

cy

dra

mat

ical

ly i

ncr

ease

s si

ze o

f

vuln

erab

le p

op

ula

tion

Coord

inat

ion o

f so

cial

pro

tect

ion s

ecto

r

pro

vid

ed b

y t

he

Nat

ion-

al S

oci

al P

rote

ctio

n

Ste

erin

g C

om

mit

tee,

chai

red b

y t

he

MP

EA

74

A

ssu

mp

tion

s T

arget

ing m

echan

ism

s in

soci

al p

rote

ctio

n p

rogra

mm

es

effe

ctiv

ely i

den

tify

and

incl

ude

most

vuln

erab

le

house

hold

s an

d i

ndiv

idual

s T

ransf

er r

ecip

ients

dis

trib

ute

and u

tili

ze t

ransf

ers

appro

pri

-

atel

y

GoL

dec

isio

n-m

akin

g o

n

soci

al p

rote

ctio

n i

nte

rven

tion

area

s re

mai

ns

nee

d-b

ased

and

dep

oli

tici

zed

Indiv

idual

pro

gra

mm

es

imp

lem

ente

d o

r o

ver

-

seen

by v

ario

us

line

min

istr

ies

incl

udin

g

MO

GD

, M

OA

, M

OL

,

etc.

Outp

ut

3.4

.1:

Go

ver

nm

ent

of

Lib

eria

cap

acit

y t

o

coord

inat

e an

d d

eliv

er s

oci

al p

ro-

tect

ion s

ervic

es i

s en

han

ced

Exis

tence

of

Nat

ional

Soci

al P

rote

ctio

n P

oli

cy

Bas

elin

e: N

o p

oli

cy e

xis

ts

Tar

get

: N

atio

nal

poli

cy e

xis

ts

Funct

ionin

g i

nte

r-m

inis

teri

al p

lannin

g m

echa-

nis

ms

Bas

elin

e: N

o s

oci

al p

rote

ctio

n i

nte

r-ag

ency

pla

nnin

g m

echan

ism

s in

pla

ce

Tar

get

: F

unct

ional

soci

al p

rote

ctio

n i

nte

r-

min

iste

rial

mec

han

ism

s in

pla

ce

Exis

tence

of

nat

ional

soci

al p

rote

ctio

n m

onit

or-

ing a

nd e

val

uat

ion s

yst

em

Bas

elin

e: N

o c

oord

inat

ed M

&E

syst

em e

xis

ts

Tar

get

: N

atio

nal

M&

E s

yst

em f

or

soci

al p

rote

c-

tion e

xis

ts

Nat

ional

Chil

d W

ell-

Bei

ng C

ounci

l fu

nct

ionin

g

in l

ine

wit

h t

he

Chil

dre

n‘s

Law

B

asel

ine:

Chil

dre

n‘s

Law

pas

sed,

Counci

l not

esta

bli

shed

T

arget

: C

ounci

l es

tabli

shed

and f

unct

ionin

g

Exis

tence

of

cab

inet

-

app

roved

poli

cy

Inte

r-m

inis

teri

al c

oor-

din

atio

n a

rran

gem

ents

N

atio

nal

soci

al p

rote

c-

tion M

&E

syst

em

Ap

poin

tmen

t an

d

app

roval

of

Counci

l

mem

ber

s an

d r

egula

r

mee

tings

M

PE

A i

s re

sponsi

ble

for

coord

inat

ion o

f th

e

sect

or

as c

hai

r of

the

Nat

ional

Soci

al P

rote

c-

tion S

teer

ing C

om

mit

-

tee

and h

ost

to i

ts s

ecre

-

tari

at

The

Nat

ional

Chil

d

Wel

l-B

eing C

ou

nci

l

wil

l in

clude

mem

ber

-

ship

fro

m k

ey m

inis

trie

s

wit

h c

hil

d-f

ocu

sed

man

dat

es,

per

the

stat

ute

est

abli

shin

g i

t IO

M w

ill

contr

ibute

to

ensu

ring t

hat

the

nee

ds

of

thei

r ta

rget

pop

ula

-

tions

are

addre

ssed

in

coord

inat

ed p

rogra

m-

min

g

UN

ICE

F:

$1

,20

0,0

00

ILO

: $

30

0,0

00

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P:

$2

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Outp

ut

3.4

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Vuln

erab

le p

op

ula

tions,

esp

ecia

lly

youth

, ar

e b

ette

r p

repar

ed f

or

work

and h

ave

incr

ease

d o

pp

ort

unit

ies

for

tran

siti

onal

inco

me

gen

erat

ion

Nu

mb

er o

f yo

uth

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om

en,

per

sons

wit

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isab

ili-

ties

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d f

arm

ers

trai

ned

in e

mp

loym

ent

and

livel

iho

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kil

ls p

rogra

mm

es

Bas

elin

e:

WF

P:1

00 ;

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: T

BD

; I

OM

: 400

, IL

O:

TB

D

Tar

get

: T

BD

N

um

ber

of

indiv

idual

s par

tici

pat

ing i

n l

abour

inte

nsi

ve

soci

al w

ork

sch

emes

eit

her

in i

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a-

stru

cture

or

oth

er l

abour-

inte

nsi

ve

schem

es

targ

etin

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uln

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le e

spec

iall

y y

outh

and

wo

men

WF

P a

nd W

B

pro

gra

mm

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a W

FP

, IL

O a

nd W

B

pro

gra

mm

e dat

a

L

AC

E,

in a

ddit

ion t

o

min

istr

ies

outl

ined

above,

work

s as

a m

ajor

imp

lem

enti

ng p

artn

er i

n

the

sect

or

ILO

to p

rovid

e te

ch-

nic

al

and a

dvis

ory

serv

ices

for

cap

acit

y

buil

din

g

WF

P:

$2

,900

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: $2

00

,00

0

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: $

3,0

00

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W

B:

Fin

anci

al c

ontr

ibu-

tions

bey

ond 2

013

to b

e

final

ized

pen

din

g i

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r-

nal

pla

nnin

g

75

B

asel

ine:

WF

P:

7,5

00;

WB

: T

BD

Tar

get

:

WF

P:

10

,000

(an

nu

al);

WB

: 1

5,0

00

; 7

5%

yo

uth

Ou

tput

3.4

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Th

e m

ost

vu

lner

able

ho

use

ho

lds

and

in

div

idu

als

rece

ive

app

rop

ri-

ate

safe

ty n

et t

ran

sfer

s

Nu

mb

er o

f vu

lner

able

ho

use

ho

lds

and

in

di-

vid

ual

s re

ceiv

ing f

oo

d a

ssis

tan

ce (

FF

W/C

FW

acti

vit

ies)

in

fo

od

in

secu

re a

reas

Bas

elin

e:

12

,500

ben

efic

iari

es u

nd

er C

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25

,000

ben

efic

iari

es f

or

FF

W

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get

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nu

al T

arget

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od

Fo

r W

ork

- 20

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0 b

enef

icia

ries

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h F

or

Wo

rk-

30

,000

ben

efic

iari

es

Nu

mb

er o

f la

bo

r-u

nav

aila

ble

ho

use

ho

lds

in

targ

eted

are

as r

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vin

g c

ash

tra

nsf

ers

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elin

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0 h

ou

seho

lds

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get

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,500

hou

seh

old

s

Go

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nd

UN

so

cial

pro

tect

ion

ser

vic

e

pro

vis

ion

dat

a

MO

GD

SC

T S

ecre

-

tari

at d

ata

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ple

men

tati

on

thro

ugh

abo

ve-

men

tio

ned

min

istr

ies

WF

P:

$45

,00

0,0

00

UN

ICE

F:

$7

,50

0,0

00

Ou

tco

me

3.5

: W

ate

r, S

an

itati

on

& H

yg

ien

e:

Po

pu

lati

on

has

in

crea

sed

uti

liza

-

tio

n o

f sa

fe w

ater

an

d p

ract

ice

safe

san

itat

ion

and

hygie

ne

in

un

der

serv

ed a

reas

% o

f p

opu

lati

on

uti

lizi

ng s

ust

ain

able

imp

roved

wat

er f

acil

itie

s

Bas

elin

e: 6

8%

Tar

get

: 7

7%

% o

f p

opu

lati

on

uti

lizi

ng s

ust

ain

able

imp

roved

san

itat

ion

fac

ilit

ies

Bas

elin

e: 1

7%

T

arget

: 4

0%

% o

f p

opu

lati

on

was

hin

g h

and

s w

ith

so

ap a

t 3

crit

ical

mo

men

ts

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

Tar

get

: 2

0 p

oin

ts i

ncr

ease

Ap

pro

ved

WA

SH

ad

vo

cacy

pla

n e

xis

ts

Bas

elin

e: N

o

Tar

get

: Y

es

LD

HS

,

Sec

tor

rep

ort

, (m

id-

term

, 5

yea

rs),

CS

O

rep

ort

Ris

ks

Inad

equ

ate

cap

acit

y o

f

Co

unty

an

d d

istr

ict

level

to

pla

n, im

ple

men

t an

d m

on

ito

r

WA

SH

ser

vic

es

Ass

um

pti

on

s

Th

e w

ater

atl

as i

s u

pd

ated

and

rem

ain

s th

e m

ain

sec

tor

pri

ori

tiza

tio

n t

oo

l

Ad

equ

ate

fin

anci

al r

eso

urc

es

are

allo

cate

d t

o t

he

sect

or

by

Go

ver

nm

ent

and

don

ors

Go

ver

nm

ent

of

Lib

eria

rem

ain

s co

mm

itte

d t

o i

mp

le-

men

t ad

opte

d s

ecto

r p

oli

cies

and

str

ateg

ic p

lan

MP

W,

ML

ME

,

MH

SW

, L

WS

C,

NG

Os,

US

AID

76

At

leas

t 3

0%

of

the

addit

ional

per

sons

are

fem

ale

Outp

ut

3.5

.1:

400

,000

addit

ional

per

sons

hav

e i

mp

roved

wat

er a

nd s

anit

atio

n s

er-

vic

es,

and k

now

ledg

e of

safe

hygie

ne

pra

ctic

es,

in

und

erse

rved

are

as

Nu

mb

er o

f ad

dit

ional

per

sons

wit

h a

cces

s to

im

pro

ved

wat

er f

acil

itie

s B

asel

ine:

0

Tar

get

: 400

,000

Nu

mb

er o

f ad

dit

ional

per

sons

wit

h a

cces

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im

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ved

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n f

acil

itie

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asel

ine:

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get

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ndar

d h

ygie

ne

pro

moti

on g

uid

elin

es d

evel

op

ed a

nd

dis

sem

inat

ed

Bas

elin

e: N

o

Tar

get

: Y

es

Nu

mb

er o

f m

unic

ipal

itie

s w

ith f

unct

ional

soli

d w

aste

man

-

agem

ent

syst

em

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

T

arget

: T

BD

(W

B)

Per

iodic

rep

ort

s, s

ecto

r

revie

w r

eport

P

erio

dic

rep

ort

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ecto

r

revie

w r

eport

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roje

ct r

eport

P

erio

dic

rep

ort

s, s

ecto

r

revie

w r

eport

M

PW

, L

WS

C,

NG

Os,

US

AID

U

NIC

EF

: $

13

,400

,000

WB

fin

anci

al c

ontr

ibuti

ons

on s

oli

d w

aste

man

agem

ent

to b

e fi

nal

ized

pen

din

g i

nte

r-

nal

pla

nnin

g

Outp

ut

3.5

.2:

500

addit

ional

pri

mar

y

schools

and 5

0 H

ealt

h

faci

liti

es h

ave

imp

lem

ent-

ed W

AS

H p

ackag

e in

und

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rved

are

as

Nu

mb

er o

f ad

dit

ional

sch

ools

ben

efit

ting f

rom

WA

SH

in

Sch

ool

(Win

S)

pac

kag

e B

asel

ine:

0

Tar

get

: 500

Nu

mb

er o

f ad

dit

ional

hea

lth f

acil

itie

s b

enef

itti

ng f

rom

WA

SH

pac

kag

e B

asel

ine:

0

Tar

get

:50

Pro

ject

rep

ort

s, A

nnual

revie

ws

Pro

ject

rep

ort

s, A

nnual

revie

ws

M

OE

, M

HS

W,

NG

Os

UN

ICE

F:

$3

,800

,000

Outp

ut

3.5

.3:

WA

SH

go

ver

nin

g b

odie

s

esta

bli

shed

Exis

tence

of

NW

RS

B,

WS

SC

, R

WS

SB

and D

CM

HY

P

(Y

es/N

o)

Exec

uti

ve

ord

ers

or

Act

s

MP

W,

ML

ME

,

MO

HS

W,

LW

SC

,

US

AID

UN

ICE

F:

$1

,20

0,0

00

UN

DP

: $

1,0

00

,000

Outp

ut

3.5

.4:

Eff

ecti

ve

WA

SH

sec

tor

M&

E c

apac

ity i

s

stre

ngth

ened

at

centr

al

and C

ounty

lev

els

Exis

tence

of

sust

ainab

le M

&E

syst

em

Bas

elin

e:

No

Tar

get

: Y

es

Per

iodic

M&

E r

eport

s

avai

lable

M

PW

, M

LM

E,

MO

HS

W,

LW

SC

,

US

AID

T

echnic

al a

dvis

ory

& f

ield

supp

ort

to

rele

van

t lo

cal

ac-

tors

: U

NM

IL H

RP

S

UN

ICE

F:

$1

,200

,000

HR

PS

: $2

0,0

00

Outp

ut

3.5

.5:

Fin

anci

al m

anag

emen

t

cap

acit

y i

n W

AS

H s

ecto

r

is s

tren

gth

ened

at

centr

al

level

Exis

tence

of

annual

fin

anci

al r

evie

w m

echan

ism

B

asel

ine:

No

Tar

get

: Y

es

Annual

sec

tor

rep

ort

s

MP

W,

ML

ME

,

MO

HS

W,

LW

SC

,

US

AID

UN

ICE

F:

$38

0,0

00

77

Ou

tcom

e 3

.6:

HIV

-AID

S:

Sca

led u

p a

cces

s to

and u

tili

zati

on

of

HIV

Pre

ven

tion,

trea

tmen

t, c

are

and s

up

port

ser

vic

es.

Per

centa

ge

of

HIV

posi

tive

wo

men

who r

ecei

ve

AR

Vs

to r

educe

the

risk

of

Moth

er t

o c

hil

d H

IV

tran

smis

sion

Bas

elin

e: 5

4.2

%

Tar

get

: 8

5%

P

erce

nta

ge

of

infa

nts

born

to H

IV p

osi

tive

wo

m-

en r

ecei

vin

g v

irolo

gic

al t

est

wit

hin

2 m

onth

s B

asel

ine:

2

0%

T

arget

: 8

5%

P

erce

nta

ge

wom

en a

nd m

en a

ged

15

to 4

9 w

ho

rece

ived

an H

IV t

est

in t

he

pas

t 1

yea

r B

asel

ine:

19

%

Tar

get

: 8

5%

P

erce

nta

ge

of

the

most

at

risk

pop

ula

tions

reac

hed

wit

h H

IV p

reven

tion p

rogra

mm

es

Bas

elin

e: 1

5%

T

arget

: 6

5%

N

um

ber

of

HIV

and A

IDS

Work

pla

ce p

oli

cies

and p

rogra

mm

es i

mp

lem

ente

d i

n t

arget

ed

sect

ors

B

asel

ine:

0

Tar

get

: 1

Exis

tence

of

poli

cy a

nd g

uid

elin

es a

gai

nst

dis

-

crim

inat

ion a

gai

nst

HIV

posi

tive

peo

ple

wit

h

dis

abil

itie

s.

Bas

elin

e: N

o,

Tar

get

: Y

es

AN

C r

egis

ters

, D

HS

UN

GA

SS

AN

C r

egis

ters

N

AC

P M

&E

pro

-

gra

mm

e dat

a (2

00

8-

201

1)

Sp

ectr

um

Pro

ject

ion

(EP

P)

201

1

MO

T

MO

T

Work

pla

ce P

oli

cies

docu

men

ts

Ris

ks

Inad

equat

e nat

ional

com

mit

-

men

t or

inte

rnat

ional

coord

i-

nat

ion t

o s

ust

ain t

he

HIV

and

AID

S r

esp

onse

A

ssu

mp

tion

s T

he

mult

i-se

ctor

resp

onse

to

HIV

and A

IDS

is

wel

l co

ord

i-

nat

ed

UN

FP

A,

WH

O,

UN

ICE

F,

MoH

SW

for

PM

TC

T p

rovid

ing

fundin

g a

nd t

echnic

al

assi

stan

ce f

or

PM

TC

T

in p

ub

lic

and p

rivat

e

hea

lth f

acil

itie

s,

UN

OD

C

UN

DP

& U

NA

IDS

,

NA

C,

MO

HS

W,

MO

J

for

MS

M p

rovid

ing

fundin

g a

nd p

rogra

m-

min

g a

ssis

tance

for

reac

hin

g M

SM

and

oth

er k

ey p

op

ula

tions

ILO

and M

oL

Outp

ut

3.6

.1:

Incr

ease

d k

now

ledg

e an

d u

nder

-

stan

din

g o

f th

e ca

use

s of

HIV

infe

c-

tion a

nd m

easu

res

of

pre

ven

tion

amon

g y

outh

and a

dole

scen

ts

Per

centa

ge

of

you

ng w

om

en a

nd m

en a

ged

15

–

24

who c

orr

ectl

y i

den

tify

ways

of

pre

ven

tin

g

HIV

and r

ejec

ting m

ajor

mis

conce

pti

ons

about

HIV

tra

nsm

issi

on

Bas

elin

e: 2

3.5

%

Tar

get

: 70

%

Pro

port

ion o

f yo

uth

and a

dole

scen

ts t

este

d f

or

HIV

and r

ecei

vin

g t

hei

r re

sult

s dis

aggre

gat

ed b

y

age

Bas

elin

e: N

A

Tar

get

: 30

%

LD

HS

MA

RP

s, B

ioB

SS

The

nex

t D

HS

wil

l in

clude

HIV

to e

nsu

re c

onsi

sten

ce o

f

dat

a

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One Programme Pillar IV:

Inclusive Governance and

Public Institutions


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2.4 ONE PROGRAMME PILLAR IV: INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

PROGRAMME SUMMARY

National Development Vision Statement

To build and operate efficient and effective institutions and systems, in partnership with the citizens, that

will promote and uphold democratic governance, accountability, justice for all and that will strengthen

peace.


International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women

Convention on the Rights of the Child



MDG 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education


MDG 4: Reduce Child Mortality

MDG 5: Improve Maternal Health

MDG 6: Combat HIV and AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases

MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability

MDG 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Key One Programme Outcome Statements

4.1 Strengthening Key Governance Institutions: By 2017 Liberia has governance institutions equipped

with inclusive systems to perform.

4.2 Constitutional and Legal Reform: By 2017, review of the Constitution is completed with a frame-

work that guarantees democratic governance and equal rights of all citizens.

4.3 Natural Resources Management: By 2017, Liberia has an effective and efficient natural resource

management framework enabling transparent, accountable and equitable distribution of economic

benefits and protection of rights of all.

4.4 Public Sector Institutions and Civil Service Reform: By 2017, Liberia has an improved and decen-

tralized public sector and civil service providing fair and accountable basic services to people.


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2.4.1 Outcome 4.1: Strengthening of Key

Governance Institutions

Context

Governance in Liberia has made some progress since

the end of the conflict in 2003. A national referendum

and a second set of national and local elections

demonstrate slow but steady progress toward the

establishment of democratic processes and strengthen-

ing of governance institutions. With respect to the

legislature, there have been some improvements in

infrastructure and capacity building since 2006. How-

ever, challenges remain with regard to fulfilling its

constitutional responsibilities of lawmaking, oversight

and representation. Public understanding of the legis-

lature‘s roles and responsibilities is limited and

confidence in the institution remains low. Moreover,

inclusion and participation of women in the legislature

remains low; women hold 11.5% of the seats in the

House of Representatives and the Senate.

The National Election Commission (NEC) was estab-

lished in preparation for the 2006 elections. While the

capacity and resources of NEC have improved gradu-

ally since the 2006 elections, the institution is

impaired by a weak legal enforcement framework and

a limited managerial, technical and resource base.

Concerns remain that NEC‘s political neutrality is

compromised and that its overall capacity to deal with

the challenges of conducting free, fair and transparent

elections need strengthening. In 2011, NEC adminis-

tered national elections with the support of the UN

and Development Partners, which were considered as

generally free, fair and transparent by international

standards.

Civil society organizations, including the media, could

be significantly strengthened to fill the role of policy

pressure groups and/or participate more fully in macro

processes either as providers of essential input, or in

an oversight role, and any accompanying regulatory

framework needs strengthening to enable participation

and oversight functions.


In terms of strengthening governance institutions, the

government plans a number of key interventions:

Implementation of the Legislature Modernization

Plan.

Capacity development of NEC personnel.

Develop and roll out civic voter education

outreach programmes.

Redefine the mandate, function and structure of

the Ministry of Internal Affairs, County, District

and local governance institutions and rationalize

some of the local structures.

Encourage active citizen involvement in planning/

budgeting process.

Make available budget information to citizens in an

accessible format.

UN Contribution

The UN will support the strengthening of select

governance institutions, including the Legislature and

the National Elections Commission, through the fol-

lowing:

Enhance the capacity of the Legislature to

perform its functions in an inclusive, effective and

efficient manner.

Build the capacity of the NEC to independently

conduct free, fair, transparent and credible

elections.

Build the capacity of organized CSOs and the

media to engage in political processes.

2.4.2 Outcome 2.4: Constitutional and Legal

Reform

Context

In 2013, the GoL will embark upon a process of

revising the 1986 Constitution with the key objective

of enhancing civic participation in local level decision

making. As a precursor to constitutional review, the

GoL approved a policy on decentralization and local

governance in 2011, aimed at increasing popular

participation, local initiative, greater transparency and

accountability, especially in the provision of public

goods and services, and has begun the process of

devolution of authority to local governments. The

government has also progressively devolved previous-

ly centralized decision and budgetary authority to

Ministries, Agencies and Commissions (MACs).

Within the existing social and constitutional frame-

work, decentralization efforts in PRS-1 have been

constrained by the 1986 Constitution, which does not

provide a legal framework for decentralization

measures. The establishment of a new legal frame-

work requires a broad public debate to build support

for constitutional amendment, led by the GoL. Many

communities, however, lack the necessary infor-

mation, and many citizens, at present, lack the civic

education required to contribute to this debate.

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The GoL is planning the following key interventions

with regard to constitutional and legal reform:

Review of the 1986 Constitution to identify areas

of conflict and propose amendments to address

the challenge of political exclusion.

Organize a national consultative and awareness

campaign to validate the constitutional reform

process.

Prepare a local government act, carry out civic

education to sensitize citizens of the benefits of

decentralization.

Construct housing units at the county and district

level for decentralized MACs.

Implement a capacity development policy.

UN Contribution

The UN will support the Constitution Review

Commission and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to:

Review the current constitution, and draft the

legal framework that complies with human rights

standards.

Advocate for the domestication of key human

rights instruments and treaties to which Liberia is

a party.

Increase the responsiveness of county service

delivery and outreach to the needs and priorities

of citizens.

Build the capacity of county officials to formulate

and implement county development plans and

budgets.

2.4.3 Outcome 4.3: Natural Resources

Management

Context

Liberia has abundant natural resources that can

support broad-based economic development. Many

are concentrated by geographic distribution (minerals)

or economies of organization (plantation agriculture).

Given past practices in this sector, there is concern

regarding the development of these natural resources,

and steps will be taken under the AfT to avoid the

re-creation of an enclave economy.

Under PRS 1, the GoL developed legislation related to

environmental issues, and Liberia is a signatory to all

the major Multilateral Environmental Agreements

(MEAs). The country has also developed a National

Climate Change Adaptation Programme of Action

(NAPA). The GoL has also strengthened the role of

the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a reg-

ulatory and policy agency, established the National

Disaster Management Commission, set up the Liberia

Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (LEITI)

and developed a national energy policy.

Moreover, the GoL has improved the concessions pro-

cess, leading to standardized treatment across conces-

sion agreements concerning respect for national labor,

environmental and other laws, third party access to

concession infrastructure, and opportunities for linkag-

es between export-oriented enclave concessions and

the rest of the economy.


Building on some of achievements made in natural

resources management, the GoL seeks to develop and

endow the newly-created National Bureau of Conces-

sions with the broader capacity and specialized skills

required to transparently perform due diligence, to

negotiate concessions, and to enforce terms of the

concession agreement.

UN Contribution

The UN will support the GoL in strengthening systems

and institutions for natural resources management

through the following key interventions:

Develop an expanded, comprehensive regulatory

framework for natural resources management.

Establish a complaint mechanism for natural

resource management.

Develop comprehensive monitoring and evalua-

tion frameworks for natural resources manage-

ment.

Build the capacity of Government to negotiate

contracts, agreements and concessions.

2.4.4 Outcome: 4.4: Public Sector Institutions

and Civil Service Reform

Context

Despite the marked improvement during the past half

decade with economic recovery and growth, economic

growth would be unbalanced or unsustainable without

reforms to governance and public institutions. The will

of Liberians to address poverty is diluted when the

government is unable to translate popular will into

action, or allocate public resources to deliver services

according to these priorities.

In order to execute a long-term agenda of wealth crea-

tion, Liberia will need an efficient and streamlined

representative bureaucracy, both at national and local

levels. To maximize resources available for the public

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good, the GoL will enhance economic governance by

ensuring transparency around monitoring and collec-

tion of revenues from concessions activities so that

they yield the maximum benefit for the country.

The GoL will continue to strengthen the capacity of

the public sector to collect revenue and efficiently

save and invest resources for the provision of public

goods to citizens, while being transparent and subject

to oversight from informed citizens and efficient

watchdog organizations. Participation in bureaucracy

will need to be based on merit, not patronage or social

networks and various groups of society will need to be

fairly represented in politics at the national and the

local level.


The GoL aims to strengthen public sector institutions

and civil service reform through a number of key

interventions:

Develop a National Public Sector Reform Policy

and Strategy.

Review of business processes and financial

management of eleven agencies and thirteen State

Owner Enterprises (SOEs).

Politically appointed Assistant Ministers will be

replace by professionally recruited Department

Heads.

Review of government human resources policy.

UN Contribution:

The UN will assist with the decentralization of

Government agencies and support the Government's

reform strategy in several ways:

Assist with the development of clear mandates,

structures and functions throughout the civil

service.

Develop a National Disaster Risk Reduction policy

and assisting with its implementation.

Assist with the implementation of effective Public

Financial Management throughout the civil

service.

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udit

are

revie

wed

and s

ub

stan

tive

resp

onsi

ve

pro

vid

ed

in a

tim

ely m

ann

er)

Leg

isla

tors

‘ H

and

Book

New

Bil

ls;

tim

e (l

og)

from

init

iati

on t

o

com

ple

tion o

f b

ills

;

conte

nts

of

bil

ls,

poli

cy b

rief

s, r

esea

rch

Dai

ly J

ourn

als

for

each

sit

ting a

nd a

nnual

Leg

isla

tive

Journ

al f

or

Eac

h C

ham

ber

of

the

Leg

isla

ture

C

oord

inat

ion,

imp

le-

men

tati

on o

f th

e re

vis

ed

and r

e-p

riori

tize

d L

egis

-

lati

ve

Mo

der

niz

atio

n

Pla

n:

The

Leg

isla

ture

,

Join

t L

egis

lati

ve

Mo

d-

erniz

atio

n C

om

mit

tee

Fun

din

g a

nd a

dvoca

cy:

Dev

elop

men

t p

artn

ers

such

as

SID

A,

EC

N

GO

s su

ch a

s N

DI

Tec

hnic

al a

dvis

ory

and

fiel

d s

upp

ort

to r

elev

ant

loca

l ac

tors

: U

NM

IL

HR

PS

UN

DP

: $

3,5

00

,000

UN

MIL

HR

PS

:

$1

0,0

00

Outp

ut

4.1

.2:

By 2

017

,the

NE

C h

as t

he

cap

acit

y

to

indep

end

entl

y c

ond

uct

fre

e, f

air,

tran

spar

ent

and c

redib

le e

lect

ions

Ele

ctora

l la

w r

evie

wed

, am

end

ed,

pub

lish

ed

and p

rop

osa

ls m

ade

for

const

ituti

onal

am

end-

men

t B

asel

ines

: gap

s an

d d

efic

ienci

es i

n t

he

exis

ting

elec

tora

l fr

amew

ork

iden

tifi

ed

Tar

get

: P

rop

osa

ls f

or

const

ituti

onal

am

end

men

t

mad

e

Am

ended

ele

ctora

l

law

pre

sente

d t

o t

he

Leg

isla

ture

M

edia

rep

ort

ing, in

ter-

nat

ional

obse

rver

s‘

revie

w

NE

C‘s

op

erat

ional

and

logis

tica

l p

lans

Ris

ks

Poli

tica

l p

arti

es c

onti

nue

to

reje

ct t

he

NE

C a

s a

par

tisa

n

bod

y

Am

endin

g t

he

elec

tora

l la

w i

s

poli

tici

zed

The

Go

ver

nm

ent

of

Lib

eria

and N

EC

in

par

ticu

lar

wil

l le

ad i

n

the

imp

lem

enta

tion o

f

its

pla

nned

20

12

– 2

01

8

Str

ateg

ic p

lan a

nd c

oor-

din

ate

par

tner

sup

port

to

the

imp

lem

enta

tion o

f

the

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

UN

DP

: $4

,000

,000

86

Tar

get

: P

rop

osa

ls f

or

const

ituti

onal

am

end

men

t

mad

e S

yst

ems,

ru

les,

pro

cedu

res

rele

van

t to

in

stit

u-

tio

nal

an

d ad

min

istr

ativ

e fu

nct

ion

s re

vie

wed

and

pu

bli

shed

Bas

elin

e: G

AC

rep

ort

rev

eals

wea

k a

dm

inis

tra-

tive

and

in

stit

uti

on

al s

yst

ems

and

mec

han

ism

s

(hu

man

res

ou

rces

, fi

nan

ce,

asse

t m

anag

emen

t

and

pro

cure

men

t in

par

ticu

lar)

Tar

get

: C

lear

SO

Ps

dev

elop

ed;

staf

f o

rien

ted

and

fu

lly r

oll

ed o

ut

NE

C‘s

sta

ff h

ave

rele

van

t

skil

ls a

nd

kn

ow

led

ge

to c

on

du

ct e

lect

ion

s at

nat

ion

al a

nd l

oca

l le

vel

in

an

in

clu

sive,

par

tici

-

pat

ive

and

tra

nsp

aren

t m

ann

er

Bas

elin

e:

201

1 n

atio

nal

ele

ctio

ns

wer

e co

n-

du

cted

wit

h t

echn

ical

sup

po

rt f

rom

its

in

tern

a-

tio

nal

par

tner

s; m

inim

um

in

fras

tru

ctu

re a

nd

pro

ced

ura

l gu

idel

ines

an

d m

ech

anis

ms

are

in

pla

ce

Tar

get

: N

EC

is

full

y c

apab

le,

tech

nic

ally

an

d

op

erat

ion

ally

, to

org

aniz

e an

d c

ond

uct

cre

dib

le

elec

tio

ns

Mec

han

ism

s fo

r en

gag

emen

t o

f p

oli

tica

l

par

ties

, C

SO

s, w

om

en‘s

gro

up

s, y

ou

th, d

iffe

r-

ent-

able

d g

rou

ps

and

med

ia a

re w

ell

def

ined

and

str

ength

ened

Bas

elin

e: w

eak c

apac

ity o

f N

EC

‘s e

xte

rnal

rela

tio

ns

div

isio

n i

n e

ngag

ing s

takeh

old

ers

in a

sust

ain

ed a

nd

mea

nin

gfu

l m

ann

er

Tar

get

: N

EC

‘s e

xte

rnal

rel

atio

ns

div

isio

n i

s

robu

st i

n i

ts p

lan

nin

g, o

per

atio

ns

and

pu

bli

c

ou

trea

ch;

the

div

isio

n i

s fu

lly e

qu

ipp

ed i

n t

erm

s

of

staf

f sk

ills

an

d c

apac

ity a

nd

fu

lly e

ng

aged

wit

h s

takeh

old

ers

par

ticu

larl

y I

PC

C,

med

ia,

wo

men

an

d y

ou

th g

roup

s, l

oca

l au

tho

riti

es

Med

ia r

eport

ing, in

ter-

nat

ional

obse

rver

s‘

revie

w

NE

C‘s

op

erat

ional

and

logis

tica

l p

lans

NE

C‘s

div

isio

ns/

un

its‘

del

iver

y/

rep

ort

s

Med

ia r

epo

rtin

g

Pu

bli

shed

new

law

Pro

po

sals

fo

r co

nst

i-

tuti

on

al a

men

dm

ent

Ass

um

pti

on

s S

ecti

ons

wit

hin

the

NE

C a

re

dep

oli

tici

zed a

nd s

tren

gth

-

ened

, p

arti

cula

rly t

he

Leg

al

Sec

tion

Dev

elo

pm

ent

par

tner

s su

ch

as t

he

EC

, S

IDA

, w

ill

pro

-

vid

e fu

nd

ing a

nd

en

gag

e in

advo

cacy

to

en

sure

rev

iew

of

elec

tora

l la

ws

and

reg

ula

-

tio

ns

and

in

stit

uti

on

al

refo

rm a

nd

dev

elo

pm

ent

of

the

inst

itu

tio

n.

NG

Os

such

as I

FE

S,

ND

I an

d o

ther

s

wil

l b

e in

vo

lved

in i

mp

le-

men

tati

on

of

inte

rven

tion

s

wit

h t

he

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

as

wel

l as

en

gag

e in

ou

trea

ch

wit

h k

ey s

takeh

old

ers

such

as C

SO

s an

d p

oli

tica

l

par

ties

to

en

sure

in

clu

sive

par

tici

pat

ion

and

ad

vo

cacy

to A

fT i

n i

nst

itu

tion

al

refo

rm a

nd

cap

acit

y d

evel

-

op

men

t o

f N

EC

as

wel

l as

po

liti

cal

par

ties

Tec

hn

ical

ad

vis

ory

ser

vic

es:

UN

MIL

HR

PS

87

Ou

tput

4.1

.3:

By 2

015

, o

rgan

ized

gro

up

s

of

wo

men

, Y

ou

th, p

erso

ns

wit

h d

isab

ilit

ies,

med

ia a

nd

CS

Os

cap

acit

y t

o e

ngag

e in

po

liti

cal

pro

cess

es p

arti

cu-

larl

y i

n e

lect

ora

l an

d l

egis

-

lati

ng p

roce

sses

en

han

ced

Ro

les

and

reg

ula

tory

fra

mew

ork

fo

r C

SO

s cl

ari-

fied

/est

abli

shed

Bas

elin

e: W

om

en,

Yo

uth

, D

isab

ilit

y,

Med

ia

(WO

NG

OS

OL

, F

LY

, N

UO

D)

gro

up

s h

ave

stru

c-

ture

an

d s

ecre

tari

ats;

Med

ia h

as a

reg

ula

tory

fra

me-

wo

rk

Tar

get

: A

n o

ver

all

regu

lato

ry f

ram

ewo

rk f

or

CS

Os

dev

elo

ped

/pu

bli

shed

Wo

men

, yo

uth

, p

erso

ns

wit

h d

isab

ilit

ies,

m

edia

and

CS

Os

rece

ived

tra

inin

gs

on

th

e u

se o

f fr

ame-

wo

rk,

advo

cacy

, lo

bb

yin

g a

nd

Civ

ic

Rig

hts

,

Hu

man

Rig

hts

, P

arti

cip

atio

n a

nd

En

gag

emen

t

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

Tar

get

s: W

om

en,

yo

uth

, p

erso

ns

wit

h d

isab

ilit

ies,

med

ia a

nd

CS

Os

are

full

y e

ngag

ed i

n p

oli

tica

l

pro

cess

es

Co

rres

pon

din

g l

aws

and

sta

tute

s

G

over

nm

ent

thro

ugh

the

MP

EA

wil

l co

nti

n-

ue

to p

rovid

e o

ver

-

sigh

t an

d c

oo

rdin

ate

CS

O o

per

atio

ns

in t

he

cou

ntr

y.

Dev

elo

pm

ent

par

tner

s w

ill

pro

vid

e

fun

din

g t

o t

he

sect

or

and

ad

vo

cate

fo

r en

-

han

ced

coo

rdin

atio

n

and

im

pro

ved

po

licy

engag

emen

t b

y t

he

sect

or.

NG

Os

wil

l

pro

vid

e o

utr

each

to

the

sect

or

to s

upp

ort

acti

vit

ies;

CS

Os

wil

l

lead

in

th

e co

ord

ina-

tio

n o

f th

eir

sect

or

UN

DP

: $

1,0

00

,000

UN

Wo

men

: $

250

,000

Ou

tput

4.1

.4:

By 2

016

, a

ro

bu

st M

&E

fram

ewo

rk d

evel

op

ed a

nd

ado

pte

d

M&

E s

yst

em,

mec

han

ism

s, a

nd

pla

ns

in p

lace

, an

d

ann

ual

rep

ort

s p

ub

lish

ed

Bas

elin

e: D

epar

tmen

tal

bas

ed M

&E

Syst

ems

Tar

get

: 1

Nat

ion

al o

ver

arch

ing N

atio

nal

M&

E

Syst

em

M&

E S

yst

em,

Mo

nit

ori

ng R

epo

rts,

Ele

ctro

nic

Dat

abas

e

L

ead

ersh

ip:

Mo

F,

MP

EA

Tec

hn

ical

ad

vis

ory

serv

ices

: U

NM

IL

HR

PS

UN

DP

: $

1,0

00

,000

UN

MIL

HR

PS

$2

0,0

00

Ou

tco

me

4.2

: C

on

stit

u-

tion

al

an

d L

egal

Ref

orm

By 2

017

, a

revie

w o

f th

e

Co

nst

itu

tio

n i

s co

mp

lete

d

wit

h a

fra

mew

ork

th

at g

uar

-

ante

es d

emo

crat

ic g

over

n-

ance

an

d e

qu

al r

igh

ts o

f al

l

citi

zen

s

Rev

iew

co

mp

lete

d,

pro

po

sals

mad

e

Bas

elin

e: C

urr

ent

co

nst

itu

tio

n

Tar

get

: C

on

stit

uti

on

rev

iew

ed

Co

nst

itu

tio

n g

uar

ante

es e

qu

alit

y o

f al

l ci

tize

ns

(mal

e an

d f

emal

e) i

n t

erm

s o

f so

cial

, po

liti

cal

and

eco

no

mic

rig

hts

Bas

elin

e: T

BD

Tar

get

: C

on

stit

uti

on

gu

aran

tees

eq

ual

ity f

or

all

Nu

mb

er o

f in

tern

atio

nal

/reg

ion

al H

R i

nst

rum

ents

do

mes

tica

ted

, im

ple

men

ted

an

d r

epo

rted

on b

y

20

17

Bas

elin

e:

TB

D

Tar

get

: Im

ple

men

tati

on

of

all

rele

van

t in

stru

men

ts

are

bei

ng r

epo

rted

on

a r

egu

lar

bas

is

Rel

evan

t co

nst

itu

-

tio

nal

pro

vis

ion

s

Law

s, s

tatu

es a

nd

per

iodic

al r

epo

rts

Hu

man

Rig

hts

Mo

ni-

tori

ng r

epo

rts

Ris

ks

Lac

k o

f ef

fect

ive

com

mu

ni-

cati

on

ab

ilit

y t

o e

ngag

e p

ub

-

lic

at l

arge

on

con

stit

uti

on

al

and

leg

al i

ssu

es a

t al

l le

vel

s D

elib

erat

e m

ov

e to

cap

ture

refo

rm p

roce

ss b

y v

este

d

inte

rest

A

ssu

mp

tion

s

Po

liti

cal

wil

l to

ref

orm

is

mai

nta

ined

at

the

hig

hes

t

level

B

road

-bas

ed c

on

sult

atio

n

hel

d o

n r

efo

rms

Tec

hn

ical

ad

vis

ory

serv

ices

: U

NM

IL

HR

PS

, U

NO

DC

88

Ou

tput

4.2

.1:

By 2

014

, re

vie

w o

f cu

rren

t

con

stit

uti

on

and

leg

al f

ram

e-

wo

rk u

nd

erta

ken

an

d n

ew

hu

man

rig

hts

co

mp

lian

ce

pro

po

sals

dra

fted

New

pro

po

sals

co

nsi

sten

t w

ith

in

tern

atio

nal

hu

man

righ

ts s

tan

dar

ds

and

bal

ance

d r

elat

ion

ship

bet

wee

n

thre

e ar

ms

of

go

ver

nm

ent

in p

lace

(Yes

/No

)

New

co

nst

itu

tio

n a

nd l

egal

pro

vis

ion

s gu

aran

teei

ng

equ

al r

igh

ts o

f w

om

en a

nd

men

of

all

eth

nic

, re

li-

gio

us

bac

kgro

und

s

(Yes

/No

)

Pro

po

sal

and i

ts p

ro-

vis

ion

s

Rel

evan

t p

rovis

ion

s

of

the

Co

nst

itu

tio

n

le

ader

ship

fo

r co

nst

i-

tuti

on

al r

evie

w:

GO

L

Ad

vo

cacy

an

d t

ech

-

nic

al s

upp

ort

: D

evel

-

op

men

t p

artn

ers,

UN

MIL

HR

PS

,

UN

OD

C

Ou

trea

ch:

CS

Os

NG

Os

wil

l al

so

UN

DP

: $2

50

,000

UN

MIL

HR

PS

:

$2

0,0

00

Ou

tco

me

4.3

: N

atu

ral

Res

ou

rces

Man

ag

em

en

t

By 2

017

, L

iber

ia h

as a

n

effe

ctiv

e an

d e

ffic

ien

t n

atu

-

ral

reso

urc

e m

anag

emen

t

fram

ewo

rk e

nab

lin

g t

ran

s-

par

ent,

acc

oun

tab

le a

nd

equ

itab

le d

istr

ibu

tio

n o

f

eco

no

mic

ben

efit

s an

d

pro

tect

ion

of

righ

ts o

f al

l

A r

egu

lato

ry f

ram

ewo

rk f

or

nat

ura

l re

sou

rces

man

-

agem

ent

wit

h c

om

mu

nit

y p

arti

cipat

ion

end

ors

ed

(wit

h p

rovis

ion

fo

r o

il,

min

es,

fish

erie

s, f

ore

st,

lan

d,

etc.

)

Bas

elin

e: 0

T

arget

: 1

Go

ver

nm

ent

cap

acit

y f

or

con

trac

ts,

agre

emen

ts a

nd

con

cess

ion

s n

ego

tiat

ion

s su

pp

ort

ed b

y e

xp

ert

kn

ow

led

ge,

skil

ls,

fact

s an

d d

ata

Bas

elin

e: N

eed

fo

r co

mp

reh

ensi

ve

cap

acit

y a

sses

s-

men

t

Tar

get

: T

BD

Lan

d r

efo

rm p

oli

cy d

evel

op

ed w

ith

pro

vis

ion

fo

r

pro

tect

ion

of

righ

ts o

f al

l co

nce

rned

, w

ith

wo

men

‘s

righ

ts t

o l

and

en

sure

d i

n l

aw a

nd

pra

ctic

e

Bas

elin

e: 0

T

arget

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Co

mp

lain

t an

d r

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ech

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ms

exis

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d i

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Bas

elin

e: 0

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arget

: 1

Exis

ten

ce o

f tr

ansp

aren

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nd

acc

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nta

bil

ity

mec

han

ism

s in

pro

ject

dis

trib

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on

an

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its

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e: 0

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arget

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Leg

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and

its

pro

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s

Co

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an

d t

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s

and

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on

lan

d

refo

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th

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rovi-

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of

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righ

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Inst

itu

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men

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tru

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T

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LE

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s ca

pac

ity a

nd

man

dat

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pan

ded

(Yes

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Info

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Rev

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Alt

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Bas

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Tar

get

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Co

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M&

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Inst

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Co

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Ad

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d t

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: D

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UN

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By 2

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ver

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cap

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s n

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ced

Ele

ctro

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n c

on

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ts, ag

reem

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an

d

con

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s m

ain

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in u

se a

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pu

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cces

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Wit

h i

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Sta

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BD

Tar

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Dat

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L

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Bu

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of

Co

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serv

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NM

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90

Ou

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Pu

bli

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Servic

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eform

By 2

017

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as a

n

imp

roved

and d

ecen

tral

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pub

lic

sect

or

and c

ivil

ser

vic

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pro

vid

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air

and a

ccounta

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bas

ic s

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o p

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Pub

lic

sect

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refo

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lined

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asel

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No

Tar

get

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es

Nu

mb

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f nat

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ple

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Nat

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Dec

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l se

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Min

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ties

1

5 c

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e re

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h n

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go

ver

nm

ent

and a

lso c

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loca

l re

ven

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for

dev

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men

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min

-

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n a

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anag

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t B

asel

ine:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 15

counti

es

Par

tici

pat

ion o

f ci

tize

ns,

in p

arti

cula

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om

en,

youth

,

per

sons

wit

h d

isab

ilit

ies

and C

SO

s in

county

and l

oca

l

pla

nnin

g,

budget

ing,

and d

ecis

ion m

akin

g p

roce

sses

inst

ituti

onal

ized

B

asel

ine:

TB

D

Tar

get

: 15

counti

es

Nat

ional

Dis

aste

r R

isk

Man

agem

ent

poli

cy e

ffec

ted

wit

h k

ey s

ecto

r m

inis

try/a

gen

cy p

lans,

and c

apac

ity

asse

ssed

and o

per

atio

nal

at

nat

ional

and c

ounty

lev

el

Bas

elin

e: 0

Tar

get

: 1

Pub

lish

ed M

FR

and

Annual

rep

ort

s A

nnual

rep

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s, P

ro-

gre

ss r

eport

on d

ecen

-

tral

izat

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mp

lem

en-

tati

on

Physi

cal

pre

sence

of

inst

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ons;

annual

budget

s P

rese

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of

salu

tato

ry

bodie

s at

loca

l le

vel

and s

har

e of

CS

Os

rep

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nta

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New

poli

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nd i

nst

i-

tuti

onal

arr

angem

ents

Ass

um

pti

on

s

Lea

der

ship

and p

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ill

rem

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per

form

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Nat

ional

and l

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stit

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are

econom

ical

ly v

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le

Ris

ks

Del

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f p

ub

lic

goods

and

serv

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aff

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d d

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to l

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fras

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and

amen

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s

Outp

ut

4.4

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015

, co

unty

go

ver

nm

ents

hav

e op

erat

ional

and t

echnic

al

cap

acit

y t

o f

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ula

te a

nd

imp

lem

ent

county

dev

elop

-

men

t p

lan a

nd b

udget

Nu

mb

er o

f m

inis

trie

s an

d a

gen

cies

th

at

dec

entr

aliz

ed

funct

ions

to c

ounti

es a

nd d

istr

icts

as

per

the

nat

ional

imp

lem

enta

tion p

lan

Bas

elin

e:

3 m

inis

trie

s (

Hea

lth,

Educa

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ub

lic

work

s hav

e dec

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to c

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get

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ll s

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min

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over

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1

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go

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nm

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hav

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late

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nnual

dev

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s an

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-

men

ced

Bas

elin

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BD

T

arget

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counti

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Physi

cal

pre

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of

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nnual

county

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L

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over

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Com

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NM

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PS

UN

DP

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UN

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:

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4.4

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By 2

016

, p

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sect

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inst

i-

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s en

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wit

h c

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ly d

efin

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man

dat

es,

stru

ctu

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and

fun

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ns

Man

dat

es a

nd f

un

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of

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lic

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in

stit

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bli

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BD

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BD

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b c

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F

Sta

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A

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d

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s

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f w

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Bas

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BD

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arget

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BD

Bie

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n q

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o w

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nat

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elin

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T

arget

: T

BD

Info

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on

pub

lic

affa

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incl

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cati

on a

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t co

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T

arget

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% o

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co

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stan

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TB

D

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t le

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Co

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info

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L

ead

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n-

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Co

mm

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on

er

and

MIA

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Fu

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Dev

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IL

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Programmatic synergies and linkages:

CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES


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2.5 CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES

The AfT identifies a number of cross-cutting issues,

which have been mainstreamed across the Pillars of

the One Programme.

2.5.1 Gender Equality

Achieving gender equality is a priority for both the

GoL and the UN system. Numerous initiatives are

ongoing, including the formulation of the Liberia

National Action Plan for the implementation of UN

Security Council Resolution 1325, and through a

National Gender Policy. These policies are designed

to address inequalities in access to government

services, participation and representation.

Representation of women in government, and increas-

ing women‘s participation in decision-making posi-

tions are addressed in the Governance One Pro-

gramme Pillar, while employment oportunities are

promoted through the Sustainable Economic Transfor-

mation and Human Development One Programme

Pillars. Women‘s health is a central part of the Human

Development One Programme Pillar, and livelihood

support for women is part of the Sustainable Econom-

ic Transformation One Programme Pillar. Reducing

sexual and gender-based violence and the protection

of women and girls also depends on rule of law (the

legal framework) and security (enforcement of the

law) structures and institutions, as well as on the

effectiveness of social welfare services. Throughout

the One Programme, most of the indicators are dis-

aggregated by sex.

2.5.2 Human Rights

A human rights based approach to development

programming demands that human rights standards

and principles are applied across all interventions. The

Independent National Commission on Human Rights

(INCHR) was established in September 2010, and is

mandated to conduct investigations, make recommen-

dations and advocate for legislative and policy chang-

es to improve the human rights situation in Liberia.

However, internal challenges have significantly af-

fected the Commission‘s performance. The UN sys-

tem and partners in the One Programme are commit-

ted to developing the capacities of duty bearers and

rights holders. The Peace, Security and Rule of Law,

as well as the Governance and Public Institutions One

Programme Pillars, address civil and political rights,

the Sustainable Economic Transformation One Pro-

gramme Pillar addresses economic rights, and the

Human Development One Programme Pillar promotes

social and cultural rights.

2.5.3 Environment

Environmental sustainability is addressed in the One

Programme through the Governance and Public Insti-

tutions One Programme Pillar (the governance frame-

work for natural resource management), under

Sustainable Economic Transformation (promoting

sustainable use of natural resources, including the

promotion of more sustainable rice production meth-

ods), and in the WASH component under the Human

Development One Programme Pillar.

2.5.4 Employment

Labor and employment, in particular youth employ-

ment, are addressed under Sustainable Economic

Transformation. In addition to promoting a stable and

growing market economy and support to the creation

of small and medium enterprises, vocational and

technical education is envisaged for young people who

have completed basic education requirements. A

pre-vocational training programme will serve people

who have not completed 9 years of schooling.

Employment as a cross-cutting issue becomes an inte-

gral part of all aspects of the One Programme.

Employment opportunities and increased agricultural

production will have an impact on household food

security, and in turn, maternal and child nutrition

(Sustainable Economic Transformation, Human

Development). Improvements in the educational

system should improve the employability of women

and young people, and improvements in health,

WASH and HIV-AIDS services should increase

productivity (Sustainable Economic Transformation,

Human Development). Youth empowerment and

addressing youth unemployment, as well as ensuring

that services reach those who have been excluded or

marginalized, will contribute to peace-building and

reconciliation (Sustainable Economic Transformation,

Peace, Security and Rule of Law).

There is a strong inter-dependency between outcomes

related to Peace, Security and Rule of Law, and those

related to Sustainable Economic Transformation.

Increased security is crucial for achieving the overall

goals of the AfT and the One Programme. Progress in

economic transformation under Human Development,

in turn, will lead to sustainable gains in security and

stabilization.

2.5.5 Reconciliation

Reconciliation is a common theme in all One

Programme Pillars. Addressing unemployment, inclu-

sive governance, and programmes promoting equality

and ending marginalization will contribute to peace

and reconciliation. Effective rule of law institutions

promote reconciliation, strengthen state authority and

lay the foundations for stability.

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SECTION 3

Programme Management

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

3.1 The Government/Donor/UN One Programme Steering Committee on Delivering as One


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A Joint Steering Committee made up of Government,

donor and UN representatives will provide strategic

guidance and overall leadership to the Delivering as

One process. It will ensure that the change process

supports the Government‘s National Vision and prior-

ities, and is aligned with the principles of the Paris

Declaration and other aid effectiveness commitments.

The Steering Committee will meet at regular intervals

to discuss critical issues and make policy decisions to

facilitate One Programme implementation.

The Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs,

together with the Special Representative of the Secre-

tary General (SRSG), with delegated authority to the

Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General

(DSRSG)/Resident Coordinator, will co-chair the

Steering Committee.

The terms of reference for the Government/Donor/UN

One Programme Steering Committee on Delivering as

One appear in the Costed Action Plan component of the

One Programme.

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3.2 The Delivering as One UN Management

Structure

Responsibility for the overall management and over-

sight of the internal planning and implementation

processes for the One Programme will be assumed by

the following, existing coordination mechanisms,

referred to collectively as the DaO UN Management

Structure.

3.3 The Strategic Policy Group and the

United Nations Country Team

The Strategic Policy Group (SPG) is the highest

decision-making body within the UN system in

Liberia, and includes UNMIL Heads of Sections and

the Heads of all UN Agencies, Funds and

Programmes. It is chaired by the SRSG, who has dele-

gated authority to the DSRSG/Resident Coordinator to

take the lead on the development and implementation

of the One Programme.

The expanded UN Country Team (UNCT), which

consists of UN Heads of Agencies, Funds and

Programmes and Heads of key UNMIL sections, will

make the day-to-day decisions and oversee reporting

and management of the One Programme. Relevant

issues will be raised at the SPG for final approval. The

UNCT is responsible for reporting on Delivering as

One and One Programme implementation to the

Delivering as One Steering Committee.

3.4 One Programme Pillar Groups

The day-to-day management of the One Programme

will take place within the One Programme Pillar

Groups (UNPG). Each UNPG brings together the UN

Agencies, Funds, Programmes and UNMIL Sections

engaged in and contributing to that Pillar. The UNPG

will be convened by the Head of the UN entity that is

identified as Convenor in that sector. The UNPG

Convener regularly reports to the UNCT.

3.5 Outcome Working Groups

All Outcome Working Groups (OWG) will comprise

programming staff, who will provide technical level

assistance to the UNPG, manage the development of

workplans, and ensure implementation of planned

activities.

3.6 The Inter-Agency Programming Team (IAPT)

The Inter Agency Programming Team (IAPT) consists

of representatives of the Outcome Groups. It is

responsible for the design and overall management of

the One Programme and One Budgetary Framework,

which includes all the preparatory and intermediate

steps leading to its formulation, finalization, approval

and implementation. It provided strategic guidance

and oversight to all programmatic processes related to

the previous UNDAF such as the Review of the Joint

Programmes, the Mid-Term Review of the Country

Programme Action Plans of agencies and the UNDAF

Mid-Term Review. Monitoring of the implementation

of the One Programme will take place at this level.

The IAPT reports on One Programme implementation

to the UNCT.

3.7 Inter-agency Monitoring and Evaluation

(M&E) Technical Advisory Group

The Inter-agency Monitoring and Evaluation Tech-

nical Advisory Group (M&E Group) will provide

technical and advisory support to the IAPT and UN

Pillar Groups in the monitoring of the One Pro-

gramme. The M&E group will also oversee Annual

Reviews, Mid-Term evaluations and other tasks listed

in the M&E schedule. The M&E Group Convener is a

member of the IAPT, and M&E Group members are

appointed to participate in specific UN Pillar Groups.

3.8 Operations Management Team (OMT)

The Operations Management Team (OMT) will be

responsible for the design and management of all the

Delivering as One components that relate to common

services, premises and other operational issues, includ-

ing the Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfer. In a

similar manner to the IAPT, the OMT will monitor

progress, identify challenges and make recommenda-

tions to the UNCT in all matters affecting UN system

operations.

3.9 UN Communications Group (UNCG)

The UN Communications Group (UNCG) will imple-

ment, monitor and review the UNCT Communications

Strategy. As such, the UNCG will assume overall

responsibility for promoting awareness and under-

standing of Delivering as One, both internally and

externally, as well as ensuring that the UN speaks with

one voice on key policy issues. The UNCG will also

mobilize support for the initiative among all UN staff,

GoL and donors.

3.10 The Gender Theme Group (GTG)

The GTG promotes the application of gender

friendly and human rights-based approaches in the

work of the UN in Liberia.

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Monitoring and Evaluation

In the One Programme costed Action Plan‘s Monitoring and Evaluation framework, each target is supported by technical notes which specify, among others, data

disaggregation, the responsible agency for data collection and mainstreaming of cross-cutting issues.

This review will coincide with completion planned end-period of Millennium Development Goals.

The UN County Field Offices where One Programme interventions are being implemented will serve as country-level focal points for M&E.

Mechanisms for regular feedback are embedded in the costed Action Plan.

The outcome and output indicators and targets will be

used to monitor the progress of the One Programme.

Output indicators will be monitored annually, and out-

come indicators will be monitored at the mid-term and

end of the One Programme cycle. Annual targets will

be defined each year through the IAPT/Monitoring

and Evaluation Technical Advisory Group (M&E

Group) in consultation with One Programme UN

Pillar Groups. The verification sources will be nation-

al databases at the Liberia Institute of Statistics and

Geo-information Services (LISGIS) and other Govern-

ment entities.

Three major review exercises are scheduled within the

One Programme implementation cycle: the annual

review of the Costed Action Plan, a mid-term review

of the One Programme in 2015, and a final One

Programme evaluation in 2017.

The IAPT/M&E Group will develop an efficient and

effective output tracking system to support timely

achievement and/or modification of results. This group

will advise and support the other One Programme

groups (UNCT, IAPT, UNPWG) and related govern-

ment monitoring entities to ensure consistency,

coherency and consideration of cross-cutting issues

both at national and county level.


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