The EU is supporting the vital institutions in the Country to boost recovery and put the Country on good economic footing, an EU- Liberia partnership document has revealed.
Beneficiaries of the EU generosity include Liberia Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Trust Fund and government’s Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development.
The EU aligns its assistance initiatives with the Liberia Reconstruction Trust Fund, facilitating Road ,Water, and Sanitation as well Waste collection.
The EU also funds general budget support to buttress government’s effort in addressing important priority areas such as Payment of Teachers, Nurses, and Doctors.
The EU document said all cooperation activities in Liberia are aligned to Capacity building, Conflict sensitive development, Human Rights, Youth, Environment and the fight against HIV/AIDS.
” As of January, 2019, the EU Portfolio in Liberia has 22 projects with a total of Euro 21.65 Million total disagreement of euro 30.678 248 million project and approval by the European commission; document revenue.
The projects are also aligned to the four pillars of the government of Liberia Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development.
Pillar One- Power to the People
Pillar Two- Economic & Job Creation
Pillar Three- Sustaining Peace
Pillar Four- Governance and Transparency
Further alignment to EU Portfolio under its 11th. EDP for period 2014 – 2020 covers the following sectors;
Indicative amount for Good Governance stood at US$125.6 Million; Energy at US$ 117 Million, Education at US$37 Million, Agriculture at US$35 Million, the EU paper revealed.
Meanwhile the Government of Liberia and the EU Delegation last year hosted a 2-day Policy dialogue to review the portfolio on the EU initiative in Liberia.
The objective is to improve Aid transparency through government decision making and brought together Stake holders.
The review will obviously identify Challenges, Lessons learnt and make recommendations for improvement in the implementation of the EU funded projects in the future.
The principle of the Paris declaration on Aid effectiveness and the subsequent multilateral decisions recognize that each Country has primary responsibility for its own development programs. That development assistance must be Country led and that donors and recipients have a shared responsibility to ensure the successful implementation of assistance activities.
