Monrovia, Liberia- Finance and Growth Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has praised the United Nations Nation Staff (UNCT) for its constant partnership and unwavering assist to Liberia, from the early improvement of the ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Growth (AAID) and the Nation Growth Agenda to the present levels of implementation.
Talking on the opening of a two-day Strategic Retreat organized by the UN Nation System in Monrovia, Minister Ngafuan acknowledged the UN’s dedication to aligning its strategic priorities with Liberia’s nationwide improvement frameworks.
He recommended the UNCT for tailoring its Nation Framework to replicate the imaginative and prescient and goals of the AAID.
“The UN is a accomplice certainly. From warfare to peace, the UN has been a robust and reliable ally,” Minister Ngafuan mentioned, emphasizing the essential function the UN has performed all through Liberia’s journey of restoration, stability, and improvement.
Held below the theme “United in Motion: Constructing a Resilient Liberia,” the retreat brings collectively key stakeholders to look at international improvement developments and consider the UN’s cooperation with the Liberian authorities.
The target is to ascertain a paradigm shift that fosters simpler and transformative approaches to improvement—initiatives that ship significant, measurable influence for Liberians.
Minister Ngafuan known as for better urgency and innovation in financing nationwide improvement, stressing the significance of exploring different funding mechanisms to completely implement the AAID.
“We should transfer with velocity to make sure that our frameworks and plans usually are not simply well-crafted but in addition executed on time,” he acknowledged.
He urged all improvement companions to be extra seen and results-driven in delivering tasks that straight profit the folks—reminiscent of improved roads, water programs, electrical energy, and human capability improvement.
“We don’t simply must be breaking floor for white elephant tasks. What we want are actual, impactful initiatives that change lives,” he emphasised.
For her half, UN Resident Coordinator Christine Umutoni echoed the Minister’s sentiments, noting the significance of strengthening collaboration and coherence throughout the UN system.
She pressured the necessity for all UN companies working in Liberia to reconfigure and realign their programmatic frameworks to higher assist and implement the AAID.
“This retreat is a novel alternative to assessment and undertake unified methods that promote synergy and ship outcomes,” mentioned Umutoni.
The 2-day engagement is anticipated to put the muse for a reinvigorated partnership between Liberia and the UN system—one that’s extra attentive to rising challenges, extra aligned with nationwide priorities, and extra able to delivering lasting improvement outcomes for all Liberians.
