Monrovia, Liberia, July 31, 2025: Key stakeholders from throughout Liberia’s environmental, governmental, civil society, and improvement sectors gathered on the Kofi Annan Convention Room in Monrovia for the nationwide validation workshop of the International Atmosphere Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP) Section 8 Nation Programme Technique (CPS).
Applied by the United Nations Improvement Programme (UNDP) and executed by the United Nations Workplace for Venture Companies (UNOPS), the GEF-SGP has been energetic in Liberia since 2009, supporting grassroots environmental initiatives which have straight and not directly empowered over 1.5 million individuals and distributed greater than USD 3 million in grants.
These efforts have targeted on biodiversity conservation, local weather change mitigation and adaptation, sustainable land and forest administration, and neighborhood improvement.
The validation workshop held on July 29, 2025, marked a significant milestone in Liberia’s transition into Operational Section 8 (2024–2028).
The brand new CPS, developed by way of a consultative and participatory course of led by the native NGO Nationwide Motion for Financial Empowerment and Improvement (NAFEED), units the strategic path for the following 4 years of GEF-SGP implementation within the nation.
“This technique is rooted in Liberia’s nationwide priorities, the President’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Improvement (AAID), and displays the voices of communities, ladies, youth, and marginalized teams. It’s a testomony to the ability of grassroots innovation in reaching world environmental and improvement objectives,” stated Mr. Louis Kuukpen, UNDP Liberia Deputy Resident Consultant.
Kuukpen additionally inspired individuals to critically look at the CPS and have interaction in open, trustworthy, and forward-looking dialogue to information Liberia’s future environmental programming.
The workshop aimed to safe stakeholders’ validation of the draft CPS, guaranteeing alignment with nationwide priorities and reflecting the insights of communities, improvement companions, and sectoral actors.
It additionally emphasised the significance of inclusive participation, nationwide possession, and improved coordination mechanisms for efficient implementation.
Key outcomes embody reaching settlement on the roles and tasks of companions and stakeholders, integrating gender equality and environmental safeguards, and figuring out co-financing alternatives and synergies with nationwide and donor-supported programmes.
Contributors represented a broad spectrum of stakeholders, together with civil society and community-based organizations, authorities ministries and companies such because the Environmental Safety Company (EPA), Forestry Improvement Authority (FDA), and the Ministry of Mines & Vitality; educational establishments together with the College of Liberia, Stella Maris Polytechnic, and AME College; the personal sector, notably Ecobank; and worldwide improvement companions such because the European Union, UN Girls, Conservation Worldwide, the World Financial institution, FAO, and the Embassy of Sweden.
The occasion reaffirmed Liberia’s dedication to environmental sustainability, inclusive improvement, and domestically led local weather and biodiversity motion.
As soon as finalized, the CPS shall be submitted to the UNOPS Nation Workforce for formal approval, setting the stage for community-level tasks aligned with Liberia’s nationwide improvement priorities and the worldwide Sustainable Improvement Targets.
