Monrovia — The Liberia Worldwide NGO Discussion board (LINGO) has introduced plans to carry its 2026 Annual Normal Assembly (AGM) on Friday, January 23, as worldwide and native non-governmental organizations grapple with shrinking help sources, altering donor priorities, and evolving operational calls for.
The day-long assembly, scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Monrovia Metropolis Corridor, will likely be held underneath the theme: “Navigating the Altering Panorama of Assist: Collective Methods for Holding the Line.” Contributors are inspired to attend in African print or conventional apparel.
In line with LINGO, the AGM comes at a crucial time for Liberia’s humanitarian and improvement sector, as international and nationwide help architectures proceed to shift, inserting elevated strain on NGOs to adapt, coordinate extra successfully, and maximize restricted sources.
“The help atmosphere is changing into more and more constrained,” LINGO stated in a press launch. “NGOs in Liberia are being known as upon to reply responsibly, strengthen coordination, and undertake extra strategic and collaborative approaches to sustaining impression.”
The discussion board will deliver collectively a broad cross-section of stakeholders, together with representatives from donor companies, United Nations establishments, authorities ministries and public establishments, suppose tanks, analysis organizations, in addition to worldwide and native NGOs.
Discussions will heart on rising funding and coverage tendencies, institutional expectations, coordination challenges, and alternatives for extra coherent and collective responses throughout the sector.
Key highlights of the AGM embody shows analyzing international and native help tendencies and their implications for NGOs working in Liberia, panel discussions analyzing present pressures and expectations within the help panorama, and an interactive technique session centered on sensible methods organizations can work collectively extra successfully.
LINGO says the assembly is meant to function a platform for reflection, dialogue, and shared studying, geared toward reinforcing coordination and figuring out real looking, collective pathways ahead.
“The AGM will assist make sure that NGOs in Liberia are higher positioned to proceed delivering significant outcomes whereas navigating ongoing change,” the group famous.
LINGO is a coordinating physique for worldwide NGOs working in Liberia, working to strengthen collaboration, advocacy, and effectiveness throughout the sector.
