Project

Strengthening national capacities to meet global environmental obligations with the framework of sustainable development priorities

Lead country

Liberia

Participating countries

Liberia

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From January 16, 2018 to January 16, 2022

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 15.9 Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
  2. 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning
  3. 17.9 Build capacity to support national plans

Project ID: 5796

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Technical team

  • Climate Strategies and Policy Programme

Cross-cutting programme(s)

  • Climate and Forests Programme
  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme
  • Environmental Governance Programme

Technical area(s)

N/A

Landscape(s)

N/A

Transformed sector(s)

N/A

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance

Strategy

  • Enabling
  • Governance

Sub-strategy

  • Mainstream

Social inclusion

N/A

Gender equality

N/A

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender responsive

Pathway(s)

N/A

Risk reduction target(s)

N/A

SDG target(s)

  • 15.9 Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
  • 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning
  • 17.9 Build capacity to support national plans

Conventions and protocols

  • National Action Plan
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
  • Other Global Conventions

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Multi-stakeholder collaboration

About this project

Description

This project is in line with the GEF-6 CCCD Strategy objective 1, 3, and 5 which call for countries to: a) integrate global environmental needs into management information systems and monitoring, b) integrate MEA provisions into national policy, legislative, and regulatory frameworks, and c) update NCSAs, respectively. The goal of this project is for Liberia to make better decisions to meet and sustain global environmental obligations. This requires the country to have the capacity to coordinate efforts, as well as best practices for integrating global environmental priorities into planning, decision-making, and reporting processes. To that end, the objective of this project is to strengthen a targeted set of national capacities to deliver and sustain global environmental outcomes within the framework of sustainable development priorities. The project will be carried out via four linked components. Component 1 calls for the establishment of an integrated environmental knowledge management system to meet global environment and sustainable development priorities. Component 2 focuses on enhanced institutional and technical capacities to mainstream, develop, and utilize policies for implementation of the three Rio Conventions. Component 3 works to improved environmental attitudes and values for the global environment. Component 4 is the updating of the National Capacity Self-Assessment. The project will take an adaptive collaborative management (ACM) approach to implementation, which calls for stakeholders to take an early and proactive role in the mainstreaming exercises, as well as to help identify and solve unexpected implementation barriers and challenges. By taking an ACM approach, project activities and outputs can be more legitimately modified and adapted to maintain timely and cost-effective project performance and delivery.

Objectives

To strengthen a targeted set of national capacities to deliver and sustain global environmental outcomes within the framework of sustainable development priorities.

USD $1,550,000

Grant amount

USD $1,500,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($1,550,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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FEATURED STORY

Strengthening national capacities to meet global environmental obligations with the framework of sustainable development priorities