Japan/UNDP Builds Capacity of Border Actors

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with support from the Government and people of Japan has conducted a 4-day training of at least six-hundred and eighty (680) border actors. These include officers of the Liberia National Police (LNP), Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (BIN), Drug...

Social Cash Beneficiaries Laud Donors

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Liberia (GoL) through the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) have successfully completed the payment of over 2000 beneficiaries under the “National Social Cash Transfer (SCT) Programme.” With support from UNDP, the...

UNDP Enhancing RBM platform to build knowledge and Skills

The United Development Programme (UNDP) has conducted a three-day refresher training for its staff and partners on Results Based Management (RBM), Programme Assurance and Risk Management. The Exercise held July 12-14 2016 was intended to improve the understanding of UNDP staff and Implementing Partners on...

Regional sessions launched on new Elections Laws

The National Elections Commission (NEC) in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the European Union (EU), the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and UNDP, has conducted series of nation-wide information sessions on the Amended Elections Law of 2014....

Service Centers Generate over 4million Liberian Dollars

The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Internal Affairs has reported revenue generated from Service Centers in Grand Bassa, Margibi, Bong, and Nimba Counties, totaling over US$42, 000 ($4,295,975.00 Liberian dollars). The County Service Centers were established by government in its efforts to take...

“You stood while others fled… UNDP Staff tells Active Case Finders

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Team Leader for its Governance Programme in Liberia has termed the over five thousand community volunteers otherwise known as Active Case Finders (ACFs) as the “real heroes and heroines” of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) fight in Liberia, mainly Montserrado County....

Security Officers undergo Arms Refresher Training

As part of preparations for the physical collection of small arms and light weapons within selected communities in the country, the National Commission on Small Arms (LiNCSA) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has conducted a three-day refresher training for state security forces...

Social Cash Programme impacts lives in Bong County

The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Liberia caused the death of over 4,000 Liberians and brought social and economic interruptions and hardship to a large segment of the people. The poorest households were severely affected with livelihoods completely impaired or lost and food insecurity worsened as a...

County Service Staff undergo training for effective delivery

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has conducted a one-week decentralization training for over 108 civil servants as County Service Center staff in Monrovia. The civil servants were drawn from various government Ministries, Agencies and Commissions in Grand Cape Mount, Bomi, Rivercess and Gbarpolu Counties. The...

Bong Service Center operational-over 300,000 to access services

The Bong County Service Center (CSC) is gradually gaining momentum since its official opening by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on April 25. The CSC is part of efforts by the Government of Liberia to take major documentary services closer to the people under its Decentralization Support Programme (LDSP) led by...

Immigration Recruits urged to be vigilant

The Special Security Advisor to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on International Affairs has urged Immigration officers to perform to the best of their abilities by investigating all violations, protecting all borders, respecting human rights and be law abiding in the discharge of their duties. Dr. H. Boimah Fahnbulleh,...

Multipurpose Facility for Police unveiled

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP), has turned over a multipurpose building to the Liberia National Police Training Academy (LNPTA). The facility which contains a gymnasium, offices etc. is to be used to help enhance the training of officers attending the academy. Funding was provided by the Government...

GoL officially takes over KMV Projects

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Sunday April 24 encouraged citizens of Kokoyah District in Bong County, including the Superintendent, Town Chief and Clan Chief to take ownership of the Millennium Village Projects. At the dedication ceremony of the Kokoyah Millennium Village (KMV) Project in Botota, Kokoyah...

County Service Center remains an asset…says President Sirleaf

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at the opening of one of several County Service Centers across Liberia, has stressed the need for citizens and residents to give their fullest support and protection to the upkeep of the facility. In Kakata, Margibi County where a second County Service Center was officially...

NEC holds two-day high level Security Conference

Ahead of the pending 2017 Legislative and Presidential Elections, the National Elections Commission has begun preparation for an effective security coordination amongst national security actors, in the face of UNMIL drawdown. The Commission supported by the Elections Project with funding from the European Union,...

Government of Japan boosts border surveillance in Liberia

In continuation of enhancing border surveillance in the Country, the Government of Japan through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has turned over several logistics, materials, and equipment to the Liberia National Police and the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (BIN). The items worth over...

Breakwater Construction reduces threat of sea erosion to Port City

The coastal project supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with funds from the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) which is managed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), is very critical to the residents of Buchanan in Grand Bassa County and the people of Liberia because it is about...