NEPAD TRANSFORMING AFRICA
LIBERIA
NATURAL RESOURCES GOVERNANCE AND FOOD SECURITY ... 2 Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) ... 2 Agriculture and Food Insecurity Risk Management ... 2
REGIONAL INTEGRATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRADE ... 2 Presidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative (PICI) ... 2 Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) ... 2 Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) ... 3
INDUSTRIALISATION, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION ... 4 African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation (AMRH) ... 4 African Science Technology and Innovation Indicators (ASTII) ... 4
SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUTH ... 4 Capacity Development ... 4 Gender ... 4
NEPAD INTERVENTIONS AND RESULTS
1. NATURAL RESOURCES GOVERNANCE AND FOOD SECURITY
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
CAADP Compact: Liberia signed the CAADP Compact on 5 - 6 October 2009.
Capacity Building: On 4 – 9 June 2010, NEPAD supported Liberia in conducting an Independent Technical Review (ITR).
Business: From 14 – 17 June 2010, the NEPAD Agency facilitated Liberia’s first Business Meeting.
Funding: The country received funding from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP), a multilateral mechanism by the G20 to address funding of country and regional agriculture, amounting to USD 47 million.
Agriculture and Food Insecurity Risk Management
An Agricultural Risk Assessment study is to be undertaken in Liberia during the second semester of 2016. Results from the study will enable the country to develop a national risk management strategy including a Capacity Development component that will be integrated into the second generation of CAADP National Investment Plans. Based on the outcomes of the assessment, AFIRM tools and policy instruments will be designed and implemented in the country.
2. REGIONAL INTEGRATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRADE
Presidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative (PICI)
Unblocking Political Bottlenecks for ICT Broadband and optic fibre Projects Linking Neighbouring States: The project uses political gravitas and goodwill to unblock and facilitate political bottlenecks affecting the implementation of ICT broadband and optic fibre projects on the continent.
Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
TAH programme: This is phase I of the continental connectivity programme that focuses on completion and standardisation of the TAH missing links by 2030.
Single African Sky phase 1 (design and initial implementation): Single African Sky is a continental programme that will create a high-level, satellite-based air navigation system for the
NEPAD INTERVENTIONS AND RESULTS
African continent.
Yamoussoukro Decision implementation: Purposed at accelerating the Yamoussoukro Decision implementation by identifying countries that are ready to fully implement it, and discussing and agreeing with both their governments and airlines to launch the voluntary club on a full membership basis.
West Africa Power Transmission Corridor: This programme involves 2,000 km line along the coast connecting with the existing Ghana– Nigeria line with a capacity of 1,000 MW