devinitorg/iati-policy-markers huggingface dataset:
OFDA-2011-Liberia/CE-Grant to IRC for Protection/Health Activities OFDA-2011-Liberia/CE-Grant to IRC for Protection/Health Activities
Scaling-up Community Health Services Activity To strengthen the Liberian community health system to provide health care services in hard to reach areas while transferring ownership to the Government of Liberia.
Program Design and Learning Develop and conduct needs assessments, baseline studies, targeted evaluations, special studies or other information-gathering efforts specifically for the design, monitoring and evaluation of USG-funded programs. This sub-element may also include developing and disseminating best practices and lessons learned, testing demonstration and/or pilot models, or the preparation of strategic plans and other short-term programming tasks. Note: All such activities that are carried out by partners as an integral part of their monitoring and evaluation efforts for programs funded under other sub-elements should be included within those sub-elements.
USAID Advisory and Assistance Services Administrative costs and operating expenses of USAID contributing to Advisory and Assistance Services.
Higher Education Strengthen institutional capacities of public and private higher education institutions (including research institutes, teacher-training colleges and institutes, universities, community colleges, and the relevant officials, departments, and ministries responsible for higher education) to teach, train, conduct research, and provide community service; to contribute to development; and to promote professional development opportunities, institutional linkages, and exchange programs.
Partnership for Advancing Community-based Services (PACS) (Liberia):  FY 2018 funds will be used to increase the availability and utilization of community-based health, social welfare, and WASH services in three counties and build the capacity of MOH (at both central and county levels) and local organizations to deliver these services. The activity will also generate information and behavior change strategies at the community level to increase demand for the quality health services and encourage accountability of community based groups and associations. Funds will strengthen systems for supportive supervision at the community level and strengthen the use of the Community Based Information System to improve overall quality of community health services. These interventions will be supported through the implementation of an integrated package of community based services including the management of malaria, diarrhea and acute respiratory infections in children under five through the newly trained Community Health Assistants (CHAs). In addition to increasing access to health services, this activity will support the MOH to build management and operational capacities within the health system. Through local CSOs, community structures are strengthened to improve linkages between health facilities and communities. With FY 2018 funds, USAID will strengthen the internal management systems of local CSOs to foster effective participation in governance, advocacy, and service provision at local and national levels thereby increasing their effectiveness in executing their roles in the health system. USAID will also support Community Events Based Surveillance (CEBS), to strengthen epidemic preparedness and response activities. This activity will contribute to the sustainability of community based surveillance systems which were established during the Ebola crisis. The activity will support training for volunteers and immigration personnel at various borders and crossing points on CEBS and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) protocols. Objectives for Liberia: The specific objectives of the activity are to: Build local capacity to implement and manage programs; Increase availability of sustainable and quality community based health services; Promote demand for and provision of community health and social (child) welfare services; and Improve safe water supply and sanitation at the community level.
Crisis Assistance and Recovery Provide goods, personnel, services and assistance to meet basic human needs in order to foster transition from relief according to principles of universality, impartiality and human dignity. This element should be done, when possible, as part of an integrated, coordinated and/or multi-sectoral approach.
International Election Observation Mission (IEOM) Activity Foreign Service National (FSN) Payroll
Election Monitoring The Carter Center observed Liberia's Oct. 11, 2011, presidential and legislative elections, which marked an important test for the country's transition from civil war to democratic, constitutional government. Despite considerable challenges, Carter Center observers reported that the voting process was peaceful, orderly, and remarkably transparent.
Modern Energy Services Increase the efficiency, reliability, and transparency of energy services and promote investment in the development, transport, processing, and utilization of indigenous energy sources and imported fuels.
Learning Links Program (Liberia):  The Learning Links Activity will provide access to education with quality literacy and numeracy learning resources to enable girls to continue learning while they are not in school. The activity will also provide trained tutor-mentors, the ABE curriculum, SMS-based evaluations, and micro-incentives to address a range of challenges. Learning Links will also make available to learners, social support through access to counselors and caseworkers who will work individually with girls to assess their psychosocial needs and develop an individual plan for each.  The activity will operate in three locations in Bong County. Objectives for Liberia: The Learning Links Activity aims to improve literacy and numeracy skills of girls in Bong County who have left school due to pregnancy and provide quality, accessible and reliable education resources for out-of-school girls, while at the same time deploying an innovative and potentially game-changing education model that combines proven education approaches in a new way.
Transport Services Support and strengthen reliable and affordable transport systems.
G2G Partnership for Improved Health Outcomes G2G health funding support in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.
Food Security, Nutrition and Resilience Activity (Liberia):  The Food Security, Nutrition, and Resilience activity aims to increase farmer food security and productivity, household nutrition, community resilience, and economic opportunity in six counties in Liberia. The activity works with local partners to engage individual farmers, farmer groups, cooperatives, women, and youth farmer organizations to create sustainable pathways to market-driven, inclusive economic growth. The activity will achieve this goal through three Intermediate Results: 1) increasing agricultural production and on-farm processing; 2) strengthening farmer and community resilience; and 3) improving market systems for diverse and nutritious foods. The activity will use FY 2023 funds to provide technical assistance to farmer groups, women's groups, youth groups, and cooperatives to improve their ability to provide a range of services (such as access to finance, input distribution, climate-smart agriculture methods, data management, and marketing) and to strengthen community trust and networks. The activity will also provide in-kind grants, cash grants, and performance-based subcontracts to these groups to increase access to inputs, equipment, and technologies needed to increase productivity and processing capacity. The activity will also provide household cash grants to enable vulnerable youth and women to invest in inputs and productive assets that will jumpstart their livelihood strengthening and diversification efforts. The activity will complement USAID's community health, water, sanitation, and hygiene, and behavior change activities by increasing access to nutritious foods and information about dietary diversity.
Protection and Solutions Ensure full respect for the rights of the individual and communities in accordance with the letter and the spirit of the relevant bodies of law (international humanitarian, human rights, and refugee law). This involves both legal and practical approaches for implementation in humanitarian situations, including efforts to ensure humanitarian access, incorporate protection strategies in assistance programming and other measures to reduce vulnerability and uphold human dignity for all victims of conflict and disasters. Activities included herein should be linked to relevant GJD/Human Rights elements.
Protection, Assistance and Solutions The provision of effective protection, assistance, and durable solutions for refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and other victims of conflict and disasters.
USAID Communications, Utilities, and Rental Payments Administrative costs and operating expenses of USAID contributing to Communications, Utilities, and Rental Payments.
The Liberia Trade Policy and Customs (LTPC) Project The Liberia Trade Policy and Customs (LTPC) Project is an engagement funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in support of Liberias MCC Threshold Country Program (TCP). Working with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of Liberia (GoL), Deloitte is providing technical assistance aimed at improving Liberias trade and customs laws and policies.
USAID Miscellaneous Goods, Services, and Operations Maintanence Administrative costs and operating expenses of USAID contributing to Miscellaneous Goods, Services, and Operations Maintanence.
Address emergency food security needs in Liberia Address emergency food security needs in Liberia
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016.
USAID Pay and Benefits Administrative costs and operating expenses of USAID contributing to Payrolls and Benefits.
USAID Travel and Transportation Administrative costs and operating expenses of USAID contributing to Travel and Transportation.
USAID Equipment, Lands, and Structures Administrative costs and operating expenses of USAID contributing to Equipment, Lands, and Structures.
Administration and Oversight Supports the following illustrative program-funded costs: salaries of US, FSN, and TCN and other staff such as PSCs, RSSAs, PASAs, CASUs working for the US Government managing, administering, and supporting programs and their program-funded benefits such as housing, travel, transportation, education allowances etc; institutional contractors that provide such staff, rent, IT services, the program-funded share of utilities, staff training costs and the cost of developing and administering training programs, equipment and supplies, ICASS, vehicle fuel and maintenance, maintenance contracts, janitorial services, operational unit web page development and maintenance, outreach such as publications and the cost of their preparation (including staff costs), and technical assistance to ensure USG compliance with regulations.
Liberia Energy Sector Support Program (LESSP) Mid term Evaluation Liberia Energy Sector Support Program (LESSP) Mid term Evaluation. The Liberia Energy Sector Support Program (LESSP) was designed by USAID/Liberia to increase access to affordable renewable energy services in geographically focused rural and urban areas in order to foster economic, political and social development.
Feeder Roads Alternative and Maintenance Program (FRAMP) The purpose of this contract is to support the government of Liberia to construct, operationalize and implement sustainable routine maintenance systems while piloting alternative low volume sealed road construction techniques through research & development type interventions. This contract will also provide construction oversight to already designed roads as a part of USAID/Liberia overall Farm to Market Road Rehabilitation Program (F2MRR) while providing capacity building to local construction firms, public sector engineers/planners and community based groups to implement routine maintenance programs in Liberia. Objectives for Liberia: Planned Outcomes: Develop and operate road maintenance systems through county-level systems under national government technical and managerial oversight; Provide construction oversight for 450 km of farm-to-market roads; Pilot road maintenance activities on selected roads in the four targeted counties; Construct alternative low volume road seals on 50 km of selected roads in the targeted counties.
Community Revitalization and Reintegration Promote governance institutions, processes, and policies that are transparent and accountable across all development sectors. Support non-governmental as well as governmental institutions (including enforcement and investigation entities, independent audit agencies, anti-corruption commissions, procurement agencies, legislatures, line ministries, independent agencies, political parties, judicial actors, as well as civil society organizations, academia, press and the private sector). Support civic education and advocacy for reform of laws and practices or directly improving accountability and transparency of governance processes covering various development sectors.
Environment Ensure that the environment and the natural resources upon which human lives and livelihoods depend are managed in ways that sustain productivity and growth as well as a healthy population.
Land Rights and Community Forestry (LRCFP) LRCFP objectives are the following: 1) Legal and policy framework developed and strengthened to support community management and sustainable use of natural resources, particularly forests. 2) LTPR systems developed and strengthened to assure property rights for all natural resource users/owners. 3) Management of community forests improved and economic opportunities increased for communities and other user groups.
Youth Advance (Liberia):  USAID Youth Advance is a cross-sectoral activity that uses positive youth development principles to address the needs of out-of-school youth and supports the economic growth priorities of both USAID and the Liberian government. The activity aims to enable out-of-school youth to become productive citizens and improve their opportunities for employability or entrepreneurship. The activity will support market-driven, locally relevant educational and training opportunities to prepare young people for a better future and build their self-confidence. To reach scale and sustainability, the activity will engage systems actors including employers, financial service providers, youth serving local organizations, and youth themselves to customize services and opportunities to meet the needs and aspirations of three different target groups of youth.USAID Youth Advance will use FY 2023 funds to provide youth between the ages of 15-35 with work readiness, literacy, numeracy, technical training, social, and leadership development skills. The activity will introduce the Grow Your Business Advanced Entrepreneurship training package to Youth Advance alumni to support income generating activities. The activity will facilitate in-person placements for work-based learning and employment in emerging economic sectors, such as agriculture and hospitality, through new and existing private sector partnerships. Youth Advance will also provide access and messaging to increase awareness and promote youth-friendly services, including family planning. Additionally, the activity will provide grants to youth-serving local organizations to strengthen their capacity to serve more youth in the targeted communities. This activity supports the U.S. government's goal to increase high-quality and equitable education and opportunities for children and youth and the Administration's priority of growing economic opportunities and prosperity for communities globally..
Family Planning and Reproductive Health Expand access to high-quality voluntary family planning (FP) services and information, and reproductive health (RH) care. This element contributes to reducing unintended pregnancy and promoting healthy reproductive behaviors of men and women, reducing abortion, and reducing maternal and child mortality and morbidity.
Emergency Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, Protection, and Health activities in response to the Ebola outbreak in Liberia Emergency Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, Protection, and Health activities in response to the Ebola outbreak in Liberia
Civil Society Activity (Liberia):  .USAID's five-year Civil Society Activity (CSA) seeks to strengthen the ability of Liberian civil society organizations (CSOs) to advocate for policy reforms, policy implementation, and improved service delivery - particularly in the areas of education and healthcare. ..Using FY 2023 funds, CSA will continue to: 1) build civil society coalitions around priority issues within Liberia; 2) build the capacity of civil society organizations to advance key reforms; and 3) strengthen the organizational management capacity of grant recipients. CSA will also further develop the skills of local private sector service providers to meet the needs of local CSOs through technical, operational, and administrative support. Using FY 2023 funds, USAID will award small grants to local organizations to expand successful initiatives and explore other advocacy priorities including human rights and community monitoring of healthcare and the commodity supply chain..
OFDA-2011-Liberia/CE-Grant to IRC for Health/Protection Activities OFDA-2011-Liberia/CE-Grant to IRC for Health/Protection Activities
Peace and Reconciliation Processes Support and strengthen the negotiation process and implement peace and reconciliation processes, accords and ceasefire agreements at track levels 1, 2 and 3, including support to indigenous peacebuilding efforts. For a peace/negotiations process to have a chance of success, it must entail building trust in the process, between parties, and among their constituents, with a special focus on including women. Illustrative activities include negotiation training; platform development; public opinion polling; facilitation activities; elder statesmen engagement; provision of international expert advice and knowledge; financial support to parties; multi-stakeholder dialogues; assistance with the design of peacebuilding training programs; support and maintenance of agreed verification mechanisms; support to complaint tracking mechanisms; and work with local and national government representatives to bring them closer to their constituencies.
Staff Travel Costs This award is for a staff travel costs of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Post Ebola School Feeding WFP in Liberia Support local and regioal procurement to address the school feeding commodity shortfall including daily school meals and take home rations.
Water Supply and Sanitation Ensure broadly accessible, reliable and economically sustainable water and sanitation services for health, security, and prosperity. (Note that this element does not include the household behavior aspects found in sub-element 1.6.7 or water issues directly relating to Agriculture  found in the EG Objective.)
Legislative Function and Processes - Legislative Management, Administration, Accountability and Transparency Improve the way the legislature and legislative processes and procedures work to uphold democratic practices. Focus on the quality and effectiveness of legislation, including the constitution, codes, laws, and regulations applying to various development sectors. Increase the legislatures capacity to be responsive to the people it serves, enhance public participation, engage in policy-making, hold itself and the executive accountable, and oversee the implementation of government programs, budgets, and laws.
Ganta-Gbarnga Grid Extension Ganta-Gbarnga Grid Extension: This activity replaces the construction of the Mein River hydroelectric project in Bong County.  The purpose of this solicitation is to provide construction services for the Ganta-Gbarnga 33kV line and associated distribution, protection, and control facilities. The Ganta-Gbarnga line extends 77.28 km from Ganta to the vicinity of Cuttington University in Gbarnga and includes installation of a grounding transformer bank, a voltage regulator, a main disconnect switch, a primary metering set, approximately 25.5 km of single phase distribution line and associated transformers, approximately 10km of low voltage line and 500 consumer service drops. Power to serve the loads will come from the Danane-Ganta Cross Border 33kV system.
Excellence in Higher Education for Liberian Development (Liberia):  The Excellence in Higher Education for Liberian Development (EHELD) project's objective is to build regionally recognized and competitive academic Centers of Excellence (CoEs) that produce graduates who become leading professionals and entrepreneurs in the fields of engineering and agriculture in Liberia. FY 2014 higher education funds will assist Cuttington University and the University of Liberia in creating CoEs that will utilize up-to-date curricula, use best-practice teaching methodologies and materials, and utilize facilities that are conducive to learning. Funds will also continue supporting the development of student pipeline programs that identify high potential secondary school graduates to study agriculture and engineering. With FY 2014 funds, the EHELD project will continue to engage leaders in business, government, and the NGO community in order to maintain already-established partnerships and to solicit additional scholarship and internship opportunities for students.
Ebola Rapid Response Initiative  Air and Land Support to RITE Strategy Ebola Rapid Response Initiative  Air and Land Support to RITE Strategy
FFP/CRITICAL FOOD NEEDS OF TARGETED GROUPS MET Critical food needs of targeted groups met
Anti-Corruption Reforms Promote governance institutions, processes, and policies that are transparent and accountable across all development sectors. Support non-governmental as well as governmental institutions (including enforcement and investigation entities, independent audit agencies, anti-corruption commissions, procurement agencies, legislatures, line ministries, independent agencies, political parties, judicial actors, as well as civil society organizations, academia, press and the private sector). Support civic education and advocacy for reform of laws and practices or directly improving accountability and transparency of governance processes covering various development sectors.
Building Sustainable Elections Management in Liberia The aim of this Building Sustainable Election Management in Liberia project is to increase the capacity of the NEC to efficiently, effectively, and impartially manage the upcoming elections. IFES support to building the NECs institutional and professional capacity will allow it to conduct elections with decreasing levels of international support.
Social Assistance Cash or in-kind transfers to the poor or to those suffering from temporary shocks. Health services provided in-kind should be captured under the respective health element(s).