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European Member States and European Commission Cooperation with Sierra Leone

January 2010

EU/SL Cooperation – November 2009

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SIERRA LEONE

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THE 27 MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Acronyms…...7 Executive Summary……………………………………………………..…….……9 1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………...11 2. Overview of European Union/Sierra Leone Cooperation……………….…..12

2.1 General Background of the European Cooperation…………….………12 Table 1. Main European Funding (2008-2012)………… …………………….…...13 Table 2. Chronogram of European Commission European Union Member states Activites…………………………………………………………………….………..14

2.2 The European Union Aid Coordination and Effectiveness…...………….17

2.3 Accra Agenda for Action………………………………………………...17

3. Description of the European Union Delegation/European Union member States’ Activities (2008-2012) in the framework of the PRSP…………………………………………………………………………………18

3.1 National Authorising Office/ Technical Cooperation Facility…..….……18

3.2 Strategic Priorities: Current and Planned…………………..……..……...19 Strategic Priority 1: Enhancing National Electricity …………………………...……21 Strategic Priority 2: Developing the National Transportation Network……………..22 Strategic Priority 3: Enhancing Productivity in Agriculture & Fisheries……...…….23 Strategic Priority 4: Sustaining Human Development………………………..….…..26

3.3 Preconditions for achieving strategic Priorities…………………………..32 Preconditions 1: Sustaining Peace, Security and Good Governance…………...……34 Preconditions 2: Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability………………..……….…….39 Preconditions 3: Growing the Private Sector……………..…………………….……41 Preconditions 4: Effective Management of Natural Resources…………..……..……43


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4. The Respective Bilateral Cooperation of the European Union with Sierra Leone …………..……………….……..………………………..…….....47

4.1 The European Union Delegation (EUD) cooperation with Sierra Leone……………………………………….……..………......…47

4.2 The Member States cooperation with Sierra Leone……….……….…....57 A. United Kindom………………..……………………..………….…….………...57 B. Germany…………………………………………………………….….………..58 C. Ireland……………………………………………………………….….…….….59 D. Italy ……………………………………………………………………..……..…60 E. France…………………………………………………………………………..…61 F. Other EU Member States………………………………………………………..63 5. Table of Annexes……………………………………………….……….……….65 Annex 1. Contacts of the Government of Sierra Leone, the European Commission

and the European Union Member States in Freetown…….................…...….66 Annex 2. EUMS support to INGOs in Sierra Leone……………………….………...68 Annex 3. Contacts of International Partner NGOs operating in Sierra Leone …....…69 Annex 4. Contacts of National Partner NGOs operating in Sierra Leone……..….…72


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List of Acronyms

ACC Anti Corruption Commission

ACP Africa, Caribbean, Pacific

ADB African Development Bank

BADEA Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa

CSP Country Strategy Paper DACO Development

Assistance Coordination Office

DEPAC Development Partnership Committee

DfID Department for International Development (UK)

DTIS Diagnostic Trade Integration Study

EC European Commission EDF European Development

Fund EPA Economic Partnership

Agreement EPD Environment Protection

Department EU European Union EUMS European Union

Member States EUD European Union

Delegation FAO Food and Agricultural

Organisation FGM Female Genital

Mutilation FIAS Foreign Investment

Advisory Service FPA Fisheries Partnership

Agreement GBV Gender Based Violence GDD Gold and Diamond

Department GoSL Government of Sierra

Leone GRS Governance Reform

Secretariat

GTZ German Agency for Technical Cooperation

GVWC Guma Valley Water Company

HSSP Health Support Service Programme

IRCBP Institutional Reform Capacity Building Project

JSDP Justice Sector Reform Programme

KfW Reconstruction Credit Institute

LRC Law Reform Commission

LRRD Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development

MAFFS Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry & Food Security

MDBS Multi-Donor Budget Support

MMR Ministry of Mineral Resources

MOSI Malaria Outreach Safety Initiative

MoU Memorandum of Understanding

MSF Médecins Sans Frontières

MTI Ministry of Trade and Industry

MW Mega Watts NaCEF National Commission

on the Environment and Forestry

NaCSA National Commission for Social Action

NAO National Authorising Office

NCP National Commission for Privatisation

NGO Non Governmental Organisation NPA National Power

Authority


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NRA National Revenue Authority

NSA Non State Actors OCT Overseas Countries and

Territories OPEC Organisation of

Petroleum Exporting Countries

PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

PSD Private Sector Development

PSF Public Sector Framework RABI Reducing

Administrative Barriers to Investment

RRP Resettlement and Rehabilitation Programme

RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

SFP Strengthening Fishery Products

SLBF Sierra Leone Business Forum

SLRA Sierra Leone Roads Authority

SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

STABEX Stabilization of Export Earnings

TA Technical Assistance TBT Technical Barriers to

Trade TCF Technical Cooperation

Facility TFRP Task Force Regional

Preparation TRC Truth and

Reconciliation Commission

TVET Technical and Vocational Education Training

UNDP United Nations Development Program

UNICEF United Nations International Children Emergency Fund

UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women

USAID United States Agency for International Development

WB World Bank


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Executive Summary

This brochure has been jointly initiated

by the European Union Delegation in

Sierra Leone, the Government of Sierra

Leone and the European Union Member

States (EUMS) present in Sierra Leone.

It aims to provide an overview of

development activities undertaken by the

EC and EUMS in the country1. The

intention is to inform the general public

and our partners of what the EC and

EUMS are doing. It will lead to more

transparency, better harmonisation,

enhanced division of labour, and

increased aid effectiveness.

The development cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Sierra Leone

encompasses both bilateral aid programmes provided by EU Member States and

development activities provided by the EU through the EUD. The basis for the EU

cooperation with Sierra Leone is the revised Cotonou Partnership Agreement.

The activities undertaken by the EU in Sierra Leone are aligned around the Poverty

Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), the national planning framework first adopted in

2005 to guide the Government’s policies. The country's second Poverty Reduction

Strategy Paper (PRSP II), "An Agenda for Economic and Social Empowerment", will

guide the EU donors' for the period 2008-2012. This document follows the structure

of the PRSP II beginning with Strategic Priorities: Enhancing National Electricity,

Developing the National Transportation Network, Increasing Agricultural

Productivity and Competitiveness and Promoting Sustainable Human Development;

followed by the Selected Preconditions for achieving the strategic priorities :

Sustaining Peace, Security and Good Governance, Sustaining Macroeconomic

1 All the pictures are made by the EC or freely obtained.

H.E. President of the Republic of Sierra Leone Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma and the President of the European Commission, Mr Jose Manuel Barroso


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Stability, Growing the Private Sector and Efficient Management of Natural

Resources.

The main EU donors in Sierra Leone are the EC, the United Kingdom, Germany,

Ireland and Italy . The other EUMS are providing funds to Sierra Leone through the

financing of the EC, UN agencies or NGOs2. Together, the Member States'

programmes and the EC programmes account for over 40% of external aid to Sierra

Leone from 2008 to 2013.

The support provided by the EU tackles a broad range of issues. Under the Strategic

Priorities , the EU has continued to support infrastructure rehabilitation/construction

projects (roads, energy) and projects for the improvement of health, sanitation and

education service delivery. Under the Selected Preconditions to achieve priorities,

the EU has been involved in civil service reform, justice and security sector reform,

electoral assistance and institution strengthening, as well as activities aimed at

reinforcing the private sector and employment.


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EC and main EU Member States' interventions according to the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP II)

Strategic Priorities

Selected Preconditions P

RS

P II

Energy Transport Agriculture & Fisheries

Human Dev

Peace, Security & Governance

Macroeconomic stability

Private Sector

Natural Resources

EC

X X X X X X X X

UK

X X X X

DE

X X X X X

IT

X X X X X

IE 3

X X X

NL

X

SE

X

X Involvement in the sector

Leading Donor Shared with other EUMS and International Organisations

3 Funding for Ireland refers to 2008 only


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Introduction

This brochure has been jointly initiated by the European Commission

Delegation in Sierra Leone, the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) and the EU

Member States present in Sierra Leone. It aims to provide an overview of

development activities undertaken by the EC and EUMS in the country.

In this manner, it is intended to inform the general public and our partners of what the

EC and EUMS are doing, the amounts involved and their relative capacities to support

the development aspirations of the GoSL as spelt out in the PRSP II. Donor support

will be more transparent and will lead to better harmonisation, enhanced division of

labour and increased aid effectiveness.

The development cooperation between the EU and Sierra Leone encompasses both

bilateral aid programmes provided by EU Member States and development activities

provided by the EU through the EUD. Specifically, the EC development programmes

are financed from the European Development Fund (EDF) and from the general EU

budget. All support is based on the strategic priorities and selected preconditions

indicated in the Sierra Leone’s PRSP II. Together, Member States' programmes and

the EC programmes will account for more than 40% of external aid to Sierra Leone

from 2008 to 2013.

The activities undertaken by the EU in Sierra Leone are aligned around the PRSP II,

the national planning framework adopted first in 2005 under the PRSP I and again in

2008 for the PRSP II, to guide government and policies. This document follows its

structure.


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2. Overview of European Union/Sierra Leone Cooperation

2.1 General background of the EU cooperation

The European Union (EU) is a unique

grouping of 27 independent countries with over

492 million citizens living within its boundaries

(see map p.3). Formed after the Second World

War to forge a lasting peace, Member States are

bound to the EU by a series of treaties that they

have signed up to over the years.

The EC is headquartered in Belgium. It also has offices in Luxembourg and is

represented in all EU Member States. The European Commission is one of the three

main EU institutions4. The EC is the executive arm of the EU and includes in its

mandate the management of cooperation activities with non-EU States. The EC has

delegations in more than 120 capital cities around the world. The Cotonou Partnership

Agreement is the basis for the EU cooperation with African, Caribbean and Pacific

countries.

The EU is a major player in the world’s development assistance. Development

cooperation is a shared competency between the EU and the Member States. EU

policy in the sphere of development cooperation is complementary to the policies

pursued by each Member State. The EU Official Development Assistance (ODA) is

either channelled through or managed by the different EUD or directly by each

Member State, related Embassy or representation. Depending on the objectives, aid

can target either Government Agencies or civil society. The EU development policy

contributes to the general objective of developing and consolidating democracy and

the rule of law, and encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

In most cases, EU Member States development cooperation policy is part of their

foreign policy and is therefore managed by their Ministries of Foreign Affairs and

Embassies. In a few cases however, development cooperation is often managed by

special agencies (e.g. GTZ and KfW for Germany, DfID for the United Kingdom…).

4 The others are the European Parliament and the European Council.


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The basis for the EU cooperation with Sierra Leone is the revised Cotonou

Partnership Agreement. The main EU donors are the EC, the United Kingdom,

Germany, Ireland and Italy. The other EUMS are providing funds to Sierra Leone

through the financing of the EC, UN agencies, NGOs or private investors.

Table 1 shows the global indicative amounts of support provided by the main donors

in Sierra Leone in line with the PRSP II.

Table 1. Provisional estimate of main European funding for projects in 2008-2012 (some projects begin and end outside of this time frame) in Millions of Euros

Strategic Priorities Selected Preconditions

PR

SP

II

Energy Transport Agriculture

& Fisheries

Human

Dev

Peace,

Security &

Governance

Macroeconomic

Stability

Private

Sector

Natural

Resources

Total

(millions)

In Euros

EC 17 150 47.5 52.4 39.9 108.4 3 39.65 457.85

UK* 33.15 - - 56.52 127.13 66.30 9.11 2.48 294.69

DE - - 11 12 7.1 - 33.6 3.5 67.2

IT 12 - 5.8 5.1 0.5 - - 0.8 24.42

IE - - 1.5 5.4 4.1 - - - 11

NL - - - 5.7 - - - - 5.7

SE 19 19

Total

(millions)

62.15

150

65.8

156.12

178.73

174.7

45.71

46.43

880

* Exchange rate used was £1= €1.65


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Table 2 a. Chronogram of EC/EUMS activities in the PRSP II framework The table below shows the EC and EUMS areas of intervention in the PRSP II framework. It illustrates the approximate amounts committed so far within the timeframe of 2008 to 2013, although some of these projects began before the current PRSP II and some are ongoing after 2013. Strategic Priorities 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15

| | | | | | | | | | | EC €17M

UK*

€33.15M

Energy

IT €12M

Transport EC €150M

EC €47.5M

Agriculture & Fisheries IT €5.8M

DE

€11M

IE (2008 only)

€1.5M

EC €52.4M

UK* €56.52M

DE €12M

IT €5.1M

IE (2008 only)

€5.4M

Human Development

NL €5.7M

SE** €19M

Sub Total 434.07 * Exchange rate used was £1= €1.65 ** Sida’s support covers the years 2009 – 2013.


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Table 2 b. Chronogram of EC/EUMS activities in the PRSP II framework The table below shows the EC and EUMS areas of intervention in the PRSP II framework. It illustrates the approximate amounts committed so far within the timeframe of 2008 to 2013, although some of these projects began before the current PRSP II and some are ongoing after 2013. Selected Preconditions 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 | | | | | | | | | | |

EC €39.9M

UK €127.13M

DE €7.1M

Peace, security and Good Governance

IE (2008 only) €4.1M

IT €0.5M

EC €108.4M

Macroeconomic Stability

UK €66.3M

EC €3M

Private Sector

DE €33.6M

UK

€9.11M

UK

€2.48M

Natural Resources EC €39.65M

DE

€3.5M

IT €0.8M

Sub Total 445.57

TOTAL

880


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Table 3. EU Member States∗∗∗∗ Level of Cooperation in Sierra Leone AT BE BG CY CZ DK DE EE EL ES FI FR HU IE IT LT LU LV MT NL PL PT RO SL SK SE UK

A x x B x x C x x x x D x x x x x x x x x x x E x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Key- Levels of Cooperation A- Development Cooperation of EUMS in Sierra Leone through its Embassy or High Commission (Ambassador or High Commissioner) B- Development Cooperation of EUMS in Sierra Leone through its Embassy (Chargé d’Affaires) C- Development Cooperation of EUMS in Sierra Leone through its Development Agency D- Development Cooperation of EUMS in Sierra Leone through Local and International NGOs E- Development Cooperation of EUMS in Sierra Leone through Multilateral Agencies

∗ Austria(AT) Belgium (BE) Bulgaria (BG) Cyprus (CY) Czechoslovakia (CZ) Denmark (DK) Estonia (EE) Finland (FI) France (FR) Germany (DE) Greece (EL) Hungary (HU) Ireland (IE)Italy (IT) Latvia (LV) Lithuania (LT) Luxembourg (LU) Malta (MT) Netherlands (NL) Poland (PL)Portugal (PT) Romania (RO) Slovenia (SL) Slovakia (SK) Spain (ES) Sweden (SE) United Kingdom (UK).


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2.2 The European Union, Aid Coordination and Effectiveness

In 2005, at the High Level Forum in Paris, the donor community committed to

improve the impacts of its activities and to realise the qualitative jump needed to achieve the

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As a result, the EU signed up to ambitious

objectives, gave increased aid effectiveness a central role in its own development strategy,

and committed itself to deliver better coordination and more effective aid.

This set of decisions is known as the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, and it presents

an exhaustive list of detailed and concrete measures to be developed and implemented by

2010. Based on lessons learnt from the field – and these include good practices and

expectations, ownership, alignment and management by results – these commitments now

need to be translated into concrete actions, and the EU has to focus on their implementation

on the ground.

With regards to the coordination mechanism, in Sierra Leone, there are at present monthly

‘Development Partners’ meetings that bring together development partners to enhance

coordination, alignment, and information exchange, based on the commitments of the Paris

Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. A Government initiated Aid Policy and Donors

Coordination is currently under preparation.

2.3 Accra Agenda for Action

The Accra Agenda for Action (AAA) was adopted on 4 September 2008 by both the

Government of Sierra Leone and the EC. This is a commitment to undertake far-reaching

action to make aid more effective around five key areas: (i) Use of country systems including

capacity building; (ii) Division of labour; (iii) Untied aid; (iv) Changed conditionality and (v)

Predictability and transparency. The action plan also includes three specific and cross-cutting

themes: (i) Countries in fragile situations; (ii) Gender and (iii) Non-State Actors.


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3. Description of EC/EUMS Activities in the framework of the PRSP II

(2008-2012)

At the end of Sierra Leone’s civil conflict in 2002, the government lacked resources to

run the country. Essential institutions including the civil service, police and the army had

collapsed, corruption was endemic and the economy destroyed. The task that faced and still

faces the government is the restoration of its authority, rebuilding of institutions, ensuring

macroeconomic stability and continuation of the long road to recovery.

3.1 National Authorising Office/Technical Cooperation Facility

The National Authorising Officer, being the Minister of Finance, channels more than

two thirds of the EC support into Sierra Leone. This co-management (GoSL and the EC) goes

through the National Authorising Office. The National Authorising Office (NAO)

coordinates on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone all EC funded projects managed

under the EDF (European Development Fund). Direct support through the NAO strengthens

its capacity by improving project performance and thus addressing the overall objective of

enhancing the efficient and effective use of EC resources. Through combination of short term

expertise, training activities, provision of additional staff, upgrading of infrastructure, the EC

support reinforces the capacity of the NAO and its core staff in Project Cycle Management

and EDF procedures, maximizing its involvement in the identification, preparation and

monitoring of EDF resource. A strengthened NAO Office should consequently result in its

greater involvement in regular policy debate launched by the Government and its increased

ability to contribute to the policy dialogue. The NAO also manages the part of the Technical

Cooperation Facility (TCF) that is funding training activities for civil servants and civil

society representatives on the different aspects of the EC-ACP development cooperation. The

TCF further aims at providing highly qualified experts (national and international) for the

identification and preparation of interventions (feasibility studies).

NAO Donor: EC €5.3M (2008-2014)

TCF Donor: EC €7.5M (2008-2014)


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3.2 Strategic Priorities: Current and planned combined activities

Achieving food security and job creation is at the heart of Sierra Leone’s Poverty

Reduction Strategy. The short and medium term strategies focus on promoting private sector

development, employment opportunities for the youth, increased food security, agricultural

export earnings, access of fisheries products to the world market, improved infrastructure

facilities, and capacity for macroeconomic management.

Promoting Human Development is critical to reducing poverty on a sustainable basis. This is

mainly because poverty is strongly related to the low level of education, poor health status

and low access to clean water and sanitation. The Government is therefore focused on

improving access and quality to basic education, health services and water and sanitation.

The following projects/programmes below are the EU and EUMS response to the PRSP II

Strategic Priorities:

Strategic Priority 1: Energy

1. Energy Sector Support

Strategic Priority 2: Transport

1. Road infrastructure

Strategic Priority 3: Agriculture

1. Agriculture and Food security

2. Fisheries Management

Strategic Priority 4: Human Development

1. Decentralisation

2. Health Sector Support

3. Water and Sanitation

4. Education Sector

5. Gender Equality

6. Linking Relief, Rehabilitation & Development (LRRD)

7. Support to Non State Actors in Health and Sanitation Projects

8. Supporting the Transitions of Youths to Productive Lives

9. Programme of Reparation


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Strategic Priority 1: Enhancing National Electricity

1. Energy Sector Support

Donors: UK -£20M (2008-2012) EC - €17M (2008-2015) IT - €12M (2007-2009)

The purpose of this programme is to assist the government in delivering cost-effective and

environmentally sustainable electricity. Availability of reliable energy will promote economic

growth through increased productivity and higher impact of public and private investments.

The importance of revamping this sector cannot be overestimated and the Government puts

access to electricity high on its agenda. Consequently, an emergency plan for the provision of

energy in Freetown has already been realised with most areas in Freetown enjoying

electricity. The study, construction and completion of the Bumbuna hydropower project,

strongly supported and financed by the Italian Government, will deliver 50MW of clean

energy to Freetown. While the production of power has improved, the network doesn't have

the full capacity to receive and distribute the electricity and needs to be rehabilitated.

EC support to the energy sector includes electrification of urban areas outside of Freetown

that takes into consideration existing decentralisation initiatives for the regions to assume

greater responsibility in management of services. The implementation intends to use cost

effective sources of renewable energy in areas where conventional methods of electrification

cannot be economically justified. Projects will be fashioned to meet community needs and to

complement priority government programmes in education, health and sanitation.

The UK (DfID) has a 5 year £20M programme to support the restructuring of the energy

sector in Sierra Leone. The main focus of the intervention is:

a) to restructure the NPA (National Power Authority) in order to make it cost effective,

efficient and fit for the 21st century;

b) to support the delivery of the Government Energy Sector programme, providing low cost

reliable energy across the country;

c) to provide £5M to facilitate the completion of the Bumbuna hydro-electric dam. DfID is

working in close partnership with the WB and the EC. Furthermore the UK provides funding

towards the cost of consultants who work at the NPA to improve efficiency and build

capacity within the organisation.


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Strategic Priority 2: Developing the National Transportation Network

1. Road Infrastructure

Donor: EC - €150M (2003-2015)5

Sierra Leone’s infrastructure was not in

an admirable state even before the war. The civil

unrest (1991-2002) aggravated the situation

further. Most of the infrastructure (roads, public

buildings, bridges, jetties, power lines etc) was

repeatedly destroyed, endangering the socio-

economic lifelines within the country, as well as

communication with the outside world.

So far, efforts are being focused mostly on the rehabilitation of roads linking regional

headquarter towns and the connection of Freetown with neighbouring countries, with plans to

work on some urban roads. EU support clearly intends to ameliorate the cooperation between

West African States by providing connection between them. The EU envisages continuing the

construction of the West Africa Highway connecting Conakry to Monrovia through Sierra

Leone.

At national level, works on these roads will give access to social amenities and markets.

Internationally, it will strongly enhance trade within the Mano River Union countries

(Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia) and serve as a link to the West African region. Support to

maintenance activities channelled through the Road Fund and Institutional support of the

Sierra Leone Roads Authority is part of the co-operation package.

The EU also takes into account the multimodality in transport by rehabilitating ports of the

inland waterways, together with the connecting roads.

5 For the contribution of Germany to the Reconstruction/Feeder Road, please see chapter on the Private sector p.41


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Strategic Priority 3: Enhancing Productivity in Agr iculture and Fisheries

1. Agriculture and Food Security

Donors: EC - €44.5M (2007-2015) DE - €11M (2006-2011) IT - €5,8M (2007-2009) IE - €1.5 M (2008)

Under the STABEX programme, the EU

has assisted the Ministry of Agriculture,

Forestry & Food Security (MAFFS) to

rehabilitate the cocoa/coffee sector in the

country. Several hundreds of smallholder cocoa

growers of the Millenium Cocoa Growers

Cooperative (MCGC) succeeded in getting

organically certified in October 2009.

The programme also invests in rice production, while supporting the MAFFS to upgrade its

management and M&E capacities.

With the 10th EDF Agriculture-for-Development (A4D) programme (€16M to come), the EC

will sustain its support to the tree-crop sector. The main emphasis will lie on the production,

processing, marketing and trading of cash crops, following a value chain approach and

focusing on tree-crops, such as cocoa, coffee and cashew. Furthermore the A4D programme

will further support the decentralization process of the agriculture sector.

Apart from this, the EC funded Food Security Thematic Programme (FSTP) is to make a

follow-up on the previous Linking Relief, Rehabilitation & Development programme

(€10M). Interventions are designed to

a) Protect, maintain and recover productive and social assets, vital for food security to allow

economic reintegration and longer-term rehabilitation;

b) Address vulnerability to shocks and strengthen people’s resilience through support for

crisis prevention and management;

c) Improve food security, and specifically nutrition, of particularly disadvantaged and

marginalized groups and d) Strengthen/consolidate local institutions and emerging ones.


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As an innovation, the EU also invests in urban and sub-urban agriculture in the Western

Peninsula, where the demand for fruits and vegetables is ever growing, while financing the

World Food Programme (WFP) in establishing safety nets for the marginalized urban poor in

Freetown. Under the EU Food Facility (€15.7M), the EC went into contribution agreement

with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), focusing mainly on the support of the

establishment of Agricultural Business Centres (ABC), as to stimulate private sector

development and economic growth in rural areas. Another contribution agreement was signed

with WFP, under which the production, and processing of stable crops, such as rice will be

supported, while improving market access through feeder road rehabilitation.

The EC is also funding a German NGO, Welthungerhilfe, through the Community budget

since 2003. Welthungerhilfe is strongly engaged in the agricultural sector: supporting already

the cocoa sector in Lower Bambara and Nongowa chiefdoms (Kenema districts) through

cocoa nurseries at village level, agro forestry activities at household level and plantain/banana

multiplication centres.

The Italian support to the sector has been in the form of a $1.6 M grant to FAO for the

support of selected Farmer Based Organizations (FBOs) in Kono and Koinadugu districts and

a grant to IFAD (?) ($0.45M) as contribution to a vast programme aimed to build capacity of

the Financial Services Association (FSAs) and the Community Banks (CBs). Italy has also

been involved in food aid donations both under bilateral agreements (two deliveries worth in

total €3.5 M in late 2008) and through the WFP ($0.96 M).

In 2008, Ireland provided €1.5 M to FAO to support the National Agricultural Response Plan

and further support for agriculture and livelihoods is planned.

The GTZ (DE) Youth Resettlement and Reintegration Project reintegrates displaced youth

form Freetown and the mining areas into their native villages. The Project reverses the rural-

urban migration flow; empowers youth and increases their productivity through agriculture;

and increases food security in the country.


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2. Fisheries Management

Donor: EC – €3M (2007-2015)

The Institutional Support to the Fisheries

Management (ISFM) project is to assist Sierra

Leone in establishing a realistic picture of the

status of fisheries resources, thus contributing to

the development of fisheries management

measures, in line with the approved strategic

fisheries policy statement.

The project is complemented by the regional programme Strengthening Fishery Products

Health Conditions in ACP/OCT Countries.

The purpose is to enhance access of local fish products to the global market by strengthening

health check systems for export and raising production conditions in a sustainable way. The

project will make available financial resources to improve health and sanitation issues of

fishery products in the country and its implementation phase will terminate during the 4th

quarter 2010. The EU Delegation will also play a role in facilitating the inspection missions

of the EC, with the aim that Sierra Leone will be eligible to export fishery products to the EU

in the future and in coordinating interventions towards the negotiations of a EU-Sierra Leone

Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA).

Finally, the EC assists Sierra Leone with technical assistance in building up its capacity to

comply with the new EU Regulation on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing,

which will enter into force in January 2010.


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Strategic Priority 4: Sustaining Human Development

1. Decentralisation

Donors: EC - €15M (2006-2014) UK - £8M (2006-2011)

The Decentralised Capacity Building Programme (DCBP) supports GOSL to implement

its decentralisation policy. Following the Local Government Act from 2004 and the local

government elections in 2004 and 2008, support to the decentralisation process in Sierra

Leone has become an important priority to combat poverty and facilitate service delivery to

the rural and urban poor. In this regard, various strategies and approaches are utilised to

harmonise donor support. For instance, EC funds, along with DfID, are channelled through a

multi-donor trust fund administered by the World Bank to support the DCBP component of

the Institutional Reform Capacity Building Project (IRCBP). Further, the Rapid Results

Initiative approach - a form of providing seed money or grants to elected councils to carry out

development initiatives – contributes to ensuring that the councils have funds at their disposal

to kick start their developmental operations.

In consolidating the efforts made in the IRCBP and close the identified gaps in the on-going

project, the World Bank will fund a $20M Decentralized Service Delivery Program. This

project by nature would focus on three components: Grants to Local Councils – $US 16 for

use to implement functions devolved to the Councils in education, health, solid waste

management and water sectors; Capacity Building and Technical Assistance - US$ 3 Million

and Project Management - US$ 1 Million. The EC is planning to support the Decentralized

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2. Health Sector Support6

Donors EC - €16.4M (2002-2010) UK - £19M (2006-2012) DE - €8M (2006-2009) IT - €2.M (2007-2009) IE - €5.M (2008) NL - €5.7M (2009-2013) SE – €1M (2008-2009)

In the Health Sector, the UK (DfID) is

the lead Donor. The UK support focuses

specifically on the reduction of maternal and

child mortality rates and is therefore funding the

national Reproductive and Child Health (RCH)

strategy. The UK also funds the Students

Partnership Worldwide (SPW) to implement

Youth Empowerment Programmes, to UNICEF

for orphans and vulnerable children, CARE International for a Malaria Outreach and Safety

Initiative (MOSI), and a joint reproductive and child health programme through UNICEF,

WHO, WFP and UNFPA.

The EC support (the Health Sector Support Project - HSSP) which is channelled through the

Ministry of Health and Sanitation, aims at improving access and delivery of Primary and

Secondary Health Care services. The programme also focuses on the development of the

health infrastructure which includes the construction and rehabilitation of the Freetown

Central Medical Store and District Medical Stores in all the Districts in the Country including

the Western Area, the rehabilitation of the School of Community Health and Sciences at

Njala University campus in Bo and also the construction and rehabilitation of Primary Health

Care complexes and Peripheral Health Units in Kailahun, Pujehun and Kambia Districts. The

work contracts and the deliveries of medical equipment and supplies to the Freetown Central

Medical Store, the Quality Control Laboratory, the Kenema Lassa fever ward and the

Government Hospital Laboratory are in their final phase.

Donors like Germany are also partner with the National Aids Secretariat and CARE SL in

implementing HIV/AIDS Prevention programmes through social marketing.

6 Further support to Health Sector is given through the Non State Actors, cf page 31


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Italy is currently engaged in the development of health facilities and services in Bombali and

Kono districts as well as in East Freetown and Goderich through several Italian NGOs.

The Netherlands are supporting the Health Sector with a Public Private Partnership for

reduction of maternal mortality in Sierra Leone which is the continuation of the NGO-

Government Support Programme implemented by CORDAID. It is intended to integrate this

support into the Reproductive and Child Health Programme and to strengthen the health

systems.

Ireland and the UK provided support to the UN Joint Programme to address reproductive and

child health and nutrition with a particular focus on pregnant and lactating mothers and young

children under 5 years of age. Ireland also provided support to the International Rescue

Committee to support the Kenema District health management team, district council and

health facilities and to strengthen health system integration in eastern Sierra Leone.

Sweden provides support to the health sector through MSF- Belgium (humanitarian support).

3.Water and Sanitation7

Donors: EC - see table 6 UK- £37M (2007-2013) IT - €0.8M (2008-2010)

The purpose of the EC/EUMS support in

the Water and Sanitation Sector is to assist

government in improving and sustaining access

to reliable, affordable and safe water and

sanitation, particularly in deprived populations

in the rural communities and greater Freetown

where poor operational and maintenance

arrangements have rendered most of the urban

water supply schemes non-functional.

7 Further support to the Water and Sanitation Sector is given through the Non State Actors, cf page 29


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The EC channels its support through NGOs financed under the EU Water Facility and its Non

State Actors and Local Authorities (NSA/LA) budget lines (need to explain ?). The two

projects under the Water Facility Budget Line improve the living conditions of the

communities by raising the proportion of people with sustainable access to safe water and

sanitation facilities, the application of good hygiene practices and community-led water

management in rural areas. Intervention Districts are Kailahun, Kono and Koinadugu.

Italy is supporting this sector through a grant to address the need of training in water

resources management.

The UK is providing £32 million over six years (2008-2013) to support the delivery of the

GoSL’s National Water and Sanitation Policy in order to improve child survival and maternal

health. The programme focuses on improving access to safe water and adequate

environmental sanitation services in peri-urban and rural areas.

4. Education Sector

Donors: UK- £15M (2010-2014) DE - €10.5M (2006-2010) IT - €1.6M (2007-2010) SE - €18 (2008-2013)

The UK will provide £15M over 5 years

to support the delivery of the GoSL’s 8 years

education sector plan, which focuses on

expanding access to and improving the quality

of basic education. This includes support for the

elimination of gender disparity in primary and

junior secondary education.

The German support to the Education Sector aims to complement formal education

methodologies by equipping youths with ‘soft skills’ and competencies necessary to be an

active citizen in society. Because one needs hands-on practical experience, ‘soft skills’ cannot

easily be taught in formal education and thus are much more effectively gained in non-formal

environments.

Italy is involved in the education sector through a grant provided to the NGO AVSI with the

aim to build a secondary school and run its activities in the outskirt of Freetown. Italy also


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funded throughout 2007-2009 a women education oriented program designed and

implemented by UNESCO.

Sweden’s development assistance in Sierra Leone will be concentrated in one sector. The

proposed programme will support basic education (not only primary education) to improve

access and quality8. It is also envisaged to support technical/vocational education as well as

higher education. The preferred target groups are youth and women; cross cutting issues of

gender equality and Gender Based Violence (GBV) will also be addressed. The Swedish

mission has entered into a Framework Collaboration Agreement with the Ministry of Finance

and is working on an MOU with government, agencies and organisations active in the sector

like UNICEF. It is envisaged to channel the financing through a pool fund. Sida (Sweden) is

providing support amounting to €7M (2009–2012) to the Basic Education Sector Programme

through the Education Sector Support Fund (with a possible continuation through 2013 , +

€3M). Support to Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) and Higher

Education is planned to be effective from 2010, amounting to €2M per year until 2013, or in

total €8M.

5. Gender Equality9

Donors: IT - €0,5M (2007-2009) UK -£250k (2009-10) IE - €0,4M (2008)

A Gender Action Plan is foreseen to

develop and implement a strategic approach to

gender equality. Consultancy is being provided

to inform DfID, GoSL and other development

partners to effectively embed gender in

development activities. Among other donors, the

EC, DfID, Irish Aid and UNIFEM have

indicated in preliminary discussions an interest

in participating in this process.

Italy is also supporting a program of UNIFEM aimed at strengthening the capacity of the

Ministry of Social Welfare Gender and Children’s Affairs and the Ministry of local

Government in order to implement the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation

8 The agreement between Sweden and the GoSL has not yet been signed. 8 Picture : the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International cooperation, Ms Zainab Bangura


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Commission (TRC) on gender equality. At the grassroots level, the project intends to address

the legal, political and social aspects of the violence against the women with a view to

reinforce the responsive and prevention mechanisms for the protection of the women.

Italy is also contributing to the sector through a grant to UNESCO aimed at strengthening the

vocational skills of war affected women and girls.

Ireland provides funding to the International Rescue Committee operated Rainbow Centres

that provide legal and health services to survivors of gender based violence in Sierra Leone.

6. Linking Relief, Rehabilitation & Development (LRRD)

Donor: EC - €2.4 (2005-2008)

This programme was designed to fit into a complex post-conflict situation. The main purpose

of LRRD was to achieve a sustained improvement of the living conditions of refugees,

returnees and host communities in selected priority districts of Sierra Leone. It is also aims to

support the re-launch of the local economy and improve social services delivery in remote

and neglected areas to contribute to the economic recovery of the country and its long-term

social development. Key sectors of the programme are food security, health facilities, water

and sanitation10. (Project still ongoing in 2008 are listed in Table 6).

7. Support to Non State Actors in Health and Sanitation projects11

Donor: EC - €18.6M (2007-2014)12

The EUMS and the EC are supporting international NGOs involved in health and sanitation

projects. Different activities have been undertaken by organisations such as Marie Stopes

Society, ActionAid, Sightsavers, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to improve

the health situation at local level. The EC is allocating €3M every year for similar projects.

Among them, Christian Aid has undertaken actions to tackle the issue of HIV/AIDS at

community level in Bo, Kenema, Pujehun Districts and Freetown and will embark on water

and sanitation activities in Pujehun District.

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8. Supporting the Transitions of Youths to Productive Lives

Donor: IT - €1,5M (2008-2012)

The programme designed by the World Bank and implemented by the Italian NGOs AVSI,

Caritas Makeni and COOPI in the first financing round and AVS and COOPI in the second

round starting in early 2010, supports interventions aimed at providing skills training

facilities and job opportunities for disadvantaged and disabled youths with a view to making

them productive and self-reliant. The final goal is to facilitate their access to the market while

promoting sustainable livelihoods.

9. Programme of Reparation

Donor: DE - €425,000M

The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs is supporting the reparations programme for victims

of the war, implemented by NaCSA. In this programme there are cash payments; education

vouchers for children; medical care - particularly focusing on reversing fistula and rape

victims, with 200 receiving treatment so far; and credit for micro-finance initiatives. Norway

is also contributing.

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3.3 Preconditions for Achieving the Strategic Priorities: Current and planned activities

Promoting Good Governance, Security and Peace Building are key elements in the

fight against poverty for Sierra Leone. This is because a key cause of the eleven years conflict

(1991 – 2002) is explained by periods of weak governance and general insecurity. Improving

the quality of public sector governance is one of the Government’s strategies in the fight

against economic deterioration, poverty and deprivation. The overarching policy objective is

to promote efficient, transparent and accountable delivery of public services. The following

programmes/projects are the EC’s and EUMS response to the required preconditions for

achieving the strategic priorities of the PRSP II:

Preconditions 1: Sustaining Peace, Security and Good Governance

1. Civil Service Reform

2. Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

3. Electoral Assistance

4. Security and Justice

5. Justice Sector Development Programme

6. Support to the Special Court for Sierra Leone

7. Civil Society and Capacity Building

8. Support to NGOs in Human Rights

9. Support to rehabilitation of the Vice President’s Office

Preconditions 2: Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability

1. Budget Support Operations

2. Support to Sierra Leone Audit Service

4. Stabilisation of Export Earnings (STABEX)

5. National Commission for Privatisation Secretariat (NCP)

6. Support to Trade

7. Support for National Revenue Authority (NRA)

Preconditions 3: Growing the Private Sector

1. Private Sector Development

2. Micro-Finance Institutions

3. Innovative Young Enterprise

4. Improving the physical infrastructures

Preconditions 4: Effective Management of Natural Resources

1. Safeguarding environment

2. Mining Sector

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Precondition 1: Sustaining Peace, Security and Good Governance

1. Civil Service Reform

Donors: EC - €10.5M (2010-2014) UK - £4.8M (2008-2013)

The project has been designed to rebuild the GoSL's capacity to provide services and enhance

the welfare of its citizens by implementing a number of key public service reform

programmes. In particular, it is expected to make a substantial contribution to Civil Service

performance improvement and reform. The GoSL has committed itself to the creation of a

comprehensive action plan that will enable the reform to move forward. Restructuring and

right-sizing of the Civil Service accompanied by a clean payroll and a comprehensive training

programme for civil servants are important steps to be taken in implementing this project.

The UK has been supporting public sector reform since 2001 and is currently providing a

transitional programme of support focused principally on building the capacity of the Public

Sector Reform Unit to take forward the reform agenda. DfID is in the process of designing a

future programme of support due to begin in early 2010 that will support the implementation

of the Government of Sierra Leone Public Sector Reform Programme launched in July 2009,

the overall goal of which is "To achieve a public service that works for the benefit of the

poor".

The EC is joining these efforts and is currently preparing its contribution to be started in

2010.

2. Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Donors: EC - € 0.5M (for 2009-20013, included in the 10.5M of the Civil Service Reform) UK - £2M (2009-2011) DE - €0.6M (2005-2010)

The purpose of this support is to assist

the ACC in reducing the incidence of corruption.

A component of this project involves the

implementation of the National Anti-

Corruption Strategy through the education of

the public done mainly by disseminating school

materials, which is also supported by Germany.

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The UK has been supporting the ACC since 2000. Current support is an integral part of the

Justice Sector Development Programme and is aimed at developing the Anti-Corruption

Commission to operate more effectively as the Government’s key agent for implementing its

National Anti Corruption Strategy.

3. Electoral Assistance

Donors: EC - €16M (2006-2013) UK - £28.5M (2005-2013) IE - €4.3M (2005- 2009)

A new electoral assistance approach has

been applied in Sierra Leone in order to build a

strong and stable electoral administration

capacity, which is a better long-term investment

than ad hoc contributions limited to single

electoral events. The EC, DfID and Ireland

channelled funds through a common donor’s

basket fund managed by the United Nations

Development Programme (UNDP). Further

support is coming from Denmark.

The intended goal is meant to support the National Electoral Commission (NEC), the

Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) and related bodies to fulfil their mandate.

The peaceful conduct of the 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections and 2008 Local

Council Elections is a testimony of the success of this project. Ireland also undertook a

project aimed at increasing the participation of women and youth.

DfID and the EC are currently designing a new programme of support to the deepening of

democracy in Sierra Leone, an objective of which will be the further consolidation of the

democratic process in Sierra Leone through the holding of free and fair, transparent, inclusive

and non violent national and local government elections in 2012. DfID also supports Civil

Society Organisations in civic education to encourage high participation in the elections.


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4. Security and Justice

Donors: UK £18M (2010-2014) DE - €2M (2008-2009)

The Security Sector Reform Programme (SILSEP) assists the Government of Sierra Leone

in developing a centrally coordinated, apolitical, affordable and sustainable security sector,

able to meet the security needs of the citizens of Sierra Leone. SILSEP supports the creation

of National Security and Defence Strategies based on the principles of civil control,

accountability and transparency. The aim is to shift focus away from security of the state,

towards the security of the individual. Effective partnership between security sector

institutions and allied agencies has been at the heart of SILSEP and been instrumental in

hastening change, reducing bureaucracies and cementing previously fragmented relationships

within the sector and with partner bodies. Germany is providing institutional strengthening to

police on a sub-regional basis, including Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

The UK is in the process of designing a new programme aimed at further strengthening the

ability of both the security and justice sectors to meet the challenge of providing their

services to poor, marginalized and vulnerable people, in a non partisan, equitable, and

accountable manner. The programme is still being finalised but is likely to run from 2010-

2014.

5. Justice Sector Development Programme

Donors: UK - £27M (2005-2011) DE - €0.87M (2010-2013)

The Justice Sector Development Programme (JSDP), undertaken in March 2005, aims to

support GoSL in restoring the rule of law and improve safety, security and access to

affordable and equitable justice for people, particularly the vulnerable and marginalized

groups. It helped to improve the performance of key sector institutions, policies and practices

and to strengthen the justice sector’s ability to create an environment where grievances can be

addressed. Further, the JSDP has been closely aligned to the Poverty Reduction Strategy

Paper (PRSP) and other GoSL reform programmes including improved public sector financial

management and service delivery; anti-corruption; security sector reform; local government

and civil society strengthening.


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The UK is providing support for a Justice Sector Development Programme (JSDP: 2005-

2011), aimed at supporting the development of an effective and accountable justice sector

that is capable of meeting the needs and interests of poor, marginalised and vulnerable

people, with the overall goal of improving safety, security and access to justice for the people

of Sierra Leone.

Germany is planning support to the justice sector in countries of the sub region for the period

2010-2013.

6. Support to the Special Court for Sierra Leone

Donors: EC - €1.7M (2009-2010) DE - €4.5M (2006-2009) IE - €0.3M (2008)

The EC, Germany and Ireland support

the Special Court for Sierra Leone whose

mandate is to prosecute those who bear the

greatest responsibility for the crimes committed

during the war, to inform the public in Sierra

Leone and Liberia about its activities by

organizing conferences involving the public,

by supporting the victims of the war crimes and the witnesses of the process and by linking

the Court’s activities in capacity building of the national judiciary.

7. Interface between Civil Society and the State

Donors: EC - €6M (2007-2014) UK - £7.5M (2005-2010) IE- € 0.2M (2008)

The aim of the activities is to focus on capacity building of civil society at local level in an

effort to foster the citizen’s demand for accountability and ultimately to empower the civil

society to participate into the management of local affairs.

DfID has been working on this area since 2005 with an innovative project approach:

“Enhancing the Interaction and Interface between Civil Society and the State to Improve Poor


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People’s Lives” (ENCISS). The aim was to establish an impartial broker working to sustain

responsive governance for peace and growth in Sierra Leone. Phase 1 was concluded in June

2008. Phase 2 has been designed to work towards an independent statuts for ENCISS as a

policy advisory body. In this field EC gives additional support to improve relations between

Non State Actors (NSA) and the State.

EC and Ireland provide support to "Fondation Hirondelle" for the development of an

independent radio station including the training of journalists and local radio operators in an

effort to improve access to independent information countrywide.

8. Support to NGOs in Human Rights, Human Development and Governance issues

Donor:s EC - €5.7M (2006-2012) DE - €3M (2006-2008) IE - €3.6M (2008) SE - €0.3M (2007-2009)

There are serious human rights

issues in Sierra Leone; among them are

domestic violence, violations of

children's rights, female genital

mutilations and poor conditions of

detention.

These issues are being addressed by supporting human rights related programmes managed

by international and local non governmental organisations.

Among them, Plan International Deutschland tackles the issue of gender based violence at the

national level and Save the Children is working with other civil society actors to implement

the Child Rights Act13. Ireland provides unearmarked funding to a range of NGOs and

missionary organisations engaged in community based development work in the areas of

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governance, water and sanitation, education, health, rural development, human rights and

income generation in Sierra Leone.

9. Support to rehabilitation of the Vice President’s Office

Donors: IT – 0.5 M€ (2007-2009)

The project, designed and implemented by UNDP, has addressed the urgent need to provide

the Vice President’s Office with an enabling environment for its various units to be co-

located and for the Vice President to have necessary equipment to function effectively.


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Precondition 2: Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability

1. Budget support operations

Donors: EC - €108.4M (2008-2013) UK - £30M (2009-2011)

The aim of budget support is to reinforce the macroeconomic stability and the management of

public finances. This is a prerequisite to reduce poverty in the country and at the same time to

improve the national capacity to manage the budget and meet Government objectives. The

Multi Donor Budget Support (MDBS) partners14 have put in place a set of benchmarks in

agreement with the Government to monitor performance in achieving agreed programme

objectives in public financial management and poverty reduction. The EC budget support

includes €8M for an Integrated Public Financial Management Reform Programme (IPFMRP),

where DfID contributed €5M.

2. Support to Sierra Leone Audit Service

Donor: UK - £6M (2008-2011)

This project aims at supporting and reinvigorating government oversight institutions, such as

the Auditor General’s Department (AGD) and the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament.

3. Stabilisation of Export Earnings (STABEX)

Donor: EC - €4.2M (2006-2009)

This programme provides technical

assistance to Sierra Leone in order to

compensate for the losses incurred on earnings

derived from exports of agricultural products,

mainly cocoa and coffee as well as rice. It is

expected that Sierra Leonean tree crop producers

will be linked to profitable export markets by

addressing major weaknesses in the commodity

chain. Furthermore, the programme is to

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strengthen the capacities of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry & Food Security (MAFFS)

in their management and monitoring functions. (Please also refer to the Strategic Priority 3:

Enhancing Productivity in Agriculture and Fisheries, p.23).

4. National Commission for Privatisation Secretariat (NCP)

Donor: UK - £5.7M (2006-2011)

Support to the NCP is a capacity-strengthening initiative, consisting of technical assistance to

the NCP Secretariat. The project provides expert advice and implementation support to the

NCP to ensure the timely and effective implementation of the Government of Sierra Leone’s

(GoSL) strategy for the restructuring and privatisation of state-owned enterprises. Significant

progress has been made in designing sector policies in power and water and in advancing the

restructuring of several enterprises.

5. Support to Trade

Donor: EC - €1.2M (2009-2012) This support is conducted within the framework of the Economic Partnership Agreement

negotiations, which should be concluded in the near future. It aims to assist Sierra Leone in

taking advantage of the opportunities in the multilateral trading system and to reap the

benefits of international trade. Moreover the support will contribute to integrate trade into the

national development plans; with a view to increase growth and enable trade for poverty

reduction.

6. Support for National Revenue Authority (NRA)

Donor: UK - £19M (2005-2012)

The purpose of this project is to strengthen performance of NRA through ensuring

compliance with international trade agreements, improving business processes and

developing staff capabilities. Some of the challenges to improve on its performance include

increasing staff capability, especially in the Income Tax Department, to improving the

present systems and procedures in place for administering taxes and duties, to preparing and

starting to computerise revenue administration procedures. The project includes longer-term

and shorter-term TA support. It will further fund rebuilding one customs post destroyed

during the civil war and so enhance the NRA’s ability to collect import duties on the flow of

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Precondition 3: Growing the Private Sector

1. Private Sector Development

Donors: EC - €3M (2010-2013) UK -£15M (2004-2010) DE - €10.5M (2004-2010)

The Government recognises the centrality of the

private sector to its poverty reduction efforts. The

strategy is to support the private sector, so that it will

become a central pillar for growth, job creation,

increasing incomes and subsequent poverty reduction

on a sustainable basis. The overall objective of

interventions in the private sector is to create an

enabling environment for private sector development; in

particular the strategy aims to promote the employment

of marginalised youths in the rural and urban areas. The

programme provides expert advice and support to

appropriate MDAs implement a comprehensive Private

Sector Development Strategy.

Advice is in the form of technical assistance and institutional strengthening to the Ministry of

Trade and Industry and the Law Reform Commission. The programme also supports other

public and private sector stakeholders, public awareness initiatives, communications, training,

and other supporting activities. Additional activities include support for the Sierra Leone

Business Forum (SLBF) that coordinates public-private dialogue across the highly

fragmented private sector, and also support for the Business Development Initiative and

Sierra Investment Fund, which mobilise private equity for new and expanding businesses.

The UK involvement in PSD is now winding down as the UK focuses on the two strategic

areas of state building and human development and hand over the activities in the field with

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2. Improving Access to Finance by Building and Sustaining a Responsive Financial

Sector

Donor: DE - €16.6M (2004-2013)

Access to financial services is a basic requirement for growth and prosperity of an economy.

Support to this sector aims at breaking down barriers and creating access to financial services

by providing small and medium size enterprises with reliable access to credit and other

financial services.

Furthermore, Germany supports the Sierra Leone Financial Sector Development Plan

(amongst others) by supporting the Bank of Sierra Leone.

3. Innovative Young Enterprise

Donor: DE - €1.3M (2006-2010)

This project seeks to promote pro-poor growth and young enterprise for peace consolidation.

It provides financial support to innovative projects that promote development of non-raw

material sectors.

4. Improving the Physical Infrastructure

Donor: DE - €11M (2006-2010)

Improved access to markets, basic economic infrastructure and thereby improved agricultural

productivity create an enabling environment and increase employment opportunities for

young people while generating direct and indirect income.


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Precondition 4: Effective Management of Natural Resources

1. Safeguarding environment

Donor: EC - €13.65 M (2007-2015)

The EC provides technical

assistance and capacity building to the

national institutions in charge of the

environment and forestry sectors - the

former National Commission on

Environment and Forestry (NaCEF)

transferred to the Sierra

LeoneEnvironmental Protection

Authority (SLEPA) - and as such

pioneers donor support in the field of

environmental governance in Sierra

Leone.

The overall objective is to promote good environmental governance and mainstreaming, and

to improve sustainable development and management of natural resources in Sierra Leone.

This includes the harmonisation of policy and legislative frameworks, capacity building, and

implementation of sustainable natural resources management. The project complements the

Gola Forest Project, financed by a major grant (€3.0M) to the Royal Society for the

Protection of Birds (RSPB), which cooperates with decentralised structures of the Forestry

Division within the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry & Food Security (MAFFS). Further

grants were given to Welthungerhilfe, Germany (€2.5M) to implement the Conservation of

the Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve (WAPFR) and its Watersheds project and to

Vogelbescherming, NL (€2.4M) for the implementation of a project titled "Across the River –

A Transboundary Peace Park for Sierra Leone and Liberia", which was jointly launched by

President Koroma and President Johnson-Sirleaf from Liberia.

Furthermore, the EC intends to continue its support in the field of environmental governance

and mainstreaming by strengthening national/local governmental institutions and non-state

actors in fulfilling their roles and mandates to ensure environmental sustainability in


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generating income and creating jobs, while safeguarding environmental goods and services. It

is further planned to sustain the support to SLEPA in mainstreaming environment and in

translating Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) into policy development as well

as in formulating interventions towards the sustainable utilization, management and

conservation of natural resources in Sierra Leone. Apart from this, there will be further

projects/programmes, funded under environmental budget lines and other financing

instruments.

2. Mining Sector

Donor: EC - €26M (2003-2009)

Sierra Leone’s minerals resources hold

the potential to contribute significantly to

the development of the country’s

economy. The EU project "Technical

Assistance to the Ministry of Mineral

Resources" (MMR) builds upon earlier

interventions of the international donor

community and in particular a €25 M

grant to the GoSL that was given as a

commercial loan to Sierra Rutile Ltd

(SRL) for the re-opening of Sierra Rutile

Mine.

At the same time GoSL has adopted a Core Mineral Policy (CMP) to ensure proper

development and good governance of the mining sector. The CMP emphasises environmental

protection and the distribution of benefits of the mining industry to the local authorities. The

project aims to support the MMR to supervise and control the proper use of the loan to SRL,

as well as to build capacity in order to implement the CMP.

Currently there are other donor programmes ongoing, which are targeting capacity building in

MMR. The most important ones are the World Bank programme and the UK’s Department

for International Development (DfID) initiative. The most important initiative is the planned

National Mining Agency (NMA). This initiative, which builds on experience from quite a

few other countries, has great potential to achieve the restructuring of MMR. It would also


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bring sensitive issues, such as diamond mining, artisanal mining and the Kimberly Process

back under the same roof. The EC, NAO and MMR currently agreed with the donors to use

part of the funds repaid from Sierra Rutile Ltd (SRL) to fund the capacity building of MMR

and the future NMA.

3. Enhancing the Contribution of Mining to Economic and Social Development

Donor: DE - €3.5M (2009-2012)

The German Project “Resource Governance in the Extractive Sector” is providing support in

four fields:

1) meeting the transparency and accountability requirements set out in the Extractive

Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI);

2) establishing national sector strategies based on experiences gained in mining areas;

3) drawing up and implementing local development plans;

4) fostering regional dialogue on the opportunities and risks of the extractive sector in terms

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4. The Respective Bilateral Cooperation of the European Union with

Sierra Leone

4.1 The European Union Delegation (EUD) cooperation with Sierra Leone

Established by the Lome Convention in 1976, the ECD is charged with the

responsibility of managing the EU aid programme. It liaises closely with the embassies of the

EU Member States present or represented in the country to ensure that European aid makes a

coherent and effective contribution to Sierra Leone's development efforts.

Sierra Leone is one of the 77 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (the ACP

countries) that have jointly negotiated a new comprehensive Cotonou Partnership Agreement

with the presently 27 EU Member States. The content of the cooperation between the

Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) and the EU is described in a Country Strategy Paper

(CSP) and a National Indicative Programme (NIP) for every six year European Development

Fund allocation.

The National Authorising Office (NAO), in to the Ministry of Finance, Development and

Economic Planning, is the counterpart of the ECD for joint management of European

Development Funded programmes/projects in Sierra Leone.

With regards to the channel of EC support, the bulk of the budget goes to government

ministries and departments. A smaller proportion of development assistance is being

implemented through UN agencies and NGOs.

The 9th EDF (2002-2007) which amounted to €227.4M focused primarily on rehabilitation of

infrastructure. As a lead donor in supporting the infrastructure sector, the EC has made

significant contribution in the rehabilitation and maintenance of main roads and on

rehabilitation of school buildings and of health, water and sanitation facilities destroyed

during the war. A total of some 406km of roads have been improved and resurfaced since

2003, 153 primary and secondary schools built or rehabilitated, 76 health units and hospitals

rehabilitated or constructed and around 500 wells and more than 1000 latrines built with

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About one third of the 9th EDF is disbursed in the form of direct transfer to the budget of the

State (General Budget Support). Under this system, funds flow into the government

consolidated fund, without being targeted to any programme or sector in particular while

monitoring focuses on the implementation of the Government of Sierra Leone’s (GoSL)

PRSP. Resources are also channelled through projects implemented by the ministries or UN

agencies and NGOs.

Currently, a Joint Country Strategy Paper (JCSP) elaborated by the EC, UK Department for

International Development (DfID) and Sierra Leone was signed in December 2007 at the

EU/Africa summit in Lisbon. The new strategy covers the period of the 10th EDF (2008-

2013) and provides €242M of assistance to Sierra Leone. An extra €18.4M has been allocated

to mitigate the effect of the food and economic crisis. All programmes are in line with the

PRSP. It concentrates on two focal areas: good governance and institutional support (€37M)

and rehabilitation of priority infrastructure (€95M). The EC will also provide general budget

support of €90M (increased by €18.4M). The remaining €20M will support Sierra Leone’s

endeavours in the areas of trade, agriculture and regional programmes.


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Table 4. Disbursements (and planned disbursements) of the EC in Sierra Leone according to the Strategic Priorities of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP II) for 2008 and beyond (Euros Millions) (The disbursements regarding the Preconditions of the PRSP II are not included) Programme (Strategic Priorities)

Time Period

Disbursed 2008

Disbursed 2009 – up to October

Balance Total

1. Energy Energy Sector Support Programme

2011-2015

- - 12 12

ACP-EU Energy Facility

2008-2012

- - 4.7 4.7

Total Energy 17 2. Transport Priority Infrastructure Work

2010-2013

- - 23.5 23.5

Institutional Support to SLRA

2009-2012

- - 3 3

Freetown-Conakry Highway Phase II

2009-2011

- 3,582,050 31,017,950 34.6

Road and Bridge Programme

2011-2015

- - 32 32

Road Infrastructure Programme

2003-2012

61,848 8,713,749 39,024,403 47.8

Feeder Roads Programme

2006-2012

1,750,649 1,429,135 6,320,216 9.5

Total Transport

150

3. Agriculture & Fisheries

Institutional Support for Fisheries Management

2008-2011

- 1,526,000 1,474,000 3.0

Food Security Thematic Programme

2007-2011

996,624.69 1,246,624.37 7,756,750.94 10

Agriculture for Development Programme

2010-2015

- - - 16

Food Facility 2009-2011

- 13,254,000 5,250,000 18.5

Total A&F 47.5


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4. Human Development

Decentralisation 2006-2011

15.0

Health Sector Support

2002-2010

13.4 3.0 16.4

Rehabilitationand Resettlement Programme

2006-2010

13.8

Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development

2003-2009

2.4 2.4

Support to Non State Actors in Health and Sanitation Projects

2007-2013

4,900,000 1,380,000 18.6

Water and Sanitation

2007-2011

- 1,422,470 2,369,993 3,792,465

Total Human Development

69.9

TOTAL 284.4

Table 5. The different channels of EC support according to the Strategic Priorities of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP II) for 2008 and beyond (Euros Millions) (The disbursements regarding the Preconditions of the PRSP II are not included)

Channels of EC Support

Amount of

Euros (Millions)

GoSL (Ministries and Departements)

217.4

Non State Actors

32.3

International Organisation and UN

Agencies

18.5

Mixed Program (NSA/GoSL/UN

agencies/International Organisations…)

16.2

TOTAL 284.4

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Table 6. Ongoing15 EC support to Non State Actors and Local Authorities according to the sectors of the PRSP II Sector of interven-tion (PRSP II)

Title Implementing Organisation

Duration of Contract

Amount (in €)

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

(HD)

HD Enhancing Livelihood in Serabu Axis

ARCHDIOCESAN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE LIMITED

2008-2011 906,036

HD Access to Life, Social Support and Treatment of Tuberculosis and HIV affected people in Sierra Leone

DIAKONISCHES WERK DER EVANGELISCHEN KIRCHE IN DEUTSCHLAN EV

2006-2011 750,000

HD Facilitating the Combined Efforts of People with Disabilities, Communities and Civil Authorities in Providing Physical Rehabilitation Services in Sierra Leone

HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION

2006-2009 750,000

HD An Integrated Approach to Health System Strengthening with a primary focus on Reproductive and Child Health

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE UK

2008-2010 771,400

HD Bonthe District Community Watsan and Health Development Project

JERSEY AFRICAN SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED

2008-2011 497,577

HD A project to enable and empower women, men and young people in four districts of Sierra Leone to achieve sustained improvements in their sexual and reproductive health status

MARIE STOPES INTERNATIO-NAL

2006-2010 749,547

HD Improving the sexual and reproductive health of uprooted communities in 6 districts of Sierra Leone

MARIE STOPES 2007-2012 2,069,677

HD Child health and Development in Moyamba District

PLAN INTERNATIO-NAL UK

2007-2011 714,471

HD Kailahun Child Survival and Development Project

PLAN INTERNATIO-

2008-2012 750,000

15 "Ongoing" here refers to the projects still open in 2008


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NAL UK HD Promoting Behaviour Change

and Building Capacity for Malaria Prevention and Treatment in Moyamba and Port Loko District in Sierra Leone

PLAN INTERNATIO-NAL UK

2006-2012 750,000

HD Supporting Youth Livelihoods in Liberia and Sierra Leone

CARE INTERNATIO-NAL ASSOCIATION

2008-2012 939,996

HD Kenema DHMT Capacity Building

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

2005-2008 1,076,380.39

HD Technical Assistant to MoHS CONSEIL SANTE 2005-2008 745,700 HD Capacity Building on Disaster

Management IFRC 2006-2008 579,281

HD Capacity Building of the Bo District and City Councils for Good Governance, Effective Aid Delivery, Health, Water and Sanitation Services

BO DISTRICT COUNCIL

2009 - 2011

450,000

HD Reducing Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in the Port Loko District

ST. JOHN OF GOD CATHOLIC HOSPITAL

2009 - 2011

477,000

HD Strengthening the Capacity of Civil Society Organisations to participate in defining and implementing poverty reduction and sustainable development Strategies in health, Water and Sanitation

ACTIONAID INTERNATIONAL SIERRA LEONE

2009 – 2012

750,000

HD Support to Maternal and Child Heralth Care

CORDAID 2009 – 2011

783,661

HD Working Together for sustainable health, water and sanitation in Pujehun District

CHRISTIAN AID

2009 - 2012

574,690

HD Non State Actors and Local Authorities in Development Contracts foreseen to be signed by Decemebr 2010

NUMBER OF NON STATE ACTORS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES

2010 - 2013

6,000,000

HD Scaling Upwater and Sanitation Capacities in Sierra Leone

CRUZ ROJA ESPANOLA

2006-2009 654,000

HD Community Action for Water facility

OXFAM GB-LGB 2007-2011 3,138,465

HD Strengthening and linking women-led efforts to promote

ASSOCIAZIONE COOPERAZIONE

2010-2013 878,709


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women’s property ownership and literacy rights in Sierra Leone

INTERNAZIONALE

HD Bringing the UNCRPD to life in Sierra Leone - Supporting young disabled people in Sierra Leone to be involved in and impact on the implementation and monitoring of the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

LEONARD CHESHIRE DISABILITY FOUNDATION

2010-2013 174,102

HD Improving access to quality education for primary school children in Sierra Leone

IBIS 2006-2009 666,000

HD Capacity Building of the Bo District and City Councils for Good Governance, Effective Aid Delivery, Health, Water and Sanitation Services

BO CITY AND DISTRICT

2009-2010

450,000

HD Strengthening Local Governance for Sustained and Equitable Water and Sanitation Services for the Benefit of Vulnerable People in Koinadugu District

OXFAM GB 2009-2010

395,043

HD Community-based prevention and response to women’s and children’s rights violations in Kono and Western Area Districts

COOPI 2009-2010 309,127

HD Strengthening and linking women-led efforts to promote women’s property ownership and literacy rights in Sierra Leone

COOPI 2009-2011 878,709

PEACE, SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE (P,S G)

P,S and G Human Rights Society Organisations and Communication in Sierra Leone (HRSOC)

INSTITUT PANOS AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST ASSOCIATION

2006-2011 240,000

P,S and G Strenthening civil society actors to work in greater cohesion with government in

THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND LBG

2008-2011 236,500


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implementing the Chil Rights Act

P,S and G Breaking the Silence for Girls' and Women's Right

PLAN INTERNATIO-NAL DEUTSCHLAND EV

2008-2012 300,00

P,S and G Building Resilience and Community Engagement (BRACE)

CONCERN WORLDWIDE

2006-2010 1,000,000

P,S and G Cotton Tree News (CTN): A model for Public Service Broadcasting in Sierra Leone

FONDATION HIRONDELLE MEDIA FOR PEACE AND HUMAN DIGNITY

2009-2010 1,149,707

P,S and G Leh Wi Push Pis – strengthening democratisation and human rights in Sierra Leone

CHRISTIAN AID LBG

2006-2009 867,093

P,S and G HUMAN RIGHTS SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND COMMUNICATION IN SIERRA LEONE (HRSOC)

INSTITUT PANOS AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST ASSOCIATION

2007-2009 240,000

P,S and G Strengthening civil society actors to work in greater cohesion with government in implementing the Child Rights Act

THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND LBG

2009-2011 236,500

P,S and G Community - based prevention and response to women''s and childrens rights violations in Kono and Western Area Districts

ASSOCIAZIONE COOPERAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE

2010-2012 309,127

P,S and G Cotton Tree News (CTN): A Model for Public Service Broadcasting in Sierra Leone

FONDATION HIRONDELLE MEDIA FOR PEACE AND HUMAIN DIGNITY

2009-2010 1,149,707

NATURAL RESSOURCES (NR)

NR The Gola Forest- a new pratical model for achieving sustainable protected areas in post-conflict Sierra Leone, a Least Developed Country

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS

2007-2012 3,006,984

NR Conservation of the Sierra Leonean Western Area

DEUTSCHE WELTHUNGER-

2008-2014 2,500,000


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Peninsula (WAP) Forest Reserve and its Watershed

HILFE

P,S and G Across the River – a transboundary peace park for Sierra Leone and Liberia

NEDERLANDSE VERENIGING TOT BESCHERMING VAN VOGELS

2008-2013 2,447,286

AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (A&F)

A&F Demand-Responsive Support to Vulnerable Communities for a Sustainable Improvement of Food Security in Sella Limba, Sanda Loko and Gbanti Kamaranka Chiefdoms, Bombali District

ASSOCIATION INTER AIDE

2006-2010 800,000

A&F Sustainable Agriculture Development in Koinadugu District

STICHTING CARE NEDERLAND

2008-2013 1,342,545

A&F Food Security and Economic Development in the Bo, Pujehun and Kenema Districts (FoSED)

DEUTSCHE WELTHUNGER-HILFE

2008-2014 2,000,000

A&F Bonthe Food Security project CHRISTIAN AID LBG

2008-2013 1,500,000

A&F Peri and Urban Community Action for Food Security (PUCAFS)

CONCERN WORLDWIDE 2008-2014 1,499,484

A&F Enhancing Food Security and Development Opportunities for Disadvantaged Groups in Freetown by Supporting Technicological, Organizational and Institutional Innovations in Urban Agriculture

ASSOCIAZIONE COOPERAZIONE INTERNAZIO-NALE

2008-2012 1,415,139

A&F Demand-Responsive Support to Vulnerable Communities for a Sustainable Improvement of Food Security in Sella Limba, Sanda Loko and Gbanti Kamaranka Chiefdoms, Bombali District

ASSOCIATION INTER AIDE

2006-2010 800,000

A&F Building Resilience and Community Engagement (BRACE)

CONCERN WORLDWIDE

2006-2010 1,000,000

A&F Improving Living Conditions and Strengthening of Social Stability and Decentralization in Rural Communities of

DEUTSCHE WELTHUNGERHILFE EV

2007-2010 750,000


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Former Civil War Areas in Southern Sierra Leone

Table 7. Ongoing EC support to the United Nations Agencies and other International

Organisations

Sector of interven-tion (PRSP II)

Title Implementing Organisation

Duration of Contract

Amount (in €)

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (HD) HD Training of Nurses

Anesthetists UNFPA 2006-

2008 463,139

HD Accelerating the use of ACT therapy for Malaria Control

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

2006-2008

844,758

HD Lassa Fever Surveillance in Kono, Kailahun and Kenema

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

2008-2008

235,000

AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES A&F Urban and Peri-Urban Safety

Net interventions in Response to High Food Prices

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

2009-2010

2,700,000

A&F Response to high Food Prices – Food Crisis

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

2009-2011

5,400,000

A&F Response to high Food Prices – Food Crisis

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION

2009-2011

10,800,000

PEACE, SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE (P,S G) P,S and G Support to the Rehabilitation

Operation of the National Electoral Commission – Electoral Assistance

UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT

2006-2009

7.490.000

P,S and G Electoral Assistance Project UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT

2010-2013

8,000,000

P,S and G Decentralised Capacity Building Programme

THE WORLD BANK

2006-2011

10,000,000

P,S and G Decentralised Service Delivery Programme

THE WORLD BANK

2010-2015

5,000,000

P,S and G Victims Justice and Legacy Project

SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE

2005-2008

695,244

P,S and G Victims Justice and Legacy Project


2006-2008

594,708

P,S and G ''''Communicating Justice and Capacity Building project''''


2007-2009

600,000


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How to get a contract or a grant from the EC?

The EC is supporting non-state actors in the form of grants. Each year calls for

proposals are launched in different area of intervention (governance and human rights,

Support to non state actors in health, water and sanitation, food security and environment).

The calls for proposals invite candidates to present, within a given deadline, a proposal for

action that corresponds to stated objectives and fulfils the required conditions. Contracts can

also be agreed with the EC under the procurement procedure if the EC wants to purchase a

services, goods or works.

• For more information on funding opportunities:

http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/implementation/index_en.htm

• To apply for contracts on works, services and supplies or grants:

https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?ADSSChck=

1258106497083&do=publi.welcome&userlanguage=en


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4.2 The European Union Member States' cooperation with Sierra Leone

A ) United Kingdom and Sierra Leone

The UK is represented by a High

Commissioner in Freetown, playing a major role

both diplomatically and in terms of financial and

military assistance in support of maintaining and

consolidating peace. The Department for

International Development (DfID) is the part of

the UK Government that manages Britain's aid

to developing countries and works assiduously

to tackle the underlying causes of poverty.

DfID works in partnership with governments, civil society, the private sector and others. It

also works with international institutions, including the World Bank, United Nations

agencies, and the European Commission.

The central focus of the UK Government’s policy, based on the 1997, 2000, 2006 and 2009

White Papers on International Development is a commitment to the internationally agreed

Millennium Development Goals16, to be achieved by 2015. The latest White Paper

“Eliminating World Poverty: Building Our Common Future” reaffirms DfID’s commitment

to international development and focuses on the following priorities: poverty reduction,

promoting economic recovery and ‘green’ economic growth, tackling the effects and

challenges of climate change for development, building peaceful states and societies through

improved governance. The UK is the largest bilateral donor in Sierra Leone, providing

approximately £91M UK aid in past 3 years.

The UK is committed to tackling the seriously off-track MDGs in the country and

improving its HDI rating: On Human Development, it is providing support for the

Government’s Reproductive and Child Health Strategy to deliver accessible quality services


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to pregnant women and young children, and improving access to clean water and sanitation.

On State Building, it is supporting security and justice as a basic service for Sierra Leoneans;

the deepening of democracy including support for the holding of free and fair elections; and

support to public financial management, public sector reform and accountability issues. We

are also providing budget support.

B) Germany and Sierra Leone

The development policy of the Federal

Republic of Germany is an independent area of

German foreign policy, formulated by the

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and

Development (BMZ) and carried out by

implementing organisations like the German

Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), the

German Development Service (DED) and the

Reconstruction Credit Institute (KfW).

The overall aim of German development policy is to reduce poverty worldwide, to build

peace and to promote equitable forms of globalisation. German embassies have the “Small

Project Fund” supporting small-scale projects in developing countries. Priorities for funding

under this program are: income generating activities, water supply and sanitation, health,

education, infrastructure.

The GTZ is a cooperation agency for sustainable development with worldwide operations.

GTZ promotes complex reforms and change processes. Its corporate objective is to improve

people’s living conditions on a sustainable basis. GTZ has been working in Sierra Leone

since 1963 on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and

Development (BMZ). Within the framework of cooperation between Germany and Sierra

Leone, GTZ supports a sustainable, holistic approach to reconstruction that can prevent crisis

within this post-war society. In general Germany supports the PRS by focusing on measures

that nurture and preserve peace, such as basic education, vocational training and the creation

of employment opportunities for population groups living on the fringes of society.


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In the field of employment promotion for young people, GTZ works together with the KfW

Entwicklungsbank (KfW development bank) and supports local non-governmental

organisations connected with the civil peace service. GTZ coordinates its activities closely

with other donors, such as the UK, the EU and the World Bank.

C) Ireland and Sierra Leone

Irish Aid is the Irish Government’s

official development assistance programme. The

programme is administered by the Embassy of

Ireland in Sierra Leone which enters into

funding partnerships with various types of

organisations in the delivery of its programmes.

Poverty reduction, to reduce vulnerability and

increase opportunity, is the overarching objective of the Irish Aid Programme. A strong

effort is made to ensure that these contributions serve to enhance Irish Aid's core mission of

alleviating poverty in a measurable and sustainable way. All of Irish Aid's policies and

activities are measured against their contribution to the reduction of poverty and against the

progress they achieve towards the development targets set by the international community.

Irish Aid’s Interim Country strategy 2006-2007 aimed to contribute towards peace

consolidation, sustained recovery, stability and poverty reduction in line with the Government

of Sierra Leone’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, through the provision of financial

resources and active engagement in policy dialogue. A new strategy responding to the

priorities set out in the Agenda for Change is currently being developed..

From 2003 to 2007 Ireland provided approximately €30M of development assistance to

Sierra Leone. This funding has been delivered through NGO partners (including Concern,

Goal, Christian Aid, and MSF), UN agencies (including UNDP, UNICEF, and FAO) and to

the Sierra Leone Special Court. Programmes funded include rural rehabilitation and

livelihood programmes, decentralisation of local government initiatives, food security,

education and healthcare programmes. In 2008, Ireland spent €11M in Sierra Leone.


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D) Italy and Sierra Leone

Italy considers its cooperation with

developing countries as an essential part of its

foreign affairs policy and in its 2009-2011

programming focuses mainly on agricultural

development, environmental protection, health,

education, governance and civil society

strengthening, and support to the private sector.

Italy’s aid is directed to many countries around the world, in majority to the Sub-Saharan

Africa and Balcans, Mediterranean and Middle East countries. Italy channels its funds both

through direct budget support and through project financing for directed executed projects or

for projects implemented by UN system Agencies and Italian NGOs. Strategic planning as

well as budget allocation and fund disbursement lies with the relevant Offices of the

Directorate General for the Development Co-operation. In parallel, Local Technical Units are

based in Italian Embassies around the world. They manage the resources allocated for

directly implemented programmes and liaise with the International Agencies and NGOs

funded by Italian Government besides developing relations with international partners and

local Authorities.

Development cooperation between Italy and Sierra Leone spans since 1985. The good

bilateral relations between Italy and Sierra Leone have been strengthened by the continuous

commitment of Italy to support peace, reconstruction and socio-economic development. The

Italian Cooperation’s presence in the country focuses on national priority sectors such as

energy, health, agricultural development, education and youth employment promotion. It is

characterized by the strong commitment of several groups: Italian governmental co-

operation; Italian NGOs (AVSI, COOPI, Emergency, ENGIM, Don Carlo Gnocchi

Foundation and CESTAS); religious missions (in particular Saveriani and Giuseppini) and

Multilateral Organisations (UNDP, FAO, UNESCO, UNIFEM, WB, and AfDB).

In the health sector, Italy has contributed through the Italian NGO Don Carl Gnocchi

Foundation to the construction of a centre of reconstructive surgery for war victims in


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Makeni and is currently supporting three NGOs (COOPI, ENGIM and CESTAS) in

strengthening the peripheral health system in promoting reproductive, maternal and child

health Italy is also involvend in support of the Emergency Hospital in Goderich run by the

Italian NGO Emergency.

In the education and youth vocational training sector, the Italian Co-operation is funding a

trust fund managed by World Bank and executed by Italian NGOs to address the living

condition of war affected and disadvantaged children and youth by offering them training and

job access opportunities. Italy is also contributing to the sector through additional funds made

available to the NGO AVSI.

The Government of Italy is a major donor in the energy sector ensuring that Sierra Leone gets

the much needed electricity supply by providing a last tranche (2007) of €12M for the

Bumbuna Hydro-electricity Project.

In the area of food security and agricultural development Italy is supporting FAO through a

three-year food security project aimed to enhance the farmers’ capacity to access markets for

sustainable income generation. Food aid donations have also been provided for countrywide

distribution..

In summary, Italian cooperation with Sierra Leone over the period 2007-2009 amounts to €

24.2M out of which €15.6M have been channelled through Multilateral Organisations, while

other €5.1M have funded Italian NGOs activities and €3,5M bilateral initiatives. .

E) France and Sierra Leone

The Inter-ministerial Committee for

International Co-operation and Development

(CICID) is part of the government’s initiative to

provide a place for co-ordination, reflection,

debate and global policy orientation with regards

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It sets the priority areas for France’s official development assistance and in a more general

way, determines France’s policy in terms of co-operation.

In accordance with the conclusions of the CICID, technical assistance is financed either

directly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (governance, human rights, non governmental co-

operation), or by the French Development Agency (AFD) under the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs delegated funds (agriculture and rural development, health, primary and secondary

education, professional training, the environment, private sector, infrastructures and urban

development).

Since the independence of the country, France has been very active in Sierra Leone with its

embassy located in Freetown. Activities however scaled down in the late eighties and the

embassy closed in the early nineties. Presently there is no bilateral or development

cooperation between Sierra Leone and France, and the country is not part of France's

"Priority Solidarity Zone", which limits the amount of financial aid given by France.

But since 2002, a Chargé d’ Affaires has his offices at the British High Commission (See

Annexe 5.5). According to the Chargé d’Affaires, France envisages to develop in the future a

strategy of reviving French, the only foreign language that is compulsory at primary school

and the only one proposed at high school level.

This project should be launched in 2010, with the organisation of improvement trainings for

French teachers by specialists of the teaching of French as a foreign language (FLE) within

the "Centre International d’Enseignement Pédagogique". The process of the reopening of the

"Alliance Française" in Freetown should also start next year.

This program is part of the GoSL's strategy to promote francophony. Their main priorities

are:

1. To reopen the Alliance Française.

2. To train a translator/interpret (French/English) that could intervene during the Mano River

Union meeting.

3. To furnish books to the library of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International

Cooperation


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Those actions should help Sierra Leone to be better integrated in West Africa and to have

deeper relations with West African French speaking countries.

F) Other EU Member States and Sierra Leone

With the exception of UK and Germany, France

and Ireland, represented by an Ambassador,

High Commissioner or a Chargé d'Affaires,

other EUMS support Sierra Leone either through

its development agency working with NGOs or

multilateral organisations or both. All support

aligns with Sierra Leone’s PRSP and the

Member States’ foreign development policies.

Individual EUMS fund UNDP, FAO and other UN agencies operating in Sierra Leone to help

delivering some of their development goals. Denmark, Sweden and Finland contribute to the

basket fund (managed by UNDP) for support to the electoral commission. Fourteen Member

States (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland,

Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden) out of twenty seven EUMS

contribute to the Peace Building Fund (PBF). Of these Sweden is the biggest donor and Sierra

Leone is a recipient of $35 M to support democratic governance, justice, security sectors and

youth empowerment and employment.


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5. Table of Annexes

Annex 1. Contacts of the EC and the EUMS in Freetown…………………………..66

Annex 2. EUMS support to INGOs in Sierra Leone.................................................68

Annex 3. Contacts of International Partner NGOs operating in Sierra Leone ...........69

Annex 4. Contacts of National Partner NGOs in Sierra Leone .................................71


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Annex 1. Contacts of the GoSL, the EC and the EUMS in Freetown

Government of Sierra Leone

Dr. Samura Kamara Minister of Finance and Economic Development and National Authorising Officer Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Ministerial Building, George Street, Freetown. [email protected]

Dr. Richard Konteh Deputy Min. of Finance and Economic Development and Deputy National Authorising Officer [email protected]

Mr. Ibrahim S. Kanu Director of the National Authorising Office [email protected]

European Commission

Mr. Jean-Pierre Reymondet-Commoy Head of Delegation Leicester Peak, Regent, Freetown Email: [email protected]

Germany

Mr Thomas Freudenhammer Ambssador, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany 3 Middle Hill Station Wilberforce, Freetown, Email: [email protected] Tel:231361

Ms Rita Weidinger Project Coordinator, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) 33/37 Fraser Street off Wilkinson Road, Freetown, Email: [email protected] Tel:076-901276

Mr Lorenz Pohlmeier Coordinator,German Development Cooperation 33/37 Fraser Street off Wilkinson Road, Freetown, Email [email protected]


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France

Mr Jean-Louis Riddell Chargé d’Affaires C/o British High Commission 6 Spur Road, Freetown Email: [email protected] Tel: 235 853 / 234 821 Mobile: 076802577

Italy

Mr Piercarlo Vicentini Liaison Officer Development Cooperation Office 22 Wilkinson Road, Freetown Email: [email protected] Tel: 076-477733

Ireland

Ms Anne-Marie Callan Chargé d'Affaires Embassy of Ireland 45 Spur Road Freetown Email: [email protected] Mobile: 076-472744

United Kingdom

Mr Ian Hughes High Commissioner, High Commission of the United Kingdom 6 Spur Road Wilberforce, Freetown, Email: [email protected] Tel: 232 961/ 232 962/ 232 563

Mr Dominic O'Neil Head of Office, Department of International Development (DfID) 5 Off Spur Road Wilberforce, Freetown Email: [email protected] Tel: 233 620/076610222


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Annex 2. EUMS support to International NGOs in Sierra Leone

EU Member State Partner Organisation(s) AUSTRIA Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD),

Conciliation Resources (CR) BELGIUM Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Plan International (PI), Search for

Common Ground(SfCG) BULGARIA ** CYPRUS ** CZECH REPUBLIC ** DENMARK CAFOD, HOPE, PI. SfCG, IBIS, Helen Keller International (HKI) ESTONIA ** FINLAND PI. SfCG, International Foundation for Election System (IFES) FRANCE Action Contre la Faim, PI. Marie Stopes Society (MSS) GERMANY CAFOD, Caritas Germany, Mercy Ships, PI, MSS, GAA, CR, GREECE ** HUNGARY ** IRELAND CAFOD,MSHR,Concern,TF,IOM,WV,GOAL,CA,CCF,PAC,IRC,

SfCG, HI, CFI, EFA, IFES, MDF, PI, Trocaire SS, MSS ITALY AVSI, COOPI, ENGIM, Emergency, Caritas, Don Carlo Gnocchi

Foundation LATVIA ** LITHUANIA ** LUXEMBOURG CAFOD, MSF MALTA ** NETHERLANDS ACF, CAFOD, Mercy Ships, RTP, War Child, MSF, PI, SfCG,

HKI, CR, EFA POLAND ** PORTUGAL ** ROMANIA ** SLOVENIA ** SLOVAKIA ** SPAIN CAFOD, Mercy Ships, PI, Farmamundi, Medicos del Mundo SWEDEN PI. SfCG, IFES, CR UNITED KINGDOM Action Aid, ACF, Mercy Ships, CAFOD, Concern, Oxfam, VSO,

Plan Inter. SPW, WV, SfCG, SS, Save the Children, MSS, IRC, IFES, Health Unlimited, HI,CR,EFA

* See Annex 4. for list of full names of NGOs in acronym ** EUMS that cooperate with Sierra Leone through Multilateral Organisations only (EU, UN)


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Annex 3. Contacts of International Partner NGOs operating in Sierra Leone

1. Action Aid (AA) [email protected] www.actionaid.org.uk

2. Action Contre La Faim (ACF)

[email protected] www.actioncontrelafaim.org

3. Africare

[email protected] www.africare.org/

4. Association of Volunteers in International

Service (AVSI FOUNDATION) www.avsi-usa.org

5. Catholic Agency for Overseas

Development(CAFOD) www.cafod.org.uk

6. AVSI [email protected] www.AVSI.org 7. CARE

[email protected] www.care.org

8. CARITAS Germany

www.caritas-europa.org 9. Cause Canada

[email protected] www.cause.ca

10. Centre For Victims of Torture (CVT) www.ccvt.org

11. Christian Aid (CA)

[email protected], www.christianaid.org.uk

12. Christian Children's Fund (CCF) www.christianchildrensfund.org 13. Child Fund Ireland (CFI) www.childfund.ie

14. Concern Worldwide (CW) [email protected] www.concern.net 15. Conciliation Resources (CR) [email protected] www.c-r.org 16. Cooperazione Internazionale(COOPI) [email protected] www.coopi.org 17. Cordaid www.cordaid.nl 18. Christian Relief Service [email protected] www.catholicrelief.org 19. Don Gnocchi Foundation contact: Mr Stefano De PRETTO Tel: 076 563 678 www.dongnocchi.it 20. Emergency Sierra Leone www.emergency.it 21. Ente Nazionale Giuseppini del

Murialdo (ENGIM) Tel: 076 622941

www.engim.org

22. Environmental Foundation for Africa (EFA)

www.efasl.org.uk 23. Farmamundi-Sierra Leone www.farmaceuticosmundi.org 24. Fondation Hirondelle media for Peace And Human Dignity [email protected] 25. Forut SL www.forut.no


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26. Frontier Resource Centre (FRC) www.frc.sdnpk.org 27. German Agro Action –Welthungerhilfe [email protected] www.welthungerhilfe.de 28. Goal [email protected]

www.goal.ie 29. Handicap International (HI) [email protected] www.handicap-international.fr 30. Health Unlimited (HU) www.healthunlimited.org 31. Heifer International Sierra Leone www.heifer.org 32. Helen Keller International (HKI) www.hki.org 33. IBIS www.ibis.dk 34. Institut Panos Afrique de l'Ouest

[email protected] 35. International Foundation for Election Systems

(IFES) www.ifes.org

36 .International Medical Corps (IMC)

www.imcworldwide.org 37. Inter Aide - Sierra Leone

www.interaide.org 38. International Rescue Committee (IRC)

[email protected] www.theirc.org

39. Lemon Aid Fund

www.lemonaidfund.org 40. Life for Relief and Development

www.lifeusa.org

41. Marie Stopes Sierra Leone

[email protected] www.mariestopes.org.uk

42. Médicos del Mundo – MDM

[email protected] www.mdm-international.org

43. Mercy Ships Sierra Leone

[email protected] www.mercyships.org

44. Medecins Sans Frontieres(MSF) Holland

[email protected] www.msf.org

45. National Democratic Institute (NDI)

www.ndi.org 46. Oxfam GB

[email protected] www.oxfam.org.uk

47. Plan international

[email protected] www.plan-international.org

48. Real Aid

www.realaid.org.uk 49. Right to Play

[email protected] www.righttoplay.com

50. Save the Children – UK

[email protected] www.savethechildren.org.uk

51. Sight Savers(SS)

www.sightsavers.org 52. Search for Common Ground (SfCG)

www.sfcg.org 53. SOS Children’s Villages Trust (SL) www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk 54. Spanish Red Cross Cruz Roja Espanola [email protected]


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55. Students Partnership Worldwide (SPW) Tel: 076 810 550 www.spw.org 56. Tearfund www.tearfund.org 57. Trócaire trocaire.org 58. UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) www.uis.unesco.org 59. Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) www.vso.org.uk 60. War Child Canada (WCC) www.warchild.ca

61. War Child Holland (WCH)

[email protected]

62. World Children's Relief (WCR) www.worldchildrensrelief.org 63. World Hope International (WHI) www.worldhope.org 64. World Relief (WR)

www.wr.org 65. World Vision (WV) [email protected] www.worldvision.org


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Annex 4. Contacts of National Partner NGOs in Sierra Leone

1. Action for Development Sierra Leone Email: [email protected] 2. Association for Rural Development

Email: [email protected] 3. Campaign for Good Governance

Website: www.slcgg.org 4. Caritas Makeni Email :[email protected] 5. Children Associated with War Email: [email protected] 6. Council of Churches Sierra Leone Email: [email protected] 7. Christian Health Association Email: [email protected] 8. Conservation Society Sierra Leone Email: [email protected] 9. Evaluation Development Research Association Email: [email protected] 10. Environmental Foundation for Africa Sierra Leone Email: [email protected] / [email protected] www.efasl.org.uk 11. Evangelical Fellowship Sierra Leone Email: [email protected] 12. Family Homes Movement Website: www.cryfreetown.org/orphanage.html 13. Forum for African Women Educationalists Email: [email protected] 14. Fifty-Fifty Group Email: [email protected] Website: www.fiftyfifty-sl.org 15. Grass Root Gender Empowerment Movement Email: [email protected]

16. Green Scenery Email: [email protected] / [email protected] 17. Initiatives for Community Development (ICOD) Email: [email protected]

18. Lawyers Centre for Legal Assistance

Email: [email protected] 19. Livestock Extension and General Services Email: [email protected] / [email protected] 20. Network Movement for Justice andPeace Email: [email protected] Web: www.nmjd.org 21. Pan African Development Initiative Tel: +232 22 229049 22. Pikin to Pikin Movement Email: [email protected] 23. Sierra Leone Adult Education Association Email: [email protected] [email protected] 24. Sierra Leone Youth Empowerment Organisation Email: [email protected] 25. The Shepherd's Hospice Email: [email protected] 26. Talented Young People Everywhere (TYPE) Email: [email protected]

27. Youth Development Movement Tel: 263605/264419


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28.Youth Development Project [email protected]

29. Archdiocesan Development Office (ADDO) 25 Kingsella Street, Off-Syke Street Freetown, Sierra Leone [email protected]; [email protected]

30. Jersey African Support Services

79 Pademba Road, Freetown Jassmohamed2082yahoo.com 31. Bo District Council Kortugbuma Section, Bo [email protected] 32. St. John of God Catholic Hospital Mabesseneh Hospital, Lunsar Port Loko District [email protected] 33. Bo City Council Bo Town, Bo 232 76639795

34. Medical Research Centre 5 Frazier Davis Drive, Off-King Street, Congo Cross, Freetown [email protected] 35. Rehabilitation and Development Agency 201 Bo/Taiama Highway, Bo [email protected] 36. SLANGO

Sierra Leone Association of Non- Governement Organisations

2 Pike Street, Freetown [email protected]


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