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Support to UNICEF Liberia country programme - Support to UNICEF Country Programme

UNICEF has applied to the Embassy for funding of 8,000,000 SEK to help address funding gap that has undermined smooth implementation of its overall country programme. The UNICEF country programme is aimed at addressing the development and social protection needs of children and young people. The Embassy’s support will be earmarked for the child protection component, with the objective of contributing to building and strengthening children’s social protection systems through capacity building at both national and county levels. The key activities under the programme are building community based child protection systems, promoting universal birth registration, strengthening safety nets and child protection laws and policies, as well as empowering adolescents and young people to participate in decision making and peace processes. The total budget for this component is USD 2.6M, of which the Embassy’s contribution will be the amount of approximately USD 881,000 (Eight Million Swedish Kronor). UNICEF’s Country Office in Liberia will implement the programme in partnership with the Ministries of Gender, Health, and Justice that have got oversight responsibilities over child rights and protection in Liberia. Inter-religious councils, community based organizations and other non-governmental organizations will play a key role as well.

UNICEF Liberia's Country Programme seeks to contribute to building and strengthening children's social protection systems through capacity building at both national and local levels. This is done in line with national priorities and results, with a focus on the most vulnerable disadvantaged children, and in areas low on Children Well-being Index. The UNICEF country programme has got 4 components: 1) Young child survival and development, 2) inclusive quality education, and 3) child protection. However, in 2019, the Embassy’s support will focus on component 3 only, child protection. The Objective of this component is to ensure that children and young people enjoy their rights and grow up in a safe, protective and gender responsive environment. By the end of the intervention, it is expected that the following results would have be realized: improved capacity of relevant actors to manage and provide social welfare services and birth registration; vulnerable children, adolescents and young people benefit from quality essential social services and social safety nets, and gender sensitive and age appropriate justice and protection systems; increased knowledge of relevant actors regarding systems and legal frameworks that prevent and response to children rights violations.

Project ID

SE-0-SE-6-12970A0101-LBR-16011

Activity status

1 - Pipeline/identification

Aid type

B03 - Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by international organisations (multilateral, INGO)

% to Liberia

100.00

Organisations

Implementing

United Nations Childrens Fund

Funding

Sweden

Extending

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

CRS code	%
Unknown (0)	100.0