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Liberia Focus on Results: Enhancing Capacity across Sectors in Transition (FORECAST)

The FORECAST Project was designed to build human and institutional capacity within Government of Liberia (GOL) ministries, public institutions, NGOs, and other organizations.

Strengthen normative-legal-regulatory frameworks that enable free media, open information access and freedoms of expression. Advocate for, support, and protect professional and citizen-generated media subject to harassment, restriction, intimidation, imprisonment and/or closure for reporting on sensitive issues; support self-regulatory mechanisms as well as reforms of state-owned media into private or public service systems. Strengthen advocacy capacity, digital and physical security awareness and response capabilities, and networking for information, media and related organizations to promote, protect and defend Internet freedom, media independence and freedoms of expression; including but not limited to online, national, and regional initiatives.Boost the capacity and sustainability of professional journalism and citizen-generated media through a mix of training, education, mentoring, networking and exchange activities, including but not limited to: content production support as a training mechanism; developing and distributing training materials; and building and/or reforming media-related host country training and higher educational institutions. Support the development of a financially sustainable media sector through organizational and financial management training, advertising sector development, audience research and/or circulation audit capacities, market research, business planning, capital infusion and loans, media industry information exchanges, sponsorships/partnerships and other methods to improve the economic viability of the sector.Establish, develop and/or support radio, newspaper, broadcasting and digital media outlets and/or digital- and multi-media centers. Support broadband access, digital and physical safety and security, and media outlet infrastructure improvements, including equipment and tool provision and maintenance; support restoration/cataloging of archival media materials as appropriate. Encourage and help countries to apply sustainable and efficient fiscal policies, which consist of establishing revenue and expenditure structures and develop management techniques that allow a government to manage the economy through the expansion and contraction of government spending.

Project ID

US-GOV-1-LR-REE-I-00-05-00053

Activity status

3 - Completion

Aid type

C01 - Project-type interventions

% to Liberia

100.00

Organisations

Accountable

U.S. Agency for International Development

Extending

U.S. Agency for International Development

Funding

U.S. Agency for International Development

Implementing

Academy for Educational Development

CRS code	%
STD control including HIV/AIDS (13040)	2.97
Family planning (13030)	9.59
Public sector policy and administrative management (15110)	87.45