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Fifteen years of civil war has destroyed much of the county’s physical and human capital, severely damaging its institutions. The new Government of Liberia (GOL) established in 2006 is facing serious challenges which have been taken on in a systematic fashion.
The GOL has prepared and endorsed programs in support of the recovery process. These are aimed, directly or indirectly, at eliminating poverty in the long-term and at ensuring self-sustainability of the country. Hence, the overall goal is to achieve economic and social development in Liberia’s important sectors. The supply of electricity has been substantially affected since the start of the war during which the country’s main hydropower plant (Mount Coffee Hydropower Plant) was damaged. Since 2006, the GOL has provided diesel generators to supply emergency power for essential public services in Monrovia, while the rest of the country is virtually without power supply. Norway has decided to increase her assistance to Liberia in order to support the peace and stability program. In April 2007, Norway entered into an agreement with Liberia aiming at increasing the electricity production in Monrovia. Liberia has expressed a wish to extend the cooperation with Norway within the power sector.Activities and Outputs:NVE has conducted a number of missions to Liberia since January 2008, funded by Norad. The contacts between NVE and the various energy and water resources sector authorities have enabled NVE to become quite familiar with Liberia’s development issues and the sector specific problems in particular. A Draft Project Document was prepared in 2009 on the request of Norad, outlining the various activities to be included in a 5-year institutional cooperation between the Ministry (representing Liberia’s sector stakeholders) and NVE. The focus is on assistance to development of monitoring and management of the water and energy resources, with special attention to institutional strengthening.
The 2009 activities in Liberia comprised:
Issues and Challenges:The general situation in Liberia following the 15 years of civil war constitutes a serious challenge for all kinds of infrastructure and institutional development work. As the GOL has adopted a systematic approach, NVE is aiming to fit proposed water and energy resources initiatives into this framework. The activities are now mostly pending, awaiting Norad’s approval of the bilateral sector cooperation, including NVE’s role.
Results/Outcome:At this early stage of the cooperation, with mostly short term ad hoc activities, few results can be reported. However, the overall recovery and development framework provided by GOL, combined with the NVE assisted analysis of water/ energy sector issues, has enhanced the Liberian authorities’ understanding of measures to be taken.
