PROJECT BACKGROUND

The EPA is Liberia’s principal authority for environmental management. It coordinates, monitors, supervises, and consults with relevant stakeholders and sector Ministries, Agencies, and Commissions (MACs) on all activities related to protecting the environment and sustainable use of its natural resources.

The Government of Liberia (GoL), through the EPA and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and with funding from the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), received funding for the project “Enhancing Resilience of Vulnerable Coastal Communities in Sinoe County of Liberia (ERVCCS).” EPA is the project’s Executing Entity. It is financed by a GEF Trust Fund grant and co-financed by UNDP and the GoL.

The project aims to build on existing projects to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable coastal communities and their livelihoods to the impacts of climate change, focusing on women and youth. Specifically, project interventions include the following:

Objective of the Assignment

 The main objective is to design climate risk management financing for representatives of financial institutions, thereby promoting sustainable and inclusive financing practices.

Specific objectives:

• Develop standardized training manuals on climate risk management financing.
• Align financial institution procedures with community needs and realities.
• Strengthen collaboration between banks, microfinance institutions, and community financial structures.
• Enhance financial literacy and awareness of climate financing at the community level.
• To design training content on products tailored to women-run MSMEs to promote gender equality.

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