<span id="page39R_mcid6" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">This updated National Capacity Self</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Assessment draws from two major interventions. First, a </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">National Capacity Self</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Assessment was conducted in 2006. The proces</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">s identified a list of </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">capacity gaps that could hinder or limit the country's ability to attain obligations of the Rio </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Conventions. As a result of such initiatives, the country has been working with its partners to close </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">some of the capacity gaps listed in</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">the 2006 NCSA. Second, the United Nations Development </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Programme (UNDP) has been working with the Liberian government through the EPA to </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">implement the Cross</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Cutting Capacity Development (CCCD) project, which is funded by the </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Global Environmental Facility (</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">GEF). The four</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">year project had the goal of helping Liberia to </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">make better decisions to meet and sustain global environmental obligations. Such a goal required </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">the country to have the capacity to coordinate efforts, as well as best practices for integratin</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">g global </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">environmental priorities into planning, decision</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">making, and reporting processes.</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Accordingly,</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">the </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">project aimed to strengthen a targeted set of national capacities to deliver and sustain global</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">environmental outcomes within the framework of susta</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">inable development priorities.</span></span>