Liberia Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project

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The project, development objective of the Liberian Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project (LIRP), is to provide Government with emergency support to restore priority infrastructure in the Port of Monrovia and at Roberts International Airport and assist the Government in developing a medium-term strategic framework for rehabilitating the port and aviation sectors. Successful implementation of the project will be evidenced by: (a) identified civil works implemented; (b) institutional capacity strengthened; and (c) Government has developed a strategic framework for port and aviation sector. There are three components to the project: (1) infrastructure rehabilitation in which the Technical Assessment Report o f Emergency and Longer Term Actions required in the Port of Monrovia lists some 25 different projects identified through detailed discussions and workshops with the National Port Authority (NPA) and stakeholders; (2) technical assistance and capacity building to provide selective and ad-hoc technical assistance to Government, including support to develop a strategic framework for the sub-sectors, as well as targeted training in NPA and Roberts International Airport (RIA) to complement normalization of operations; and (c) project management to implement overall responsibility by the Ministry o f Public Works through a Special Implementation Unit (SIU) being set up and which will provide coordination, procurement, M&E and support to safeguard management.