Liberia Multi-Partner Trust Fund 

Objectives

Fund scope

Human development challenges in Liberia are compounded by limited capacities in the security and rule of law sectors, alongside slow progress in national reconciliation and in implementing critical government reforms. Moreover, the health, education, and social sectors require significant investments in infrastructure, human resources, and to improve the quality of services.

At the Liberia Multi-Partner Trust Fund (LMPTF) the focus is on providing inclusive, accountable, and responsive long-term investments to national institutions and cement government commitments in providing opportunities and services to all Liberians. LMPTF stakeholders work together to ensure that national development processes holistically domesticate the SDGs and ensure progress in consolidating peace and embracing inclusive development practices that are nationally owned.

Thematic areas covered under the Trust Fund are 1) sustaining peace; 2) economic transformation; 3) “power to the people” (human development), and 4) inclusive governance and transparency. All areas address the following cross-cutting issues: empowering women and young people, climate change and environment, and information, communication technology.

Strategic and results framework 

The  LMPTF supports and accelerates the implementation of the Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development (PAPD), as well as the Liberia Peacebuilding Plan. The United Nations window supports delivery of the current United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) and PAPD, with projects and programmes formulated through local SDG priority areas underneath development framework pillars.

The Trust Fund brings together two windows under a common governance arrangement to promote:

• Coordination across activities and instruments.
• Alignment with national priorities.
• Reduced transaction costs for the government and development partners.

In addition to allocating funds for programmatic activities, the LMPTF promotes coordination across different financing instruments—fostering the inclusion of activities under one reporting structure. The comparative advantage of this strategy is continuous engagement and strengthened coordination in the areas that tackle the root causes of conflict, plus its capacity for immediate delivery (rapid cycle), strategic allocation of resources, reduced transaction costs, enhanced transparency and, most importantly, strong government ownership.

Governance

Governance arrangements

Steering Committee 

Provides strategic guidance and general supervision of the Trust Fund. It is co-chaired by the Minister of Finance and Development Planning and the United Nations Resident Coordinator. The Steering Committee makes decisions by consensus and meets on a biannual basis. 

Trust Fund Secretariat 

Hosted by the United Nations Country Team, the Secretariat is responsible for the operational functioning of the Fund. It provides technical and administrative support to the Steering Committee and follows up on all aspects of resource allocation and project cycles within the Fund. 

Thematic Working Groups 

Thematic Working Groups are in charge of reviewing projects or programmes submitted to the Fund Steering Committee. These groups ensure that projects are aligned with government priorities and LMPTF Terms of Reference, coordinated with existing and foreseen activities within each sector, and developed in consultation with relevant national institutions, prior to project approval by the Steering Committee. 

Administrative Agent 

Funds are routed by way of a pass-through mechanism. Participating Organizations receive funds through the Administrative Agent, the Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) Office. The Administrative Agent is responsible for the receipt, administration and management of contributions from donors, disbursement of funds to Participating Organizations, and consolidation and dissemination of progress reports to donors.  

Implementing Partners 

The Fund acts as a pass-through mechanism, transferring resources directly to Participating United Nations Organizations that have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Administrative Agent. Each Participating Organization assumes full programmatic and financial accountability for funds disbursed by the MPTF Office.  

Projects

Liberia Multi-Partner Trust Fund

Liberia Multi-Partner Trust Fund is currently supporting count_projects ongoing projectscount_globalInterregional and count_countries country-specific. This table shows the most recently approved ongoing projects.

All project financial information can be found in the Financials section, including delivery analysis by organization, theme and project; project financial status by country and by theme.

Liberia Multi-Partner Trust Fund

Results

Liberia MPTF stakeholders work together on supporting national development processes that holistically domesticate the SDGs, consolidate peace, and embrace inclusive development practices that are nationally owned.

Contacts

Points of contact