Liberia: Environment Protection Agency in Partnership with The Ministry of Finance Holds Technical Workshop on Climate Financing

Ganta, Niimba – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in partnership with the Ministry of Finance Development planning (MFDP) Tuesday began a two day technical workshop on the climate public expenditure and  institutional review (CPEIR) and Climate finance tracking system.

 

The overarching objectives of the workshop is to build stakeholders capacity in understanding the CPEIR process and institutional requirement; also to enhance technicians understanding of basic climate related expenditure; collect information and validate climate change related expenditure for CPEIR process among others.

 

The National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) Project supports the Government of Liberia to advance its National Adaptation Plan process in climate sensitive sectors. The project focuses on strengthening institutional frameworks and coordination for the implementation of the NAP process, increasing the knowledge base to scale up adaptation, building capacity for mainstreaming climate change adaptation into planning and budgeting processes as well as formulating financing mechanisms for scaling-up adaptation and tracking climate finance.