The UN Resident Coordinator Office

The UN Country Team (UNCT) Liberia is led by the UN Resident Coordinator who coordinates all the UN’s operations in Liberia with the support of the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office.

The UN Resident Coordinator's Office provides direct support to the UN Resident Coordinator and the UN Country Team, including advisory, technical and management support. The office coordinates the implementation of the United Nations Cooperation Framework (UNCF) and helps the UNCT operate more efficiently through harmonized business transaction and cost effectiveness. It is made up of units namely, the Core Coordination Unit and the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF).

Core Coordination Unit:

The Core Resident Coordination Unit handles the daily coordination for results, programmatic work, operations, strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation, and strategic communications and advocacy. It supports the UN Country Team in planning, policy, analysis and reporting. It also supports various working groups including: Inter-Agencies Programme Team (IAPT), Operations Management Team (OMT), Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Working Group, UN Communications Group (UNCG), Gender Thematic Group (GTG), Human Rights (HR) Working Group, Disability Inclusion Group, Migration Group, Inter-Agency Youth Taskforce (IAYT), Disaster Management Working Group and UN Data Working Group. 

Peacebuilding Fund (PBF)

Since 2007, the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) has been supporting Liberia’s peacebuilding efforts, partnering with the government through the United Nations Country Team headed by the UN Resident Coordinator, INGOs and Civil Society Organizations that continue to work closely with relevant institutions to promote and strengthen national reconciliation, security sector and policy reforms, access to justice and security, human rights, land governance, gender and economic empowerment for women and youth.

To ensure that its investments are strategically focused, coherent, predictable, and more measurable, the PBF requested and prepared along with the government, local and international partners the PBF Strategic Results Framework (SRF) in 2022. The PBF SRF is intended to guide PBF’s investments in the next five years through the following strategic areas: (i) Peace dividends, reconciliation, and conflict resolution (ii) Institutional accountability and strengthened social contract and (iii) Community access to and use of land. 

Liberia Spotlight Initiative 2.0

The Liberia Spotlight Initiative 2.0 is a European Union–United Nations joint programme designed to accelerate the elimination of violence against women and girls (VAWG) through a comprehensive, multi-sectoral approach. Implemented by UNDP, UNFPA, and UN Women under the leadership of the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office, the programme strengthens legislative and policy frameworks, promotes gender-transformative social norms, expands access to quality essential services and justice, and reinforces the role of civil society in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) across Liberia.