Cooperation Facility for Sierra Leone

About this project

Sierra Leone faces complex, interlinked and persistent development challenges. Over the last twenty years, the country was hit by several external shocks (Ebola, iron ore price slump, and recently Covid 19) and the vast majority of its population is still facing dire socio-economic conditions as illustrated by a Human Development Index of 184/189 with important gender inequalities proved by the Gender Inequalities Index (155/162). The main challengers are: (1) Economic challenges of stagnation, unemployment and low productivity;(2) Social challenges of poverty, inequality, precariat combined with population growth;(3) Weak governance and fragile democracy; (4) Environmental challenges of biodiversity loss, degrading ecosystems and climate change. In that context, the general objective of the Multi-annual Indicative Programme 2021-2027 (MIP) is to promote a stable and prosperous democracy and economic diversification through three main priority areas of intervention:·      Green economy·      Human development ·      GovernanceThe expected results of the MIP are:·      Green economy: progress towards a green and resilient economy to provide decent jobs and a sustainable, inclusive green economic transformation ·      Human development: strengthened education and social protection systems for people living in vulne…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 5Gender Equality
• 17Partnerships for the Goals

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Sierra Leone

Sectors

Multisector aidCommunications policy and administrative managementPublic sector policy and administrative management

Focus

Biodiversity · Also contributesGender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesGood governance · Main focusClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributes

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2023-ACT-60729.

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