Support to the GAC of Liberia under EDF11

The GAC project is to improve accountability and transparency in the management of public resources, providing assurance to citizens and legislature that public money has been properly and wisely spent thereby contributing to poverty reduction. The project will assist the GAC in becoming a modern, credible and independent Supreme Audit Institution by supporting it to comply with new legal provisions improving the quality and impact of its audits and its management and administration. The project will also strengthen the relationships of GAC with its main stakeholders (legislature, other integrity institutions, etc.) to improve the impact and efficiency of its activities. Main objective: Assist in the process of improving accountability and transparency in the management of public resources providing assurance to citizens and the legislature that public money has been properly and wisely spent thereby ultimately reducing poverty. Specific objective 1: Assist the GAC in becoming a modern, credible and independent Supreme Audit Institution as defined in INTOSAI standards and AFROSAI guidelines by supporting GAC to comply with the provisions in the GAC Act, 2014 improve the quality and impact of its public external audit and its key management and administration functions. Specific objective 2: Strengthen and improve the relationships of GAC with its main stakeholders so as to improve the overall impact and efficiency of its activities. The support will be implemented through a Programme Estimate and Long Term technical Assistance.