In 2008 the Parliament of Sierra Leone sought for ACBF supportto strengthen itsinstitutional and human capacity to enable it contribute to reconstructionefforts and measures to address developmentchallenges facing the country following the civil war of 1991 to 2002.InDecember 2008, the Executive Board approved a grant of US$ 2 million to Capacity Building for the Parliament of Sierra Leone.
The overall objective of the project is to enable the Parliament ofSierra Leone to effectively discharge its constitutional duties of legislation,representation and oversight over the executive. The specific objectives are to: (i) Strengthen institutional capacity of Parliament to enable it to provide an environment for effective legislative work (ii) Build Skills of parliamentarians and parliamentary staff to enable them effectively perform their duties (iii) Strengthen Parliamentary Committees to effectively carry out their oversight functions in monitoring reforms and policy implementation (iv) Institutionalize gender integration in parliamentary activities.
