Ganta, Nimba County - As part of its efforts to increase the accountability, transparency and effectiveness in sub-national government in Liberia, USAID-LEGIT conducted a three-day capacity building training in Ganta, Nimba County. The capacity-building program that commenced in Ganta City on Monday, August 21, 2017 at the Jackie’s Guest House brought together participants from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ganta City Corporation (GCC), Gbarnga City Corporation (GCC), and Zwedru City Corporation (ZCC). During the training participants will learn how to develop a Community Scorecards to monitor public services at the county or city level. Community Scorecards are a tool to link service providers to the community; thus, citizens are empowered to provide immediate feedback to the service providers. The three-day capacity building training for County and City officials, CSOs, CBOs and other stakeholders will end on August 23, 2017.

Source: Front Page Africa August 22, 2017 01:52 UTC