MONROVIA – The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) has provided five desktop computers worth over US$ 8, 000 to five ministries and agencies of the Liberian Government to enhance the collection of environmental data. The items were procured under the Cross-Cutting Capacity Development (CCCD) Project, which seeks to enable Liberia make better decisions to meet and sustain global environmental obligations. The donation of the computers follows the construction of the Environmental Knowledge Management System (EKMS), a platform intended to hold all environmental data and information and the subsequence training of information technology specialists from line government ministries and agencies. Dr. Blama indicated that the donation of the IT equipment to the five government institution would augment the gathering of environmental information that will feed into the EKMS. CCCD Project Manager, Aaron Wesseh assured that other ministries and agencies imbedded in the project will also benefit from the computer donation.

Source: Front Page Africa January 10, 2020 02:48 UTC