Project Description – 1. Organisational development including drafting a strategy for SLIE 

Establish a direction and clear path for SLIE through the revision of its mission, vision, and strategic goals over a 5-year period, with appropriate goals and targets. This will help focus efforts so that SLIE becomes more relevant to members and can influence the national agenda and policy formulation in order to promote sustainable development.

Ensure Strategic stakeholders are identified, engaged, and converted to being supportive of SLIE’s strategy development

Support SLIE to gain increased administrative capacity in the management of funds and in the management of a contract with an external consultant

Ensure SLIE has enhanced its knowledge and capacity to communicate and raise awareness of sustainable development from an engineering sector perspective. Specific topics could include decent work, certification of engineers, and women in development

Project Description – 2. Communication and marketing of SLIE

Increased visibility for SLIE will assist in their ability to affect the sustainable development of Sierra Leone and strengthen the identity of the organisation and thus their political influence.

• The communication component is a part of the organisational and strategy development and will be linked closely to both the training and the water supply component, with particular attention to gender aspects and the possibilities of young engineers.
• The responsible person for developing and executing the activities within this component will be the new communications officer, which is why the first activity is to identify and employ a communications officer.

Project Description -  3. Training in SDGs and sustainable engineering

The objective is to enhance the knowledge and experience of young engineers and student engineers on how to prioritise and work with the 17 UN SDGs, plus how to include sustainability aspects in engineer's daily work.

Project Description -  4. Water supply component

• Access to water, sanitation, and hygiene is a basic human right and EWB-DK sees it as the foundation for all development. During the last 10 years, Africa has become the main operation area of EWB-DK interventions, with Sierra Leone as the primary target country.
• The projects aim to provide a safe and reliable water supply for rural and urban domestic use provided from drilled boreholes powered by solar energy. In addition to water infrastructure project activities will include training in maintenance of the water supply systems and community training in hygiene and sanitation practices.