The Stabilization Facility for Libya (SFL) Project Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Stabilization Facility for Libya (SFL) project, initiated to support the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) and the Government of National Accord (GNA) following the 2014 civil war. The project, backed by over 14 countries and implemented by the United Nations, aimed to enhance the quality of life, foster national unity, and create opportunities for peaceful reconciliation. The report details the project's objectives, beneficiaries (including the Libyan government, local communities, and project teams), participating organizations (such as the United Nations, local communities, and national agencies), and financing, which involved contributions from various nations. It further discusses project implementation, including responsibilities, schedules, and supervision by the UNDP and GNA representatives. The analysis covers project improvements, focusing on stabilization activities, conflict management, and political objectives, as well as the project's scope, outcomes, risks, and challenges. Ultimately, the report assesses the achievement of project development objectives and provides an overall rating, highlighting lessons learned and offering a concluding opinion on the SFL's impact on Libya's stabilization efforts.

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Table of Contents
1. Project Overview.........................................................................................................................4
1.1 Project Abstract.....................................................................................................................4
1.2 Project Objectives..................................................................................................................4
1.3 Project Beneficiaries and stakeholders..................................................................................4
2. Project Actors, Inputs, and Components.....................................................................................6
2.1 Participating Organization.....................................................................................................6
2.2 Project Financing...................................................................................................................7
2.3 Project Implementation..........................................................................................................7
2.3.1 Responsibility.................................................................................................................7
2.3.2 Schedule..........................................................................................................................8
2.3.3 Supervision, Reporting and Monitoring.........................................................................8
2.4 Project Improvements............................................................................................................9
2.5 Project Scope Extension......................................................................................................10
3. Project Outcomes.......................................................................................................................11
3.1 Achievement of project development objectives.................................................................11
3.2 Overall project rating...........................................................................................................11
4. Project risks, challenges and lessons learned............................................................................13
4.1 Risks and Mitigation............................................................................................................13
4.2 Challenges and Lessons learned..........................................................................................13
5. Project Opinion and Conclusion................................................................................................14
6. Bibliography..............................................................................................................................15
7. Appendices................................................................................................................................17

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1. Project Overview
1.1 Project Abstract
Like the other North African countries, Libya is also facing numerous challenges such as
their internal violence and political stability. Civil war which took place in this country in the
year 2014 had an adverse effect on socio-political condition (UNDP in Libya, 2020). The
government of Libya have recognized the issue and wanted help from the United Nations
In order to support Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) and Government of National
Accord (GNA), The Stabilization Facility for Libya (SFL) was formed. This cause was
supported by more than 14 countries all over the world.
1.2 Project Objectives
The objectives of this project are as followings:
 To enhance the quality of life of Lebanese people.
 To foster national unity and reduce fractures.
 To create new opportunities for peaceful reconciliation.
 To help the national government to connect to local people.
1.3 Project Beneficiaries and stakeholders
The beneficiaries and the stakeholders of this project are as followings:
 Libyan Government: They are the primary stakeholders of this project; the successful
conduction of this project is very much helpful for the government as they can manage
the conflicts in a peaceful manner. They will be empowered to take lead in stabilization
procedure. The government officials will look forwards to have a long term relationship

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with the Lebanese people after the conduction of this project. Their reliability on the
armed groups shall decrease if this project is successfully completed.
 Local communities: The regional leaders of Libya will be very much benefitted from
this project as well; security of their livelihood will increase after the conduction of the
project. The capacity of the local communities shall also be enhanced if an organized
local authority structure is maintained in the municipality. Commitment of the local
authority to maintain peace and solidarity is the other major contribution of the local
community in this project.
 Bunyan al-Marsoos: He is one of the most influential leaders of the military operations
which take place in this country. The successful conduction of this project will be very
much beneficial for him to get the logistic support from the government.
 Project team: This is one of the most significant stakeholders related with this project
such as the stabilization manager, development specialists, oversight engineer, civil
engineers, communications officers, monitoring and evaluation specialist, programme co-
ordinator and security officer.
 Operations team: The members of the operation team of this project include the
operations manager, procurement specialists, finance assistance. Each of these operations
team members is expected to work very closely with the project assurance team. The
collaboration of these two departments shall depend hugely on the leadership capability
of the stabilization.

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2. Project Actors, Inputs, and Components
2.1 Participating Organization
The participating organizations of this project are as followings:
 United Nations: The entire project was conducted by United Nations, this project
comprises of two phases, the first phase of this project is from 2016 to 2018 and the
second phase of the project is from 2018 to 2020.
 Local communities: The local communities which will be benefitted from this project
are Ajdabia, Kufra, Derna, Ghat, Tawargha, Bani, Walid, Tripoli, Sirt, Kikla, Sebha,
Ubari and Benghazi. Development of each of these areas is one of the most important
desires from this project.
 Government of the National Accord: In the year 2015, an interim government was
formed in Libya, it was also one of the initiatives of United Nations and the officials of
this interim government is one of the most important participating organization in this
project.
 Municipalities: The capacity of the municipalities is expected to enhance after the first
phase of the project is completed. They can work in collaboration with the interim
government if this project is completed successfully. The seven municipalities of Libya
are Benghazi, Kikla, Ubari, Sebha, Sirt, Tripoli and Bani Walid. The entire decentralized
governing process is expected to enhance if this project is carefully concluded in each of
these municipalities. Selection of the target and crisis management are the two most
significant responsibilities of this participating body.

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 National agencies: They deal with each of the industries which exist in healthcare
industry, sports, civil society and education industry. The role of this agency is very
much important for the successful completion of SFL in this country. Selection of the
target area for SFL is one of the notable responsibilities of the National Agency. The role
of this agency is very much significant in the planning phase of the entire project.
Negotiation and mediation among each of these agencies is also very much significant in
this project.
2.2 Project Financing
SFL committee raised more than $63,035,881 from 14 different nations such as like
Canada, Denmark, United Kingdom, United States of America, Japan, France, Italy, South
Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Germany, Switzerland and government of Libya. Government of
Libya contributed more than $5 million on 12th of April 2018 (UNDP in Libya, 2020). Most of
the full time members of PB were contributed for more than $1M, at the same time government
of Qatar have also contributed more than $2M for this cause.
More than $12M is already spent by SFL in works and in equipment across six locations
in Libya and more than $21M was spent since May 2016. However, the current budget of this
project is increased, now the amounts have increased to $69.58M.
2.3 Project Implementation
2.3.1 Responsibility
The role of United Nations is very much significant for the successful conduction of this
project. Ministry of planning is also playing a key role in this project as well as the social and the

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political condition of this country is very much dynamic in nature and it goes through lot of
changes and agitations (UNDP in Libya, 2020). Government of the National Accord is the
interim government in Libya and most of the supervising activities of this project depend upon
these government officials. The role of the municipalities is also very much significant in this
project as it works as the mediator between the stabilization manager of this project and the chair
persons of United Nations Development Program (UNDP), prime minister of Libya and the other
voting members of the SFL. The role of the contributing partners is also equally significant in
this project. The project assurance team looks after the quality of service provided from each
entity of this project. Along with these stakeholders, the role of the operation team is also very
much significant in this project.
2.3.2 Schedule
The first phase of this project started in the year 2016 and it ended in 2018, whereas the
second phase of this project started in the year 2018 and it is expected to be completed by the
end of 2020.
2.3.3 Supervision, Reporting and Monitoring
This project is entirely supervised by UNDP, on the other hands the representatives of
GNA is also very played an important role in this project to manage the operations of the project
team members and providing support to the stabilization project board. Project members of the
Programme Support Unit (PSU) helped in maintaining the quality of service provided from each
project team member. The entire road map of the voting members of SFL was created by the
Stabilization advisor who is from Tunisia (UNDP in Libya, 2020). There were four regional
governance development specialists who play a key role in the cross sectorial co-ordination

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procedure of this project. Planning and the co-ordination activities of this project were also
maintained by one Tunisian oversight engineer. The site monitoring procedure was conducted by
the civil engineer. The communication officer of this project played in an important role in the
preparation of the reports, whereas the monitoring and evaluation of each of the activities was
done using the evaluation specialist. The entire co-ordination activity is conducted with the help
of the programme co-ordinator and at the same time, it can also be said that the security of
actions of this project is maintained by the security officer.
2.4 Project Improvements
Stabilization in the Libyan context
Most of the fragile conflicts of Libya can get resolved due to the stabilization activities,
each of these activities is very much useful achieve a defined governance outcome. Increasing
public trust in national institutions and creation of a positive public perception is the potential
focus of stabilization (UNDP in Libya, 2020). The basic needs and assumptions of all groups can
be enhanced with the help of the stabilization procedure as well. Conflict management and
political deal are the other procedures to build confidence among the Lebanese people.
Political objectives of SFL
The dispute between the House of Representatives and the interim government with General
National Congress is expected to get resolved due to SFL, The needs and expectations of the
communities which were affected by war was resolved (UNDP in Libya, 2020). The role of the
salvation government was very much significant to maintain the resources required in this
project. The priorities of the SFL includes a maintaining a good relationship of the central

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government, local communities of Libya and local interim government. The improvement can be
understood from the following description.
 Implementation of Libyan Political Agreement
 Multiple level governance plans
 Isolation of Eastern Libya from the rest of the country.
 Management of the control of local community.
 Management of the local stability and conflicts.
2.5 Project Scope Extension
The prime in-scope of SFL is to help the local municipalities to manage each of the
stabilization activities in terms of the inter alia engineering, inclusion and participatory co-
ordination, planning, budgeting and enactment. The other in-scope of SFL is to enhance the
engagement procedure of the local community and the national authorities of Libya. Managing
the communication between the local communities and the members which works for SFL is also
one of the prime in-scope of this project (UNDP in Libya, 2020). Building sustainable peace is
one of the prime scopes of SFL Capacity building to communities is the prime out of scope of
SFL, however short term technical support can be provided to the community with the help of
the technical experts of this campaign. Selection of the rehabilitation project is also out of the
scope of SFL. SFL focuses mainly on the delivery details rather than the strategic vision of the
local communities.
 The present model of SFL helped in providing quick rehabilitation to critical
infrastructure, boosting the capacities of the municipalities; improve the engagement

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between the local communities and central government and supporting the local
authorities to take more active role in peace building.
 However, some components of the present model of SGL were modified in SFL 2.0 such
as the greater local level stability, strengthening of the national agencies and department
of the line ministries.
 The lack of legitimacy in the previous model led to the revision of SFL 1.0, the new
model limits of the risk of fragmentation and supports departments of the government
ministries to build a strong relation with the citizens all over Lebanon.
3. Project Outcomes
3.1 Achievement of project development objectives
In Kikla out of the 18 projects only 15 of them were completed and 3 of them are still
underway. In Benghazi out of the 28 projects only 25 of them were completed and 3 of them are
still underway. In Ubari out of the 14 projects 3 of them are currently underway and 11 of them
have been completed (UNDP in Libya, 2020). In Sebha out of the 15 projects only 2 of them
were completed and the rest are either in underway or in the development phase. In Sirt out of
the 31 projects, 20 of them are in development phase, 7 of them ate completed and the rest are
underway. Out of the 32 projects in Bani Walid 25 of them are in development phase, 4 of them
are competed and the rest are underway. In Tripoli none of the projects were completed among
151 projects, out of these 151 projects 148 of them are still in development phase and 3 of them
are underway

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3.2 Overall project rating
 Based on the projects which were undertaken in Kikla it can be said that the community
sports hall was entirely renovated. Both the healthcare organizations as well as the
educational institutions were renovated with new facilities.
 The projects which took place in Benghazi were very much significant for the growth of
numerous industries such as the healthcare industry, education industry, and electrical
industry (UNDP in Libya, 2020). The visibility of the transportation corridors were
enhanced, the sewage and the water supply of this state improved a lot.
 In Ubari, the infrastructure of the education facilities was enhanced, and this constituency
was mixed with two other constituencies of Libya as well. The infrastructure of the
healthcare organization enhanced a lot, the infrastructure of the women centres as well as
the market places were improved as well.
 Quality of water and sanitation enhanced in Sebha along with the education sector after
the project was completed.
 In Sirt the garbage removal procedures was modified along with that education and
health sectors were also enhanced.
 Education and the healthcare industries of Bani Walid was enhanced as a result of these
projects.
 Infrastructure of the road systems, waste management procedure and the primary
healthcare of Tripoli was supposed to enhance after the completion of the 151 projects.
Thus, it can be said that the outcome of this project is not very much satisfactory as huge number
of projects are yet to be completed in areas like Bani Walid and Tripoli.

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