Fellowship Achievements

...Assisting in Law, Policy & Contract Formation & Review

Since 2009, IPPSL’s highly motivated, culturally competent metformin side effects and pcos professional fellows have been working alongside Sierra Leonean colleagues on various projects.

Contributions by the IPPSL International Fellowship Program to the Government of Sierra Leone  include the improvement of investment agreements between the GoSL and its foreign investors through SLIEPA, support of the overall progressive agenda of development and reform of the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Law Reform Commission with valuable legal expertise, and a provision of superior policy standards expertise to the Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone (PBSL) and the Ministry of Health.

IPPSL Fellows have assisted in the drafting of new laws on provincial land management, have reviewed major investment contracts, and are advising high-level government officials on the targeted points of policy-making and development.

@ MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

→ Common Core Documents:

IPPSL Fellows metformin hcl side effects have assisted in drafting Sierra Leone’s Common Core Document (CCD) for submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Fellows coordinated the study & analysis of important focal points for a variety of ministries, in order to compile an exhaustive summary of the state of human rights in Sierra Leone today, including current deficiencies & successes of the government and civil society, following the civil war.

→ Domestic Implementation:

IPPSL Fellows have worked on pushing forward domestic implementation of Sierra Leone’s international obligations, including drafting and advising on domestic implementation of international treaties, primarily through legislation to be put forward to Parliament.

@ ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION

→ Investigation & Interrogation:

As members of criminal investigation teams, IPPSL Fellows have conducted field missions investigating a variety of corruption charges throughout the capitol city of Freetown, as well as in the provinces. As anti-corruption investigators, Fellows have been involved in the execution and rendering of search warrants, requesting official documents from suspected offenders such as bank statements & account information and conducting witness interviews, in order to compile sufficiently prosecutable case files.

→ Preparation & Prosecution of Trials:

Working with Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Prosecutors, IPPSL Fellows have assisted in drafting indictments and prosecution reports, in preparation for trials. Fellows have also assisted prosecutors during criminal trials, in full accordance with the Anti-Corruption Act, 2008.

@ LAW REFORM COMMISSION

→ Land Tenure Reform Strategy:

As part of a national land tenure reform strategy, IPPSL Fellows have served as Steering Committee members, alongside lawyers from the Law Reform Commission, former Supreme Court Justices and other experts in Land Law. Fellows have also helped to research Sierra Leone Land Law, compiled comparative reports on land tenure reform programs throughout Africa and Southeast Asia, and have participated in weekly meetings to establish a national strategy.

→ Alternative Dispute Resolution:

Within the Law Reform Commission, IPPSL Fellows have assisted in researching alternative dispute resolution mechanisms for inclusion in forthcoming legislation. Upon direct request by the Law Reform Commissioner, Fellows have also begun work on a codification of the customary laws of the provinces.

@ INVESTMENT & EXPORT PROMOTION AGENCY (SLIEPA)

→ Mechanizing a Focus on the Good Investor:

IPPSL Fellows have played a major role in improving the international investment reputation of Sierra Leone, by empowering the country’s Investment & Export Promotion Agency (SLIEPA) with the tools, mechanisms and wherewithal to evaluate and prioritize potential “good investors.” Fellows designed a questionnaire with tools for analysis that has enabled the agency to score & rank all potential investors based on factors such as transparency, reputation, readiness, sophistication, and investor alignment with core strategic objectives of the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL).

→ Funding from European Commission:

From March to September 2010, IPPSL Fellows represented the Sierra Leone Investment & Export Promotion Agency (SLIEPA) in its efforts to secure funding from the European Commission. In collaboration with a Sierra Leonean law professional from the Ministry of Trade & Industry, Fellows designed a funding proposal outlining the specific activities that the agency wishes to accomplish in the next three years, including the proposal of a program that would use funding to achieve financial self-sufficiency. In September 2010, the European Commission approved the SLIEPA proposal and awarded the agency 2€ million (approx. $2.8 million) in funding. In order to prepare the agency for their departure, IPPSL Fellows also completed first draft documents outlining further details of approved activities and finalizing financial agreements of the proposal.

@ MINISTRY OF TRADE & INDUSTRY

→ Public-Private Partnership Act, 2010:

Representing the Ministry of Trade & Industry on a legislative drafting committee, IPPSL Fellows engaged in discussions with delegates from throughout the government, in order to establish a law that would create a process and central unit to manage government contracts with the private sector. Noting deficiencies in original intention of legislative proposal, Fellows recommended that the committee explore opportunities to build relevant capacity & knowledge throughout the government. The committee unanimously agreed to introduce a law following this trend and presented legislation to Parliament on October 15, 2010.

→ Investment Incentives Legislation in Finance Act, 2011:

The Minister of Trade & Industry requested that IPPSL Fellows translate Sierra Leone’s policy on granting investment incentives into standardized law. To accomplish this, Fellows have worked with the Ministry of Finance and the World Bank. Investment incentives are granted to large, reputable businesses to stimulate a country’s economy through direct employment and domestic jobs creation, making a country more attractive to similar investors. Standard processes, imperative to fruitful investments in developing countries, are more attractive to investors, fight corruption, and ensure that incentives are given to businesses that will help the country in the longer term.

@ PHARMACY BOARD OF SIERRA LEONE (PBSL)

→ Drafting the 2011-2015 PBSL Strategic Plan:

As part of the Policy, Practice & Standards Department of the PBSL, IPPSL Fellows serve as part of a Policy, Practice & Standards Department team that is drafting the 2011-2015 PBSL Strategic Plan. In the direct aim to define a comprehensive & achievable strategic plan, the team has already completed final drafts and is now planning workshop sessions to implement the plan within all Departments of the Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone. Once the 2011-2015 PBSL Strategic Plan is completed, the team’s next goal will be to contact and solicit potential funding sources, in order to underwrite the cost of developing specific programs within the PBSL.

→ Assessing Community Perception & Knowledge:

As part of the Drug Information & Pharmaco-Vigilance Department, IPPSL Fellows & Sierra Leonean colleagues developed a questionnaire to assess community perception and knowledge of counterfeit medicines, rational use of drugs, and of the safety of medicines. As of April 2011, our Fellows & their colleagues have interviewed 263 people. Presently, they are working to analyze responses, through which their team has already detected new challenges for Sierra Leone to overcome at the community level.