The EPA is Liberia's principal authority for environmental management. It coordinates, monitors, supervises, and consults with relevant stakeholders and sector Ministries, Agencies, and Commissions (MACs) on all activities related to protecting the environment and sustainable use of its natural resources.

The Government of Liberia (GoL), through the EPA and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and with funding from the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), received funding for the project “Enhancing Resilience of Vulnerable Coastal Communities in Sinoe County of Liberia (ERVCCS).” EPA is the project's Executing Entity. It is financed by a GEF Trust Fund grant and co-financed by UNDP and the GoL.

The project aims to build on existing projects to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable coastal communities and their livelihoods to the impacts of climate change, focusing on women and youths. Specifically, project interventions include 1) Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation Planning, 2) Supporting Innovative Technologies for Climate Information and Communication Management, 3) Introducing Hybrid Adaptation Solutions, and 4) Supporting Resilient Livelihood Diversification through Training and Improved Access to Finance. The majority of the above interventions will target all coastal counties in Liberia. In contrast, hybrid adaptation interventions will be explicitly implemented in Sinoe County, one of the country’s most vulnerable coastal counties.

The impacts of climate change, combined with non-climatic drivers, such as sand mining, the expansion of agricultural areas, unsustainable fishing, pollution, and inadequate drainage systems, compromise the resilience of Liberian communities' ecosystems along the coastline. Consequently, local communities and ecosystems are experiencing increased coastal flooding and erosion, saltwater intrusion into groundwater supplies, water logging of inland areas, and sedimentation of rivers and freshwater resources due to Sea Level.

Under component three of the project, two revetments, measuring 800 m and 700 m, will be constructed in Downtown Mississippi and Seebeh, respectively. In addition to the revetments, five groynes, each 20 m long, will also be built. The consultant's task is to develop the detailed design for the revetment of the Sinoe coastal project, which will be replicated from the New Kru-Town coastal Add-On project design and adapted to the specific physical and socio-economic context of Sinoe. Furthermore, the consultant will create a Construction Management Plan and a Maintenance Plan and will be responsible for ensuring continuous quality control and quality assurance throughout the construction period of the coastal defense structures. The design and construction plan must fit within the estimated budget.