IWL with support from USAID/LEPDA convene a one-day civil society engagement to discuss a Red Flag Memo on the Bao Chico Concession Agreement currently before the Liberian Senate. The Red Flag Memo issued by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) and the International Institute for Environmental Development (IIED). 

The engagement brought together 30 civil society organizations from across Liberia. The objective of the engagement was to facilitate a dialogue for CSOs to engage with the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment on the Red Flag Memo to develop a better understanding of the analysis done by CCSI in other to advocate for reforms in the agreement and to engage policymakers in the Executive and Legislative branches of Government.

The event produced concrete action for CSO advocacy engagement with the Senate for reforms. Funding for the engagement was provided by Liberia Economic Policy Dialogue Activity (LEPDA), a USAID Liberia Project.