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Request for Expression of Interest (EOI) for IT Partner / Firm to Provide Capacity Support to Customize, Manage and Maintain a Property Tax and Business License IT System for the Freetown City Council (FCC)

9 Comments / FCC News, Property Tax, Revenue Mobilization, Transform Freetown, Urban Planning and Housing /

Tender No: 2020A1 Background The Mayor of Freetown and the Freetown City Council (FCC) is pursuing a strong reform agenda, under the Transform Freetown Agenda.  Hence, the FCC has developed plans to achieve targets across 11 sectors and related initiatives include sanitation reform, construction of low-cost housing, and improving water supply. Dependency on external sources […]

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FCC Plants 70 Trees Across 4 Schools

18 Comments / Education, Environment, FCC News, FreetownTheTreeTown, January 2020, Transform Freetown /

As part of our efforts to make #FreetownTheTreeTown, on Tuesday 14th January, we planted 70 trees across four schools: the Methodist Girls High School, Freetown Secondary School for Girls, St Edwards Secondary School & E.B Williams Municipal School. We are planting 1 million trees in Freetown this year; would you help us reach that goal?

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CRS Donates a DFID Funded Utility Vehicle to FCC

12 Comments / FCC News, International Engagements, January 2020, Mayor, Sanitation, Transform Freetown /

On Wednesday 9th January, CRS handed over a DFID-funded utility vehicle to the Freetown City Council. The donation comes as part of Mayor Aki-Sawyerr’s efforts to build the Council’s capacity to deliver on its sanitation mandate – cleaning public spaces, managing dumpsites and enforcing sanitation bye-laws. The vehicle will be used by FCC’s sanitary inspectors

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Request for Expression of Interest for the Design, Finance, Build, Operate and Transfer (DFBOT) PPP Concession Arrangement for the Freetown City Markets Phase 1

13 Comments / FCC News, January 2020, Markets, Property Tax /

Background One of the critical components of the Transform Freetown Agenda is the immediate need to address the urban mobility challenge of congestion particularly resulting in street trading. The Freetown City Council (FCC) has undertaken a wide consultation exercise and has devised a strategy to address this mobility challenge through collaboration with the private sector

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FCC to install a waste to energy model at Aberdeen Women’s Centre

16 Comments / December 2019, Environment, FCC News, International Engagements, Mayor, Transform Freetown /

Mayor Yvonne engaged with Masada and their partner The Waste Transformer (TWT), Netherland on a waste to energy project. The Pilot Project, which is a sustainable development initiative, will target the installation of Waste Digester at the Aberdeen Women’s Centre. This project will commence in the next few weeks. Waste will be collected from residence

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FCC Launches New Website: www.discoverfreetown.sl

10 Comments / December 2019, FCC News, Tourism, Transform Freetown, Uncategorized /

Today, Mayor Aki-Sawyerr launched FCC’s latest innovative platform in the presence of FCC Councillors and staff at the Mayor’s Parlour. The website – www.discoverfreetown.sl – will help residents and visitors of Freetown to learn about events and businesses in the city. The website supports the city’s TransformFreetown tourism target, as it will boost patronage and in turn revenues for

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Mayor’s Delivery Unit Present Cable Car Scheme to International Stakeholders

18 Comments / December 2019, Environment, FCC News, International Engagements /

On Tuesday & Wednesday, Freetown City Council was represented at a participatory workshop on Transitioning to Sustainable Urban Mobility that was organised by the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre, in association with University College London. The team, from the Mayor’s Delivery Unit (MDU), used the opportunity of the forum to seek out the views of

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City-Wide Property Geo-Mapping is Under Way

17 Comments / FCC News, November 2019, Property Tax /

Our city-wide property geo-mapping has started after a successful pilot in three wards early this year. The geo-mapping initiative, which is funded by DFID, started as a pledge during Mayor Aki-Sawyerr’s Fo Wi Komyuniti, Fo Wi Friton, Fo Wi Progress campaign. Today, it was launched by the Mayor, in the presence of Councillors and staff

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Public Notice on the Sewage Overflow in Various Parts of the Central Business District

14 Comments / FCC News, November 2019, Sanitation, Uncategorized /

Freetown City Council wishes to apologize to the general public for the overflow of sewage from the sewage network at several locations in the central business district. These locations include various points along Charlotte Street and Wallace Johnson Street (Big Market, Government Bookshop and King Jimmy Bridge). In addition to maintenance works carried out earlier

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FCC Hosts its Annual Municipal Sunday Thanksgiving at Christ Church and Alfajr Islamic Mission

19 Comments / FCC News, Mayor, November 2019 /

Our 2019 Municipal Week ended today with our Municipal Sunday Thanksgiving Service at Christ Church, Pademba Road and a march past from the church to Council’s premises. This was preceded by a thanksgiving service on Friday at the Alfajr Islamic Mission at Calaba Town. As a Council, we have recommitted our plans and prayed for

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