Eng - UNDP in Tajikistan

DEVELOPMENT PARTNER PROFILE
The goals have been reach through the building of 45 spring catchments with 157 water distribution points, 39 slow sand filters and 165
shallow hand pumps. Moreover 64 Village Water Committees have been settled down.
2003-2004: Reducing the waterborne diseases by improving the availability and accessibility of safe drinking water supply to rural
mountainous areas of Regions of Republican Subordination (Leninski, Varzob, Kofarnihon districts) and Sughd region (Penjakin district).
Funded by ECHO: ECHO/TJK/210/2003/01004
Project Overview:
The main goal of this project is the same than other projects implemented by CESVI in Tajikistan: reducing the waterborne diseases by
improving sustainable safe drinking water supply. But all implementation within this project could be one of the best alternatives in term of
water supply and water quality.
CESVI introduces two alternatives in order to increase the water quantity and quality in these areas:
- Construction of spring captures: with an appropriate number of distribution points in the selected villages (for each 300 beneficiaries, one
distribution point); totally 105 spring capture have to be built during this implementation, with 467 water distribution points.
- Rehabilitation of boreholes: Drilling of borehole is an extraction of underground water by a method of boring. Depth of borehole depends of
horizon of underground waters. Methods of drilling are various - they depend of sort of deposited soil. The most widespread method of
drilling in Tajikistan is a method of shock-rotary. Depth of drilling changes from 25 up to 150 meters. Also, as the boreholes water is found
deeply, there is no risk of contamination by bacteria or chemical substance. Rehabilitation of one borehole will facilitate access to safe
drinking water for 7 villages and an equivalent of 40.000 beneficiaries in the city of Kofarnihon.
Concerning the health education and the establishment of water committees: 123 Village Water Committes have been established; 158.000
people participated at the health education program and 41.898 students participated at the training in the school using materials furnished by
UNICEF.
2004-2005: Support to the sustainable safe drinking water supply system for the vulnerable population of the Vahdat, Somoniyon (RRS
oblast) and Istarafshan (Sughd oblast). Funded by ECHO: ECHO/TJK/BUD/2004/01001
Project Overview:
As previous projects, the main goal is the reduction of waterborne diseases through the provision of safe drinking water. This is obtained
with:
- Construction of spring captures: with an appropriate number of distribution points in the selected villages (for each 300 beneficiaries, one
distribution point); totally 29 spring capture have to be built during this implementation, with 140 water distribution points.
- Rehabilitation of boreholes: Rehabilitation of one borehole will facilitate access to safe drinking water for the city of Somonyion and 8
villages and an equivalent of 42.671 beneficiaries.
2005: Integrated water management for improved livelihoods of vulnerable people and development of local community of Abdurakhomi
Jami district, Khatlon Oblast, Tajikistan. CIDA/LIP 09/TAJ 04-05
The overall goal of the proposed intervention is to improve management of water resources by communities, thereby providing sufficient safe
drinking water to vulnerable population of a pilot area in Jamoat 50 Let Tajikistan, villages 1st May and Komunist, Abdurakhomi Jami
district, Khatlon Oblast, Tajikistan. The purpose is to build capacity of rural communities towards establishment of sustainable water
infrastructure management systems through:
- The provision of and access to safe drinking water for communities willing to contribute toward capital costs and pay for all recurrent costs
of improved water delivery systems;
- The establishment of Village-based Water Committees (VWCs) that will enhance village level capacity to plan and maintain water supply
facilities in a sustainable way;
- Strengthening the role of women in management of water supply systems;
- Initiating changes in behavior related to environmental health, hygiene and sanitation;
- Improving drinking water supply and hygiene condition in the selected villages.
This pilot proposal will permit CESVI to start to cooperate with CIDA and to put the base for future cooperation. CESVI is now waiting for
an answer.
February 2005 - July 2006: Improving living standards of vulnerable population in Baljuvon and Khovaling Districts, Khatlon Oblast.
TACIS/2004/090/981
Project Overview:
The project founded by EU-TACIS aims at supporting the economic and social development of vulnerable population in Tajikistan’s Khatlon
Oblast, Baljuvon and Khovaling districts, through the improving of living standards of the rural communities, with special attention to women
and vulnerable households in remote areas.. The integrated approach is based on three main components: (a) the support to small-scale water
infrastructure supply including training for hygiene and maintenance; (b) the set up of business incubators according to local resources, skills
and demand; (c) the sustain to local agricultural associations in terms of increased awareness on land reform.
Target group for this intervention is the vulnerable population in rural villages, which is mainly composed by female-headed households,
unemployed, disabled or elder-headed household or large households. A special emphasis will be given in strengthening the rural
communities organizational capacity through community-based capacity building, marketing strategies and technical skills.
In 2007 CESVI did not implement any activities due to lack of funds for the year.
Future Programming Direction
A proposal has been submitted to the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) regarding the water management with rehabilitation of 5
borehole pump stations in Abdurahmon Jomi district, Khatlon region. At the moment the approval is on going and the project is planned to
start in 2009.
Two new proposals has been approved by EU and both of them are supposed to start in 2008, they will be focused on the food security issues
of Tajikistan, especially wat&san activities and agriculture inputs in Khatlon and Sughd Regions.
Source: Aid Coordination and Project Monitoring System Database
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