📋 Tender Overview
Improving Community Resilience through Sustainable Livelihoods in the Rasht Valley, Tajikistan
The contribution to the Aga Khan Foundation project aims at improving the resilience of livelihoods of the remote rural communities of Rasht valley, vulnerable to climate change. The local population will get equitable access to water and sanitation and childcare services. The population and particularly women will get income generation opportunities and engage in management, regeneration and protection of their natural resources while adopting disaster risk reduction measures and practices.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Tajikistan
Employment & economic development
Water
Climate change and environment
Rural development
Water supply
Disaster risk reduction DRR
01.12.2022 - 30.11.2027
CHF 7’100’000
The project in brief
Background Tajikistan is the poorest country in Central Asia and is ranked 125 out of 189 in the 2020 Human Development Index. The country is vulnerable to regional geopolitics and economic shocks. Nearly 27% of Tajikistan’s GDP is dependent on personal remittances, and the sanctions against Russia due to the war in Ukraine have a tremendous negative impact on the economy. The country is also highly vulnerable to natural hazards. Extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, avalanches, landslides recurrently destroy land, crops, infrastructure, and livelihoods. Climate change exacerbate these impacts. According to the International Panel for Climate Change, temperatures in Tajikistan will rise substantially from 1.8 °C to 2.9 °C by 2050. Hence, climate change will negatively affect water resources and have detrimental effects on the agricultural sector, the energy sector, the transportation infrastructure and public health. The Rasht Valley, located in the upper central region of Tajikistan, is one of the most vulnerable regions of the country from a socioeconomic and environmental perspective. The most critical issues in Rasht include
i) deficiencies in the existing water and sanitation services;
ii) ineffectiveness of the agricultural system;
iii) low resilience to climate change and disaster risks;
iv) limited livelihood opportunities for women and youth;
v) and a lack of strong governance system that can provide an enabling environment for a vibrant, inclusive, and empowered civil society that works closely with the public and private sectors to achieve mutual goals.
Objectives People enjoy improved quality of life in more resilient, healthy, and sustainable communities in the Rasht Valley.
Target groups Over the course of five years, the program will be implemented in 49 villages, benefiting around 32,000 people (including 16,000 females) in four districts in the Rasht Valley – Fayzobod, Roghun, Nurobod, and Sangvor. The state partners and institutions will benefit from the capacity building events (Committee for Environment Protection, Ministry of Agriculture, Committee for Emergency Situations, M
