rural growth programme
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RGP Steering Committee Meeting, 16 June 2010TRANSCRIPT
Rural Growth ProgrammeRural Growth Programme
RGP Steering Committee Meeting, 16 June 2010
Current situation Current situation Economic transition period Financial crisis Lower export opportunities Reduced volume of remittances Low agriculture productivity
The Political Context Law on public self-action (2008) New law on local self-governance (2009) Law on local state power (2004) Law on gender equality (2005) Food and vegetable strategy (2010)
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Trust Fund Trust Fund
• Support to implementation of DDPs • Focusing on economic development based on
agreed criteria • Open tendering process • Cost sharing from state and non-state funds • Transparency and accountability
Target areas Target areas
RGP PurposeRGP Purpose Goal: To improve the local
environment for economic growth, income generation and employment creation in Sughd region, northern Tajikistan
RGP ComponentsRGP ComponentsRural economic development through improved:
Local Planning• Target: Government,
private sector, civil society
• Focus: Impl. & monit. of plans in line with NDS/PRS
Business Advisory/Extension services• Target: Producers, farmers, MSMEs
• Focus: Appropriate, professional, and sustainable services
Vocational Training• Target: Unemployed,
migrants, women
• Focus: Meeting regional & int’l demands
Micro Finance Services• Target: Producers,
farmers, MSMEs, poor, women
• Focus: Variety of products and services
Business Associations• Target: Member
focused associations
• Focus: Adequate and responsive services
Competitive Advantage Competitive Advantage
. Governance• Advantage: Close partner of national government
• Activities: Strengthen capacities of governance system and support to local economic development
Micro Finance• Advantage: Experience and leader in
promoting private sector and microfinance development
• Activities: Expand services and ensure micro-meso-macro linkages
Advantage: Link betw
een field
experience & policy-m
aking processes
Other RGP PartnersOther RGP Partners
• Ministries and State Agencies (MEDT, MoA, MoLSP, State Investment Committee, etc )
• IOM – Labour migration components;• All Hukumats and 60% of Jamoats in Soughd oblast;• Business and Dekhan Farms Associations;• Micro-finance Institutions (MLF,MLO,MDO);• Extension service agents;• MSMEs;• NGOs (on competitive basis);
RGP Coverage AreasRGP Coverage Areas
BeneficiariesBeneficiaries
• Direct: Smallholder farmers, entrepreneurs, business associations, extension service agents, VTIs, MFIs;
• Indirect: rural population of Soughd oblast, especially women;
Approx. 30% of the population
Poorest region in Tajikistan Significant industry and trade
potential
Sughd Oblast incorporates: o Zeravshan Valleyo Ferghana Valleyo Cross-border trade and development
Opportunity to apply ABD
comprehensively: o Governance: Oblast and national linkageso Private Sector: value-chain/value-adding
aspectso Micro-Finance: MLFs development, fund
sizeo Cross-Cutting issues: incl. Conflict resolution
etc.
Proposed RGP Implementation Zones:
UNDP & DFID: Ayni and Khujand Area Offices, covering Sughd Oblast (i.e. Zeravshan/Ferghana Valleys), expanding from 3 Hukomats/24 to 14 Hukomats/60% of Jamoats;
UNDP Area Offices
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Why Soughd?Why Soughd?
RGP Outputs & Lead AgenciesRGP Outputs & Lead Agencies
Good Governance
Private Sector Development
Microfinance
BudgetBudget
Total budget = $ 18.7 Million
DFID
$ 12 Million
UNDP
$ 3 MillionGTZ
$ 3.7 Million
Activities – Good GovernanceActivities – Good Governance
• Strengthening the capacity for development planning, implementation and monitoring
• Public sector reforms• Private sector and civil society participation• Supporting infrastructure and government
transactional services
Activities – Business/AgricultureActivities – Business/Agriculture
• MSME promotion along the value chain, particularly in the F&V sector
• Training and advisory services for businesswomen
• Developing agricultural extension services
Activities – Private SectorActivities – Private Sector
• Development of the business associations and their apex institutions
• Strengthening Associations of Dekhan Farmers (ADF)
• Private sector and civil society participation• Supporting infrastructure and government
transactional services
Activities – Vocational TrainingActivities – Vocational Training
• Support to local vocational training scheme• Labour migration rights and policies
Activities – Micro and Rural FinanceActivities – Micro and Rural Finance
• Linking MSMEs in F&V sector to financial services
• Micro-financial Institutions (MFIs) Development