Project facts:

Duration: 2008 – 2010 (Phase lll)
Current Phase Budget: CHF 681’788
SDC Contribution: CHF 170’000
Location: Republic of Tajikistan
Partner: Local authorities and rural communities
Implementing Agency: CAMP Kuhiston, CARITAS CH, UNDP, Oxfam GB
Donor: SDC Humanitarian Aid Department, CARITAS Switzerland, UNDP, Oxfam GB

Background 

Central Asia and especially its mountainous areas are prone to natural disasters which frequently affect the economy and the population of Central Asian countries, killing people, damaging livelihood and hampering sustainable development. Local communities lack both technical knowledge and the necessary skills to manage disastrous events.

Awareness is the base for any measure to be taken to reduce the communities’ risk posed by natural disasters. The increase of awareness thus allows strengthening the understanding of integrated risk management and prepares the floor on a local level to get active in disaster reduction. 

Overall goal 

The project overall aim is to ensure that local risk management capacity focused at the local level in rural areas of Tajikistan is built and strengthened. 

Project objectives 

· Increasing awareness and capacity of the local communities and authorities to manage disaster risks at local level

· Reducing disaster risk in selected communities through (small scale) mitigation measures

· Enhancing efficient collaboration on ILRM between local authorities, communities and other relevant actors

Project implementation  

The project will be implemented jointly with three collaborating partners (Caritas, Oxfam and UNDP DRMP), which are in the same time co-donors to this joint initiative. Respective national and international stakeholders in DRR field such as IMAC and Focus Humanitarian Assistance, as well as the local authorities, will be involved in the project implementation.

Mrs. Manzura Nazaramonova
National Program Officer
3, Tolstoy Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Phone: +(992 37) 224 73 16
Phone/ Fax: +(992 44) 600 54 55
e-mail: dushanbe@sdc.net, manzura.nazaramonova@sdc.net;  http://www.swiss-cooperation.admin.ch/centralasia/; www.deza.admin.ch;