Kazakhstan Digital Acceleration for an Inclusive Economy (DARE) Project

The development objective of the Digital Acceleration for an Inclusive Economy (DARE) Project for Kazakhstan is to provide access to high-quality and climate resilient broadband infrastructure in selected unserved and underserved areas of Kazakhstan. The project comprises of two components. The first component, resilient digital infrastructure aims to finance the rollout of high-quality climate-resilient and low carbon digital infrastructure in villages covered under the Government of Kazakhstan (GoKZ) 250+ program and will first cater to four unserved and underserved regions of Kazakhstan (Akmola, Turkestanskaya, West Kazakhstan, and East Kazakhstan), connecting households, public institutions, businesses to broadband. The second component, project management and implementation support will support the project management and implementation of project-associated activities, including procurement, financial management (FM), monitoring and evaluation (M and E), project communications, as well as environmental and social safeguards and citizen engagement.