Paraiba Sustainable Rural Development

The objective of the Paraiba Sustainable Rural Development Project for Brazil is to improve access to water, reduce agro-climatic vulnerability and increase access to markets of Paraiba's rural inhabitants. The project has four components. (1) Institutional strengthening component will Carry out a communication campaign and strengthen the institutional capacity of Community Associations and Producer Organizations. (2) Water Access and Agro-Climatic Vulnerability Reduction component will provide provision of support for: (i) identifying water supply investments, including,inter alia, construction and rehabilitation of piped and non-piped water systems, desalinization facilities and household rainwater harvesting systems, and Agro-Climatic Vulnerability Reduction Subprojects; (ii) carrying out pre-investment studies for water supply investments identified under sub-paragraph (a) (i) herein, and for Agro-Climatic Vulnerability Reduction Subprojects; and (iii) carrying out the water supply investments mentioned under (i) herein. (3) Productive alliances component will provide support for: (i) identifying and implementing productive alliances; and (ii) carrying out pre-investment studies for productive alliances, including theformulation of business plans associated to productive alliance subprojects. (4) Project management, monitoring and evaluation component will support coordination and management; monitoring, results evaluation and impact assessment of project activities; project fiduciary administration, internal controls and audits; safeguards management; (e) independent financial and technical evaluations of productive alliances’ business plans; a citizen’s engagement mechanism; and project-related studies.