Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project

The development objectives of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Tajikistan are to (i) improve access to basic water supply and sanitation services in selected districts; and (ii) strengthen the capacity of institutions in the water supply and sanitation sector. This project has three components. 1) The first component, Water Supply and Sanitation Infrastructure Investments, has the following subcomponents: (i) Investments in Water Infrastructure; and (ii) Investments in WASH conditions of social institutions. 2) The second component, Institutional Strengthening and Capacity-Building of Water Sector Institutions, aims to finance goods, services, and training to support a range of institutional strengthening and capacity-building activities (also related to social mobilization and WASH behavior change interventions) to be implemented at the local and national levels. It has the following subcomponents: (i) National-level Agencies; and (ii) District or Local-level agencies. 3) The third component, Project Management and Implementation Support, aims to finance the costs of (a) coordinating and implementing the project; (b) preparation of pre-investment studies and designs; (c) project monitoring and evaluation (M and E) activities and implementation of baseline and end line surveys; (d) preparation of annual project audits; and (e) project grievance redress mechanism (GRM) allowing for a water utilities customer complaints registration system.