Tajikistan Socio-Economic Resilience Strengthening Project

The development objectives of the Socio-Economic Resilience Strengthening Project for Tajikistan are to strengthen participatory local governance, improve the quality of local infrastructure, both in targeted communities, and increase extracurricular or livelihood opportunities for youth. The project comprises of three components. The first component, inclusive local development initiatives will strengthen the capacity of Jamoat administrations and community-level institutions, including mahalla committees, to engage with citizens and deliver services efficiently, fairly, and in a way that responds to the needs of citizens, including youth and women. It consists of following sub-components: (i) subgrants for local development initiatives; (ii) community and youth mobilization, social accountability, and local governance capacity building; and (iii) refurbishment of youth facilities. The second component, youth inclusion and livelihoods will offer two sets of interrelated activities for disadvantaged and inactive young men and women aged 16 to 30 to increase their overall resilience to risks of exclusion, inactivity, and disaffection. It consists of following sub-components: (i) youth-inclusive services; and (ii) youth livelihoods. The third component, project management and monitoring and evaluation will provide support for: (i) project management activities, including overall coordination and supervision of project implementation, project audits, and financing of incremental operating costs, (ii) project monitoring and evaluation activities, project transparency, and citizen feedback, and (iii) manage a beneficiary feedback mechanism (BFM), including a grievance redress mechanism (GRM).