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OSCE Centre and French agency launch water management project in Tajikistan
DUSHANBE 4 February 2005
DUSHANBE, 4 February 2005 - A new project worth 900,000 US dollars will help villagers in rural areas of Tajikistan get more clean water, improve water infrastructures, and obtain basic knowledge about ecological agriculture.
A memorandum of understanding on this issue was signed today by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the French NGO Agency for Technical Co-operation and Development (ACTED).
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has allocated the USD 900,000 for the Community-based Integrated Water Resource Management project.
"The management of water resources is a vital problem in Tajikistan and this project will contribute to its solution at the local level," said Andrey Shugurov, Acting Head of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe after the signing ceremony. "In addition, the project will help train teachers and improve the curricula of Tajikistan's secondary schools by preparing environmental textbooks and other educational material".
The project will also help local communities ensure better health and quality of life for villagers. People at grass-root level, especially youth, will be selected from 60 villages in the three most problematic regions, and will be trained in managing water resources, using new irrigation technologies, and improving infrastructures for drinking water and irrigation.
Tojinisso Nasyrova, Deputy Chairperson of the State Committee on Environment and Forestry said: "The project will target villages in Khatlon, Sughd and Rasht Valley, where over 80% of the population lives in poverty. The inhabitants of the villages will be the direct beneficiaries of the project."
Ismoil Safarov, Director of the Department of Science of the Ministry of Education, added: "Tajikistan appreciates the help of the OSCE in the ecological education of our youth".
A memorandum of understanding on this issue was signed today by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the French NGO Agency for Technical Co-operation and Development (ACTED).
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has allocated the USD 900,000 for the Community-based Integrated Water Resource Management project.
"The management of water resources is a vital problem in Tajikistan and this project will contribute to its solution at the local level," said Andrey Shugurov, Acting Head of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe after the signing ceremony. "In addition, the project will help train teachers and improve the curricula of Tajikistan's secondary schools by preparing environmental textbooks and other educational material".
The project will also help local communities ensure better health and quality of life for villagers. People at grass-root level, especially youth, will be selected from 60 villages in the three most problematic regions, and will be trained in managing water resources, using new irrigation technologies, and improving infrastructures for drinking water and irrigation.
Tojinisso Nasyrova, Deputy Chairperson of the State Committee on Environment and Forestry said: "The project will target villages in Khatlon, Sughd and Rasht Valley, where over 80% of the population lives in poverty. The inhabitants of the villages will be the direct beneficiaries of the project."
Ismoil Safarov, Director of the Department of Science of the Ministry of Education, added: "Tajikistan appreciates the help of the OSCE in the ecological education of our youth".