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It is reported that 44 % of all rural roads network are in "poor condition" and only 1 % of those are paved in Tanzania. The rest of 99 % are unpaved and so-called "Earth Road" on which surface turns into mud in the rainy season. This condition blocks up a passage although rural roads are closely related to daily life of the residents; for schooling, commuting, and access from fields to markets. The condition and status of the rural roads directly connect to the quality of life of residents. It is one of the reasons to improve techniques in both quality and quantity of rural roads in Tanzania is highly required. Despite this, it is lack of appropriate maintenance on rural roads in Tanzania, principally caused by lack of financial resources, poor techniques and experience, insufficient materials, delay of budgeting.

The counterpart agency of the Project is PMO-RALG: Prime Minister's Office, Regional Administration and local Government, who is the contractee of rural road maintenance. The regions are allocated under PMO-RALG, which are consisted by districts. The Districts are in charge of maintenance work for rural roads on site.

In order to strengthen the capacity of management and trial of new scheme, the Project sets the districts as main targets, and conducts regular meetings with PMO-RALG to discuss the issue of basic policy and political implementation.

The objective of the Project and expected outputs are as follows:

• Overall goal
  -The rural road maintenance procedure of Local Government Authorities (LGAs) in Dodoma and Iringa regions, which are the model regions of the Project is improved.
• Objective of the Project
  -Administrative services of rural road maintenance provided by LGAs are improved in the target areas, and its nationwide expansion approach is developed.
• Expected Outputs:
  1. The capacity of PMO-RALG for coordinating and supporting LGAs in collaboration with MOW on rural road maintenance is strengthened.
  2. The rural road maintenance procedure of the LGAs is strengthened in the model districts.
  3. The practical skills and knowledge of responsible organizations (concerned departments of the LGAs, contractors, etc.) on rural road maintenance are improved through the LBT application in the model districts.
  4. The dissemination mechanism for rural road maintenance approach within the respective regions is established.