Agriculture and Rural Development

1)Project Title:

Project for Promoting Cross-border Cooperation through Effective Management of Tajikistan's Border with Afghanistan

2) Scheme

Grant Aid

3) Project Budget:

468 million Japanese Yen (approximately 4.2 mln. USD as of December 2017)

4) Project Duration:

April 2015 - September 2018

5) Target Area:

6 Border crossing points (Tem, Ruzvai, Ishkashim, Langar, Kumrogi and Shoghun) and 2 cross border markets (Ruzvai and Ishkashim)

6) Counterpart Agency:

• UNDP Tajikistan
• State Committee on National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan

7) Project Objective:

To improve economic and security situation of the cross border regions of Tajikistan and Afghanistan through effective management of the border.

8) Project Scope / Activities:

• To conduct capacity building for border management and counter narcotics policy formulation, implementation and monitoring;
• To construct Langar Border Cross Point (BCPs);
• To upgrade Tem, Ruzvai, Ishkashim, Langar, Kumrogi and Shoghun BCPs;
• To upgrade two cross border markets facilities.

9) Expected Results:

• Capacity of border security agencies for legal flow of people and goods across the Tajik-Afghan border is increased;
• Livelihoods of border adjacent communities, especially women to trade opportunities is improved.

10) Beneficiaries:

About 250 border security agency workers and 2,000 users of target cross-border market as direct beneficiary, together with 158,000 people of the target community as indirect beneficiaries.

11) Contributing to the NDS 2016-2030:

To enhance security and creating trade opportunities

12) Contribution to SDGs:

• To promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all (SDG - 8);
• Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation (SDG - 9);