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Ethiopia Promoting Basic Services Program Phase III Project PBS 3 will contribute to the higher-level objective of expanding access and improving the quality of basic services by fundingblockgrants that ensure adequate staffing and operations, and by strengthening the capacity, transparency, accountability andfinancialmanagement of sub-national governments.  The program defines basic services as education, health, agriculture, watersupply and sanitation and rural roads.
Ethiopia Protection of Basic Services Social Accountability Program The overall objective of the trust fund is to strengthen the institutional capacity for social accountability to make service delivery more effective and responsive in Ethiopia.
 
 To achieve the above objective, the focus of the PBSSA program will be capacity building for, and piloting of, selected large-scale initiatives geared towards strengthening citizen voice and enhancing accountability of public service delivery providers to citizens.  Core areas of activity include capacity building and technical  assistance related to  enhancing and  institutionalizing  of social accountability activities in Ethiopia.  The design of the PBSSA program is based on lessons learned under the Social Accountability component in the PBS I Program.
 
 The overall development objectives of the trust is further supported through knowledge activities such as the provision of expert technical assistance services based on international good practice for scaling up social accountability interventions,  studies and targeted training on social accountability related issues and activities,  and  independent program evaluation and assessment of progress and impact.
Contribution française au financement de l'apurement des arriérés de la Somalie vis-à-vis du Fonds Monétaire International pour le compte de l'Etat français Pôle GFI Contribution française au financement de l'apurement des arriérés de la Somalie vis-à-vis du Fonds Monétaire International pour le compte de l'Etat français
Farmer Advisory Services (Tajikistan):  This activity will design and field test participatory agricultural extension and advisory systems across the Feed the Future (FTF) focus area.  This final pilot will then be implemented by the new Farmer Advisory Services in Tajikistan Extension Rollout (name TBC) project. FAST will contribute to the extended season vegetable production scaling plan.  Future interventions will shift to policy development and support to bolster the Government of Tajikistan's capacity to implement reforms in land distribution, irrigation water management, agriculture regulation, tax regulation, flour fortification, and other agriculture and nutrition reform areas.  These activities support the USG Feed the Future initiative.This activity is specific to USAID Tajikistan and is not part of a larger, regional project implemented in other countries within the USAID Central Asia Republics Mission.
Tajikistan Stability Enhancement Program (TSEP) Tajikistan Stability Enhancement Program (TSEP)
USAID End TB in Tajikistan Activity (Tajikistan):  USAID End TB in Tajikistan Activity will build around technical areas reflected in the FY 2023 TB Roadmap for Tajikistan, as part of USAID's Global Accelerator to End TB.  Specifically, under the REACH and PREVENT technical domains, the new activity will improve TB detection, screening, and testing via TB diagnostics network and laboratory enhancements; increase involvement of all care providers and strengthen community engagement; and scale up contact investigation and other TB preventive activities.  The activity will tackle barriers to treatment success of all forms of TB as part of the CURE technical area.  In the SUSTAIN technical area, the activity will increase sustainability by improving NTP's management capacities, programmatic efficiency, and mobilizing domestic resources for a stronger TB and DR TB response.  The activity will prioritize building the leadership, management, financing, and technical capacities of health institutions, communities, and civil society to reach high-risk groups to prevent, detect, and successfully treat all forms of TB.  The activity contributes to the ICS goal 2.2.. .
Women’s Entrepreneurship for Empowerment Project (Tajikistan):  The project  supports micro-enterprises and household farm, particularly focusing on women headed households, and within fruits and vegetable value chains. Alternative sources of income for women farmers are being  developed, to allow the establishment of enterprises that generate income during the winter months. This will contribute to economic stability and viability in rural communities. The project  works  with economically inactive women, and men within these communities, to better understand their reasons for not starting businesses and barriers to entry. This work  forms the basis of the local advocacy strategy, as well as feeding into the border advocacy strategy.
Treatment and Support Services Support for men and women affected by TB to improve their treatment outcome and prevent transmission of TB, especially among the poor; and support for general DOTS implementation not covered in other elements.
Productive Agriculture Project The main goal of this activity is to support the development of Tajikistans agriculture sector by providing technical assistance, training, equipment, and commodities to farmers and agricultural small and medium-scale enterprises and facilitating linkages among value chain actors.
Tajikistan Legal Support Activity (Tajikistan):  .This activity strengthens the legal enabling environment for civil society to effectively engage, monitor, and advocate for improved public policy.  It will address the growing challenges faced by civil society to operate in an increasingly non-permissive environment.  The USAID Legal Support Program will promote the rule of law through improved legal literacy; expanding CSO capacity for legal advocacy and its ability to increase citizens' legal awareness and legal participation to seek justice. The activity will also pilot interventions to improve the professional competence of the judiciary, lawmakers, and legal professionals to strengthen legal frameworks and provide more effective legal services to solve the legal problems and justice needs of all members of society in accordance with international standards.  The activity contributes to the Mission's DRG earmark.  This activity supports ICS Mission Objective 3.2.  This activity will also promote rule of law reform and respect for human rights..
TAJ SO 3.2 HEALTH Increased Utilization of Quality Primary Health Care for Select Populations
Climate-Resilient Practices Tests and disseminates actions and strategies that increase resilience to climate change, includes evaluating and communicating information about effective adaptive strategies and reducing barriers to widespread adoption of effective adaptation strategies.
Land Reform Project in Tajikistan The main goal of the project is to foster the development of a market economy in Tajikistanthrough land reform and land market development. The current project continues to facilitate thedrafting and implementation of market oriented land policies in two areas: 1) land policy andlegislation, and 2) increased access to land for farmers through the exercise of legal rights. Theproject will assist the Government of Tajikistan in introducing progressive land legislation andpolicy and effectively implementing land reforms. Increasing demand for reform andimplementation of reform is supported through land-user awareness activities, training, and legalaid activities.
TAJ SO 1.31 PRIVATE ENTERPRISE GROWTH Improved Environment for the Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises
Family Farming Program (FFP) The Family Farming Program (FFP) is a four-year effort to improve food security in Tajikistan by increasing the volume of agricultural production, boosting the income of food insecure households to make food more accessible, and raising the standard of household nutrition. At the community level, Village Extension Agents serve as activity monitors and liaisons to reach out and train across all FFP activities. Programming focuses on initiatives that have the most immediate yet sustainable impact and feature broad community inclusion, especially for woman-headed households and young women and men.
Feed the Future Tajikistan Agriculture and Land Governance (ALG) (Tajikistan):  The ALG activity will support the U.S. Global Food Security Strategy to reduce hunger, malnutrition, and poverty of smallholder farmers and families. The activity will facilitate and incentivize market actors to sustainably invest in the agriculture sector, provide services and inputs, introduce value-addition processes, and reach higher value domestic and export markets. The activity will engage village committees and Community Agriculture Volunteers (CAV) to strengthen knowledge, skills, and behaviors related to nutrition in all 810 communities in the activity's zone of influence. By leveraging public-private resources and partnering with local organizations, it will achieve maximum buy-in from communities to increase production and consumption of nutritious foods to sustainably reduce stunting and undernutrition. Certified vocational and skills-building training for women and youth will be organized in partnership with local private sector and educational institutions with the provision of necessary tools to ensure further employment opportunities and enable trainees to start their own on and off farm businesses. ALG will continue to accelerate and expand financial inclusion and access to financing and leasing of agriculture equipment by working with local financial and leasing institutions. Work with representatives of local administrations, the State Land Committee for Land Management and Geodesy, the state land registration offices, and land users will be continued to improve the transparency and efficiency of land registration services to help build trust between government land registration authority and land users. This activity contributes to the Mission's Agriculture and Microenterprise earmarks. The program will support ICS Mission Objective 2.1, and the CAS by expanding opportunities for greater economic participation and strengthening the sovereignty and independence of the Central Asian states, individually and as a group.
Tajikistan Local Governance Program (Tajikistan):  .USAID's Local Governance Project supports the Government of Tajikistan at the national-level in the implementation of the 2009 Law on Local Self-Government in Towns and Townships, with particular focus on fiscal decentralization.  On a sub-national level, the project improves local governments' capacity to deliver communal services to citizens, particularly clean drinking water.  In FY 2016, the project will strengthen citizen participation in local government decision-making and develop new public-private partnerships for service delivery.  Overall, the project fosters stability, democratic practices, and economic development in Tajikistan by increasing the capacity and accountability of sub-national governments..
Feed the Future Tajikistan Agriculture and Water Activity (TAWA) (Tajikistan):  .The FTF Tajikistan Agriculture and Water Activity (TAWA) will improve the nutrition of women of childbearing age and children under two by increasing the production and consumption of crops and livestock products high in vitamin A, iron, zinc, and animal proteins to address stunting and wasting in the Khatlon Province. With FY 2018 funds, TAWA will continue to introduce and build on previous interventions through technology transfer and promotion of good agricultural practices to support the growth and sustainable development of the agriculture extension, vegetable, fruit, dairy, and irrigation sectors. Through TAWA, local extension providers will support the establishment of women's groups and facilitate training and demonstrations on multiple agriculture themes. TAWA will introduce a voucher program to scale-up and promote the production, consumption, and sales of nutritious crops and provide technical assistance to private sector owned greenhouses growing improved varieties of tomato, sweet pepper, and cucumber seedlings. In addition, the activity will support peach tree production with improved practices on demonstration farms to teach smallholder farmers proper maintenance of orchards and nurseries. Finally, TAWA will support the dairy sector through increased production and quality of milk by administering a voucher programs enabling livestock farmers to scale up the production of dairy cattle forage crops and/or adopt new efficient and labor-saving technologies, such as planters, mowers and balers. Together these interventions will increase incomes of smallholder farmers and improve the health of women and children in at-risk communities increasing resilience to shocks which will in turn support Tajikistan on the road to self-reliance and strengthen its sovereignty and independence. This program will contribute to the Joint Strategic Plan Mission Objective 3.1: Promote Tajikistan's competitiveness in regional and international markets..
USAID Rural Water Supply (Tajikistan):  The activity will increase access to safe drinking water in target rural communities by establishing clean drinking water service stations and financially viable drinking water management institutions for sustainable water delivery to households.  At least 35,000 people will gain access to potable water leading to improved human health and community resilience.  To ensure sustainability, the activity will strengthen water-sector governance and finance through commercially-viable business models for increased public and private investment in disadvantaged communities; address inter-communal conflict over water and land resources; and build the capacity of women and youth to manage drinking water facilities.  Aligned with the U.S. Global Water Strategy, the activity will increase access to sustainable safe drinking water and sanitation services; protect freshwater resources; promote Integrated Water Resources Management principles; and strengthen water governance and financing.  The activity also contributes to Tajikistan's FtF Strategy by improving nutrition through increased access to potable water, aligning with the U.S. Global Food Security Strategy to improve health and social services. With ready access to quality health and social services, Tajik citizens may achieve their human development potential and contribute to the country's social and economic growth.  The activity contributes to the Mission's Water and Sanitation earmark, and to the Mission DRG earmark.  This activity supports ICS Mission Objective 2.1 and 3.2 by expanding private sector opportunities and improving transparency and accountability in governance.  It also strengthens the sovereignty and independence of the Central Asian states. With FY 2023 funds, the activity will commission an additional five pre-selected rural water supply water systems and improve access to safe drinking water for more than 10,000 people.
Feed the Future Tajikistan Health and Nutrition Activity (Tajikistan):  Optimal health and nutrition are fundamental to achieve USAID's wider mission to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing US national security and prosperity. USAID's Feed the Future (FTF) Tajikistan Health and Nutrition Activity focuses on improving integrated healthcare at the family, community, clinical and national levels to promote maternal, newborn, and child health, including nutrition, sanitation, and hygiene in Tajikistan's FTF geographic focus area.  The activity has a four-pronged approach to achieve high-level results focusing on quality of health care, dietary diversity, behavior change, and policy. FY 2018 funds will provide community- and facility- based interventions such as community-based health and nutrition education; hygiene and sanitation; and the promotion of increased access and use of life-saving health intervention provided through a network of local clinical facilities, village organizations and volunteer health educators. Improved access to health care services at the village level leads to stronger more resilient communities more able to support Tajikistan on the pathway to self reliance.  Activities align with USG FTF initiatives and foster regional stability by strengthening Tajikistan's sovereignty and independence... .
Healthy Mother, Healthy Baby (Tajikistan):  .The HMHB activity will contribute to the U.S. Global Hunger and Food Security Strategy by reducing hunger, malnutrition, and poverty in Tajikistan.  It will continue to focus on improving the nutritional status of mothers and children under two to prevent morbidity and mortality, as well as improving the quality and availability of lifesaving, evidence-based health interventions for women and children.  With FY 2023 funds, this activity will sustainably improve the ability of the health system to deliver quality maternal and child health (MCH) and nutrition services by building the technical capacity, leadership, management, and policy reform potential of the Ministry of Health and other health institutions and communities.  The activity will continue to support a range of policies, most notably the Scaling-up Nutrition Movement in Tajikistan, the country's New Health and 1000-day Communication Strategies, and the Food Fortification Action Plan.  This activity will improve the quality of Tajikistan's health, education, and social services so that citizens may achieve their full human development potential and contribute to social and economic growth, which contributes to ICS goal 2.2..
Learn Together Activity (Tajikistan):  USAID LTA will support the Government of Tajikistan and work of the Ministry of Education and Science to implement the National Strategy for Education Development (NSED 2021-2030) and improve literacy and math skills of primary school students (grades 1-4). Funds will support the government of Tajikistan to increase capacity to manage its education system and improve classroom instruction and availability of supplementary reading and math material in about 80 percent of the primary schools in the country.  The activity will support higher education faculty and administrators to ensure that graduates who will be teaching primary grades are able to use modern, inclusive, student-centered, and Tajik-appropriate pedagogy in the classroom.  The activity will encourage the government to generate and use data to drive transparent policy, budgeting, and decision making to sustain learning outcomes of primary grade students.  The activity will promote gender equity and increased access to quality education for the most marginalized and vulnerable students.  Books in braille and large font are expected to be distributed for students with disabilities.  The activity will align with the U.S. Strategy on International Basic Education; the Department of State and USAID Joint Strategic Plan Objective 3.5, and the ICS Mission Objective 2.2. and the NSED 2021-2030..
Read with Me Activity (Tajikistan):  This activity supports government reforms to improve reading outcomes, which is consistent with priorities defined in the Tajikistan national and USAID education strategies. Literacy is essential for an inclusive and equitable quality education. Tajikistan's literacy levels remain low.  The USAID/Early Grade Reading Assessment conducted in 2019 found that only 41.5 percent of second grade students and 22.2 percent of fourth grade students met the national standards in Oral Reading Fluency. The data on reading comprehension found that only 15.5 percent of second grade students and 16.2 percent of fourth grade students met the national comprehension benchmarks.  USAID is working with the Government of Tajikistan to create an educated and skilled workforce and to provide the country's youth with analytical and critical thinking skills. These skills increase the resilience of youth, as they are able to access more information, become more productive members of society, and are better equipped to resist radicalization or become involved in terrorism.  With FY 2019 funds, Read with Me (RWM) will provide professional development opportunities to 7,700 primary teachers, 830 principals and 950 librarians with ongoing mentoring to ensure access to a quality education for 162,290 students, nationwide. RWM will donate over 141,500 grade-appropriate books to 940 targeted schools to motivate students to read more books. Evidence indicates that RWM has led to increased reading outcomes. In 2014 only 13 percent of grade two students targeted by USAID-funded interventions attained minimum reading proficiency, by 2019 this increased to 41 percent. This activity will also leverage resources from private partners, parents and donors to improve the quality of Tajikistan's health, education, and social services, which will allow Tajik citizens to achieve their full potential and contribute to Tajikistan's growth and development, which supports ICS goal 3.3..
Employment and Enterprise Development Activity (Tajikistan):  The activity will facilitate the growth of the private sector firms in the textile, food processing and IT sectors to become more competitive, generate greater demand for their products and services by applying green technologies, and continue to expand their workforce as they grow. The activity will support young entrepreneurs to launch their businesses and develop workforce skills to meet the market requirements. Creating more jobs and economic opportunities will allow Tajikistan to reorient itself away from its traditional reliance on Russia as a destination for its labor migrants. In addition, supporting start-ups and the business development ecosystem will help young entrepreneurs to take advantage of new opportunities in Tajikistan's rapidly changing business environment and contribute to a healthier private sector.  This activity will directly support Mission Objective 2.1: Expand the private sector and improve natural resource management to strengthen inclusive economic growth, thus expanding opportunities for greater participation in and advancement of Tajikistan's economic development.
Global Development Alliance (GDA) with Pamir Energy (PE) (Tajikistan):  .The GDA with Pamir Energy will increase access to electricity for the residents of the remote village of Murghab in eastern Tajikistan to affordable, reliable, and clean energy by adding 800-kilowatt (kw) of additional capacity to an existing off-grid 200 kw solar PV station. The activity will integrate sustainable utility-based electrification strategies with renewable energy solutions that decrease reliance on carbon-emitting biofuels, build strategies to equip communities with and develop climate change resilience, and lay the foundation for catalytic socio-economic development.  This activity contributes $1 million of the Mission's $1 million Renewable Energy earmark...This activity will promote Tajikistan's broad-based economic prosperity, and human development to promote competitiveness, energy and water security, and improved livelihoods, which contributes to ICS goal 3. It supports the CAS objectives by promoting private sector led growth and supporting energy independence..