moderate repair and rehabilitation works have started and were performed in a volume of 75% able to host 400 employees Office equipment, and IT equipment supplied and functional The office, and IT equipment is absent or obsolete. N/A N/A Modern technical means available to the employees of the Agency for fulfilling their functional duties Integrated software package developed and installed are no modern IT systems Technical specifications developed and the bidding held. Contracting companies and starting works Software to allow vertical and horizontal integration of agency processes Rehabilitation of targeted laboratories completed The current state of the targeted laboratories requires extension and/or moderate rehabilitation. Design works for the rehabilitation of Balti laboratory completed. For Cahul – the design works have been completed at only 90%. A bidding for the reconstruction of Balti laboratory was held. A contract was signed with the company for conducting reconstruction of laboratory in Balti. Contracting construction companies and beginning works in Balti and Cahul laboratories Physically sound structures, complying with the for such institutions. Targeted labs are equipped, the employees trained The targeted labs require additional equipment and training of the employees to become excellence centers aspiring for international accreditation The training ,,General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories SM SR EN ISO/CEI and requirements for auditing management system SM SR EN ISO 19011:2013 for 6 experts from RVDC was conducted. A training for 6 experts was organized in BIOR Laboratory, Riga. Starting works for preparation of accreditation of “Animal Health” laboratory of RVDC. Equipment and training provided Border inspection points functional There are currently no border Design works completed and bidding for 4 BIP held. Completing construction works on 4 BIP. Four border inspection points functional communication
National awareness and outreach campaign for establishment of producer groups Producer groups for agricultural business are development. No information activities have been conducted so far IInd quarter – 0. Cumulative: 139 outreach activities in 24 districts of RoM were held, 1434 participants. 30 outreach activities planned, to inform 500 farmers working in the horticultural sector. National campaign implemented Women’s participation in outreach activities 0 IInd quarter – 0. Cumulative - 279 informed women (20%) 25% 40% Producer groups established with project support 0 IInd quarter – 10. Cumulative (18 – 2014 19 -2015) 15 60 Applications submitted calls for proposals 0 IInd quarter - 16. Cumulative -29 (9 – 2014 20 – 2015) 15 40 Call #1, #2, #3 Applications approved for the grant portion 0 IInd quarter – 7. Cumulative - 19 (8 – 2014 11 -2015) 12 30 Producer groups that received funding (own contribution and grant portion) 0 IInd quarter – 8. Cumulative - 13 (3 – 2014 10 – 2015) 9 30 Post-harvest infrastructure operation capacity of the financed producer groups 0 Cumulative – 9 953t 10 000t (cumulative - 16 205 t) 30 000t Sub-component 2.1: Business Development support Producer groups established Consortium MEGA & Promo Terra provides services for producer groups, referred to as deliverables (#1-#10). The amount of deliverables for the entire project duration, grouped by stages of implementation, is presented in the table below. No. 10 Types of expected results (#1-10) grouped into 5 stages (D.1-D.5) planned D.1 Information activities for producer groups
Analytical works concerning specific SLM technologies completed There have been some limited analytical works. Guidelines „Sustainable Land Management”, made by ACSA, that includes costs associated to SLM practices applied developed and published. Guidelines on SLM practices, will also include its establishment costs of the applied practices. Leaflets that will describe at least 10 SLM practices developed and distributed to farmers, AIPA and other beneficiaries. Analytical options available for application by farmers. Awareness and outreach campaign on SLM implemented Limited exposure of farmers to knowledge about SLM 33 people informed about sustainable land management practices and about post- investment grants program for SLM following one information and awareness session under the Green Caravan Action, that took place in Ialoveni district 310 people informed about sustainable land management practices and about post- investment grants program for SLM following the 14 information and awareness sessions under the Green Caravan Awareness campaign on SLM implemented Women participation in outreach activities 0% - 15% 40% Information will be updated annually Number of grants/incentive measures for SLM provided 0 Cumulative – 91 disbursed grants 130 300 Cumulative from the beginning of the project up to the second quarter of 2015, 91 grants were provided Surface of agricultural land subject to sustainable land management 0ha 37 699 (according to the criteria for requesting the post-investment for Sustainable Land Management) 6 000ha 10 000ha In the requests for post-investments grants, within 2 grant calls were included - 57 962 ha. At this moment, data collection process is started for reconfirming the
surfaces by the beneficiaries and AIPA territorial offices. Mechanized mobile groups are established and equipped accordingly 0 2 2 2 Anti-erosion strips rehabilitated 0ha Quarter. II - 125,59 ha 2014 - 906,6ha Cumulative - 1 032, 5ha 2 000ha ICAS has presented information about 906, 54 ha strips rehabilitated in 2014. Other 753 ha are planned to be rehabilitated in 2015. According to PDO, 1500 ha will be rehabilitated within the first 2 years of project implementation. Surface of land protected by sound strips rehabilitated with MACP support 0ha 24, 600 ha 10 000ha 50 000ha Information will be updated annually Outcome indicators, description of outcomes, promotion, business creation, financing, M & E, post - creation support, lessons learned, conclusions, recommendations Sub-component 3.1: ”Enhancing Sustainable Land Management Capacity” Outreach and informative support in SLM implementation for farmers Publishing the „Sustainable Land Management” Guidelines, developed by National Agency for Rural Development (NARD) On May 6, 2015 the „Sustainable Land Management” Guidelines, developed by National Agency for Rural Development was published. For an efficient implementation of the soil conservation practices and improvement of the post-investment grant’s Program, this Guidelines was approved by all the interested parts: the project’s implementing agencies (Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry) and by the World Bank (WB). The Guidelines has been published in 1500 copies and has been presented during the launch of the third call of the Program for post-investment grants for SLM. The Guide is a factual, scientific and applicable source on specific measures and techniques for SLM implementation and promotion, that relates to the adoption of technologies and environmentally friendly practices to protect agrocoenoses, biocenoses and natural resources. This can be done through minimization of the negative erosion