Swiss Cooperation StrategyCentral Asia 2017 – 2021

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Chui province in winter time in Kyrgyzstan. © SDC

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Introduction

Swiss bilateral engagement with the Central Asian countries Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan dates back to early 1990s. Since independence, those countries are undergoing a continuous pro-cess of political, social and economic transformation. Considerable challenges still exist: creating sustain-able and inclusive economic growth, building plu-ralistic societies, providing health and other public services to all citizens and managing water resources among the riparian states. The Swiss Cooperation Strategy for Central Asia 2017-2021 was developed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Coopera-tion (SDC) and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) in close consultation with partners in the three countries – both official and from the civil society. It is a renewed commitment for the ongo-ing Swiss support for the political, social and eco-nomic transition process in the Central Asian region. Switzerland has also been collaborating with central Asian countries at the multilateral level, representing Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmeni-stan, and Uzbekistan in the Executive Boards at the World Bank Group (WBG), as well as Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the Executive Board the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

In line with the Dispatch from the Federal Council on International Cooperation 2017-2020, the Swiss Cooperation Strategy for Central Asia 2017-2021 re-affirms the Swiss government’s continued commit-ment to the region’s stability and growth by building on the results achieved through the implementation of the former Cooperation Strategy. The present strategy focuses on four domains: 1 Water, infra-structure and climate change; 2) Governance, institu-tions and decentralisation; 3) Employment and eco-nomic development; 4) Health. Swiss Cooperation supports the countries to implement their national development strategies in cooperation with other

donors, engages in policy dialogue with government authorities and supports projects at local, national and regional levels.

The Cooperation Strategy at hand first provides a short overview of the regional, political and econom-ic context, followed by an outline of the Swiss foreign policy objectives in Central Asia. Subsequently, this Cooperation Strategy outlines the results achieved and draws on lessons learnt from previous activities. Based on the outlined results, an overview of strate-gic orientations and priorities for the next four years will be given for the different domains of action.

The last part outlines the implementation, manage-ment and steering modalities of the Cooperation Strategy. Risk management remains a key for the suc-cess of the programmes. Governance, conflict sensi-tive programme management, social inclusiveness and gender aspects will be given further priority. Monitoring and a solid Results Based Management (RBM) system supported by external evaluations will assess achievements of goals and sustainability of development impacts in order to adapt to chang-ing environments, to monitor the progress of pro-grammes, to be accountable for the set of objectives and to capitalise on experiences.

Close collaboration of SDC and SECO with national and international partner institutions in implement-ing these programmes will assert a successful reali-sation of the Cooperation Strategy. Identifying and harnessing synergies and complementarities among Swiss Cooperation stakeholders are vital to ensure coherence, visibility and impact. We are confident to contribute to Central Asia’s future development in an effective and targeted manner. effective and targeted manner.

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

Manuel SagerDirector General

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO

Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-FleischState Secretary

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List of Abbreviations

ADB Asian Development BankAIIB Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ARI Aggregated reference indicators CAEWDP Central Asian Energy-Water Development ProgrammeCSPM Conflict Sensitive Programme ManagementCSTO Collective Security Treaty OrganisationDRR Disaster Risk ReductionEBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentEEU Eurasian Economic UnionFAO Food and Agricultural Organization of the United NationsFDFA Federal Department of Foreign AffairsGDP Gross Domestic ProductHRBA Human Rights-Based ApproachICS Internal Control SystemIMF International Monetary FundISAF International Security Assistance ForceIWRM Integrated Water Resources ManagementKfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau/ KfW Entwicklungsbank (Germany)MDG Millennium Development GoalsMERV Monitoring System for Development Related ChangesMSME Micro, small and medium-sized enterprisesOBOR “One Belt One Road” initiativeODA Official Development AssistanceOECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentPFM Public Finance ManagementRBM Results Based ManagementREACT Rapid Emergency Assessment and Coordination TeamSCO Shanghai Cooperation OrganisationSDC Swiss Agency for Development and CooperationSDG Sustainable Development GoalsSECO Swiss State Secretariat for Economic AffairsSME Small and Medium-Sized EnterprisesUN United NationsUN Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of WomenUNDP United Nations Development ProgrammeUNICEF United Nations Children’s FundWBG World Bank GroupWFP World Food ProgrammeWHO World Health OrganizationWTO World Trade Organization

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Table of Contents

Introduction ................................................................................................................ 3

List of Abbreviations ................................................................................................... 4

Table of Contents ....................................................................................................... 5

Executive Summary ................................................................................................... 6

1. Context................................................................................................................... 8

2. Swiss Foreign Policy Objectives for the Region and Other Donors’ Strategy 11

3. Results of the Swiss Cooperation Strategy for Central Asia 2012–2016 ......... 123.1 Regional programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123.2 Kyrgyzstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 3.3 Tajikistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143.4 Uzbekistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153.5 Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153.6 Regional Arts and Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

4. Implications for the Swiss Cooperation Strategy – Central Asia 2017–2021 .. 16

5. Strategic Orientations and Priorities for 2017–2021 ........................................ 17 5.1 Overall Goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175.2 Water, Infrastructure and Climate Change (SDG 6, 7 and 13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175.3 Governance, Institutions and Decentralisation (SDG 5, 11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185.4 Employment and Economic Development (SDG 8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195.5 Health (SDG 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.6 Disaster Risk Reduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215.7 Arts and Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

6. Programme Implementation and Management ............................................... 22

7. Strategic Steering ................................................................................................ 24

Annex 1: Swiss Cooperation Strategy for Central Asia 2017–2021 at a glance ............ 26

Annex 2: Results Framework ....................................................................................... 28Regional and Kyrgyzstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Regional and Tajikistan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Regional and Uzbekistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Annex 3: Monitoring System ...................................................................................... 68

Annex 4: Scenarios ..................................................................................................... 69

Annex 5: Indicative Financial Planning of Swiss Contributions ....................................... 70

Annex 6: Detailed Map of Central Asia ....................................................................... 72

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Executive Summary

able and accessible to all groups of the population, especially the most vulnerable, in order to promote inclusion and reduce social and political marginalisa-tion. Those services must also take into account the specific needs and constraints of women. The issue of corruption will be addressed systematically.

In the realm of employment and economic develop-ment (SDG 8), Swiss cooperation will support the further development of the private sector. These actions are aligned with national economic pri-orities and related challenges and will enhance the competitiveness of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). It will also promote economic diversification in order to create decent jobs and to support inclusive and sustainable economic growth. Access to quality and affordable health services is not only a basic human right but also contributes to economic growth. Swiss cooperation will pursue its support to health sector reforms in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. An increasing focus will be placed on con-tributing to systemic changes, improving governance and ensuring that the system responds to the high demand for quality, efficient, accessible and afford-able healthcare services.

Gender and good governance will be mainstreamed throughout the programme. A conflict sensitive ap-proach will be used to ensure the principle of do no harm and to avoid enhancing existing or potential tensions between stakeholders.

The steering and monitoring of the Swiss funded pro-jects will involve public authorities and beneficiaries. The Swiss representations in the region are respon-sible for the implementation of the Central Asian Strategy 2017-2021. The coordination between SDC and SECO allows for the identification of synergies and complementarities between projects. Annual reports are the main component of the RBM system and informs on achievement of cooperation strategy objectives. The monitoring is completed whenever deemed necessary with internal and external evalu-ations involving relevant stakeholders. They will be carried out to measure progress and achievements at project level.

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – Central Asian countries in which the Swiss International Coopera-tion is active – are at different stages of political and economic development. Though with noticeable dif-ference from a country to another, political power re-mains highly concentrated on the national level. The same applies to economies which are insufficiently diversified to adapt to external shocks but also to absorb the huge number of young people entering the labour market. One consequence is a high mi-gration of the workforce, which is therefore highly dependent on the economic situation in Russia and Kazakhstan.

These three countries, despite noticeable improve-ments, still aim to increase their efforts to improve both quantitative and qualitative delivery of basic public services such as education, health, sanitation and water to their respective populations.

The overall goal of the Swiss Cooperation strategy in Central Asia aims to have responsive and inclusive institutions as well as peace and social cohesion. This conducive environment will improve people’s well-being. It is aligned with the Sustainable Develop-ment Goals (SDGs). More specifically, Swiss coopera-tion will support partner countries to achieve SDG 3 (good health and well-being), 6 (clean water and sanitation), 8 (decent work and economic growth) and 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions).

At the regional level, the Swiss approach aims to bring countries together in a spirit of solidarity to tackle water, energy and food-related challenges. Further, Switzerland will work with Government stakeholders to improve the provision of reliable and efficient public services, including safe drinking wa-ter, sanitation and solid waste management, in the respective country contexts. DRR will be an impor-tant dimension of the water and infrastructure pro-gramme.

The governance domain will pursue the promotion of initiatives to increase space for inclusive public participation in reform and decision-making pro-cesses. Swiss action will support institutions at all levels, to become accountable, efficient and effec-tive in basic service delivery. The latter must be avail-

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Summary of Central Asia Programmes 2017–2021

Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan

Water, Infrastructure and Climate Change

Central Asian States provide the necessary framework allowing a joint and equitable management of regional river basins. At na-tional level, households, agriculture and other economic sectors have equitable access to and use well-managed water resources,

quality infrastructure and public services. Consequences of climate change are considered at all levels.

Water Infrastructure and Climate Change

Water Infrastructure and Climate Change

Water Infrastructure and Climate Change

Governance, Institutions and Decentralisation

Governance, Institutions and Decentralisation

Governance, Institutions and De-centralisation

Employment and Economic Development

Employment and Economic Development

Health Health

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1. Regional Context Central Asia

Central Asia is composed of five countries: Kazakh-stan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uz-bekistan. As former Soviet republics, these countries face similar challenges – such as limited basic service delivery, insufficient economic diversification and job creation, low citizen’s participation in decision mak-ing and weak accountability of public institutions. In terms of economic development, political organisa-tion, environmental or security situation, Central Asia remains a heterogeneous region.

In 1992, several central Asian countries – the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan as well as Kazakhstan – joined the Swiss-led con-stituencies at the World Bank Group, the IMF, as well as the EBRD. Swiss cooperation – through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) – began to work in the region in 1994. Strong relations between Central Asian countries and Switzerland have been built. The aim of Swiss Cooperation was to support the transition from a planned economy towards a social market economy within a demo-cratic society. This transition process has been longer and more complex than anticipated. Despite signifi-cant progress, reforms still need to be supported by the international community.

Geopolitical situation

The present power balance in the region is mainly shaped by Russia and China. Despite its economic slow-down, which affected its capacities to invest in Central Asia, Russia remains a major player in par-ticular as regards to the security, political and eco-nomic agenda. Russia has reinforced its military pres-ence in the region and advocates for the expansion of the Eurasian Economic Union1 (EEU).

The “One Belt one Road” (OBOR, Silk Road) initiative of China, which among others seeks to develop a new corridor for export to Europe, could also open new opportunities for the region.

Despite the decision of withdrawing the Internation-al Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from Afghanistan, the United States remain an important geo-political actor in the region. The roles of Turkey and the Eu-ropean Union in the region are relatively modest while some Gulf countries are increasingly investing in Central Asia, including in building mosques and religious schools.

Security situation

Security issues and drug trafficking are shared con-cerns in the region, including with regard to Af-ghanistan: the country’s evolution is being closely observed by the governments of the region who are afraid of spill over of conflict. Religious radicalism is also considered a threat and governments generally address it through security measures.

Russia and China share the same security concerns. Both countries are members of the Shanghai Coop-eration Organisation (SCO), whereas only Russia be-longs to the Collective Security Treaty Organisation2 (CSTO). These two organisations intend to address, among others, issues related to arms and drug traf-ficking as well as terrorism.

Political situation

Though the situation differs from country to country, the general situation in Central Asia is characterized by strong centralised governments, which virtually control most sectors of public and economic life.

Map of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. © Zoï Environment Network

1 Members: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia2 Mainly a military alliance for counter-terrorism extended to fight

against drug trafficking from Afghanistan.

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Apart from accessing global markets, the embargo of Western countries allowed an increased access to Russian markets. Accessing Chinese markets and attracting Chinese investment have created high hopes.

Understanding the up- and downsides of this poten-tial will be key for realising the opportunities.

Social situation

Poverty and inequalities in the region and within the countries remain of major concern. Economic and social inclusion, including women’s rights, need to be improved in order to achieve the Agenda 2030.

Central Asian countries face steady demographic growth and have relatively young populations.4 Every year, hundreds of thousands of people enter the underdeveloped national labour markets. If un-employed youth represents a destabilising factor, younger generations also present new potentials: being more open to changes and knowledgeable of new technologies, younger generations have a great-er potential to adapt and seize employment oppor-tunities or create businesses. Migrants, mostly young men, returning from Russia represent a new chal-lenge for their home countries (e.g. social burden, risks of marginalisation, gender issues i.e. changes of the respective roles of women and men). Internal migration from rural to urban areas represents an additional difficulty in terms of service provision in urban areas, availability of infrastructures, protection of the environment and air pollution. It is also a risk of further marginalisation of rural areas.

Public sector reforms have progressed steadily. How-ever, the provision of basic services (such as health, education, sanitation and water) by state institutions is not yet sufficient in terms of quality and quantity. In addition, socio-political exclusion of various seg-ments of society coupled with a high level of poverty and a lack of economic perspectives for the youth bears the risk to increase the influence of conserva-

There is still limited citizen participation in decision making. Increased tensions and lack of trust in state institutions result from weak transparency and low accountability.

The limited dialogue between the state and civil so-ciety hampers the development of civic engagement and the effectiveness of reforms. According to Trans-parency International (2016)3, corruption remains widespread in the region with little improvement in the corruption perception indexes.

The renewal of the political elite in Central Asia, though being very slow, can provide for new pros-pect for the region. For instance, the president of Uzbekistan (elected in 2016) opened a new era of collaboration with neighbouring states and made significant progress in solving highly sensitive prob-lems such as border delimitations with Kyrgyzstan or sharing of water resources.

In Central Asia, Tajikistan is the only country which has experienced a civil war (1992-1997). The popula-tion has not fully recovered from this traumatic ex-perience. Kyrgyzstan experienced political and inter-ethnic clashes in 2005 and in 2010. The situation has stabilised but trust between communities remains limited.

Economic situation

The Kyrgyz and Tajik economies are extremely vul-nerable to external shocks and highly dependent on remittances from migrants working in Russia and Ka-zakhstan. Mid-2015, Kyrgyzstan joined the EEU with expectations of favourable economic opportunities in the medium term. Since its accession to the WTO in 2013, Tajikistan is successfully advancing its inter-national trade policy negotiations. Uzbekistan has an economy which remains highly dependent on com-modity prices (gas, oil and cotton); the fall of hydro-carbon prices has impacted the national budget and limited public investment. Increased access to mar-kets is high on the agenda.

Sheeps on the road in Tajikistan. © SDC

3 http://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_percep-tions_index_2016#table

4 In Kyrgyzstan, young people aged 14-28 constitute more than a third of the population and in Tajikistan more than half of the population is under 24.

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tive and radical ideologies. This trend was observed during the last years, resulting in loss opportunities in particular for girls or young women (limited access to education, early marriage, domestic violence, lack of social protection).

Environment / Water and infrastructure

Infrastructure in general (e.g. water, sanitation, en-ergy, central heating and solid waste) suffers from prolonged underinvestment as well as deficiencies in terms of management and regulatory environment. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) principles are not consistently applied in the region: fixed quotas are allocated to every country, notwith-standing changes of water availability due to climate change, population growth and higher demand from agriculture, power generation and industry. National interests prevail and the competition over

scarce water resources leads to tensions hampering the socio-economic integration of the region. The re-gional water/energy nexus carries potential for con-flicts which is increased by climate change. Regional organisations have not yet been able to create a fa-vourable environment leading to a joint and dynamic management of regional river basins. Presently, the renewed relationship between country leaders pre-sents opportunities for cooperation and support by international partners (development banks, bilateral donors).

Central Asia is seriously affected by climate change (erratic precipitation patterns, melting of glaciers, natural hazards, etc.). The region is prone to frequent seismic activity with potentially disastrous conse-quences for the population, the private sector and basic infrastructures.

SECO supports Pamir Energy, a power utility in East Tajikistan, in providing clean and affordable energy for the region. © Matthieu Paley

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Cooperation with Central Asia is an integral compo-nent of Swiss foreign policy and foreign economic policy and is based on the Federal Law on Coopera-tion with Eastern Europe. Through its transition assis-tance, Switzerland promotes the rule of law, democ-racy and a social market economy, and strengthens civil society. In doing so, Switzerland helps to restore stability to politically volatile regions and improves the opportunities available to the people who live there.

In addition, Switzerland intends to address the nexus of peace, development and human rights. A virtuous circle of good governance, rule of law and inclusive economic development is necessary to enable coun-tries to respond to their populations’ legitimate aspi-rations for a better life. The report “States of Fragility 2016 (OECD)” provides a further rationale for coop-eration. It characterises fragility as the combination of exposure to risks and insufficient coping capacity of the state system and/or communities to manage, absorb or mitigate those risks.

The issue of water & security is high on Switzerland’s foreign policy agenda: equitable water access is considered as a promoter of peace. The Swiss hy-dro-diplomacy approach is aligned with the Federal Dispatch on International Cooperation 2017-2020 as well as with the Federal Department of Foreign Af-fairs (FDFA), Lines of Action on Water and Security.

In Central Asia, thanks to its long-standing coop-eration in water management, Switzerland has been able to position itself as a key and credible actor. Switzerland will therefore pursue its water diplo-macy agenda built on its reputation, expertise and network.

Switzerland’s bilateral cooperation in Kyrgyzstan, Ta-jikistan and Uzbekistan aims to foster the transition towards democracy, respect for human rights and in-clusive growth. This support contributes to enhanc-ing peace and security as well as social, economic and political inclusiveness. A conducive business en-vironment, a well-regulated financial sector, further development of market systems as well as access to capital contribute to this goal.

2. Swiss Foreign Policy Objectives for the Region and Other Donors’ Strategy

The new Federal Dispatch to Parliament 2017-2020 highlights the importance of maintaining good rela-tions with Central Asian countries, to support their development and, ultimately, to foster sustainable development and peace in the region.

Swiss cooperation works with several international development actors in Central Asia:

1. The World Bank Group (WBG), the Interna-tional Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB) support states on macro-economic issues, cli-mate change, private sector development and financing of large infrastructure projects. Swit-zerland supports these efforts by co-financing selected projects and by participating actively in the Board of Directors of these institutions.

2. The United Nations system which is exten-sively represented (UNDP, UNICEF, UN Women, FAO, WFP, WHO, etc.) and has important pro-grammes in democratic governance, food secu-rity, education, health, justice, water and disas-ter risk reduction (DRR).

3. Alongside Switzerland, many countries are active in bilateral cooperation: Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Rus-sia, China, Japan, Korea, Turkey, France, Finland and the European Union. These donors imple-ment socio-economic development and security cooperation programmes. Swiss cooperation will continue to work in partnership with like-minded bilateral donors.

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3. Results of the Swiss Cooperation Strategy for Central Asia 2012–2016

the World Bank and co-funded by Switzerland5, ad-dresses water management issues and the water-en-ergy nexus at regional and national level; the second Swiss initiative on hydro-diplomacy which led to the regional high-level conference on water resources management in Basel in 2014 which was an impor-tant milestone for enhanced dialogue among coun-tries in the region. Both initiatives have also contrib-uted to strengthen internal countries’ capacities for an efficient, effective and sustainable management of their water resources. In Tajikistan and in cross-border areas between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan (e.g. Fergana Valley), the Swiss programme contrib-uted to improve protection of the population against natural hazards. Swiss engagement also successfully promoted compatibility of national systems.

The evaluation of the results of the Regional Coop-eration Strategy 2012-2016 confirmed the relevance of the Swiss cooperation programmes and of the re-gional approach and underlined the achievement of significant results.

3.1 Regional programme

The Swiss engagement allowed for a standardisation of data exchange and information systems on riv-ers shared by Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Initiatives aiming at enhancing regional cooperation in order to establishing joint management of the regional water resources have started. A first initiative, initiated by

Promotion of Transboundary Water Cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan: Hydraulic distribution structure below the Kirov reservoir. © SDC

5 SECO supports the Central Asian Energy-Water Development Programme, CAEWDP.

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3.2 Kyrgyzstan

Public sector reforms and infrastructureAt the national level, Swiss support enabled signifi-cant progress as regards public finance management (PFM) reforms, paying the way for increased trans-parency and efficiency in using public resources. Banking supervision was improved and the financial sector strengthened. The Swiss engagement in lo-cal governance increased the participation of citi-zens (including a substantial number of women) in budgetary processes, resulting in an improved level of satisfaction towards local governments. The mod-el developed with the support of Switzerland was mainstreamed in national policies. Regarding infra-structure, municipalities supported by Switzerland reported increased connection rates for safe drink-ing water and improved performance of the water utilities.

Private sector development and trade promotionSwiss action focused on the simplification of the regulatory framework, thereby relieving adminis-trative burdens in taxation and SME inspections. These reforms significantly reduced the cost of doing business for Kyrgyz SMEs. Access to business advi-sory services and to finance allowed companies to develop their commercial competencies, sustain or expand domestic employment and increase their an-nual turnover. Swiss engagement also enabled local textile and clothing exporters to sustain their export volumes by becoming more resilient to external fac-tors. An increased focus was recently put on foster-ing local economic development and creating busi-ness and employment opportunities in rural areas.

HealthThe Sector Wide Approach applied by the Joint Fi-nanciers (Switzerland through SDC, World Bank, KfW) to support the implementation of the national health sector strategy resulted in increasing Kyrgyz state funding for health. Over the years, joint efforts have contributed to reducing under-five mortality by 2/3, thus allowing Kyrgyzstan to meet MDG4 target. The quality of care at hospitals countrywide has con-siderably improved. The new medical education cur-ricula for family doctors and nurses helped to address the issues of shortage and ageing human resources at the primary healthcare level. The awareness of the population concerning the main risks related to com-municable and non-communicable diseases has in-creased. Finally, health facilities have improved their performance and efficiency through a financial de-centralisation process. These systemic changes and the inclusion of governance and gender principles will improve the sustainability of the reforms.

Trade Promotion Programme: Partner clothing companies in Kyrgyzstan learn how to enhance garment production and sales abroad. © ITC (International Trade Center in Kyrgyzstan)

Health Care Waste Management: A nurse at province hospital is using a needle cutter to destroy a used syringe. © SDC

Public Services Improvement: Service provision at the local level in Kyrgyzstan. © SDC

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3.3 Tajikistan

Urban and rural drinking water and sanitation From 2012 to 2016 close to five hundred thousand people - out of a population of eight million - gained access to safe and affordable drinking water in rural and urban areas. The performance of water utilities has improved: for instance, the collection rate of water tariffs has increased. Tariffs have also been raised, but are still too low to ensure full cost recov-ery of the water and sanitation system. Though ac-cess to water is equitable, women’s presence at the management level of the water user associations still needs to be improved. The government’s approval of the National Water Sector Reform Programme in 2015 laid the basis for the adaptation of the legal framework and institutional set-up reflecting a river-basin approach.

Rule of lawIn project areas, over 13’000 individuals (72% women) used the free legal services and services for victims of domestic violence, whereas this was not possible before for poor people. Most of those poor persons could then claim various benefits (e.g. child allowance, pensions, property rights in divorce proceedings, enrolment of children in school). The reform is led by the Ministry of Justice increases the sustainability of the system changes. Thanks to Swiss support, Tajikistan now has a Supreme Audit Institu-tion responsible for the external oversight of state expenditures. The institution also became a member of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions.

Private sector development and trade promotionSwitzerland’s activities helped to ease tax pressure on SMEs, to reduce financial fragility and over-in-debtedness by launching the credit bureau, which is now fully operational and high in demand. Further action helped to sustain domestic employment via enhanced accesses to finance and new export mar-kets. The support to the latter allowed employment to be maintained in the textile sector. Most of the jobs saved were occupied by female employees. The tax reform reduced the cost of doing business in Ta-jikistan for all corporation taxpayers and limited cor-ruption at this level. Swiss support also enabled Ta-jikistan to become a member of the WTO and to get access to the European Union’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences.

HealthSwiss investments gave 2.2 million people access to high-quality primary healthcare services. Strength-ened capacities of community health providers resulted in positive behavioural changes among mothers which contributed to a reduction in child mortality. Child morbidity and mortality were also reduced thanks to the access to safe drinking water and sanitation (reduction in waterborne communi-cable diseases such as typhoid and hepatitis). Wom-en and girls could dedicate more time to livelihood and education activities. The reform of the medical education system has been supported as from the beginning by Switzerland with the introduction of a post-graduate specialisation in family medicine and a continuing medical education programme for family doctors and nurses.

Prevention of Domestic Violence: Young people and professional actors perform sketches on domestic violence issues devoted to the International Day of Families in Tajikistan. © PDV

Khorog HPP Dispatch Electric Panel, Tadjikistan. © Pamir Energy

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3.4 Uzbekistan

The government adopted a water sector decree initi-ating the regionalisation of water management bod-ies and setting a roadmap for the reform. Switzerland through the SECO provided targeted regulatory sup-port to the authorities in the elaboration of this de-cree. Projects implemented in the past 10 years have been supporting increased water productivity at plot level, and better management of the irrigation water at the community and farm levels. The participation of women in the managing structures of water con-sumers’ associations has only slightly improved. The priorities of the state programme on land reclama-tion and rational use of water were directly derived from the projects’ recommendations (water measur-ing and saving techniques, capacity building). In par-allel, support to the national reform of the vocational education and training sector helped develop a set of new professional profiles, providing associated learning material and training. Their performance in the labour market will be evaluated at a later stage (e.g. relevance of the training received).

3.5 Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

The region is prone to natural disasters. Swiss Hu-manitarian Aid intervened several times after floods, mudslides and earthquakes. Thanks to its quick re-sponse capacity, SDC was often the first aid agency supporting emergency intervention. Natural disasters showed the necessity of enhancing DRR integration into project designs and in development strategies and plans at local and national levels. Capacity build-ing, institutional development and policy adaptions remained high on the agenda. This prepares the ground for the shift from emergency-response ori-ented actions to a systemic development approach involving all relevant ministries, departments and agencies.

3.6 Regional arts and culture

The regional arts and culture programme has sup-ported annually more than 2’000 professionals. Over 40’000 people had access to these artistic produc-tions. A serious and deepening commitment to co-operate across differences, to honour cultural diver-sity and showcase shared values was demonstrated across the region, and among partners and civil so-ciety.

A decentralized drinking water system supplies the population in rural Uzbekistan. These public wells are shared by several families. © SDC

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR): A severe earthquake in Bartang Valley, Tajikistan, dev-asted many buildings. © SDC

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR): Earthquake proof buildings withstand the seismic forces and prevent families from losing their homes and subsequently their livelihoods. © SDC

Regional Arts and Culture Programme: Theatre Masters School of Arts in Samarkand with its performance of “Oedipus”. © SDC

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4. Implications for the Swiss Cooperation Strategy – Central Asia 2017–2021

The significant water deficit will increase difficul-ties for the economy and might provoke a decline in gross domestic product (GDP). According to the World Bank’s study “High and Dry”, these effects can be mitigated if adequate regional policies are implemented. Investments in new technologies for expanding water supplies and using water more ef-ficiently will be vital but this is only feasible with a regional political consensus. Switzerland will support countries in this endeavour through a regional/trans-boundary approach as well as through actions at na-tional and local levels.

The hydro-diplomacy approach is part of the Swiss response to regional challenges. It aims to use water as an instrument for cooperation and peace. At the global level, the Swiss initiative contributes directly to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular the water and sanitation goals.

Swiss diplomatic efforts building on previous efforts in strengthening regional water management and the Basel initiative will aim to enhance confidence among countries and will be coupled with opera-tional activities in other related areas, e.g. trans-boundary cooperation. Switzerland will work with regional organisations to advance water issues but also use regional and international forums, such as scientific conferences or international platforms, to advocate for regional Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). It is expected that supporting compatible national systems will eventually lead to shared management of the regional water resources. Switzerland will promote IWRM while focusing on three of the entry points identified in Basel, namely 1) sharing of hydrometeorology data, 2) adoption of common water quality standards and 3) joint man-agement of water infrastructure and joint investment in the latter.

The Swiss programme will support political reform processes improving countries’ resilience to external shocks but also increasing social cohesion and politi-cal participation. Switzerland will continue working on issues related to access to key social and eco-nomic services (e.g. water, sanitation and health) and supports initiatives to improve transparency and per-formance of state institutions, enhance checks and balances and combat corruption.

Swiss support to reform processes will always con-sider specific needs of women and aim at improving their well-being and socio-political representation.

The Eurasian Economic Union and the Chinese Silk Road Economic Belt Initiative (also known as the “One Belt One Road” OBOR initiative) represent development potentials for the region. The conse-quences of these important initiatives and the role of other regional organisations (e.g. ADB, AIIB) will be closely monitored to identify opportunities for part-ner countries and synergies with existing Swiss-fund-ed projects. Swiss Cooperation will maintain its part-nerships with multilateral organisations (e.g., World Bank Group, IMF, EBRD ADB and AIIB) as they have large investment capacities, expertise in the Swiss priority areas and the potential to leverage Swiss best practices. Additionally, in a context where countries remain extremely dependent on remittances and rely on poorly diversified economies, Switzerland will continue to engage with international financial insti-tutions to find ways to tackle youth unemployment and to develop economic prospects.

Switzerland represents the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajik-istan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan in the Executive Boards at the World Bank and at the IMF, as well as Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the Executive Board at the EBRD. Switzerland will contin-ue to ensure that their development needs are taken into account by the respective institution.

In the short term, no noticeable degradation of con-text is expected within the countries or the region. The Swiss representations in Central Asia will there-fore work according to the “status quo” scenario (see annex 4). However, they will remain flexible to adapt to changes in their environment or the imple-mentation of the projects.

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5.1 Overall goal

In Central Asia, peace and social cohesion as well as responsive and inclusive institutions and sustainable development improve the pop-ulation’s well-being.

Switzerland’s overall goal is aligned with the Sustain-able Development Goals (SDGs):Worthwhile mentioning is SDG 16 to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable de-velopment, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. Effective and responsive institutions deliver-ing high-quality basic public services – in particular health, clean water and sanitation, financial and business related services – will improve the well-be-ing of people and support sustainable economic de-velopment (SDGs 3, 6, 8). This would also contribute to prevent conflicts and the spread of conservative and radical values.

5.2 Water, infrastructure andclimate change (SDG 6, 7 and 13)

Central Asian states provide the necessary framework to allow joint and equitable man-agement of regional river basins. At national level, households, agriculture and other eco-nomic sectors have equitable access to and use well-managed water resources, high-quality infrastructure and public services.

The Swiss hydro-diplomacy initiative aims to bring countries together in a spirit of solidarity to tackle water, energy and food-related challenges. The ob-jective is to improve trust and a fair balance of inter-ests by building a sense of common responsibility. The application of Integrated Water Resources Man-agement (IWRM) principles in the region will enable water to be considered as a resource to be managed, protected and shared equitably among countries and users.

The riparian countries jointly agreed on priority top-ics for regional cooperation in water:

1. Transparent sharing of hydrometeorology data and joint use of forecast modelling among riparian countries to prevent water-related dis-asters.

2. Adoption of water quality standards and moni-toring and water efficiency programme.

3. Investment in and joint management of trans-boundary water infrastructure.

Progressing on these topics would ultimately support riparian countries in their endeavour to find sustain-able solutions to water resources management at re-gional and national level in a context highly sensitive to climate change and natural hazards. Concretely, this means working on the protection of water-sheds, adaptation to climate change and promoting measures for mainstreaming disaster risk reduction, measures and conditions necessary to optimise the quantity and quality of water available in the region.

Access to safe drinking water and sanitation, as well as waste disposal services is still critical and has high gender relevance. Provision of reliable and efficient public services will be strengthened, including safe drinking water, sanitation and solid waste manage-ment, while mainstreaming the consideration of natural hazards through disaster risk reduction meas-ures. Irrigation, energy and urban integrated infra-structure projects fostering economic development and people’s inclusion will also be supported.

Switzerland will continue its support for the water sector policy dialogue, inter alia providing policy ad-visory services to the governments at ministerial and policy-making levels.

5. Strategic orientations and priorities for 2017–2021

Water pipelines, Aksu Watershed, Tajikistan, ©SDC

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Increasing access to public services goes beyond a technical issue: it implies adapted managerial, hu-man and financial resources.

Action at political and policy levels will foster the en-hancement of the institutional capacities and legisla-tive environment. The different levels of administra-tion, be it community-based, municipal, provincial, national and the private sector (among others), must have clear roles and responsibilities. Enhanced par-ticipation of women in water governance bodies at all levels remains a priority.

Upscaling efforts began and should attract new fi-nancing models. The aim is to ultimately relieve the institutions from their dependence on international aid, by proving the financial sustainability of the sec-tor through efficient operation and maintenance as well as affordable cost-recovery tariffs. Functioning infrastructure managed in a transparent and inclu-sive manner is a pillar for increasing living standards. 5.3 Governance, institutions and de-centralisation (SDG 5, 11)

Public institutions deliver efficient and effec-tive services in an inclusive way and are ac-countable to citizens. Civil society participates in decision-making processes.

The goal is to strengthen democratic processes and institutions and to improve the quality of selected public services. The governance programme will pursue the promotion of initiatives securing spaces for inclusive public participation in reform and de-

cision-making processes. Swiss action will support institutions, at all levels, to become accountable, efficient and effective in basic service delivery. The latter must be available and accessible to all groups of the population, especially the most vulnerable, in order to promote inclusion and reduce social and po-litical marginalisation. Those services must also take into account the specific needs and constraints of women. Citizens and civil society will be supported to actively engage in political and administrative processes. Promoting democratic and inclusive gov-ernance and respect for human rights (with specific projects on the rule of law and access to justice) is a means to support sustainable development in Cen-tral Asia. The issue of corruption will be addressed systematically.

More specifically, in Kyrgyzstan, targeted action will promote increased public service coverage at local level; support increased efficiency and transparency in public financial management; and provide support to reinforce parliamentary systems enabling citizens to hold their government and parliament account-able. Furthermore, the Kyrgyz Republic will be sup-ported in strengthening its democratic election pro-cesses, thereby increasing the citizens’ trust in the political system. In Tajikistan, Swiss cooperation will in particular support state institutions in implement-ing reforms, managing and delivering high-quality, affordable services in targeted areas (legal aid, civil registration, prevention of domestic violence). With this support, public institutions will effectively ful-fil their functions in a transparent and accountable manner and respond to the needs of citizens.

Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project, Ferghana Valley: Families have private water supply in the village and are aware of the importance of timely payment of tariffs for water. © International Secretariat for water in Kanibadam district

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Swiss cooperation will strengthen cooperation be-tween governments, citizens and civil society in or-der to enable the latter to influence policymaking and monitor effectively local and national public institutions. In both countries, Switzerland will fa-cilitate increased citizen participation in decision-making processes at the local and national levels, support improved transparency and accountability of public institutions towards citizens at all levels, and improve service management by governments that responds to the demands of citizens. Furthermore, in Tajikistan, Swiss cooperation will help maintain an open space for dialogue between government and civil society organisations on key legal issues.

By integrating governance as a cross-cutting theme in all of its programmes, Switzerland will ensure that its support is more equitable, transparent, effective, inclusive, gender-responsive and will lead to sustain-able results in terms of poverty reduction. Therefore, programmes in all areas of activity will strengthen the links between state, civil society and the private sector at the national but also at a decentralised level. Governance-related capacity-building and in-stitutional development of organisations, including corporate governance, will be implemented with the aim of not only strengthening technical capacities of institutions but also clarifying their roles and respon-sibilities. Finally, participation of relevant communi-ties, civil society and the private sector in all projects supported by Switzerland is also a governance prin-ciple that will be ensured through the programmes.

5.4 Employment and economic development (SDG 8)

The private sector, including competitive micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, creates decent jobs and inclusive economic growth in a favourable and efficient business environment.

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan aim to gradually counter-balance the external drivers of the economy (remit-tances, commodity prices) with more sustainable in-ternal contributors to economic development such as productive employment, high value-added services and industrialisation and competitiveness of local producers. At the time of writing, Uzbekistan is re-flecting on how to cautiously reform its economic governance, improve the relation and connectivity towards its neighbours and use international assis-tance in this regard.

In alignment with these national economic priorities and related challenges, the goal pursued by Swiss cooperation is to support the private sector – in-cluding competitive micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) – and its diversification, to cre-ate decent jobs, inclusive and sustainable economic growth and ultimately contribute to reducing pov-erty.

Key action to achieve this goal includes:

1. creating favourable business environments; 2. establishing well-regulated financial and micro-

finance sectors;3. facilitating access to international and regional

markets, know-how and capital;4. supporting local economic development and

value chains incl. those in energy-efficient areas and in tourism.

Through its economy-wide action, Swiss coopera-tion will continue to support efforts of state institu-tions to simplify and improve the business regulatory environment. Selected reforms in the most challeng-ing areas such as inspections, permits/licences and customs will be supported with technical assistance and through active participation in policy dialogue. The introduction of e-service delivery by state insti-tutions will contribute to better governance by re-ducing potential sources for corruption. As a result of Switzerland’s contribution, effective, client-orient-ed institutions will deliver accessible and affordable services to populations/MSMEs (business, finance & microfinance, trade, local economic development and value chains).

Hands-on assistance to MSMEs, entrepreneurs and producers will be provided. Innovation and know-how transfers to companies for the production of high-quality goods/services will be facilitated. Good corporate governance practices in MSMEs, vocal business and producer associations and institutional development of local trade and consulting service providers will also be promoted. As a result, compet-itive local MSMEs, entrepreneurs and producers can develop into drivers of sustainable economic growth and employment (Particular efforts and approaches will target women, young people and rural areas so that these vulnerable groups can equally benefit

Access to Justice: Legal consultation is provided for the women in the legal center in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. © Helvetas

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responsible finance practices, financial literacy, con-sumer rights protection and the use of advanced risk management tools by financial institutions.

Economic development projects will not only create livelihood opportunities but also promote growth which is inclusive, benefiting all segments of the population. The potential of using remittances for productive investment will be explored. To accom-modate demands from partner countries for skills development support, projects will, whenever feasi-ble, include a capacity development component (the goal for these projects is to have every trained per-son employed).

5.5 Health (SDG 3)

Sectoral reforms and systemic engagement at policy and population level respond to the high demand for high-quality, efficient, accessible and affordable healthcare services.

Access to quality and affordable health services is not only a basic human right but also contributes to economic growth. Swiss cooperation will therefore continue its support to health sector reforms. An in-creasing focus will be placed on systemic engage-ment improving governance and ensuring that the system responds to the high demand for high-qual-ity, efficient, accessible and affordable healthcare services. Swiss-funded health projects will be guided by the Universal Health Coverage core principle to improve health, which consists of three basic objec-tives:

1. access to health services has to be equitable – everyone who needs services should get them, not only those who can pay for them;

2. quality of health services should be good enough

Skills Development Project: Practical electrogas welding training in Uzbekistan. © SDC

The village medical point’s nurse conducting campaign on hypertension control for the population. © Swiss Red Cross

from economic growth and employment). An addi-tional focus will be given to MSMEs in the area of tourism as a driving force for inclusive growth and job creation.

Furthermore, Swiss cooperation will facilitate access to long-term capital and broaden the spectrum of financial products essential for the development of the private sector. Full programmatic approaches, in-cluding introducing macro-prudential measures in fi-nancial sector regulation, strengthening financial in-frastructure, promoting good governance principles in market regulation, and developing new banking products (including mobile money) will be employed. To mitigate financial fragility (both for institutions and population), Swiss cooperation will also foster

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to improve the health of those receiving services;3. people should be protected against financial

risks, ensuring that the cost of using services does not put people at risk of financial harm.

Optimisation of health financing, medical education reforms, community-based health promotion and control of non-communicable diseases (such as car-dio-vascular and chronic respiratory diseases, diabe-tes and cancer) will be major issues to be addressed, taking into consideration gender aspects (e.g. men are more prone to suffer from heart-related diseas-es). The programme will be instrumental in reduc-ing unequal access to health services and in tackling governance challenges, in particular transparency, effectiveness, equity and accountability, at all levels of the healthcare system.

Specifically, Switzerland will contribute to building an accountable and integrated primary healthcare system based on family medicine, ensuring quality of service delivery. In Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, the reform of medical education towards international standards will be supported. A particular focus will be placed on human resource policy implementa-tion for health, aimed at ensuring availability of well-trained and motivated primary health workers, including in remote geographic areas. Furthermore, an essential contribution will be made to improving the planning, monitoring and management capaci-ties of health managers at different levels as well as promoting women’s participation in the health management structures. In Kyrgyzstan, for example, Swiss cooperation will support the decentralisation of management and autonomy of targeted hospitals. Also, through health promotion activities, communi-ty members will be empowered to take responsibility for their own health and to hold health institutions accountable.

In view of further streamlining the project portfolios and making the best use of available resources, the scope of any new projects in the health sector will be narrowed to a governance approach (and inte-grated into the governance portfolio). The portfolio will combine sector-wide approaches and bilateral projects. Switzerland will work with international and local partners ensuring transfer of knowledge, ownership and sustainability. Swiss Cooperation will actively participate in the policy dialogue to support the implementation of reforms.

5.6 Disaster Risk Reduction

Owing to their rough and mountainous terrain and climatic conditions, Central Asian countries (particu-larly Tajikistan), are prone to frequent natural disas-ters (e.g. earthquakes, flash floods, mudflows, snow avalanches, rock falls). In the past, Switzerland has often been the first agency to support emergency interventions thanks to its quick response capacity and its extensive experience in dealing with disas-

ters common to mountainous areas. In the future, Switzerland will continue to provide rapid response and emergency relief for natural disasters through its humanitarian assistance instruments. In mountain-ous Tajikistan, Switzerland is an active member of the Rapid Emergency Assessment and Coordination Team (REACT), which is under the lead of the Com-mittee of Emergency Situations and Civil Protection. Support will be provided based on needs assess-ments and in close collaboration with the Commit-tee and in partnership with local and international humanitarian assistance agencies.

In line with the international DRR Sendai framework for action, Switzerland will consolidate in Tajikistan the integration of the disaster risk reduction (DRR) programme into its development interventions (mainly in Water, Infrastructure, Climate Change do-main). DRR is a development concern and a cross-cutting issue in particular for infrastructure projects. The applied approach will reinforce national and local structures, allowing for risk-informed develop-ment and responsive systems.

Installation of early warning system in Shugnan district, Tajikistan. © FOCUS Tajikistan

5.7 Arts and culture

Swiss cooperation has committed to devote 1% of the operational budget to supporting initiatives in the local artistic and culture sector. Switzerland will encourage diverse artistic and cultural creations in Central Asia contributing to a peaceful, inclusive and democratic society. Support will be provided for the design, production and dissemination of events/products and for the institutional development of selected partners. This support will contribute to increasing the cultural offer and diversity and foster interest, understanding and appreciation of art and culture actors. The latter will relay values reinforcing social cohesion, promoting democracy and respect for human rights. The Swiss-funded projects will ac-tively encourage regional exchanges, strengthen the focus on youth and the commitment to reaching out to peripheral and culturally disadvantaged areas.

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6. Programme implementation and management

The implementation of the strategy is under the responsibility of the Swiss representations based in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. These offices will receive guidance from SDC and SECO head offic-es in Switzerland. Close coordination at country but also at head office level between SDC and SECO will provide for synergies between projects according to the core competencies of these two federal entities. Swiss cooperation avoids duplicating organisational structures hence reinforces and uses whenever pos-sible the existing country systems. This contributes to the sustainability of the project results.

The hydro-diplomacy initiative is steered by SDC. Its implementation requires the involvement of the regional water adviser based in Kazakhstan and all Swiss representations in the region. A special envoy for water, based in Switzerland, will provide addi-tional support to this process.

Switzerland will work at all levels (macro, meso, micro) with a mix of different modi operandi (us-ing development as well as diplomatic instruments) and partners (contributions to multilateral agencies, bilateral projects, support to civil society and the pri-vate sector), helping to address issues requiring ma-jor investments. Multi-donor initiatives and sector-wide approaches will be supported. Switzerland will maintain a prominent role within donor coordination platforms (e.g. governance in Kyrgyzstan, water in Tajikistan).

Overall thematic orientation and most of the exist-ing partnerships – be it with government institutions, multilateral/regional actors, NGOs or UN agencies – will be continued. Relationships with development banks will be strengthened (Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and De-velopment, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank) to identify potential synergies. The consequences of membership of the Eurasian Economic Union will be closely monitored.

To ensure that Swiss development activities are ap-propriate for any given context, Conflict Sensitive Programme Management (CSPM) will be applied as a standard management tool. Social studies will allow the most vulnerable groups of the population to be identified, as well as any changes to their situation, specifically that of women and girls (e.g. how does migration affect women?). The performance of each of the areas of intervention is monitored, with clear indicators, including for gender and governance.

Whenever possible, implementation of projects will be done through existing structures in order to fa-cilitate the scaling up of best practices. Governments will be further supported to steer and manage policy and reform processes, enabling the delivery of ser-vices to the population to be carried out effectively. The inclusiveness principle will not only prevail at service delivery but already when designing reforms or drafting policies. This will guarantee that specific needs of various segments of the population are tak-en into consideration. The design of new projects will take into account, if feasible, all potential for capacity building and skills development. This will foster social inclusiveness and improve sustainability through the transfer of know-how. The policy dialogue will be used primarily as an instrument to influence/advance the reform processes to which Switzerland is contrib-uting.

The transversal themes of gender equality and gov-ernance, while mainstreaming disaster risk reduction, will be addressed and integrated systematically in projects and programmes to safeguard lives, sources of livelihood and inclusive development results.

DRR and climate change issues will be addressed specifically within the area of water, infrastructure and environment. The vulnerability of all projects to climate change and natural hazards will be assessed. If required, appropriate mitigation and adaptation measures will be undertaken.

The competencies of Swiss cooperation human re-sources, specifically on gender and CSPM issues, will be enhanced. Peer learning will improve internal methodological competencies but also increase the-matic knowledge.

The regional outcome related to water overarches all Swiss-financed activities in the sector, includ-ing in countries such as Kazakhstan and Turkmeni-stan, where the Swiss Cooperation is not present but which are important regional players. For some specific aspects, e.g. security or watershed manage-ment, Afghanistan will clearly need to be considered in the analysis and search for solutions.

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The activities under this strategy will be financed through the present Swiss framework credit 2017–2020 for transition cooperation in Eastern Europe. The fifth year being financed by the next framework credit 2021-2024 cannot be defined now and is therefore not considered in the tables below.

The information on planned commitments for the five-year period of this strategy is indicative. Actual disburse-ments will depend on various factors, such as the chang-es in the project portfolio and the framework conditions of the partner country as well as available disbursement credits authorised by the Swiss Parliament.

Employment and Economic Development

Other interventions

Water, Infrastructure and

Climate Change

Governance, Institutions and Decentralisation

14%

Health2%

16%

55%

13%

Planned allocation by domain (in CHF million)

50.13 67.00 117.13

25.35 5.00 30.35

6.10 28.00 34.10

28.10 28.10

4.05 4.05

113.73 100.00 213.73

Domain of intervention

Water, Infrastructure and Climate Change

Governance, Institutions and Decentralisation

Employment and Economic Development

Health

Other interventions

Total

Planned allocation 2017–2020

SDC SECO Total

(in CHF million)

SDC

SECO

Regional (Water &

Culture)

KyrgyzstanTajikistan

Uzbekistan

SECO

SDC

SDC

SECO0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

Regional(Water &Culture)

KyrgyzstanTajikistan

Uzbekistan

SDC

SECO

CHF million

CHF million

50.00

40.00

30.00

10.00

20.00

0.00

10.00

2.68

40.0048.05

50.00

38.40

24.60

SDC

SECO

Planned allocation by country

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7. Strategic steering

The monitoring system of the new Cooperation Strategy is organised so that the effectiveness and coherence of its implementation is checked at pro-gramme level through the use of a monitoring ma-trix derived from the Results Framework. It assesses progress towards achieving expected outcomes of Swiss projects and their contribution to country de-velopment, including with regard to social, political and economic inclusion. Gender and governance – as transversal themes – are monitored in all sectors.

The monitoring system also offers an overview of how the Cooperation Strategy adheres to the con-text, using an instrument for outsourced analysis of contextual developments relevant to the Coopera-tion Strategy. The Monitoring System for Develop-ment Related Changes (MERV) is also used to this end. The scenario table (Annex 4) contains the ad-aptations to the Cooperation Strategy which may be needed based on possible changes in the context. Swiss Cooperation will conduct stakeholder assess-ments and partner due diligence processes to guar-antee the relevance of its responses and the fiduciary security of its investments.

Regular external evaluations will be conducted at project or sector level to assess achievement of ob-jectives and sustainability of development impacts. Peer reviews can also provide for capitalisation of experience and capacity building. Finally, an internal control system (ICS) allows for process control and management risk mitigation.

The Swiss representations in Bishkek, Dushanbe and Tashkent are responsible for the implementation, monitoring and steering of the Cooperation Strat-egy. The Swiss hydro-diplomacy initiative is led and coordinated by a joint SDC team composed of repre-sentatives from the Global Cooperation Department and the Cooperation with Eastern Europe Depart-ment. The regional water advisor, based in Almaty (Kazakhstan), will manage the regional water pro-gramme and offer support to Swiss cooperation of-fices in Central Asia. All Swiss representations in the region will support the hydro-diplomacy initiative. A special envoy will complete the set-up.

The policy and political dialogue related to develop-ment issues will be implemented by the Swiss repre-sentations in the countries. They participate in rel-evant coordination platforms, specifically the ones between the governments and other donors.

The specific steering tasks are:

• To analyse contextual trends and take appropri-ate adaptation measures to maintain the rel-evance, effectiveness and efficiency of the Swiss Cooperation Strategy;

• To monitor the progress of programme out-comes;

• To be accountable for the set of objectives and to report on achievements;

• To capitalise on experiences, scale-up best prac-tice and promote learning at all levels.

The Swiss representations have at their disposal an integrated set of management and monitoring tools (see the outline of the monitoring system in Annex 3).

The Annual Report highlights the progress of the Swiss Cooperation Strategy’s implementation. To-gether with the management response, it constitutes the main strategic steering instrument. It reports on results achieved, measured and evaluated against targets defined in the overall Results Framework of the Cooperation Strategy (Annex 2). It also analyses the contribution of the Swiss programme to country development results, as well as the implications and planning priorities for the subsequent year.

Whenever feasible and appropriate, aggregated ref-erence indicators (ARI) respectively standard indica-tors (SI) will be used. The collected data will feed the communication system and inform on the Swiss con-tribution towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

The fragile and rapidly changing context (e.g. due to migration or shocks) means that programme steering will require some flexibility to adapt implementation according to emerging opportunities and risks as well as the different scenarios (see Annex 4).

Project steering committees also provide opportu-nities to exchange with representatives of national authorities on political and policy issues. Those dis-cussions contribute to the strategic steering of the Cooperation Strategy.

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Landscape in the Rasht Valley, Tajikistan. © SDC

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O = Outcome

Annex 1 Overview Results Framework - Objective summary (incl. outcomes) Regional Domain Water, Infrastructure and Climate Change Goal Central Asian States provide the necessary framework allowing a joint and equitable

management of regional river basins. At national level, households, agriculture and other economic sectors have equitable access to and use well-managed water resources, quality infrastructure and public services. Consequences of climate change are considered at all levels.

O1 Stakeholders agree on basic aspects of mechanism of IWRM.

Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Domain Water, Infrastructure and Climate Change Goal Central Asian States provide the necessary framework allowing a joint and equitable

management of regional river basins. At national level, households, agriculture and other economic sectors have equitable access to and use well-managed water resources, quality infrastructure and public services. Consequences of climate change are considered at all levels.

O2 People and entities in targeted areas have access and make use of affordable and sustainable public services and are more resilient to water stresses and natural shocks.

People and entities in targeted areas have access and make use of affordable and sustainable public services, and are more resilient to water stresses and natural shocks.

People and entities in targeted areas have access and make use of affordable and sustainable public services, and are more resilient to water stresses and natural shocks.

O3 The respective institutions and other service providers operate subsectors or systems in an effective and efficient mode.

The respective institutions and other service providers operate subsectors or systems in an effective and efficient mode.

The respective institutions and other service providers operate subsectors or systems in an effective and efficient mode.

Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Domain Governance, Institutions and Decentralisation Goal Public institutions deliver efficient and effective services in an inclusive way and are

accountable to citizens. Civil society participates in decision making processes. O1 Public institutions effectively

fulfil their functions in a transparent and accountable manner to respond to the needs of citizens.

The population in the regions of intervention know how to and have their rights better protected by using quality public legal services.

N/A

O2 Citizens and civil society actors influence and monitor effectively public institutions at the local and national levels.

The state is able to efficiently manage the targeted public services and to provide quality and affordable services to the population.

N/A

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O = Outcome

Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Domain Employment and Economic Development Goal The private sector – including competitive MSMEs – creates decent jobs and inclusive

economic growth in a conducive and efficient business environment. O1 Effective, client-oriented

institutions deliver accessible and affordable services to MSMEs in the targeted areas (business, finance and trade).

Effective state institutions deliver better business and trade related services to the population/MSMEs.

N/A

O2 Competitive local MSMEs and entrepreneurs develop into drivers of sustainable economic growth and employment, in particular in rural areas of Kyrgyzstan.

Competitive and resilient MSMEs develop into drivers of sustainable economic growth and employment.

N/A

Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Domain Health Goal Sectoral reforms and systemic interventions at policy and population level respond to the

high demand for quality, efficient, accessible and affordable health care services. O1 The governance of the health

system at all levels (health service delivery, health financing, human resources) is effective through consistent implementation of health sector reforms.

The health system is governed on the basis of an evidence based policy and provides quality primary health care services to the population.

N/A

O2 The population of Kyrgyzstan, in particular in rural areas, has equitable access to quality primary care services and adopts a healthier lifestyle.

The rural population in the regions of intervention have access to quality family medicine services and adopts healthier behaviours.

N/A

O = Outcome

Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Domain Employment and Economic Development Goal The private sector – including competitive MSMEs – creates decent jobs and inclusive

economic growth in a conducive and efficient business environment. O1 Effective, client-oriented

institutions deliver accessible and affordable services to MSMEs in the targeted areas (business, finance and trade).

Effective state institutions deliver better business and trade related services to the population/MSMEs.

N/A

O2 Competitive local MSMEs and entrepreneurs develop into drivers of sustainable economic growth and employment, in particular in rural areas of Kyrgyzstan.

Competitive and resilient MSMEs develop into drivers of sustainable economic growth and employment.

N/A

Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Domain Health Goal Sectoral reforms and systemic interventions at policy and population level respond to the

high demand for quality, efficient, accessible and affordable health care services. O1 The governance of the health

system at all levels (health service delivery, health financing, human resources) is effective through consistent implementation of health sector reforms.

The health system is governed on the basis of an evidence based policy and provides quality primary health care services to the population.

N/A

O2 The population of Kyrgyzstan, in particular in rural areas, has equitable access to quality primary care services and adopts a healthier lifestyle.

The rural population in the regions of intervention have access to quality family medicine services and adopts healthier behaviours.

N/A

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no

tice

: Wh

enev

er p

eop

le a

re c

on

cern

ed, i

nd

icat

ors

will

alw

ays

be

sex-

dis

agg

reg

ated

.

Res

ults

Fra

mew

ork –

Swis

s R

egio

nal C

oope

ratio

n St

rate

gy fo

r Cen

tral

Asi

a 20

17-2

020 –

Reg

iona

l & K

yrgy

zsta

n Im

port

ant n

otic

e: W

hene

ver p

eopl

e ar

e co

ncer

ned,

indi

cato

rs w

ill a

lway

s be

sex

-dis

aggr

egat

ed.

Dom

ain

of in

terv

entio

n 1:

Wat

er, I

nfra

stru

ctur

e an

d C

limat

e C

hang

e -

Reg

iona

l D

omai

n G

oal:

Cen

tral A

sian

Sta

tes

prov

ide

the

nece

ssar

y fra

mew

ork

allo

win

g a

join

t and

equ

itabl

e m

anag

emen

t of r

egio

nal r

iver

bas

ins.

At n

atio

nal l

evel

, ho

useh

olds

, agr

icul

ture

and

oth

er e

cono

mic

sec

tors

hav

e eq

uita

ble

acce

ss to

and

use

wel

l-man

aged

wat

er re

sour

ces,

qua

lity

infra

stru

ctur

e an

d pu

blic

ser

-vi

ces.

Con

sequ

ence

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge a

re c

onsi

dere

d at

all

leve

ls.

(1) S

wis

s po

rtfo

lio o

utco

mes

(2

) Con

trib

utio

n of

Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me

D

escr

ibe

how

(1) c

ontr

ibut

es to

(3),

add

wha

t co

uld

help

and

wha

t mig

ht h

inde

r

(3) R

egio

nal o

utco

mes

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

Stak

ehol

ders

agr

ee o

n ba

sic

aspe

cts

of

mec

hani

sm o

f IW

RM

. In

dica

tors

Leve

l of a

chie

vem

ent o

f IW

RM

: na

tiona

l pol

itica

l an

d po

licy

chan

ges

serv

ing

regi

onal

inte

rest

s.

- Ba

selin

e 20

16: T

ajik

ista

n ha

s pa

ssed

rele

vant

IW

RM

pol

icie

s (e

.g. c

reat

ion

of ri

ver b

asin

s or

gani

satio

ns) a

nd is

in th

e w

ake

of im

ple-

men

ting

them

. -

Targ

et 2

020:

2 c

ount

ries

have

pas

sed

and

impl

emen

t rel

evan

t IW

RM

pol

icie

s; 2

add

i-tio

nal c

ount

ries

are

in th

e pr

oces

s of

mod

ify-

ing

thei

r nat

iona

l leg

isla

tion

acco

rdin

gly.

Num

ber o

f im

plem

ente

d in

itiat

ives

bas

ed o

n ba

sin

deve

lopm

ent p

lans

. - B

asel

ine:

2 [2

016]

- T

arge

t val

ue: 8

[202

0]

The

Swis

s C

oope

ratio

n w

ill c

ontri

bute

to th

e es

tab-

lishm

ent o

f D

iscu

ssio

n pl

atfo

rms

(form

al

and

info

rmal

) se

rvin

g ba

sis

for r

egio

nal d

ialo

gue.

Sw

itzer

land

will

supp

ort

hydr

o-di

plom

atic

act

iviti

es

in th

e re

gion

inst

rum

enta

lisin

g an

y e

mer

ging

win

-do

ws

of o

ppor

tuni

ties

in t

he a

reas

of

regi

onal

or-

gani

zatio

ns

deve

lopm

ent,

regi

onal

an

d cr

oss-

regi

onal

exp

erie

nce

exch

ange

, joi

nt p

ract

ical

act

ivi-

ties.

A hi

gh-le

vel d

ialo

gue

plat

form

on

IWR

M in

Cen

tral

Asia

, sup

porte

d by

the

Gen

eva

wat

er h

ub,

is b

uilt

on a

dem

and

driv

en b

asis

. It c

ontri

bute

s to

res

olv-

ing

regi

onal

wat

er i

ssue

s an

d st

reng

then

ing

Re-

gion

al W

ater

Org

aniz

atio

ns.

Sw

itzer

land

sup

ports

the

stre

ngth

enin

g of

the

ena-

blin

g en

viro

nmen

t to

pro

mot

e en

ergy

and

wat

er

secu

rity

at r

egio

nal

leve

l an

d in

the

ben

efic

iary

co

untri

es.

Ass

umpt

ions

The

oper

atio

nal

cont

ext

is v

ery

chal

leng

ing

as

desc

ribed

bel

ow u

nder

the

“ris

ks”

sect

ion.

The

re-

fore

, it

is a

mbi

tious

to

plan

any

res

ults

in a

giv

en

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

.1

Dev

elop

men

t of m

utua

lly a

ccep

tabl

e m

echa

-ni

sms

for i

nteg

rate

d w

ater

reso

urce

s m

anag

e-m

ent a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal p

rote

ctio

n in

Cen

tral

A

sia

taki

ng in

to a

ccou

nt in

tere

sts

of a

ll st

ates

in

the

Reg

ion

(Ara

l Sea

Bas

in P

lan-

4 [A

SBP-

4]).

Indi

cato

r

- Bas

elin

e [2

017]

- T

arge

t val

ue [2

020]

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

.2

Con

tinue

d co

oper

atio

n ai

min

g to

impr

ove

the

ecol

ogic

al a

nd s

ocio

-eco

nom

ic s

ituat

ion

in th

e A

ral S

ea B

asin

(ASB

P-4)

.

Indi

cato

r

- Bas

elin

e [2

017]

- T

arge

t val

ue [2

020]

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

.3

Stre

ngth

enin

g in

stitu

tiona

l and

lega

l fra

me-

wor

ks (A

SBP-

4)

29

2

shor

t-ter

m p

erio

d as

has

bee

n pr

oved

by

less

ons

lear

nt fr

om th

e pa

st s

trate

gies

. Con

side

ring

abov

e,

the

focu

s sh

all b

e pl

aced

on

supp

ortin

g an

y pr

o-ce

ss a

nd p

rogr

ess

on th

e re

gion

al c

oope

ratio

n.

Ris

ks

The

will

ingn

ess

of s

ome

coun

tries

of t

he r

egio

n to

in

clud

e th

eir

prio

ritie

s (e

nerg

y se

curit

y/fo

od s

ecur

i-ty

) in

to a

reg

iona

l, in

form

al d

ialo

gue

is in

crea

sing

, w

here

as t

he f

irmne

ss o

f ot

her

coun

tries

not

to

mod

ify th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of re

gion

al c

oope

ratio

n is

al

so im

pact

ing

the

Sw

iss

cont

ribut

ion.

Une

qual

inst

itutio

nal c

apac

ities

mak

e it

diffi

cult

to

prom

ote

a so

und

regi

onal

co

oper

atio

n am

ong

coun

tries

, tho

ugh

seve

ral o

f the

m h

ave

intro

duce

d w

ater

ref

orm

s in

ord

er t

o in

crea

se t

heir

natio

nal

capa

citie

s to

han

dle

the

new

cha

lleng

es. B

ut tr

ust

is s

till l

acki

ng m

ost.

Secu

rity

conc

erns

bec

ome

the

high

est

natio

nal

prio

rity,

ab

sorb

ing

the

natio

nal

capa

citie

s an

d sw

eepi

ng a

way

pos

itive

effo

rts f

or r

egio

nal

coop

-er

atio

n.

Fina

ncia

l res

ourc

es:

The

finan

cial

reso

urce

s1 allo

cate

d fo

r the

per

iod

of 2

017-

2020

for D

omai

n 1

regi

onal

leve

l (K

yrgy

zsta

n, T

ajik

ista

n an

d U

zbek

ista

n) a

mou

nt to

C

HF

23.1

milli

on fo

r SD

C.

Dom

ain

of in

terv

entio

n 1:

Wat

er, I

nfra

stru

ctur

e an

d C

limat

e C

hang

e -

Kyr

gyzs

tan

Dom

ain

Goa

l: C

entra

l Asi

an S

tate

s pr

ovid

e th

e ne

cess

ary

fram

ewor

k al

low

ing

a jo

int a

nd e

quita

ble

man

agem

ent o

f reg

iona

l riv

er b

asin

s. A

t nat

iona

l lev

el,

hous

ehol

ds, a

gric

ultu

re a

nd o

ther

eco

nom

ic s

ecto

rs h

ave

equi

tabl

e ac

cess

to a

nd u

se w

ell-m

anag

ed w

ater

reso

urce

s, q

ualit

y in

frast

ruct

ure

and

publ

ic s

er-

vice

s. C

onse

quen

ces

of c

limat

e ch

ange

are

con

side

red

at a

ll le

vels

. O

utco

me

stat

emen

t 2

Peop

le a

nd e

ntiti

es i

n ta

rget

ed a

reas

hav

e ac

-ce

ss a

nd m

ake

use

of a

fford

able

and

sus

tain

a-bl

e pu

blic

ser

vice

s an

d ar

e m

ore

resi

lient

to

wat

er s

tres

ses

and

natu

ral s

hock

s.

Sw

itzer

land

will

cont

inue

to c

ontri

bute

to th

e so

cial

an

d ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent

of t

he t

arge

ted

area

s th

roug

h:

the

effic

ienc

y of

the

basi

c in

fras

truc

ture

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 2

.1

The

popu

latio

n ha

s an

im

prov

ed a

cces

s to

ba

sic

com

mun

al

serv

ices

an

d na

tura

l re

-so

urce

s vi

a re

nova

ted

infr

astr

uctu

re

(Sta

te

Wat

er a

nd W

aste

Wat

er D

evel

opm

ent

Prog

ram

1 Sub

ject

to c

hang

e du

e to

dec

isio

ns in

Par

liam

ent

30

3 In

dica

tors

#

and

% o

f ru

ral a

nd u

rban

pop

ulat

ion

(men

an

d w

omen

) in

tar

gete

d ar

eas

have

acc

ess

and

use

impr

oved

com

mun

al s

ervi

ces

(e.g

. cl

ean

drin

king

wat

er -

rur

al:

base

line

60%

, ta

rget

– 8

0%;

urba

n: b

asel

ine

80%

, ta

rget

–

95%

) (A

RI:

W3,

W4)

(SI6

)

# of

IW

RM

rel

ated

pol

icie

s an

d pl

ans

deve

l-op

ed

and

impl

emen

ted

(wat

er

code

an

d ro

adm

ap).

Ba

selin

e -

1;

(out

date

d); T

arge

t - 1

(to

be

revi

sed)

# nu

mbe

r of

bas

in c

ounc

ils e

stab

lishe

d an

d ba

sin

plan

s im

plem

ente

d.

B

asel

ine

– 0;

Tar

get -

5.

in r

elev

ant s

ubse

ctor

s in

the

tar

gete

d m

u-ni

cipa

litie

s in

clud

ing

its r

esilie

nce

to c

li-m

ate

chan

ge is

ens

ured

ener

gy s

ecur

ity i

n th

e ta

rget

ed a

reas

is

ensu

red

(eg.

hyd

ropo

wer

);

effic

ienc

y of

irr

igat

ion

syst

ems

in t

he

targ

eted

are

as is

incr

ease

d.

Ass

umpt

ions

Ba

sic

com

mun

al s

ervi

ces

and

ener

gy s

ecto

r re

-fo

rms

will

be c

ontin

ued

by th

e C

entra

l Gov

ernm

ent

and

LSG

s.

Cen

tral G

over

nmen

t, LS

Gs

and

dono

rs,

incl

udin

g IF

Is,

are

inte

rest

ed a

nd w

illin

g in

inve

stin

g in

and

ro

lling

out t

he s

yste

ms

and

appr

oach

es d

evel

oped

by

Sw

iss-

fund

ed p

roje

cts

in ta

rget

ed a

reas

. R

isks

La

ck o

f pol

itica

l will

and

capa

citie

s (h

uman

, man

a-ge

rial,

and

finan

cial

) w

ithin

the

Cen

tral

Gov

ern-

men

t, LS

Gs

for c

ontin

uing

effe

ctiv

e im

plem

enta

tion

of re

form

s in

the

basi

c co

mm

unal

ser

vice

s se

ctor

.

2014

-202

4 an

d N

atio

nal S

usta

inab

le D

evel

opm

ent

Prog

ram

201

3-20

17).

Indi

cato

rs

ac

cess

to c

lean

drin

king

wat

er in

rura

l are

as:

base

line

60%

, tar

get –

80%

; and

urb

an a

reas

: ba

selin

e 80

%, t

arge

t – 9

5%;

#

of b

asin

adm

inis

tratio

ns e

stab

lishe

d;

#

perm

iting

sys

tem

for w

ater

reso

urce

s es

tab-

lishe

d.

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 3

The

resp

ectiv

e in

stitu

tions

, in

clud

ing

com

mu-

nal s

ervi

ces,

and

oth

er s

ervi

ce p

rovi

ders

ope

r-at

e su

bsec

tors

/sys

tem

s in

an

ef

fect

ive

and

effic

ient

mod

e.

Indi

cato

rs

%

loss

es o

f th

e m

unic

ipal

com

mun

al c

ompa

-ni

es:

e.g.

of

non-

reve

nue

wat

er (

base

line

– 70

%, t

arge

t 50%

)

Base

line

for

cost

-cov

erag

e (fo

r op

erat

ion

and

mai

nten

ance

)/ Pr

opor

tion

of O

&M c

osts

re-

cove

red

thro

ugh

char

ges

(SI7

)

Addi

tiona

l kW

h fro

m r

enew

able

ene

rgy.

[bas

e lin

e –

160

Mio

, tar

get:

176

Mio

; +10

% )

(SI2

3,

24)

In

crea

sed

cust

omer

’s

satis

fact

ion

with

se

r-

The

Sw

iss

Coo

pera

tion

will

con

tribu

te to

:

th

e su

stai

nabi

lity

of t

he t

arge

ted

mu-

nici

pal

ente

rpris

es

thro

ugh

corp

orat

e de

velo

pem

ent i

s en

sure

d

wat

er

reso

urce

s go

vern

ance

sy

stem

ba

sed

on b

asin

app

roac

h is

ens

ured

surf

ace

wat

er a

ccou

ntab

ility

is i

nteg

rat-

ed in

to m

anag

emen

t pra

ctic

es.

A

ssum

ptio

ns

Due

to c

ompl

exity

of i

ssue

s co

mpr

isin

g of

det

erio

-ra

ting

infra

stru

ctur

e, l

ack

of f

inan

ces

and

capa

ci-

ties,

the

se s

ub-s

ecto

rs m

ay p

lay

a sy

mbo

lic r

ole

and

cata

lyze

dev

elop

men

t of

gov

erna

nce

at lo

cal

leve

l. R

isks

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 3

.1

Esta

blis

hem

ent

of s

usta

inab

le a

nd r

elia

ble

en-

viro

nmen

t fo

r ba

sic

com

mun

al s

ervi

ces

prov

i-si

on (

Stat

e W

ater

and

Was

te W

ater

Dev

elop

men

t Pr

ogra

m

2016

-202

6 an

d N

atio

nal

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t Pro

gram

201

3-20

17).

Indi

cato

rs

w

ater

los

ses

of m

unic

ipal

wat

er u

tiliti

es r

e-du

ced

(bas

elin

e 70

%, t

arge

t – 5

0%);

N

atio

nal W

ater

Cou

ncil

is in

func

tion;

Stat

e w

ater

adm

inis

tratio

n es

tabl

ishe

d.

31

4

vice

s pr

ovis

ion

(qua

lity,

qua

ntity

, re

liabi

lity)

in

targ

eted

are

as (

decr

ease

in

num

ber

of c

om-

plai

nts,

bas

elin

e –

100%

, ta

rget

50%

) (T

RI

CH

R2.

2 P

rovi

sion

of q

ualit

y se

rvic

es)

Irr

igat

ion

wat

er e

ffici

ency

ind

icat

ors

for

the

cana

l sys

tem

s

Base

line

2016

- 0;

Tar

get 2

020

– 2;

Wat

er in

form

atio

n sy

stem

s in

pla

ce

Base

line

2016

– 0

; Tar

get –

3.

Lack

of

lead

ersh

ip a

nd s

trate

gic

man

agem

ent

in

the

sect

ors

is th

e m

ain

risk

for t

he p

rogr

am. E

xten

-si

ve a

nd i

nten

sive

pol

icy

dial

ogue

is

requ

ired

to

plac

e so

me

pres

sure

on

th

e au

thor

ities

al

so

thou

gh e

xten

sive

par

ticip

atio

n of

citi

zens

and

de-

velo

ping

ince

ntiv

e sy

stem

.

(4) L

ines

of i

nter

vent

ion

(Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me)

O

utco

me

1: S

take

hold

ers

addr

ess

incr

easi

ngly

maj

or re

gion

al is

sues

(wat

er, e

nerg

y, fo

od s

ecur

ity a

nd c

limat

e ch

ange

).

Blue

pea

ce in

itiat

ive:

The

cap

aciti

es o

f nat

iona

l ins

titut

ions

in th

e m

anag

emen

t of w

ater

rel

ated

dat

a, fo

reca

stin

g m

odel

ling

for

clim

ate

and

wat

er is

-su

es a

re in

crea

sed.

Join

t for

ecas

ting

exer

cise

s an

d pr

epar

edne

ss m

easu

res

on tw

o tra

nsbo

unda

ry w

ater

shed

s sh

ould

be

set-

up b

y th

e co

ncer

ned

auth

oriti

es.

Su

ppor

t to

regi

onal

org

aniz

atio

ns (m

ove

of IF

AS

to A

shga

bad)

.

Pote

ntia

l joi

nt p

ract

ical

pro

ject

s on

dat

a m

anag

emen

t, in

frast

ruct

ure

man

agem

ent.

W

ater

info

rmat

ion

syst

em in

stal

led

in tr

ansb

ound

ary

area

s KG

-KZ.

Any

othe

r bes

t pra

ctic

es o

r win

dow

of o

ppor

tuni

ties

(AFG

-TJ?

KG

-TJ?

).

Peac

e-bu

ildin

g ac

tiviti

es in

cro

ss-b

orde

r are

as.

Ar

t and

Cul

ture

Reg

iona

l pro

gram

. O

utco

me

2: P

eopl

e an

d en

titie

s in

targ

eted

are

as h

ave

acce

ss a

nd m

ake

use

of a

fford

able

and

sus

tain

able

pub

lic s

ervi

ces

and

are

mor

e re

silie

nt to

w

ater

str

esse

s an

d na

tura

l sho

cks.

Targ

eted

infra

stru

ctur

e in

vest

men

ts in

drin

king

wat

er s

uppl

y sy

stem

s.

Ta

rget

ed in

vest

men

ts in

ene

rgy

infra

stru

ctur

e.

M

anag

emen

t kno

w-h

ow in

trodu

ced

thro

ugh

capa

city

bui

ldin

g fo

r WU

As (f

inan

ce, h

uman

reso

urce

s, a

sset

s).

Es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f Bas

in C

ounc

ils a

nd B

asin

Pla

ns.

En

sure

acc

ess

to tr

ansp

aren

t dat

a on

wat

er re

sour

ces.

O

utco

me

3: T

he re

spec

tive

inst

itutio

ns a

nd o

ther

ser

vice

pro

vide

rs o

pera

te s

ubse

ctor

s/sy

stem

s in

an

effe

ctiv

e an

d ef

ficie

nt m

ode.

Cop

orat

e de

velo

pmen

t pro

gram

for m

unic

ipal

util

ities

Stak

ehol

der p

artic

ipat

ion

prog

ram

for m

unic

ipal

util

ities

Impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

wat

er c

ode

and

of th

e na

tiona

l roa

d m

ap w

hich

are

bas

ed o

n IW

RM

Dev

elop

wat

er in

form

atio

n sy

stem

for s

urfa

ce w

ater

(irr

igat

ion)

Polic

y di

alog

ue o

n th

e ec

onom

ics

of th

e se

ctor

s (ta

riff)

Ta

ke in

to a

ccou

nt c

limat

e ch

ange

ada

ptat

ion

whe

re re

leva

nt.

Add

ition

al m

onito

ring

indi

cato

rs (i

nfor

med

by

spec

ific

proj

ects

):

- AR

I GO

1

- TR

I Gen

der 7

.2./7

Wom

en’s

par

ticip

atio

n in

the

man

agem

ent o

f ser

vice

s an

d re

sour

ces:

No.

of f

orm

al w

ater

man

agin

g bo

dies

, in

whi

ch w

omen

are

re

pres

ente

d w

ith m

in 3

0%

32

5 (5

) Res

ourc

es, p

artn

ersh

ips

(Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me)

: Th

e fin

anci

al re

sour

ces2 a

lloca

ted

for t

he p

erio

d of

201

7-20

20 fo

r Dom

ain

1 (K

yrgy

zsta

n) a

mou

nt to

CH

F 29

milli

on fo

r SE

CO

. At

the

polit

ical

leve

l, th

e pr

ogra

mm

e is

ste

ered

by

the

head

of t

he E

uras

ia D

ivis

ion

in c

lose

coo

pera

tion

with

a S

wis

s Sp

ecia

l Env

oy fo

r Wat

er a

nd th

e R

egio

nal

Advi

sor f

or W

ater

& C

limat

e C

hang

e an

d th

e G

loba

l Pro

gram

me’

s di

visi

ons

(Wat

er In

itativ

es, C

limat

e C

hang

e, F

ood

Secu

rity)

. The

per

man

ent e

xcha

nge

and

clos

e co

oper

atio

n w

ith a

ll th

ree

Sw

iss

emba

ssie

s (K

yrgy

zsta

n, K

azak

hsta

n, U

zbek

ista

n) a

nd th

e co

oper

atio

n of

fice

(Taj

ikis

tan)

will

be e

ssen

tial f

or th

e ac

com

-pl

ishm

ent o

f the

exp

ecte

d re

sults

, sin

ce a

ll pr

ojec

ts o

f the

dom

ain

striv

e to

con

tribu

te to

regi

onal

sta

bilit

y an

d im

prov

e th

e co

oper

atio

n en

viro

nmen

t.

Pote

ntia

l par

tner

s an

d al

lies

are

the

IFI’s

, inc

ludi

ng th

e ne

wly

foun

ded

AIIB

, the

Cen

tral A

sian

gov

ernm

ents

and

min

istri

es,

acad

emia

, loc

al a

utho

ritie

s, c

ivil

soci

ety

as w

ell a

s ot

her

Sw

iss

inst

itutio

ns (

FOE

N,

Met

eoSu

isse

, et

c.).

Mai

n im

plem

entin

g pa

rtner

s: E

BR

D, W

orld

Ban

k. N

atio

nal c

ount

erpa

rts:

Min

istry

of

Econ

omy,

Sta

te D

epar

tmen

t for

Drin

king

Wat

er a

nd S

ewer

age,

mun

icip

al u

tiliti

es.

(6) M

anag

emen

t/per

form

ance

resu

lts, i

nclu

ding

indi

cato

rs (S

wis

s Pr

ogra

mm

e), s

ee c

hapt

er 6

of C

S

Prom

ote

prog

ram

mat

ic a

ppro

ach

by:

st

reng

then

ing

syne

rgy

betw

een

SDC

and

SEC

O;

st

reng

then

ing

syne

rgy

betw

een

regi

onal

pro

ject

s an

d na

tiona

l pro

gram

s;

in

fluen

cing

of m

ultil

ater

al o

rgan

isat

ions

enha

ncin

g po

licy

dial

ogue

and

vis

ibili

ty o

f the

Sw

iss

Coo

pera

tion;

effo

rts to

div

ersi

fy p

artn

ers

and

portf

olio

in o

ther

sub

sect

ors

of c

omm

unal

ser

vice

s (e

.g. s

treet

ligh

ting,

sol

id w

aste

man

agem

ent);

appl

y C

SPM

app

roac

h th

roug

h co

nsul

tatio

n of

sta

keho

lder

s du

ring

iden

tific

atio

n an

d de

sign

of p

roje

cts

and

thro

ugh

stak

ehol

der p

artic

ipat

ion

pro-

gram

s al

l ove

r the

pro

ject

cyc

le.

Mea

ns o

f ver

ifica

tion:

ann

ual r

epor

t and

sel

f-ass

essm

ent;

repo

rts a

nd d

ocum

enta

tion

from

impl

emen

ting

partn

ers.

D

omai

n of

inte

rven

tion

2: G

over

nanc

e, In

stitu

tions

and

Dec

entr

alis

atio

n

Dom

ain

Goa

l: Pu

blic

inst

itutio

ns d

eliv

er e

ffici

ent a

nd e

ffect

ive

serv

ices

in a

n in

clus

ive

way

and

are

acc

ount

able

to c

itize

ns. C

ivil

soci

ety

parti

cipa

tes

in d

e-ci

sion

mak

ing

proc

esse

s.

(1

) Sw

iss

port

folio

out

com

es

(2) C

ontr

ibut

ion

of S

wis

s Pr

ogra

mm

e

Des

crib

e ho

w (

1) c

ontr

ibut

es t

o (3

), ad

d w

hat

coul

d he

lp a

nd w

hat m

ight

hin

der

(3) C

ount

ry d

evel

opm

ent o

utco

mes

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

Publ

ic i

nstit

utio

ns e

ffect

ivel

y fu

lfil

thei

r fu

nc-

tions

in a

tran

spar

ent a

nd a

ccou

ntab

le m

anne

r to

resp

ond

to th

e ne

eds

of c

itize

ns.

Indi

cato

rs

Sa

tisfa

ctio

n ra

te w

ith p

ublic

ser

vice

s at

the

lo

cal l

evel

(TR

I CH

R2.

2)

-Bas

elin

e [2

015:

39%

in p

ilot a

reas

]

The

Sw

iss

Coo

pera

tion

will

con

tribu

te to

:

in

crea

sed

publ

ic s

ervi

ce c

over

age

at lo

cal

leve

l (qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

)

incr

ease

d ef

ficie

ncy

and

tran

spar

ency

in

publ

ic fi

nanc

ial m

anag

emen

t to

ena

ble

bet-

ter

deliv

ery

of k

ey p

ublic

ser

vice

s at

the

loca

l an

d na

tiona

l lev

els

re

info

rced

par

liam

enta

ry s

yste

m in

Kyr

gyz-

stan

ena

blin

g ci

tizen

s to

hol

d th

e go

vern

men

t

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

.1

Ref

orm

s in

the

are

a of

gov

erna

nce,

inc

ludi

ng

fisca

l dec

entr

aliz

atio

n an

d pu

blic

ser

vice

del

iv-

ery,

are

im

plem

ente

d (N

atio

nal

Sust

aina

ble

De-

velo

pmen

t Pro

gram

201

3-20

17).

Indi

cato

rs

Fi

scal

dec

entra

lizat

ion

rela

ted

figur

es

incr

ease

d ef

fect

iven

ess,

ac

coun

tabi

lity

and

trans

pare

ncy

of g

over

nanc

e (e

.g. #

of m

echa

-

2 S

ubje

ct to

cha

nge

due

to d

ecis

ions

in P

arlia

men

t

33

6 -T

arge

t val

ue [2

020:

at l

east

54%

]

#

of

loca

l au

thor

ities

in

form

ed

# ci

tizen

s tra

nspa

rent

ly,

invo

lvin

g th

em

in

deci

sion

-m

akin

g-pr

oces

ses

and

cons

ider

ing

thei

r in

ter-

ests

in

loca

l de

velo

pmen

t an

d bu

dget

pla

ns.

Amon

g th

e lo

cal

auth

oriti

es,

# ta

ke s

peci

fic

mea

sure

s fo

r ba

lanc

ed p

artic

ipat

ion

and

con-

side

ratio

n of

inte

rest

s of

wom

en a

nd v

ulne

ra-

ble

grou

ps (A

RI G

O1)

-B

asel

ine

[201

6: 6

4 LS

Gs,

14%

of t

he to

tal n

umbe

r of

LSG

s]

-Tar

get v

alue

[202

0: a

t lea

st 2

0% o

f all

LSG

s]

-Bas

elin

e [2

016:

402

9 (in

cl. 1

611

wom

en),

or 0

,16

% o

f the

tota

l pop

ulat

ion

of th

e pi

lots

] -T

arge

t val

ue [

2020

: 30’

000

citiz

ens,

or

1,23

% o

f th

e to

tal p

opul

atio

n of

the

pilo

ts]

#

and

% o

f mun

icip

aliti

es th

at c

ondu

cted

(one

or

mor

e el

emen

ts o

f) a

gend

er b

udge

ting

pro-

cess

-B

asel

ine

[201

6: 3

8 LS

Gs,

or 8

% o

f all

LSG

s]

-Tar

get v

alue

[202

0: a

t lea

st, 2

0% o

f all

LSG

s]

#

of i

mpr

oved

rat

ings

of

key

publ

ic f

inan

ce

man

agem

ent

indi

cato

rs f

ollo

win

g th

e PE

FA

met

hodo

logy

(Pu

blic

Exp

endi

ture

and

Fin

an-

cial

Acc

ount

abilit

y)

- Bas

elin

e 20

14: 1

4 PI

s ra

ted

A &

B,

- Tar

get 2

020:

at l

east

20

and

the

parli

amen

t to

acco

unt.

Ass

umpt

ions

It is

ass

umed

tha

t th

e au

thor

ities

con

tinue

to

ad-

here

to th

e fis

cal d

ecen

traliz

atio

n ag

enda

.

Gov

ernm

ent i

ntro

duce

s fu

ll au

tom

atio

n of

trea

sury

an

d bu

dget

with

don

ors

assi

stan

ce T

his

mea

sure

w

ill ca

taly

se e

fforts

to in

crea

se e

ffect

iven

ess

and

effic

ienc

y on

PFM

man

agem

ent.

Parli

amen

t re

mai

ns a

n in

depe

nden

t an

d re

pre-

sent

ativ

e ac

tor a

nd p

rovi

des

spac

e fo

r com

petit

ive

deci

sion

-mak

ing.

Ris

ks

Gov

ernm

ent h

as lo

w c

omm

itmen

ts to

refo

rm P

FM

syst

em d

ue to

ves

ted

inte

rest

s.

Due

to v

este

d in

tere

sts,

lack

of w

ill on

the

part

of

LSG

s to

incr

ease

citi

zen

parti

cipa

tion

in th

e bu

dg-

et p

roce

ss a

nd t

heir

acco

unta

bilit

y to

loc

al c

om-

mun

ities

.

Key

elem

ents

of t

he e

xist

ing

parli

amen

tary

sys

tem

ar

e ch

alle

nged

/jeop

ardi

zed

by p

oten

tial

cons

titu-

tiona

l cha

nges

.

nism

s fo

r exe

cutiv

e re

porti

ng)

im

prov

ed s

yste

m o

f del

iver

y of

mun

icip

al s

er-

vice

s by

loc

al s

elf-g

over

nmen

t bo

dies

(#

of

law

s an

d re

gula

tions

that

impr

ove

the

syst

em

of s

ervi

ce d

eliv

ery,

citi

zen’

s sa

tisfa

ctio

n ra

te

with

mun

icip

al s

ervi

ces)

.

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 2

Citi

zens

and

civ

il so

ciet

y ac

tors

influ

ence

and

m

onito

r ef

fect

ivel

y pu

blic

ins

titut

ions

at

the

loca

l and

nat

iona

l lev

els.

Indi

cato

rs

#

of c

ivil

soci

ety

initi

ativ

es w

ith c

lear

influ

ence

on

dec

isio

n-m

akin

g pr

oces

ses

and

law

s (T

RI

The

Sw

iss

Coo

pera

tion

will

con

tribu

te to

:

in

crea

sed

citiz

ens

part

icip

atio

n in

dec

isio

n-m

akin

g pr

oces

ses

at t

he l

ocal

and

nat

iona

l le

vels

impr

oved

acc

ount

abili

ty o

f pu

blic

ins

titu-

tions

tow

ards

citi

zens

at a

ll le

vels

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 2

.1

The

coop

erat

ion

betw

een

the

gove

rnm

ent,

citi-

zens

and

the

civ

il so

ciet

y is

str

engt

hene

d (N

a-tio

nal

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t Pr

ogra

m

2013

-20

17).

34

7

CHR5.1)

-

Base

line

[201

6: t

o be

ide

ntifi

ed i

n 20

17 d

urin

g ba

selin

e su

rvey

of a

new

gov

erna

nce

proj

ect]

- Ta

rget

val

ue [2

020]

: +10

% fr

om th

e ba

selin

e

# an

d %

of

civi

l soc

iety

act

ors

with

impr

oved

pe

rcep

tions

of t

heir

abili

ty -

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

thei

r con

stitu

tiona

l and

dem

ocra

tic p

ossi

bili-

ties

to c

hann

el t

heir

voic

es t

o th

e po

litic

al

(cen

tral)

leve

l -

Base

line

[201

6: to

be

iden

-tif

ied

in 2

017

durin

g ba

selin

e su

rvey

of a

new

go

vern

ance

pro

ject

] -

Targ

et v

alue

[202

0]: +

10%

from

the

base

line

im

prov

ed s

ervi

ce m

anag

emen

t by

mun

ici-

palit

ies

that

res

pond

s to

the

dem

ands

of

citi-

zens

.

Ass

umpt

ions

En

ablin

g en

viro

nmen

t for

citi

zen

actio

n an

d pa

rtic-

ipat

ion

is m

aint

aine

d.

Civ

il so

ciet

y ac

tors

, the

Gov

ernm

ent a

nd th

e P

ar-

liam

ent

are

inte

rest

ed

in

cons

truct

ive

dial

ogue

an

d co

nsen

sus -

build

ing.

Rul

e of

law

is

ensu

red

by c

heck

s an

d ba

lanc

es

syst

em.

Ris

ks

Citi

zens

are

not

int

eres

ted

in b

eing

inv

olve

d in

de

cisi

on-m

akin

g pr

oces

ses

due

to la

ck o

f tru

st.

Polit

ical

inst

abilit

y an

d so

cial

unr

est.

Indi

cato

rs

Le

vel

of t

rust

of

citiz

ens

to L

SGs

and

othe

r go

vern

men

t ins

titut

ions

.

(4) L

ines

of i

nter

vent

ion

(Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me)

O

utco

me

1: P

ublic

inst

itutio

ns e

ffect

ivel

y fu

lfil t

heir

func

tions

in a

tran

spar

ent

and

acco

unta

ble

man

ner

to r

espo

nd to

the

need

s an

d pr

iorit

ies

of

citiz

ens

To

sup

port

refo

rms

in th

e ar

ea o

f dec

entra

lizat

ion,

pub

lic s

ervi

ce d

eliv

ery

and

good

gov

erna

nce

To

impr

ove

capa

citie

s of

the

natio

nal g

over

nmen

t in

publ

ic fi

nanc

e m

anag

emen

t and

tax

adm

inis

tratio

n, m

ainl

y in

effe

ctiv

enes

s, e

ffici

ency

and

tran

spar

en-

cy

To

impr

ove

capa

citie

s of

loca

l sel

f-gov

ernm

ents

in s

ervi

ce m

anag

emen

t, lo

cal b

udge

t pla

nnin

g an

d im

plem

enta

tion

To

impr

ove

acce

ss, q

ualit

y an

d qu

antit

y of

pub

lic s

ervi

ces

at th

e lo

cal l

evel

To s

uppo

rt th

e en

forc

emen

t of i

nter

-age

ncy

acco

unta

bilit

y w

ith a

focu

s on

the

Par

liam

ent.

Out

com

e 2:

Citi

zens

and

civ

il so

ciet

y ac

tors

are

ena

bled

to e

ffect

ivel

y in

fluen

ce a

nd m

onito

r pub

lic in

stitu

tions

at t

he lo

cal a

nd n

atio

nal l

evel

s

To

pro

mot

e ci

tizen

s’ p

artic

ipat

ion

in b

udge

tray

proc

ess

and

serv

ice

man

agem

ent a

t the

loca

l lev

el

To

sup

port

the

gove

rnm

ent-p

arlia

men

t-citi

zens

dia

logu

e at

the

natio

nal l

evel

. A

dditi

onal

mon

itorin

g in

dica

tors

(inf

orm

ed b

y sp

ecifi

c pr

ojec

ts):

ARI G

O1

TR

I CH

R5.

1 D

emoc

ratic

ele

ctor

al p

roce

sses

35

8 (5

) Res

ourc

es, p

artn

ersh

ips

(Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me)

: Th

e fin

anci

al re

sour

ces3 a

lloca

ted

for t

he p

erio

d of

201

7-20

20 fo

r Dom

ain

2 am

ount

to C

HF

17.6

milli

on (S

DC

: CH

F 12

.6 m

illion

and

SEC

O: C

HF

5 m

illion

). M

ain

impl

emen

ting

partn

ers:

Wor

ld B

ank,

EU

, DFI

D, U

ND

P, O

SCE,

DPI

, JIC

A

Nat

iona

l cou

nter

parts

: Loc

al S

elf-G

over

nmen

ts, S

tate

Age

ncy

for L

ocal

Sel

f-Gov

erna

nce

and

Inte

r-Et

hnic

Rel

atio

ns, P

resi

dent

ial A

dmin

istra

tion,

Par

liam

ent,

Min

istry

of F

inan

ce, S

tate

Tax

Ser

vice

, Nat

iona

l Ban

k of

the

Kyr

gyz

Rep

ublic

, civ

il so

ciet

y or

gani

satio

ns, m

ass

med

ia

Oth

er d

onor

s an

d st

rate

gic

allie

s: G

IZ, U

SAI

D.

(6) M

anag

emen

t/per

form

ance

resu

lts, i

nclu

ding

indi

cato

rs (S

wis

s Pr

ogra

mm

e), s

ee c

hapt

er 6

of C

S

- st

reng

then

ing

syne

rgy

betw

een

SDC

and

SEC

O (e

sp. u

nder

VA

P an

d PF

M T

F th

roug

h re

gula

r exc

hang

es);

- po

licy-

influ

enci

ng b

y su

ppor

ting

inte

rven

tions

that

con

tribu

te to

dec

entra

lizat

ion

and

incr

ease

d ac

coun

tabi

lity

of s

tate

inst

itutio

ns to

citi

zens

; -

enha

ncin

g th

e ef

fect

of S

wis

s su

ppor

ted

inte

rven

tions

thro

ugh

syne

rgie

s an

d co

llabo

ratio

ns (t

hrou

gh jo

int p

lann

ing

sess

ions

for S

wis

s pr

ojec

ts th

at

have

gov

erna

nce

elem

ents

);

- en

gagi

ng in

ste

erin

g C

omm

ittee

mee

tings

of e

very

pro

ject

to c

oord

inat

e w

ith n

atio

nal s

take

hold

ers

and

othe

r im

plem

entin

g ag

enci

es;

- en

surin

g C

SPM

at p

roje

ct d

esig

n, im

plem

enta

tion

and

man

agem

ent l

evel

; -

parti

cipa

ting

activ

ely

in th

e D

evel

opm

ent P

artn

ers’

Coo

rdin

atio

n C

ounc

il’s s

ub-g

roup

on

gove

rnan

ce fo

r coo

rdin

atio

n of

all

dono

rs w

orki

ng in

gov

ern-

ance

are

a).

Mea

ns o

f ver

ifica

tion:

ann

ual r

epor

t and

sel

f-ass

essm

ent;

repo

rts a

nd d

ocum

enta

tion

from

impl

emen

ting

partn

ers.

D

omai

n of

inte

rven

tion

3: E

mpl

oym

ent a

nd E

cono

mic

Dev

elop

men

t D

omai

n G

oal:

The

priv

ate

sect

or –

incl

udin

g co

mpe

titiv

e M

SMEs

– c

reat

es d

ecen

t job

s an

d in

clus

ive

econ

omic

gro

wth

in a

con

duci

ve a

nd e

ffici

ent b

usi-

ness

env

ironm

ent.

(1) S

wis

s po

rtfo

lio o

utco

mes

(2

) Con

trib

utio

n of

Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me

D

escr

ibe

how

(1) c

ontr

ibut

es to

(3),

add

wha

t co

uld

help

and

wha

t mig

ht h

inde

r

(3) C

ount

ry d

evel

opm

ent o

utco

mes

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

Ef

fect

ive,

cl

ient

-orie

nted

in

stitu

tions

de

liver

ac

cess

ible

and

affo

rdab

le s

ervi

ces

to M

SMEs

in

the

tar

gete

d ar

eas

(bus

ines

s, f

inan

ce a

nd

trad

e).

Indi

cato

rs

An

nual

tax

com

plia

nce

cost

sav

ings

(C

CS)

(U

SD m

io) (

SEC

O)(SI15)

-B

asel

ine

[201

6: –

USD

2.5

mio

.] -T

arge

t val

ue [2

020:

at l

east

USD

4 m

io]

The

Sw

iss

Coo

pera

tion

will

con

tribu

te to

:

si

mpl

ifyin

g th

e re

gula

tory

fra

mew

ork.

Ef-

forts

of

the

Kyr

gyz

Gov

ernm

ent

to c

arry

out

de

-reg

ulat

ion

in o

rder

to s

usta

in p

rivat

e se

ctor

le

d gr

owth

and

gen

erat

e jo

bs c

ount

ryw

ide

will

be

sup

porte

d

incr

easi

ng d

irect

acc

ess

to m

icro

/fina

nce

for

MSM

Es a

nd b

road

en t

he s

pect

rum

of

finan

cial

pr

oduc

ts,

and

by

this

en

hanc

e co

mpe

titiv

enes

s of

MS

MEs

in th

e C

A re

gion

intr

oduc

ting

mac

ro-p

rude

ntia

l mea

sure

s in

fin

anci

a l

sect

or

and

stre

ngth

enin

g of

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

.1

Impr

ovem

ent

of b

usin

ess

envi

ronm

ent

aim

ing

at s

ettin

g up

fav

orab

le c

ondi

tions

for

bro

ad-

base

d gr

owth

and

FD

Is (

Nat

iona

l Su

stai

nabl

e D

evel

opm

ent P

rogr

am).

Indi

cato

rs

An

nual

GD

P gr

owth

(%)

sc

orin

g/ra

ting

of K

yrgy

z R

epub

lic i

n va

rious

su

rvey

s an

d ra

nkin

gs (

eg.

WB

Doi

ng B

usi-

3 Sub

ject

to c

hang

e du

e to

dec

isio

ns in

Par

liam

ent

36

9

Va

lue

of in

vest

men

ts (

equi

ty &

deb

t) fa

cilit

at-

ed (U

S$ m

illion

) to

the

econ

omy

(of w

hich

x%

ar

e w

omen

-led

MS

MEs

) (S

ECO

) (S

I13)

-B

asel

ine

[201

6: U

SD 0

mio

.] -T

arge

t val

ue [2

020:

at l

east

USD

1 m

io. p

er y

ear]

M

easu

res

for

finan

cial

mar

ket

regu

latio

n an

d su

perv

isio

n (S

ECO

) (S

I5)

coun

try’

s fin

anci

al i

nfra

stru

ctur

e th

roug

h pr

omot

ion

of

good

go

vern

ance

pr

inci

ples

w

hile

regu

latin

g of

fina

ncia

l mar

ket.

A

ssum

ptio

ns

Sinc

e de

-reg

ulat

ion

of th

e K

yrgy

z ec

onom

y is

one

of

the

mai

n pr

iorit

ies

of t

he g

over

nmen

t (N

atio

nal

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t Pr

ogra

m 2

013-

2017

), it

is a

ssum

ed th

at th

e re

form

age

nda

will

be p

ursu

ed

by th

e go

vern

men

t.

It is

ass

umed

tha

t th

e au

thor

ities

(re

gula

tor)

will

cont

inue

impl

emen

t wis

e m

onet

ary

polic

y ai

min

g to

ta

rget

inf

latio

n, t

o sm

ooth

exc

hang

e ra

te f

luct

ua-

tions

, to

in

trodu

ce

mac

ro-p

rude

ntia

l m

easu

res

whi

ch is

cru

cial

for

mai

ntai

n an

ena

blin

g en

viro

n-m

ent.

R

isks

In

gen

eral

, th

e ris

ks a

re a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith t

he lo

ng

last

ing

loca

l an

d re

gion

al r

eces

sion

and

in

this

co

ntex

t la

ck o

f be

nefit

s fro

m t

he a

cces

sion

of

KG

with

EEU

. Th

e cr

isis

may

agg

rava

te t

he s

ituat

ion

with

pov

erty

whi

ch ru

ns th

e ris

k of

lead

ing

to p

oliti

-ca

l and

eco

nom

ic in

stab

ility.

ness

Sur

vey/

EBR

D B

EEP

S/Ec

onom

ic F

ree-

dom

Inde

x/C

orru

ptio

n P

erce

ptio

n In

dex,

etc

.)

FDIs

net

inflo

w (

USD

mio

) an

d ch

ange

s fro

m

the

prev

ious

repo

rting

per

iod

(%).

Fi

nanc

ial

Sect

or

Asse

ssm

ent

Prog

ram

(F

SAP)

/ F

inan

cial

Sys

tem

Sta

bilit

y As

sess

-m

ent (

FSSA

).

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 2

C

ompe

titiv

e lo

cal

MSM

Es a

nd e

ntre

pren

eurs

de

velo

p in

to d

river

s of

sus

tain

able

eco

nom

ic

grow

th a

nd e

mpl

oym

ent,

in p

artic

ular

in

rura

l ar

eas

of K

yrgy

zsta

n.

Indi

cato

rs

In

crea

sed

annu

al t

urno

ver

and

volu

me

of e

x-po

rts o

f sup

porte

d SM

Es (t

arge

t: 30

%)

- Bas

elin

e [2

016:

100

%]

-Tar

get v

alue

[202

0: 1

30%

]

N

umbe

r of

job

s cr

eate

d an

d m

aint

aine

d in

su

ppor

ted

valu

e ch

ains

(of w

hich

at l

east

50%

The

Sw

iss

inte

rven

tions

will

con

tribu

te/fo

cus

on:

deliv

ery

of d

irect

han

ds-o

n as

sist

ance

- kn

ow

how

, go

od c

orpo

rate

and

gov

erna

nce

prin

ci-

ples

– th

at e

nabl

e M

SMEs

/loca

l pop

ulat

ion

to

furt

her

deve

lop

and

sust

ain

loca

l m

i-cr

o/bu

sine

sses

as

wel

l as

gen

erat

e ne

w

and

qual

ity j

obs

for

yout

h in

rur

al a

reas

. Am

ong

sele

cted

are

as f

or t

he i

nter

vent

ions

ar

e po

or a

nd le

ss e

cono

mic

ally

via

ble

sout

h-er

n (O

sh a

nd J

alal

Aba

d) p

rovi

nces

in

the

coun

try

jo

b cr

eatio

n es

p. f

or y

outh

and

fur

ther

de-

velo

p su

stai

nabl

e va

lue-

chai

n bu

sine

sses

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 2

.1

Dyn

amic

and

ent

erpr

isin

g ag

ro/b

usin

esse

s ar

e ac

coun

tabl

e fo

r pr

oduc

ing

high

qua

lity

prod

-uc

ts i

n-de

man

d in

bot

h do

mes

tic a

nd f

orei

gn

mar

kets

(N

atio

nal

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t Pr

o-gr

am).

Indi

cato

rs

Po

verty

rate

(%) i

n ru

ral a

reas

shar

e (%

) of S

MEs

in to

tal e

mpl

oym

ent

nu

mbe

r of n

ew jo

bs c

reat

ed in

the

econ

omy

expo

rt vo

lum

e (U

SD

bn)

.

37

10

fem

ale

empl

oyee

s). (

SI9

)

# pe

ople

(M

/F)

with

in

crea

sed

inco

me

in

a) A

gric

ultu

re:

crop

cul

tivat

ion

and

lives

tock

fa

rmin

g, a

nd b

) Sm

all a

nd m

iddl

e si

ze e

nter

-pr

ises

(SM

E) (A

RI E

1)

-Bas

elin

e an

d ta

rget

: tbd

in th

e So

uth.

A

ssum

ptio

ns

The

loca

l aut

horit

ies

are

supp

ortiv

e in

gen

eral

, and

bu

sine

ss c

limat

e is

ena

blin

g in

rura

l are

as.

Ris

ks

Wea

k co

mm

itmen

ts o

f th

e G

over

nmen

t an

d lo

cal

auth

oriti

es c

ount

erpa

rts t

o im

plem

ent

refo

rms

in

busi

ness

ena

blin

g en

viro

nmen

t. (4

) Lin

es o

f int

erve

ntio

n (S

wis

s Pr

ogra

mm

e)

Out

com

e 1:

Effe

ctiv

e, c

lient

-orie

nted

inst

itutio

ns d

eliv

er a

cces

sibl

e an

d af

ford

able

ser

vice

s to

the

pop

ulat

ion

and

MSM

Es in

the

tar

gete

d ar

eas

(bus

ines

s, fi

nanc

e an

d tr

ade)

.

Su

ppor

t Gov

ernm

ent i

nstit

utio

ns in

del

iver

y of

bus

ines

s re

gula

tion

aim

ed a

t im

prov

ed in

vest

men

t clim

ate

and

busi

ness

ena

blin

g en

viro

nmen

t

Han

ds-o

n as

sist

ance

to G

over

nmen

t fin

anci

al re

gula

tor t

o in

trodu

ce a

nd im

plem

ent m

acro

-pru

dent

ial m

easu

res,

sec

ured

tran

sact

ions

sys

tem

s an

d cr

edit

info

rmat

ion

shar

ing

mec

hani

sm

Su

ppor

t Gov

ernm

ent t

o in

trodu

ce a

nd im

plem

ent e

xpor

t pro

mot

ion

activ

ities

aim

ed a

t enh

ance

d tra

de p

oten

tial o

f loc

al M

SM

Es

D

irect

ass

ista

nce

to G

over

nmen

t in

stre

amlin

ing

busi

ness

pro

cess

es to

del

iver

mor

e ef

ficie

nt a

nd e

ffect

ive

publ

ic s

ervi

ces

to M

SMEs

and

pop

ulat

ion.

O

utco

me

2: C

ompe

titiv

e, e

xpor

t-orie

nted

MSM

Es a

nd e

ntre

pren

eurs

dev

elop

into

driv

ers

of s

usta

inab

le e

cono

mic

gro

wth

and

em

ploy

men

t, in

par

-tic

ular

in ru

ral a

reas

of K

yrgy

zsta

n.

D

irect

ass

ista

nce

to M

SM

Es

and

entre

pren

eurs

by

deliv

ery

exte

rnal

adv

ices

(‘kn

ow h

ow’)

on b

est i

nter

natio

nal p

ract

ice

of ru

nnin

g bu

sine

ss in

cl. c

orpo

rate

go

vern

ance

Supp

ort M

FIs

in e

xpan

sion

of t

heir

finan

cial

ser

vice

s as

sortm

ent a

imed

at h

avin

g an

eas

y ac

cess

to fi

nanc

e fo

r M

SMEs

and

low

-inco

me

popu

latio

n fo

r bu

sine

ss s

tart-

ups

(als

o in

rura

l are

as) a

nd h

ousi

ng c

ondi

tions

Han

ds-o

n di

rect

ass

ista

nce

to C

redi

t Inf

orm

atio

n Bu

reau

s an

d M

FIs

in th

eir o

pera

tiona

l act

iviti

es to

intro

duce

new

pro

duct

s

D

irect

sup

port

to M

SMEs

aim

ed a

t enh

ance

d ex

port

pote

ntia

l in

text

ile&c

loth

ing,

tour

ism

and

han

dicr

aft s

ecto

rs

Su

ppor

t lo

cal g

over

nmen

t an

d ru

ral M

SMEs

/ent

repr

eneu

rs/fa

rmer

s in

loca

l sus

tain

able

eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent t

hrou

gh d

evel

opm

ent

of s

elec

ted

valu

e ch

ains

app

lyin

g be

st p

ract

ice

in e

nerg

y ef

ficie

ncy.

(5

) Res

ourc

es/p

artn

ersh

ips

(Sw

iss

prog

ram

me)

: Th

e fin

anci

al re

sour

ces4 a

lloca

ted

for t

he p

erio

d of

201

7-20

20 fo

r Dom

ain

3 am

ount

to C

HF

22.1

milli

on (S

ECO

: CH

F 16

milli

on a

nd S

DC

: CH

F 6.

1 m

illion

). M

ain

impl

emen

ting

part

ners

: Hel

veta

s, G

iZ, I

FC, F

AO

, ITC

, KfW

, EBR

D

Mai

n na

tiona

l cou

nter

part

s; P

rime-

min

iste

r’s O

ffice

, Min

istry

of E

cono

my,

Inve

stm

ent P

rom

otio

n Ag

ency

, Sta

te T

ax S

ervi

ce, S

tate

Con

trollin

g Ag

enci

es a

nd

Insp

ecto

rate

s, M

SMEs

, NG

Os

and

loca

l thi

nk ta

nks/

cons

ulta

nts

Oth

er d

onor

s an

d st

rate

gic

allie

s: W

orld

Ban

k, D

fID, A

DB,

USA

ID, E

U.

4 Sub

ject

to c

hang

e du

e to

dec

isio

ns in

Par

liam

ent

38

11

(6) M

anag

emen

t/per

form

ance

resu

lts, i

nclu

ding

indi

cato

rs (S

wis

s Pr

ogra

mm

e), s

ee c

hapt

er 6

of C

S

Prom

ote

prog

ram

atic

app

roac

h by

:

stre

ngth

enin

g sy

nerg

y be

twee

n SD

C a

nd S

ECO

;

esta

blis

hing

and

mai

ntai

ning

loca

l pro

ject

impl

emen

ting

offic

es fo

r SD

C fu

nded

pro

ject

s;

en

surin

g C

SPM

at p

roje

ct d

esig

n, im

plem

enta

tion

and

man

agem

ent l

evel

;

stre

ngth

enin

g ex

chan

ge a

nd p

artn

ersh

ips

amon

g th

e di

ffere

nt S

wis

s im

plem

entin

g pa

rtner

s (jo

int p

lann

ing

sess

ions

) as

wel

l as

amon

g do

nors

that

are

ac

tive

in th

e sa

me

dom

ain.

M

eans

of v

erifi

catio

n: a

nnua

l rep

ort a

nd s

elf-a

sses

smen

t; re

ports

and

doc

umen

tatio

n fro

m im

plem

entin

g pa

rtner

s.

Dom

ain

of in

terv

entio

n 4:

Hea

lth

Dom

ain

Goa

l: Se

ctor

al re

form

s an

d sy

stem

ic in

terv

entio

ns a

t pol

icy

and

popu

latio

n le

vel r

espo

nd to

the

high

dem

and

for q

ualit

y, e

ffici

ent,

acce

ssib

le a

nd

affo

rdab

le h

ealth

car

e se

rvic

es.

(1) S

wis

s po

rtfo

lio o

utco

mes

(2

) Con

trib

utio

n of

Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me

D

escr

ibe

how

(1) c

ontr

ibut

es to

(3),

add

wha

t co

uld

help

and

wha

t mig

ht h

inde

r

(3) C

ount

ry d

evel

opm

ent o

utco

mes

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

The

gove

rnan

ce o

f the

hea

lth s

yste

m a

t all

leve

ls (h

ealth

ser

vice

del

iver

y, h

ealth

fina

nc-

ing,

hum

an re

sour

ces)

is e

ffect

ive

thro

ugh

cons

iste

nt im

plem

enta

tion

of h

ealth

sec

tor

refo

rms.

Indi

cato

rs

%

of

stat

e an

nual

bud

get

allo

cate

d fo

r th

e he

alth

se

ctor

ag

ains

t ov

eral

l re

publ

ican

bu

dget

(ba

selin

e [2

015]

– 1

3%;

targ

et v

al-

ue [

2020

] –

not

less

tha

n13%

). (T

RI

CH

R

2.2

Gov

ernm

enta

l fun

ctio

n)

%

of m

edic

al g

radu

ates

wor

king

in ru

ral a

r-ea

s as

fam

ily d

octo

rs (b

asel

ine

2015

: 62;

ta

rget

val

ue is

5%

ann

ual i

ncre

ase)

.

Th

roug

h th

e se

ctor

w

ide

appr

oach

, th

e S

wis

s C

oope

ratio

n w

ill co

ntrib

ute

to m

ain-

tain

th

e fo

cus

of

the

refo

rm

agen

da

arou

nd th

e fo

llow

ing

issu

es:

o pr

omot

e eq

uity

orie

nted

hea

lth s

ervi

ces

thro

ugh

solid

arity

-bas

ed p

rinci

ples

o

incr

ease

effi

cien

cy t

hrou

gh o

ptim

izat

ion

of h

ealth

infra

stru

ctur

e m

anag

emen

t o

intro

duce

new

foc

used

hea

lth p

ract

ices

to

cop

e w

ith k

ey h

ealth

indi

cato

rs (

ma-

tern

al m

orta

lity,

CVD

) o

incr

ease

acc

ount

abilit

y an

d tra

nspa

ren-

cy o

f sec

tor m

anag

emen

t.

Th

e S

wis

s C

oope

ratio

n w

ill c

ontri

bute

to th

e re

form

s of

the

hea

lth e

duca

tion

tow

ards

in

tern

atio

nal s

tand

ards

to r

espo

nd to

the

re-

quire

men

ts

of

a re

spon

sive

an

d pe

ople

-ce

nter

ed h

ealth

car

e sy

stem

.

The

Swis

s C

oope

ratio

n w

ill co

ntrib

ute

to

incr

ease

d de

cent

ralis

atio

n of

m

anag

e-m

ent a

nd a

uton

omy

of h

ealth

faci

litie

s.

Ass

umpt

ions

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

.1

The

Hea

lth C

are

refo

rm is

impl

emen

ted,

with

a fo

cus

on h

ealth

gai

ns, c

ore

serv

ices

and

rem

oval

of h

ealth

sy

stem

ba

rrie

rs

(sum

mar

y of

D

en

Sool

uk

Nat

iona

l H

ealth

Ref

orm

Pro

gram

201

2-20

18-e

xten

ded)

.

Indi

cato

rs

In

fant

mor

talit

y ra

te;

m

ater

nal m

orta

lity

rate

;

CVD

mor

talit

y ra

te

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

.2

New

ins

titut

iona

l re

latio

nshi

ps f

or t

he p

rovi

sion

of

med

ical

se

rvic

es

are

impl

emen

ted

(aut

onom

y of

pr

ovid

ers,

ne

w

man

agem

ent

mec

hani

sms)

(q

uote

fro

m D

en S

oolu

k N

atio

nal H

ealth

Ref

orm

Pro

gram

201

2-20

18 -

exte

nded

). In

dica

tors

%

redu

ctio

n of

unj

ustif

ied

hosp

italiz

atio

n;

%

of o

ut o

f poc

ket p

aym

ent.

39

12

The

stre

ngth

enin

g of

cou

ntry

sys

tem

s an

d pr

o-ce

sses

will

ensu

re s

cale

and

sus

tain

abilit

y of

the

refo

rms

achi

evem

ents

.

Impr

oved

qua

lity

of t

he m

edic

al e

duca

tion

will

in

crea

se th

e qu

ality

of h

ealth

ser

vice

s.

Dec

entra

lizat

ion

and

grea

ter

auto

nom

y en

sure

be

tter u

se o

f res

ourc

es fo

r qua

lity

heal

th c

are.

Ris

ks

Low

cap

acity

of

the

Min

istry

of

Hea

lth m

ight

re

duce

the

pace

of r

efor

ms

impl

emen

tatio

n an

d in

crea

se fi

duci

ary

risks

.

Vest

ed in

tere

st h

ampe

rs th

e pr

ogre

ss o

f dec

en-

traliz

atio

n an

d pr

even

t in

crea

sed

acco

unta

bilit

y an

d tra

nspa

renc

y re

gion

al fa

cilit

ies.

Reg

iona

l fac

ilitie

s m

ight

not

be

read

y to

rec

eive

bi

g nu

mbe

r of

res

iden

t st

uden

ts a

nd p

rovi

de

them

with

full

soci

al p

acka

ge.

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 2

The

popu

latio

n of

Kyr

gyzs

tan,

in

part

icul

ar

in r

ural

are

as, h

as e

quita

ble

acce

ss to

qua

li-ty

pr

imar

y ca

re

serv

ices

an

d ad

opts

a

heal

thie

r life

styl

e.

Indi

cato

rs

#

and

% o

f men

vis

iting

fam

ily d

octo

r;

# an

d %

of p

opul

atio

n sa

tisfie

d w

ith

rayo

n he

alth

car

e de

liver

y sy

stem

(TR

I C

HR

2.2)

# pe

ople

(M/F

) rea

ched

thro

ugh

heal

th

educ

atio

n se

ssio

ns re

late

d to

the

pre-

vent

ion

of n

on-c

omm

unic

able

dis

ease

s (A

RI H

3), a

nd %

of t

hese

peo

ple

that

ha

ve th

en c

hang

ed th

ey b

ehav

iour

re-

late

d to

NC

D ri

sks.

Al

l da

ta w

ill be

col

lect

ed t

hrou

gh s

urve

ys i

n

The

Sw

iss

Coo

pera

tion

will

cont

ribut

e to

in

-cr

ease

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s an

d th

e qu

ality

of

serv

ice

deliv

ery

of th

e pr

imar

y he

alth

car

e sy

s-te

m th

roug

h:

impr

oved

qua

lity

of h

ealth

ser

vice

s by

im

prov

ed

man

agem

ent

capa

citie

s of

he

alth

faci

litie

s

impr

oved

prim

ary

care

ser

vice

to

bette

r m

anag

e an

d co

ntro

l NC

Ds

re

duce

d N

CD

s ris

k fa

ctor

s an

d gr

eate

r aw

aren

ess

and

adop

tion

of h

ealth

y lif

e-st

yles

thr

ough

coo

pera

tion

with

the

ex-

istin

g C

omm

unity

Hea

lth P

rom

otio

n sy

s-te

m

sa

fer

envi

ronm

ent

for

patie

nts

and

heal

th

care

w

orke

rs

thro

ugh

an

im-

prov

ed in

fect

ion

cont

rol s

yste

m.

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 2

.1

Cre

atio

n of

soc

ial a

nd e

cono

mic

con

ditio

ns r

equi

red

for

effe

ctiv

e pr

even

tion

of d

isea

ses

and

incr

easi

ng

acce

ss to

the

qual

ity m

edic

al c

are

thro

ugh

mul

tisec

-to

ral a

ppro

ach

(Hea

lth 2

020

stra

tegy

). In

dica

tors

#

of fa

mily

doc

tors

per

10’

000

inha

bita

nts;

% o

f prim

ary

care

faci

litie

s pr

actic

ing

PEN

pro

to-

col.

40

13

2016

-201

7 as

bas

elin

e. F

inal

dat

a w

ill be

col

-le

cted

in e

arly

202

0.

Ass

umpt

ions

Im

prov

ed m

anag

emen

t at

the

fac

ility

leve

l w

ill

cont

ribut

e to

the

goo

d qu

ality

ser

vice

s to

the

po

pula

tion.

Exis

ting

heal

th p

rom

otio

n pr

actic

es w

ill fa

cilit

ate

NC

D c

ontro

l m

easu

res

and

stre

ngth

en h

ealth

y be

havi

our o

f the

pop

ulat

ion.

Ris

ks

Man

ager

s of

the

fac

ilitie

s m

ight

not

use

the

ir au

tono

my

to i

ncre

ase

acco

unta

bilit

y an

d tra

ns-

pare

ncy.

Lack

of F

amily

Doc

tors

will

redu

ce a

cces

s to

the

prim

ary

care

ser

vice

s.

(4) L

ines

of i

nter

vent

ion

(Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me)

O

utco

me

1: T

he g

over

nanc

e of

the

heal

th s

yste

m a

t all

leve

ls (h

ealth

ser

vice

del

iver

y, h

ealth

fina

ncin

g, h

uman

res

ourc

es) i

s ef

fect

ive

thro

ugh

con-

sist

ent i

mpl

emen

tatio

n of

hea

lth s

ecto

r ref

orm

s.

To

con

tinue

sup

porti

ng th

e SW

Ap a

nd c

o-fin

ance

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Kyr

gyz

heal

th s

trate

gy

To

mai

ntai

n re

gula

r and

effe

ctiv

e po

licy

dial

ogue

on

maj

or s

yste

mic

issu

es d

efin

ed a

bove

To s

treng

then

man

ager

ial c

apac

ities

in a

ll th

e as

pect

s (h

uman

, fin

ance

, ser

vice

)

To im

prov

e do

nor c

oord

inat

ion

and

alig

nmen

t

To s

uppo

rt gr

eate

r dec

entra

lizat

ion

and

auto

nom

y of

hea

lth c

are

faci

litie

s

To s

uppo

rt th

e m

edic

al e

duca

tion

refo

rms

with

focu

s to

pre

pare

med

ical

wor

kfor

ce fo

r the

prim

ary

heal

th c

are

syst

em.

Out

com

e 2:

The

pop

ulat

ion

of K

yrgy

zsta

n, in

par

ticul

ar in

rura

l are

as, h

as e

quita

ble

acce

ss to

qua

lity

prim

ary

care

ser

vice

s an

d ad

opts

a h

ealth

ier

lifes

tyle

.

To im

prov

e ef

ficie

ncy

and

qual

ity o

f hea

lth s

ervi

ces

by im

prov

ed m

anag

emen

t cap

aciti

es o

f hea

lth fa

cilit

ies

To

impr

ove

prim

ary

care

ser

vice

to b

ette

r man

age

and

cont

rol N

CD

s

To r

educ

e N

CD

s ris

k fa

ctor

s an

d in

crea

se a

war

enes

s an

d ad

optio

n of

hea

lthie

r lif

esty

les

thro

ugh

coop

erat

ion

with

the

exi

stin

g C

omm

unity

Hea

lth

Prom

otio

n sy

stem

To e

nsur

e a

safe

env

ironm

ent f

or p

atie

nts

and

heal

th c

are

wor

kers

thro

ugh

an im

prov

ed in

fect

ion

cont

rol s

yste

m.

A

dditi

onal

mon

itorin

g in

dica

tors

(inf

orm

ed b

y sp

ecifi

c pr

ojec

ts):

AR

I GO

1

TRI C

HR

2.2

Pro

visi

on o

f qua

lity

serv

ices

TRI G

ende

r 7.2

./7 W

omen

’s p

artic

ipat

ion

in th

e m

anag

emen

t of s

ervi

ces

and

reso

urce

s: N

o. o

f for

mal

hea

lth m

anag

ing

bodi

es, i

n w

hich

wom

en a

re

repr

esen

ted

with

min

30%

41

14

(5) R

esou

rces

/ pa

rtne

rshi

ps (S

wis

s Pr

ogra

mm

e):

The

finan

cial

res

ourc

es5 a

lloca

ted

for

the

perio

d of

201

7-20

20 f

or D

omai

n 4

amou

nt t

o C

HF

18.7

milli

on f

or S

DC

. O

rder

of

mag

nitu

de:

Out

com

es (

1) 5

5%

and

(2) 4

5%.

M

ain

impl

emen

ting

part

ners

: Sw

iss

Red

Cro

ss, G

FA C

onsu

lting

, VEK

Con

sulti

ng; H

ôpita

ux U

nive

rsita

ires

de G

enèv

e, P

ublic

Fou

ndat

ion

«Ini

tiativ

es

in M

edic

al E

duca

tion»

;

Mai

n na

tiona

l par

tner

s: M

inis

try o

f H

ealth

, M

inis

try o

f Fi

nanc

e, M

anda

tory

Hea

lth I

nsur

ance

Fun

d, K

yrgy

z St

ate

Med

ical

Aca

dem

y, K

yrgy

z S

tate

M

edic

al In

stitu

te o

n R

etra

inin

g an

d C

ontin

uous

Med

ical

Edu

catio

n, O

sh S

tate

Uni

vers

ity, h

ealth

faci

litie

s in

the

regi

ons.

Mai

n in

tern

atio

nal p

artn

ers:

Wor

ld B

ank

and

Ger

man

Dev

elop

men

t Ba

nk (

KfW

) as

join

t fin

anci

ers

of t

he S

WAp

; Pa

ralle

l fin

anci

ng d

onor

s of

the

SW

Ap a

re: U

NIC

EF,

UN

FPA,

WH

O, U

SAID

, GIZ

, GFA

TM, U

ND

P, G

AVI.

(6

) Man

agem

ent/p

erfo

rman

ce re

sults

, inc

ludi

ng in

dica

tors

(Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me)

:

Incr

ease

par

tner

ship

with

loca

l civ

il so

ciet

y or

gani

zatio

ns, a

s th

e As

soci

atio

n of

Villa

ge H

ealth

Com

mitt

ees,

with

in n

ew p

roje

ct o

n no

n-co

mm

unic

able

di

seas

e co

ntro

l and

con

tribu

te in

thei

r cap

acity

dev

elop

men

t.

O

ptim

ize

and

mai

ntai

n th

e co

mbi

natio

n of

sec

tor b

udge

t sup

port

and

bila

tera

l pro

ject

s to

incr

ease

effi

cien

cy o

f Sw

iss

finan

cing

. Inc

reas

ingl

y us

e co

un-

try s

yste

ms

durin

g im

plem

enta

tion

of S

wis

s pr

ojec

ts. C

ontin

ue p

rovi

ding

a te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e th

roug

h W

HO

and

WB

(EFO

) to

impr

ove

the

capa

citie

s of

the

Min

istry

of H

ealth

and

oth

er n

atio

nal p

artn

ers.

Incl

usiv

e pr

ojec

t des

ign

with

loca

l par

tner

s an

d st

akeh

olde

rs. T

rans

pare

nt in

form

atio

n ab

out S

wis

s gr

ants

and

par

ticip

ator

y de

cisi

on m

akin

g on

its

allo

-ca

tion

(pub

lic a

nnou

ncem

ent a

bout

gra

nt p

rogr

ams,

gra

nt c

omm

ittee

con

sist

of r

epre

sent

ativ

es fr

om k

ey s

take

hold

ers)

. Reg

ular

mee

tings

with

loca

l pa

rtner

s an

d fie

ld v

isits

to th

e pr

ojec

t site

s to

ass

ess

the

situ

atio

n an

d to

pre

vent

con

flict

s. U

pon

need

s, in

itiat

e ad

ditio

nal a

ctiv

ities

to m

itiga

te a

risk

for

conf

lict (

tole

ranc

e tra

inin

gs…

).

Mai

ntai

n ac

tive

polic

y di

alog

ue w

ithin

the

Hea

lth S

WAp

and

bila

tera

l pro

ject

s to

ens

ure

good

pro

gres

s in

hea

lth s

ecto

r ref

orm

s. P

artic

ipat

e an

d su

ppor

t de

sign

of a

new

hea

lth s

ecto

r stra

tegy

with

stro

ng fo

cus

on a

stre

ngth

enin

g of

the

prim

ary

care

sys

tem

. DPC

C w

ith th

e Pr

ime

Min

iste

r will

be u

sed

as a

hi

ghes

t lev

el o

f pol

icy

dial

ogue

to d

eliv

er k

ey p

olic

y is

sues

requ

iring

the

inte

rsec

tora

l app

roac

hes.

M

eans

of v

erifi

catio

n: a

nnua

l rep

ort a

nd s

elf-a

sses

smen

t; re

ports

and

doc

umen

tatio

n fro

m im

plem

entin

g pa

rtner

s.

5 Sub

ject

to c

hang

e du

e to

dec

isio

ns in

Par

liam

ent

42

Annex 2: Overview Results Framework Regional & Tajikistan

Imp

ort

ant

no

tice

: Wh

enev

er p

eop

le a

re c

on

cern

ed, i

nd

icat

ors

will

alw

ays

be

sex-

dis

agg

reg

ated

.

Anne

x

Res

ults

Fra

mew

ork –

Swis

s R

egio

nal C

oope

ratio

n St

rate

gy fo

r Cen

tral

Asi

a 20

17-2

020 –

Reg

iona

l & T

ajik

ista

n Im

port

ant n

otic

e: W

hene

ver p

eopl

e ar

e co

ncer

ned,

indi

cato

rs w

ill a

lway

s be

sex

-dis

aggr

egat

ed.

Dom

ain

of in

terv

entio

n 1:

Wat

er, I

nfra

stru

ctur

e an

d C

limat

e C

hang

e -

Reg

iona

l D

omai

n G

oal:

Cen

tral A

sian

Sta

tes

prov

ide

the

nece

ssar

y fra

mew

ork

allo

win

g a

join

t and

equ

itabl

e m

anag

emen

t of r

egio

nal r

iver

bas

ins.

At

natio

nal l

evel

, hou

seho

lds,

agr

icul

ture

and

oth

er e

cono

mic

sec

tors

hav

e eq

uita

ble

acce

ss to

and

use

wel

l-man

aged

wat

er re

sour

ces,

qua

lity

infra

stru

ctur

e an

d pu

blic

ser

vice

s. C

onse

quen

ces

of c

limat

e ch

ange

are

con

side

red

at a

ll le

vels

.

(1) S

wis

s po

rtfo

lio o

utco

mes

(2

) Con

trib

utio

n of

Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me

D

escr

ibe

how

(1) c

ontr

ibut

es to

(3),

add

wha

t cou

ld h

elp

and

wha

t mig

ht h

inde

r

(3) R

egio

nal o

utco

mes

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

Stak

ehol

ders

agr

ee o

n ba

sic

aspe

cts

of

mec

hani

sm o

f IW

RM

.

Indi

cato

rs

Leve

l of a

chie

vem

ent o

f IW

RM

: na

tiona

l po

litic

al a

nd p

olic

y ch

ange

s se

rvin

g re

gion

al

inte

rest

s.

- Ba

selin

e 20

16: T

ajik

ista

n ha

s pa

ssed

re

leva

nt IW

RM

pol

icie

s (e

.g. c

reat

ion

of

river

bas

ins

orga

nisa

tions

) and

is in

the

wak

e of

impl

emen

ting

them

.

- Ta

rget

202

0: 2

cou

ntrie

s ha

ve p

asse

d an

d im

plem

ent r

elev

ant I

WR

M p

olic

ies;

2

addi

tiona

l cou

ntrie

s ar

e in

the

proc

ess

of

mod

ifyin

g th

eir n

atio

nal l

egis

latio

n ac

cord

ingl

y.

Num

ber o

f im

plem

ente

d in

itiat

ives

bas

ed o

n ba

sin

deve

lopm

ent p

lans

. - B

asel

ine:

2 [2

016]

- T

arge

t val

ue: 8

[202

0]

The

Sw

iss

Coo

pera

tion

will

cont

ribut

e to

the

es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f

Dis

cuss

ion

plat

form

s (fo

rmal

and

info

rmal

) se

rvin

g ba

sis

for r

egio

nal d

ialo

gue.

Sw

itzer

land

w

ill su

ppor

t hy

dro-

dipl

omat

ic

activ

ities

in

the

regi

on i

nstru

men

talis

ing

any

emer

ging

win

dow

s of

opp

ortu

nitie

s in

the

area

s of

re

gion

al

orga

niza

tions

de

velo

pmen

t, re

gion

al

and

cros

s-re

gion

al

expe

rienc

e ex

chan

ge, j

oint

pra

ctic

al a

ctiv

ities

.

A hi

gh-le

vel

dial

ogue

pl

atfo

rm o

n IW

RM

in

Cen

tral A

sia,

sup

porte

d by

the

Gen

eva

wat

er

hub,

is

bui

lt on

a

dem

and

driv

en b

asis

. It

cont

ribut

es t

o re

solv

ing

regi

onal

wat

er i

ssue

s an

d st

reng

then

ing

Reg

iona

l W

ater

O

rgan

izat

ions

.

Sw

itzer

land

sup

ports

the

stre

ngth

enin

g of

the

en

ablin

g en

viro

nmen

t to

pro

mot

e en

ergy

and

w

ater

se

curit

y at

re

gion

al

leve

l an

d in

th

e be

nefic

iary

cou

ntrie

s.

Ass

umpt

ions

The

oper

atio

nal c

onte

xt is

ver

y ch

alle

ngin

g as

de

scrib

ed

belo

w

unde

r th

e “r

isks

” se

ctio

n.

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

.1

Dev

elop

men

t of m

utua

lly a

ccep

tabl

e m

echa

nism

s fo

r int

egra

ted

wat

er re

sour

ces

man

agem

ent a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal p

rote

ctio

n in

Cen

tral

Asi

a ta

king

into

acc

ount

in

tere

sts

of a

ll st

ates

in th

e R

egio

n (A

ral

Sea

Bas

in P

lan-

4 [A

SBP-

4]).

Indi

cato

r

- Bas

elin

e [2

017]

- T

arge

t val

ue [2

020]

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

.2

Con

tinue

d co

oper

atio

n ai

min

g to

impr

ove

the

ecol

ogic

al a

nd s

ocio

-eco

nom

ic

situ

atio

n in

the

Ara

l Sea

Bas

in (A

SBP-

4).

Indi

cato

r

- Bas

elin

e [2

017]

- T

arge

t val

ue [2

020]

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

.3

Stre

ngth

enin

g in

stitu

tiona

l and

lega

l fr

amew

orks

(ASB

P-4)

43

Ther

efor

e, it

is a

mbi

tious

to p

lan

any

resu

lts in

a

give

n sh

ort-t

erm

per

iod

as h

as b

een

prov

ed

by

less

ons

lear

nt

from

th

e pa

st

stra

tegi

es.

Con

side

ring

abov

e, t

he f

ocus

sha

ll be

pla

ced

on s

uppo

rting

any

pro

cess

and

pro

gres

s on

the

regi

onal

coo

pera

tion.

Ris

ks

The

will

ingn

ess

of s

ome

coun

tries

of t

he re

gion

to

incl

ude

thei

r pr

iorit

ies

(ene

rgy

secu

rity/

food

se

curit

y) i

nto

a re

gion

al,

info

rmal

dia

logu

e is

in

crea

sing

, w

here

as

the

firm

ness

of

ot

her

coun

tries

not

to

mod

ify t

he c

urre

nt s

tatu

s of

re

gion

al

coop

erat

ion

is

also

im

pact

ing

the

Sw

iss

cont

ribut

ion.

Une

qual

inst

itutio

nal c

apac

ities

mak

e it

diffi

cult

to

prom

ote

a so

und

regi

onal

co

oper

atio

n am

ong

coun

tries

, tho

ugh

seve

ral o

f the

m h

ave

intro

duce

d w

ater

ref

orm

s in

ord

er t

o in

crea

se

thei

r na

tiona

l ca

paci

ties

to h

andl

e th

e ne

w

chal

leng

es. B

ut tr

ust i

s st

ill la

ckin

g m

ost.

Secu

rity

conc

erns

bec

ome

the

high

est n

atio

nal

prio

rity,

abs

orbi

ng t

he n

atio

nal

capa

citie

s an

d sw

eepi

ng

away

po

sitiv

e ef

forts

fo

r re

gion

al

coop

erat

ion.

Fina

ncia

l res

ourc

es:

The

finan

cial

reso

urce

s1 allo

cate

d fo

r the

per

iod

of 2

017-

2020

for D

omai

n 1

regi

onal

leve

l (K

yrgy

zsta

n, T

ajik

ista

n an

d U

zbek

ista

n) a

mou

nt to

C

HF

23.1

milli

on fo

r SD

C.

1 Sub

ject

to c

hang

e du

e to

dec

isio

ns in

Par

liam

ent

44

Dom

ain

of in

terv

entio

n 1:

Wat

er, I

nfra

stru

ctur

e an

d C

limat

e C

hang

e -

Taj

ikis

tan

Dom

ain

Goa

l: C

entra

l Asi

an S

tate

s pr

ovid

e th

e ne

cess

ary

fram

ewor

k al

low

ing

a jo

int a

nd e

quita

ble

man

agem

ent o

f reg

iona

l riv

er b

asin

s. A

t na

tiona

l lev

el, h

ouse

hold

s, a

gric

ultu

re a

nd o

ther

eco

nom

ic s

ecto

rs h

ave

equi

tabl

e ac

cess

to a

nd u

se w

ell-m

anag

ed w

ater

reso

urce

s, q

ualit

y in

frast

ruct

ure

and

publ

ic s

ervi

ces.

Con

sequ

ence

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge a

re c

onsi

dere

d at

all

leve

ls.

Out

com

e 2

Peop

le a

nd e

ntiti

es in

tar

gete

d ar

eas

have

ac

cess

and

mak

e us

e of

affo

rdab

le a

nd

sust

aina

ble

publ

ic s

ervi

ces,

and

are

mor

e re

silie

nt

to

wat

er

stre

sses

an

d na

tura

l sh

ocks

. In

dica

tors

-

# pe

ople

that

gai

n ac

cess

to s

afe

and

affo

rdab

le w

ater

(AR

I W3)

-

# pe

ople

that

gai

n ac

cess

to a

dequ

ate

and

equi

tabl

e sa

nita

tion

and

hygi

ene

(AR

I W4)

B

asel

ine

2016

: drin

king

wat

er -

175’

000

(110

’000

urb

an /

65’0

00 ru

ral)

/ sa

nita

tion

- 60’

000

(33’

000

urba

n / 2

7’00

0 ru

ral)

Targ

et v

alue

202

0: t

o be

pro

vide

d by

im

plem

entin

g pa

rtner

-

Fee/

Tarif

f co

llect

ion

rate

s fo

r se

rvic

e pr

ovis

ion

Bas

elin

e 20

16: d

rinki

ng w

ater

- 0

- 50%

Ta

rget

val

ue 2

020:

drin

king

wat

er -

90%

-

YY p

erso

ns (

M/F

) be

nefit

ting

from

loca

lly

impl

emen

ted

DR

R m

easu

res

(AR

I HA

5)

Bas

elin

e 20

16: t

o be

pro

vide

d by

im

plem

entin

g pa

rtner

Ta

rget

val

ue 2

020:

to b

e pr

ovid

ed b

y im

plem

entin

g pa

rtner

-

# of

riv

er b

asin

/wat

ersh

ed m

anag

emen

t pl

ans

prep

ared

and

und

er im

plem

enta

tion

Sw

itzer

land

w

ill co

ntin

ue

to

prom

ote

safe

dr

inki

ng

wat

er,

hygi

ene

and

sani

tatio

n ac

tiviti

es

and

to

furth

er

stre

ngth

en

the

syne

rgie

s w

ith it

s H

ealth

Pro

gram

.

Urb

an P

lann

ing

(pub

lic t

rans

port

com

pone

nt)

for

Khuj

and

city

will

be e

labo

rate

d in

clo

se

cons

ulta

tion

with

EBR

D a

nd th

e go

vern

men

t of

Tajik

ista

n (G

oT).

Supp

ort

in t

he f

ield

of

urba

n w

ater

su

pply

, in

clud

ing

Inve

stm

ents

, C

orpo

rate

D

evel

opm

ent

and

Sta

keho

lder

Pa

rtici

patio

n co

mpo

nent

s w

ill be

con

tinue

d.

New

ins

titut

ions

, st

reng

then

ed c

apac

ities

and

ne

w a

nd r

ehab

ilitat

ed i

nfra

stru

ctur

e w

ill al

low

fo

r im

prov

ed w

ater

res

ourc

es a

nd i

rrig

atio

n m

anag

emen

t at

ba

sin,

ca

nal

and

on-fa

rm

leve

ls a

nd in

crea

se w

ater

and

food

sec

urity

in

the

targ

et

area

s an

d re

duce

w

ater

re

late

d di

sast

er

risks

. Ac

tive

parti

cipa

tion

of

all

stak

ehol

ders

in w

ater

/wat

ersh

ed m

anag

emen

t an

d pl

anni

ng

will

cont

ribut

e to

in

crea

sed

owne

rshi

p an

d su

stai

nabi

lity.

Sw

itzer

land

w

ill re

mai

n ac

tive

in

the

wat

er

sect

or

polic

y di

alog

ue,

inte

r al

ia

prov

idin

g po

licy

advi

sory

ser

vice

s to

the

Gov

ernm

ent

at

min

iste

rial a

nd p

olic

y m

akin

g le

vels

.

Ass

umpt

ions

The

wat

er

sect

or

refo

rm

will

prov

ide

for

incr

ease

d de

cisi

on m

akin

g po

wer

at

the

loca

l le

vel.

Gov

ernm

ent a

nd o

ther

don

ors,

incl

udin

g IF

Is,

are

inte

rest

ed a

nd w

illin

g in

inv

estin

g in

an

d ro

lling

out

the

sys

tem

s an

d ap

proa

ches

de

velo

ped

by

the

Sw

iss-

fund

ed/c

o-fu

nded

w

ater

man

agem

ent,

infra

stru

ctur

e an

d cl

imat

e ch

ange

pro

ject

s th

roug

hout

the

coun

try.

Out

com

e 2

Base

d on

the

app

rove

d W

ater

Sec

tor

Ref

orm

Pr

ogra

m

2016

-202

5,

Sta

te

Prog

ram

on

Im

prov

ing

Drin

king

Wat

er S

uppl

y fo

r Po

pula

tion

in T

ajik

ista

n 20

08-2

020,

the

Nat

iona

l D

isas

ter

Ris

k M

anag

emen

t Stra

tegy

201

6 –

2030

and

the

Nat

iona

l Pl

an

of

actio

n to

m

itiga

te

clim

ate

impa

cts

unde

r ela

bora

tion

(SD

G 6

, SD

G 1

3):

The

popu

latio

n of

Ta

jikis

tan

has

impr

oved

ac

cess

to p

ublic

ser

vice

s an

d is

mor

e re

silie

nt to

cl

imat

e im

pact

s.

In

dica

tors

-

Acce

ss to

impr

oved

wat

er s

uppl

y (S

DG

6)

Bas

elin

e: G

over

nmen

tal s

tatis

tical

dat

a to

be

prov

ided

Ta

rget

val

ue: G

over

nmen

tal s

tatis

tical

dat

a to

be

prov

ided

-

Acce

ss to

impr

oved

sew

erag

e (S

DG

6)

Bas

elin

e: G

over

nmen

tal s

tatis

tical

dat

a to

be

prov

ided

Ta

rget

val

ue: G

over

nmen

tal s

tatis

tical

dat

a to

be

prov

ided

-

Clim

ate

Cha

nge

is in

tegr

ated

in n

atio

nal

stra

tegi

es, p

olic

ies

and

plan

ning

(SD

G 1

3)

Bas

elin

e: 0

Ta

rget

val

ue: 3

45

Bas

elin

e 20

16: 3

Ta

rget

val

ue 2

020:

6

Ris

ks

Lack

of

re

sour

ces

and

capa

citie

s (h

uman

, m

anag

eria

l and

fin

anci

al)

with

in li

ne M

inis

tries

an

d ot

her

rele

vant

ins

titut

ions

, ag

enci

es a

nd

orga

nisa

tions

for

con

tinui

ng,

deve

lopi

ng a

nd

mai

ntai

ning

wha

t has

bee

n in

itiat

ed b

y pr

ojec

ts

and

for

effe

ctiv

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

polic

y re

form

s in

the

sect

or.

Out

com

e 3

The

resp

ectiv

e in

stitu

tions

an

d ot

her

serv

ice

prov

ider

s op

erat

e su

bsec

tors

or

syst

ems

in a

n ef

fect

ive

and

effic

ient

mod

e.

Indi

cato

rs

-

% o

f wat

er lo

sses

B

asel

ine

2016

: 70%

Ta

rget

val

ue 2

020:

50%

-

Cos

t rec

over

y ra

te (O

&M

) (S

I7)

Bas

elin

e 20

16: u

rban

drin

king

wat

er –

75-

85%

Ta

rget

val

ue 2

020:

urb

an d

rinki

ng w

ater

–

10

0%

-

%

Wom

en’s

pa

rtici

patio

n in

th

e m

anag

emen

t of s

ervi

ces

and

reso

urce

s B

asel

ine

2016

: to

be p

rovi

ded

by

impl

emen

ting

partn

er

Targ

et v

alue

202

0: to

be

prov

ided

by

impl

emen

ting

partn

er

Sw

itzer

land

w

ill co

ntrib

ute

to

the

refo

rm

proc

ess

thro

ugh

polic

y di

alog

ue, t

echn

ical

and

fin

anci

al

assi

stan

ce.

It w

ill do

so

by

usin

g sy

nerg

ies

betw

een

SEC

O a

nd S

DC

and

by

build

ing

on

the

stra

tegi

c pa

rtner

ship

s w

ith

othe

r ke

y do

nors

and

par

tner

s su

ch a

s W

B,

ADB

, EB

RD

, EU

, AK

F,

GIZ

, an

d th

e G

over

nmen

t of

Fi

nlan

d.

Pol

icy

dial

ogue

pl

atfo

rms

on a

ll le

vels

(ce

ntra

l, di

stric

t, ba

sin)

w

ill be

us

ed

to

impr

ove

inte

r-se

ctor

al

coor

dina

tion

and

com

mun

icat

ion.

Sw

itzer

land

w

ill co

ntin

ue t

o pl

ay a

lea

ding

rol

e w

ithin

the

D

evel

opm

ent C

oord

inat

ion

Cou

ncil

(DC

C)

and

othe

r pla

tform

s in

ord

er to

adv

ance

the

refo

rms

agen

da i

n th

e w

ater

sec

tor

and

incr

ease

the

lo

cal c

apac

ity to

miti

gate

clim

ate

impa

cts.

The

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

WAS

H a

ppro

ach

in

rura

l and

urb

an a

reas

will

be fu

rther

enh

ance

d w

ith r

egar

d to

sus

tain

abili

ty,

O&M

and

tar

iff

setti

ng.

Stre

ngth

ened

cap

aciti

es a

nd n

ew a

s w

ell

as r

ehab

ilita

ted

infra

stru

ctur

e w

ill a

llow

m

unic

ipal

ities

to

ex

pand

an

d im

prov

e th

eir

serv

ices

. Pu

blic

ut

ilitie

s w

ill be

com

e m

ore

effic

ient

and

abl

e to

pro

vide

sus

tain

able

and

co

st-e

ffect

ive

serv

ices

to th

eir c

lient

s.

Supp

ortin

g th

e de

velo

pmen

t an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of

effic

ient

w

ater

an

d w

ater

shed

ins

titut

ions

, se

rvic

es a

nd p

lann

ing

capa

citie

s ac

cord

ing

to I

WR

M p

rinci

ples

and

riv

er

basi

n ap

proa

ch

will

co

ntrib

ute

to

the

Out

com

e 3

Base

d on

the

app

rove

d W

ater

Sec

tor

Ref

orm

Pr

ogra

m

2016

-202

5,

Sta

te

Prog

ram

on

Im

prov

ing

Drin

king

Wat

er S

uppl

y fo

r Po

pula

tion

in T

ajik

ista

n 20

08-2

020,

the

Nat

iona

l D

isas

ter

Ris

k M

anag

emen

t Stra

tegy

201

6 –

2030

and

the

Nat

iona

l Pl

an

of

actio

n to

m

itiga

te

clim

ate

impa

cts

unde

r ela

bora

tion

(SD

G 6

; SD

G 1

3):

Impl

emen

tatio

n of

th

e w

ater

se

ctor

re

form

pr

ogra

m i

s in

acc

orda

nce

with

im

plem

enta

tion

plan

s.

Indi

cato

rs

- #

of

polic

y re

gula

tions

on

D

ivis

ion

of

Func

tions

of

W

ater

Se

ctor

In

stitu

tions

de

velo

ped

and

impl

emen

ted

by

the

Gov

ernm

ent (

Wat

er S

ecto

r Ref

orm

Pro

gram

20

16-2

025)

B

asel

ine:

Gov

ernm

ent d

ata

to b

e pr

ovid

ed

Targ

et

valu

e:

Gov

ernm

ent

data

to

be

pr

ovid

ed

-

# of

re

solu

tions

on

th

e m

odifi

catio

n of

re

gula

tory

fra

mew

ork

mad

e th

roug

h po

licy

dial

ogue

pla

tform

s in

clud

ing

all s

take

hold

ers

Bas

elin

e: G

over

nmen

t dat

a to

be

prov

ided

Ta

rget

va

lue:

G

over

nmen

t da

ta

to

be

prov

ided

46

alig

nmen

t to

inte

rnat

iona

l sta

ndar

ds.

Ass

umpt

ions

The

gove

rnm

ent

and

the

utilit

ies

are

read

y to

in

trodu

ce

a tra

nspa

rent

an

d ef

ficie

nt

man

agem

ent

syst

em

(esp

ecia

lly

rela

ted

to

busi

ness

pla

nnin

g, p

rocu

rem

ent a

nd c

olle

ctio

n is

sues

). Th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

the

wat

er

sect

or

refo

rm

prog

ram

en

able

s ef

fect

ive

coor

dina

tion

amon

g ke

y st

ake

hold

ers

and

dono

rs.

Ris

ks

The

gove

rnm

ent

is

unw

illin

g to

im

plem

ent

refo

rms.

The

util

ities

are

unw

illing

to a

dopt

new

IW

RM

pr

inci

ples

an

d riv

er

basi

n ap

proa

ch.

Hig

h br

ain

drai

n of

pro

fess

iona

l spe

cial

ists

at

all

leve

ls.

Dec

isio

n m

aker

s in

fluen

ce e

ffect

ive

wor

k of

util

ities

. Slo

w o

nset

dis

aste

rs (d

roug

ht,

hars

h w

inte

rs) h

ampe

r dev

elop

men

t wor

k.

- #

of R

iver

Bas

in O

rgan

isat

ions

and

Riv

er

Basi

n C

ounc

ils a

re c

reat

ed a

nd fu

nctio

nal

Baseline:

0

Target

value

: 4

-

% o

f go

vern

men

t al

loca

tion

from

the

sta

te

and

dist

rict

budg

et

for

wat

er,

sani

tatio

n,

clim

ate

chan

ge

adap

tatio

n an

d D

RR

m

easu

res

Baseline:

Gov

ernm

enta

l sta

tistic

al d

ata

to b

e pr

ovid

ed

Target

value

: Gov

ernm

enta

l sta

tistic

al d

ata

to b

e pr

ovid

ed

(4) L

ines

of i

nter

vent

ion

(Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me)

Out

com

e 1:

Th

roug

h th

e hy

drod

iplo

mac

y ap

proa

ch,

the

capa

citie

s of

nat

iona

l ins

titut

ions

in th

e m

anag

emen

t of

wat

er r

elat

ed d

ata,

for

ecas

ting

mod

ellin

g fo

r cl

imat

e an

d w

ater

issu

es a

re in

crea

sed

and

trust

am

ong

ripar

ian

stat

es is

bui

lt by

mak

ing

the

acce

ss to

rel

iabl

e an

d ac

cura

te d

ata

poss

ible

. An

info

rmal

hig

h-le

vel d

ialo

gue

plat

form

, sup

porte

d by

the

Gen

eva

wat

er h

ub,

arou

nd w

ater

, pe

ace

and

secu

rity

is b

uilt

on a

dem

and

driv

en b

asis

, w

here

onl

y th

e in

tere

sted

cou

ntrie

s ar

e pa

rtici

patin

g (n

ot n

eces

sary

all

five)

. Top

ics

are

conc

rete

and

app

roac

hes

are

prag

mat

ic e

.g. w

ater

qua

lity

and

pollu

tion,

inf

orm

al d

ialo

gue

plat

form

, et

c. N

atio

nally

im

plem

ente

d pr

ojec

ts (

e.g.

NW

RM

and

oth

ers)

stri

ve i

n a

focu

ssed

and

har

mon

ized

m

anne

r to

con

tribu

te t

o th

e re

gion

al o

utco

me.

Dur

ing

high

lev

el m

eetin

gs,

wor

ksho

ps a

nd c

oncr

ete

regi

onal

and

tra

nsbo

unda

ry c

oope

ratio

n pr

ojec

ts, t

he c

ount

ries’

mot

ivat

ion

to c

oope

rate

sho

uld

be m

easu

red.

Joi

nt fo

reca

stin

g ex

erci

ses

and

prep

ared

ness

mea

sure

s on

two

trans

boun

dary

w

ater

shed

s sh

ould

be

set-u

p by

the

conc

erne

d au

thor

ities

. Sw

itzer

land

sup

ports

the

stre

ngth

enin

g of

the

enab

ling

envi

ronm

ent t

o pr

omot

e en

ergy

an

d w

ater

sec

urity

at r

egio

nal l

evel

and

in th

e be

nefic

iary

cou

ntrie

s O

utco

me

2:

- Ex

tend

the

geog

raph

ic c

over

age

of u

rban

and

dec

entra

lized

rura

l wat

er s

uppl

y an

d sa

nita

tion

mod

els

incl

udin

g to

oth

er re

gion

s of

the

coun

try (P

amir,

Kha

tlon)

-

Intro

duce

Urb

an P

lann

ing

appr

oach

(pub

lic tr

ansp

ort c

ompo

nent

) for

Khu

jand

city

in c

lose

con

sulta

tion

with

EBR

D a

nd K

huja

nd

mun

icip

ality

. -

Prom

ote

new

bus

ines

s m

odel

s of

wat

er s

yste

ms

in li

ne w

ith o

n-go

ing

refo

rms,

dec

entra

lizat

ion

and

regi

onal

izat

ion

of m

unic

ipal

wat

er

com

pani

es a

nd ri

ver b

asin

app

roac

h.

- Fa

cilit

ate

orga

nisa

tiona

l dev

elop

men

t, de

sign

met

hodo

logi

es a

nd m

anag

emen

t too

ls fo

r wat

er u

sers

and

ser

vice

pro

vide

rs in

the

wat

er a

nd

agric

ultu

ral (

irrig

atio

n) s

ecto

r. S

treng

then

infra

stru

ctur

e ca

paci

ties

thro

ugh

targ

eted

inve

stm

ents

.

47

- El

abor

ate

Riv

er B

asin

/Wat

ersh

ed M

anag

emen

t Pla

ns a

nd im

plem

ent m

easu

res

for i

mpr

ovem

ent o

f the

wat

er q

ualit

y an

d qu

antit

y an

d to

ad

dres

s di

sast

er ri

sks.

-

Con

tinue

to b

uild

cap

acity

of r

isk

redu

ctio

n an

d in

tegr

ated

wat

ersh

ed m

anag

emen

t of l

ocal

com

mun

ities

ups

tream

and

dow

nstre

am o

f se

lect

ed ri

ver b

asin

s.

Out

com

e 3:

-

Con

tribu

te to

refo

rm a

gend

a by

stre

ngth

enin

g th

e po

licy

dial

ogue

with

the

Gov

ernm

ent o

f Taj

ikis

tan

with

in th

e D

evel

opm

ent C

oord

inat

ion

Cou

ncil.

-

Con

tribu

te to

the

tech

nica

l and

man

ager

ial c

apac

ity b

uild

ing

and

inst

itutio

nal d

evel

opm

ent o

f sta

te a

utho

ritie

s (M

EWR

, ALR

I, K

MK,

SES

) an

d its

sub

sidi

arie

s, a

s w

ell a

s ba

sin

orga

niza

tions

and

ass

ure

invo

lvem

ent o

f all

stak

ehol

ders

with

the

abilit

ies

to a

ssum

e th

eir n

eces

sary

de

vote

d ta

sks

to m

aint

ain

and

oper

ate

the

drin

king

wat

er/ir

rigat

ion

sche

mes

. -

Dev

elop

men

t of i

nteg

rate

d w

ater

shed

man

agem

ent,

DR

R a

nd c

limat

e ch

ange

ada

ptat

ion

know

ledg

e w

ithin

sel

ecte

d W

UA

and

cana

l m

anag

emen

t org

aniz

atio

ns/R

BO.

- C

limat

e ch

ange

ada

ptat

ion

and

DR

R e

lem

ents

will

be m

ains

tream

ed a

nd c

onsi

dere

d du

ring

the

plan

ning

sta

ge, c

onst

ruct

ion

and

O&

M o

f in

frast

ruct

ure.

-

Mod

ellin

g of

Wat

er In

form

atio

n S

yste

m (W

IS) i

n S

yr D

arya

Riv

er B

asin

and

furth

er c

onne

ctio

n w

ith n

atio

nal W

IS.

- Kn

owle

dge

and

expe

rtise

tran

sfer

to s

mal

l ent

repr

eneu

rs in

the

field

of w

ater

, san

itatio

n, o

ther

pub

lic s

ervi

ces.

-

Prom

ote

busi

ness

ena

blin

g en

viro

nmen

t for

priv

ate

ente

rpris

es to

bui

ld s

anita

tion

mar

ket (

Ecos

an fa

cilit

ies)

.

(5) R

esou

rces

, par

tner

ship

s (S

wis

s Pr

ogra

mm

e)

Fina

ncia

l res

ourc

es:

The

finan

cial

reso

urce

s2 allo

cate

d fo

r the

per

iod

of 2

017-

2020

for D

omai

n 1

(Taj

ikis

tan)

am

ount

to C

HF

52.6

milli

on (S

DC

: CH

F 24

.6 m

illion

and

SE

CO

: 28

milli

on).

Part

ners

M

ain

Impl

emen

ting

partn

ers:

EBR

D, W

orld

Ban

k, H

elve

tas/

GIZ

/AC

TED

Con

sorti

um, O

xfam

, AKF

, Foc

us H

uman

itaria

n As

sist

ance

, Int

erna

tiona

l Se

cret

aria

t for

Wat

er, C

arita

s S

witz

erla

nd

Partn

ersh

ip w

ith d

onor

s:

EBR

D (r

egio

naliz

atio

n pr

oces

s in

urb

an W

SS, u

rban

pla

nnin

g/pu

blic

tran

spor

t for

Khu

jand

city

), AK

DN

N

atio

nal a

utho

ritie

s: M

inis

try o

f Ene

rgy

and

Wat

er R

esou

rces

, Age

ncy

for I

rrig

atio

n an

d La

nd R

ecla

mat

ion,

KM

K, C

omm

ittee

of E

nviro

nmen

t, C

omm

ittee

of E

mer

genc

y S

ituat

ion

and

Civ

il Pr

otec

tion

Hum

an re

sour

ces

At S

CO

leve

l, th

ree

NPO

s fo

r inf

rast

ruct

ure/

wat

er a

nd c

limat

e ch

ange

/DR

R w

ill be

coo

rdin

atin

g an

d fa

cilit

atin

g th

is c

ompl

ex d

omai

n, w

orki

ng c

lose

ly

with

SD

C a

nd S

ECO

HQ

Pro

gram

Man

ager

s, D

irect

or o

f Coo

pera

tion

(esp

ecia

lly fo

r pol

icy

dial

ogue

) and

loca

l gov

ernm

ent a

utho

ritie

s an

d do

nors

. Th

e ne

eds

for b

acks

topp

ing

and

expe

rtise

will

be a

sses

sed

durin

g im

plem

enta

tion

of C

oope

ratio

n St

rate

gy.

2 Sub

ject

to c

hang

e du

e to

dec

isio

ns in

Par

liam

ent

48

(6) M

anag

emen

t of t

he im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e st

rate

gy

S

witz

erla

nd m

akes

use

of a

nd e

nhan

ces

the

impa

ct o

f its

inte

rven

tion

in p

ilotin

g th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e w

ater

sec

tor r

efor

ms

thro

ugh

activ

e co

ordi

natio

n w

ith o

ther

key

don

ors

and

partn

ers

such

as

WB,

AD

B, E

BRD

, EU

and

UN

DP

(Par

tner

ship

s).

S

yste

mat

ic t

rans

form

atio

n, a

n im

prov

ed r

egul

ator

y fra

mew

ork

and

diss

emin

atio

n of

bes

t pr

actic

es w

ill be

pro

mot

ed t

hrou

gh in

tens

ive

polic

y w

ork

at n

atio

nal,

dist

rict a

nd lo

cal l

evel

(Pol

icy

influ

enci

ng).

Res

pect

ing

the

fragi

le e

thni

c ba

lanc

es, o

penn

ess,

tran

spar

ency

and

par

ticip

atio

n pr

inci

ples

, Sw

itzer

land

pro

mot

es a

“Do

no h

arm

” app

roac

h in

its

inte

rven

tions

to re

duce

pos

sibl

e lo

cal-l

evel

con

flict

s ov

er a

cces

s to

wat

er a

nd o

ther

nat

ural

reso

urce

s an

d th

ereb

y im

prov

ing

life

qual

ity a

nd

prod

ucin

g ov

eral

l pos

itive

impa

ct o

n th

e so

cial

env

ironm

ent (

CSP

M).

M

eans

of v

erifi

catio

n. A

nnua

l rep

ort s

tock

taki

ng a

nd s

elf-e

valu

atio

n; s

yste

mat

ic re

view

of d

ocum

enta

tion

prod

uced

by

partn

ers.

Dom

ain

of in

terv

entio

n 2:

Gov

erna

nce,

Inst

itutio

ns a

nd D

ecen

tral

isat

ion

Dom

ain

Goa

l: Pu

blic

inst

itutio

ns d

eliv

er e

ffici

ent a

nd e

ffect

ive

serv

ices

in a

n in

clus

ive

way

and

are

acc

ount

able

to c

itize

ns. C

ivil

soci

ety

parti

cipa

tes

in d

ecis

ion

mak

ing

proc

esse

s.

(1) S

wis

s po

rtfo

lio o

utco

mes

(2

) Con

trib

utio

n of

Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me

(3) C

ount

ry d

evel

opm

ent o

r hum

anita

rian

outc

omes

O

utco

me

1 Th

e po

pula

tion

in

the

regi

ons

of

inte

rven

tion

know

how

to

and

have

the

ir rig

hts

bette

r pr

otec

ted

by

usin

g qu

ality

pu

blic

lega

l ser

vice

s.

Indi

cato

rs

- %

co

vera

ge

of

the

popu

latio

n (d

isag

greg

ated

by

se

x an

d ge

ogra

phic

lo

catio

ns) b

y th

e se

rvic

es in

the

regi

ons

of

inte

rven

tions

. B

asel

ine:

Civ

il re

gist

ry c

over

age

100%

but

th

e qu

ality

is lo

w. T

here

are

no

othe

r pu

blic

ser

vice

s in

the

regi

ons

of

inte

rven

tion.

Ta

rget

: at l

east

30%

(est

imat

es) c

over

age

of th

e vu

lner

able

pop

ulat

ion

by th

e st

ate

lega

l ser

vice

s in

the

regi

ons

of in

terv

entio

n –

to b

e co

nfirm

ed.

-

# in

divi

dual

s (m

/f) th

at a

re u

sing

the

publ

ic

SDC

inte

rven

tion

will

be fo

cuse

d on

ass

ista

nce

to t

he s

tate

and

civ

il so

ciet

y or

gani

zatio

ns i

n pu

blic

aw

aren

ess

rais

ing

on l

egal

iss

ues

and

mec

hani

sms

of r

ight

s pr

otec

tion

(whe

re a

nd

how

pe

ople

ca

n de

fend

th

eir

right

s).

The

activ

ities

in th

is o

utco

me

will

help

em

pow

erin

g th

e po

pula

tion

(men

and

par

ticul

arly

wom

en) i

n de

man

ding

thei

r rig

hts

by a

pply

ing

to th

e st

ate

prov

ided

lega

l ser

vice

s.

The

activ

ities

und

er th

is o

utco

me

will

also

hel

p in

cro

ssch

ecki

ng t

he im

pact

at

the

popu

latio

n le

vel t

hrou

gh th

e as

sess

men

ts o

f the

peo

ple’

s aw

aren

ess

leve

l and

use

of s

ervi

ces.

Ass

umpt

ions

Be

tter a

cces

s to

the

syst

em w

ill cr

eate

a b

ette

r re

spon

se b

y th

e st

ate.

Bet

ter k

now

ledg

e of

the

popu

latio

n ab

out

thei

r rig

hts

will

stim

ulat

e th

e us

age

of

the

publ

ic

serv

ices

am

ongs

t th

e

Out

com

e 1

The

popu

latio

n of

Taj

ikis

tan

have

thei

r rig

hts

and

freed

oms

prot

ecte

d by

the

sta

te (

base

d on

the

ar

ticle

s 17

, 19

, 21

of

th

e C

onst

itutio

n of

Ta

jikis

tan)

. In

dica

tors

-

The

amen

ded

law

on

“Pre

vent

ion

of

Dom

estic

Vio

lenc

e” in

clud

es b

ette

r re

gula

tions

on

shel

ters

, crim

inal

izat

ion

of

dom

estic

vio

lenc

e.

- Th

e am

ende

d la

w o

n “S

tate

Civ

il R

egis

tratio

n” im

prov

es th

e ci

vil r

egis

tratio

n pr

oces

ses,

intro

duce

d si

mpl

ified

pro

cedu

res

of re

gist

ratio

n an

d el

ectro

nic

data

m

anag

emen

t. -

Dra

ft la

w o

n “fr

ee le

gal a

id”,

guar

ante

eing

ac

cess

to s

tate

free

lega

l aid

for t

he p

oor

popu

latio

n, is

read

y fo

r pub

lic h

earin

gs.

49

lega

l ser

vice

s B

asel

ine:

cur

rent

ly b

eing

iden

tifie

d by

the

impl

emen

ting

partn

ers.

Ta

rget

: w

ill be

det

erm

ined

onc

e th

e ba

selin

e is

ava

ilabl

e.

-

% o

f in

divi

dual

s (r

egis

tere

d in

the

Cas

e M

anag

emen

t S

yste

m)

whi

ch

cann

ot

defe

nd th

eir r

ight

s (i.

e. to

file

a c

ase,

to g

et

child

allo

wan

ce,

etc.

) as

the

y la

ck c

ivil

regi

stry

doc

umen

ts.

Bas

elin

e: c

urre

nt e

stim

ates

at 3

0-40

% (t

o be

con

firm

ed)

Targ

et: d

esire

d es

timat

es a

t 10-

15%

(to

be c

onfir

med

) -

# pe

rson

s (M

/F)

- su

bjec

ted

to p

hysi

cal,

sexu

al o

r ps

ycho

logi

cal v

iole

nce

- ha

ving

re

ceiv

ed

psyc

hoso

cial

, m

edic

al

and/

or

lega

l sup

port

(AR

I: G

1)

vuln

erab

le p

eopl

e.

Ris

ks

Ris

k of

slo

w i

mpr

ovem

ent

of p

ublic

ser

vice

s du

e to

in

adeq

uate

fu

ndin

g fro

m

the

stat

e bu

dget

, re

sulti

ng i

n lo

w t

rust

to

the

serv

ices

am

ongs

t th

e po

pula

tion.

Ris

k of

ina

bilit

y to

ob

tain

su

bsta

ntia

l in

form

atio

n ab

out

the

refo

rms

in p

ublic

ser

vice

s fro

m o

ffici

al s

ourc

es.

Fiel

d of

obs

erva

tion

Prog

ress

mad

e in

UPR

and

oth

er U

N tr

eatie

s re

porti

ng

B

asel

ine:

Ta

jikis

tan

alre

ady

subm

itted

tw

o U

PR r

epor

ts (

late

st o

ne i

n 20

16).

Qua

lity

of

the

repo

rts

incr

ease

d th

anks

fo

r su

ppor

t pr

ovid

ed

by

the

inte

rnat

iona

l or

gani

zatio

ns

and

impr

oved

coo

pera

tion

with

the

civi

l soc

iety

or

gani

zatio

ns.

Targ

et v

alue

: 3rd

repo

rt pr

epar

ed b

y 20

21 w

ith

activ

e pa

rtici

patio

n of

th

e ci

vil

soci

ety

orga

niza

tions

in th

e m

onito

ring

of th

e pr

ogre

ss

mad

e by

Ta

jikis

tan

with

re

gard

s to

th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e U

PR re

com

men

datio

ns.

Out

com

e 2

The

stat

e is

abl

e to

effi

cien

tly m

anag

e th

e ta

rget

ed

publ

ic s

ervi

ces

and

to

prov

ide

qual

ity

and

affo

rdab

le

serv

ices

to

th

e po

pula

tion.

In

dica

tors

-

% o

f th

e us

ers

satis

fied

(sat

isfa

ctio

n ra

te)

with

pro

vide

d pu

blic

lega

l ser

vice

s

Bas

elin

e 20

16: 8

2% w

ith N

GO

lega

l aid

se

rvic

es. B

asel

ine

for p

ublic

ser

vice

s is

cu

rren

tly b

eing

iden

tifie

d by

the

impl

emen

ting

partn

ers

Targ

et 2

020:

incr

ease

from

bas

elin

e by

20

%

-

# of

st

ate

inst

itutio

ns

with

in

crea

sed

man

agem

ent

capa

citie

s to

pro

vide

qua

lity

serv

ices

to

th

e po

pula

tion

in

sele

cted

SDC

int

erve

ntio

n w

ill ai

m a

t de

velo

ping

the

ca

paci

ties

of t

he s

tate

pro

gram

par

tner

s in

pr

ovis

ion

of q

ualit

y an

d su

stai

nabl

e pu

blic

lega

l se

rvic

es

(free

le

gal

aid,

ci

vil

regi

stra

tion,

do

mes

tic

viol

ence

) to

th

e po

pula

tion

in

Tajik

ista

n w

ith

focu

s on

m

argi

naliz

ed

and

disa

dvan

tage

gro

ups

(wom

en,

elde

r pe

ople

, an

d ch

ildre

n).

Ove

r th

e C

S pe

riod

SDC

will

gr

adua

lly

exit

from

fu

ndin

g th

e no

n -go

vern

men

tal

lega

l se

rvic

es s

hifti

ng s

uppo

rt to

war

ds b

uild

ing

the

stat

e sy

stem

of

targ

eted

pu

blic

lega

l ser

vice

in t

he c

ount

ry.

In o

rder

to

achi

eve

this

obj

ectiv

e SD

C i

n pa

rticu

lar

will

su

ppor

t th

e se

lect

ed

mod

els

of

serv

ice

prov

isio

n in

the

targ

eted

are

as in

Taj

ikis

tan.

Ass

umpt

ions

Out

com

e 2

The

stat

e sy

stem

of

publ

ic s

ervi

ces

(lega

l ai

d,

civi

l re

gist

ry

and

prev

entio

n of

do

mes

tic

viol

ence

) is

est

ablis

hed

and

oper

atio

nal (

base

d on

the

Nat

iona

l Pro

gram

s on

“Jud

icia

l and

Leg

al

Ref

orm

201

5 –

2017

”, “C

ivil

Reg

istry

Ref

orm

20

14 –

201

9”, “

Prev

entio

n of

Dom

estic

Vio

lenc

e 20

14 –

202

3”)

Indi

cato

rs

- Su

cces

sful

pilo

ting

of a

t lea

st 1

6 st

ate

free

lega

l aid

cen

tres

by 2

019

Bas

elin

e 20

16: 4

cen

tres

Ta

rget

val

ue 2

019:

16

cent

res

to b

e es

tabl

ishe

d

-

Red

uced

dis

crep

anci

es in

the

civi

l re

gist

ratio

n sy

stem

and

hea

lth s

yste

m o

n

50

sect

ors

Bas

elin

e 20

16: 4

(sta

te le

gal a

id c

entre

s)

Targ

et 2

020:

16

(sta

te le

gal a

id c

entre

s)

Fiel

d of

obs

erva

tion

Impr

ovem

ent

of t

he r

egul

ator

y fra

mew

ork

in

the

targ

eted

pub

lic s

ervi

ces

Bas

elin

e 20

16:

Lega

l fra

mew

ork

is o

nly

parti

ally

ado

pted

or y

et o

utda

ted.

Ta

rget

202

0: N

ew la

ws

and

regu

latio

ns in

lin

e w

ith in

tern

atio

nally

acc

epte

d pr

actic

es

are

adop

ted

in

the

lega

l ai

d th

e ci

vil

regi

stra

tion

syst

ems.

The

stat

e ag

enci

es h

ave

suffi

cien

t bud

get t

o m

aint

ain

publ

ic s

ervi

ces

in th

e fu

ture

. Im

prov

ed p

ublic

ser

vice

s le

ad to

impr

oved

tru

st o

f the

pop

ulat

ion

in s

ervi

ces

and

the

stat

e as

suc

h R

isks

W

eak

finan

cial

cap

aciti

es o

f th

e st

ate

don’

t al

low

sc

alin

g up

th

e se

rvic

es

beyo

nd

the

targ

eted

ar

eas.

La

ck

of e

ffici

ent

mon

itorin

g sy

stem

af

fect

ing

the

qual

ity

of

the

publ

ic

serv

ice

refo

rms.

Ec

onom

ic

cris

is

and

corr

uptio

n je

opar

dize

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

the

re

form

resu

lts.

birth

and

dea

th is

sues

B

asel

ine:

40’

000

peop

le

Targ

et v

alue

: 30’

000

peop

le (t

o be

co

nfirm

ed)

Fiel

d of

obs

erva

tion

Prog

ress

mad

e in

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Law

on

Prev

entio

n of

vio

lenc

e in

the

fam

ily.

Bas

elin

e:

Cur

rent

ly

ther

e is

no

so

lid

coor

dina

tion

on th

e la

w im

plem

enta

tion

and

no r

efer

ral

syst

em o

f se

rvic

es a

vaila

ble

for

the

vict

ims

of

dom

estic

vi

olen

ce

in

the

regi

ons.

Ta

rget

: Th

e co

ordi

natio

n on

th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e la

w is

in p

lace

and

led

and

by th

e re

spec

tive

stat

e ag

ency

. In

th

e re

gion

s th

ere

are

com

preh

ensi

ve

refe

rral

se

rvic

es

avai

labl

e to

vi

ctim

s of

do

mes

tic v

iole

nce.

O

utco

me

3 R

einf

orce

d ci

vil

soci

ety

is t

akin

g up

key

le

gal i

ssue

s in

a p

olic

y di

alog

ue w

ith lo

cal

and

natio

nal

auth

oriti

es

lead

ing

to

adeq

uate

resp

onse

s.

Fiel

ds o

f obs

erva

tion:

-

Impr

ovem

ent

of c

apac

ities

of

civi

l soc

iety

an

d lo

cal

and

natio

nal

auth

oriti

es

to

enga

ge

in

a po

licy

dial

ogue

on

le

gal

issu

es

Bas

elin

e 20

16: 5

civ

il so

ciet

y or

gani

zatio

ns w

ith c

apac

ities

to e

ngag

e in

th

e po

licy

dial

ogue

with

nat

iona

l au

thor

ities

. Mid

-qua

lity

dial

ogue

inpu

t fro

m

civi

l soc

iety

and

sta

te a

ctor

s w

ith li

mite

d pr

esen

tatio

n an

d an

alyt

ical

ski

lls.

Targ

et 2

020:

a b

road

er s

pect

rum

of c

ivil

soci

ety

grou

ps/n

etw

orks

are

bet

ter

orga

nize

d an

d ha

ve s

uffic

ient

ski

lls a

nd

Rec

ogni

zing

th

e ne

eds

for

impr

oved

st

ate

deci

sion

m

akin

g on

le

gal

issu

es

with

pa

rtici

patio

n of

the

civi

l soc

iety

and

app

licat

ion

of

trans

pare

nt

and

acco

unta

ble

gove

rnan

ce

prin

cipl

es, S

DC

will

sup

port

an o

pen

spac

e fo

r po

licy

dial

ogue

an

d co

nsul

tatio

ns

for

Gov

ernm

ent

and

civi

l so

ciet

y at

di

ffere

nt

leve

ls.

SD

C

supp

ort

in

this

di

rect

ion

shal

l pr

omot

e cr

itica

l th

inki

ng o

f th

e c i

vil

soci

ety,

im

prov

ed p

lann

ing

of im

porta

nt le

gal i

nitia

tives

an

d he

lp

in

deve

lopi

ng

sust

aina

ble

impl

emen

tatio

n m

echa

nism

s w

ith r

egar

ds t

o va

rious

le

gal

issu

es

at

loca

l an

d na

tiona

l le

vels

. It

will

also

su

ppor

t th

e co

ordi

natio

n am

ongs

t th

e ci

vil

soci

ety

a nd

the

stat

e ag

enci

es le

adin

g to

con

cret

e re

spon

ses.

Ass

umpt

ions

Out

com

e 3

This

is

a pr

oxy

outc

ome

at t

he c

ount

ry l

evel

ba

sed

on th

e ne

cess

ity o

f im

prov

ed g

over

nanc

e pr

oces

ses

such

as

th

e tra

nspa

renc

y an

d ac

coun

tabi

lity

of t

he s

tate

in

front

of

the

civi

l so

ciet

y:

The

stat

e co

nsul

tatio

ns

with

ci

vil

soci

ety

enha

nce

the

stat

e ac

coun

tabi

lity

to

the

popu

latio

n.

Fiel

ds o

f obs

erva

tion:

-

Res

ults

of

th

e po

licy

dial

ogue

an

d co

nsul

tatio

n pl

atfo

rms

- Po

licy

dial

ogue

an

d co

nsul

tatio

n m

echa

nism

s be

twee

n th

e G

over

nmen

t an

d ci

vil

soci

ety

in

othe

r se

ctor

s (e

.g.

wat

er

refo

rm,

heal

th

refo

rm,

loca

l go

vern

ance

re

form

etc

.)

51

capa

citie

s to

dev

elop

and

pre

sent

thei

r id

eas

at th

e po

licy

dial

ogue

mee

tings

at

natio

nal a

nd lo

cal l

evel

s.

-

Evol

utio

n of

the

polic

y di

alog

ue p

roce

sses

(q

uant

ity/q

ualit

y)

at

natio

nal

and

loca

l le

vels

B

asel

ine

2016

: The

deb

ates

are

mai

nly

led

by th

e st

ate

agen

cies

and

the

civi

l so

ciet

y pa

rtici

pant

s la

ck s

olid

ana

lytic

al

basi

s fo

r the

ir re

com

men

datio

ns. O

nly

Dus

hanb

e-ba

sed

civi

l soc

iety

or

gani

zatio

ns p

artic

ipat

e in

the

polic

y m

eetin

gs (a

roun

d 2

mee

tings

hel

d an

nual

ly a

t nat

iona

l lev

el).

Targ

et 2

020:

at l

east

2 n

atio

nal-l

evel

m

eetin

gs in

volv

e br

oad

rang

e of

civ

il so

ciet

y re

pres

enta

tives

. Loc

al e

vent

s in

th

e re

gion

s gi

ve a

n op

portu

nity

for t

he

loca

l civ

il so

ciet

y re

pres

enta

tives

to

exch

ange

thei

r ide

as w

ith th

e lo

cal

auth

oriti

es a

nd fo

rmul

ate

the

reco

mm

enda

tions

for t

he n

atio

nal

mee

tings

. -

Con

sulta

tion

resu

lts

and

conc

rete

re

spon

ses

agre

ed b

y th

e G

over

nmen

t and

ci

vil s

ocie

ty

Bas

elin

e 20

16: c

onsu

ltatio

n re

sults

are

ag

reed

upo

n w

ith n

o fo

llow

up

on

impl

emen

tatio

n. N

atio

nal p

ilotin

g of

the

stat

e fre

e le

gal a

id is

one

of t

he

cons

ulta

tion

resu

lts to

be

mon

itore

d du

ring

next

3 y

ears

. Ta

rget

202

0: T

he m

onito

ring

syst

em

ensu

res

the

follo

w u

p on

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

con

cret

e re

spon

ses

both

from

the

stat

e an

d th

e ci

vil s

ocie

ty

side

s. C

ivil

soci

ety

reco

mm

enda

tions

are

ta

ken

into

acc

ount

in d

ecis

ion

mak

ing

at

loca

l and

nat

iona

l lev

els.

The

cons

ulta

tions

bet

wee

n th

e st

ate

and

the

civi

l soc

iety

impr

ove

the

qual

ity o

f the

dec

isio

n m

akin

g pr

oces

ses

in th

e G

over

nmen

t. C

onsu

ltatio

n pr

oces

s he

lps

impr

ovin

g th

e qu

ality

of t

he in

tern

atio

nal r

epor

ting

by

Tajik

ista

n R

isks

R

esis

tanc

e to

refo

rm w

ithin

inst

itutio

ns.

Shrin

king

spa

ce fo

r the

civ

il so

ciet

y pr

even

ts

from

thei

r effe

ctiv

e w

ork

in th

e co

untry

bey

ond

the

smal

l sca

le a

ctiv

ities

52

(4) L

ines

of i

nter

vent

ion

(Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me)

O

utco

me

1:

- Pr

ovid

e fin

anci

al a

nd te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e to

the

stat

e pa

rtner

s an

d no

n-go

vern

men

tal o

rgan

izat

ions

in p

ublic

aw

aren

ess

rais

ing

amon

gst

the

popu

latio

n an

d es

peci

ally

vul

nera

ble

grou

ps.

- Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e fo

r dev

elop

ing

rele

vant

ass

essm

ents

, stu

dies

on

the

popu

latio

n ac

cess

and

usa

ge o

f the

ser

vice

s;

- Pr

ovid

e su

ffici

ent f

inan

cial

and

tech

nica

l sup

port

to th

e or

gani

zatio

nal a

nd in

stitu

tiona

l dev

elop

men

t of t

he s

tate

and

NG

O p

artn

ers

to

stre

ngth

en th

eir c

apac

ities

. -

Prov

ide

assi

stan

ce fo

r dev

elop

ing

skills

of N

GO

par

tner

s in

iden

tifyi

ng a

nd d

ocum

entin

g cr

itica

l iss

ues

ham

perin

g th

e ac

cess

and

use

of

serv

ices

by

the

popu

latio

n.

Out

com

e 2:

-

Prov

ide

tech

nica

l and

fina

ncia

l sup

port

to th

e st

ate

prog

ram

par

tner

s in

dev

elop

ing

and

pilo

ting

of a

fford

able

pub

lic le

gal s

ervi

ces

(i.e.

: leg

al

aid,

civ

il re

gist

ratio

n an

d se

rvic

es to

the

vict

ims

of d

omes

tic v

iole

nce)

in th

e ta

rget

ed a

reas

. -

Prov

ide

tech

nica

l and

fina

ncia

l sup

port

to th

e pr

ogra

m p

artn

ers

in d

evel

opin

g m

onito

ring

and

eval

uatio

n sy

stem

for p

ublic

ser

vice

s;

- Pr

ovid

e as

sist

ance

for d

evel

opin

g ca

paci

ties

of th

e pr

ogra

m p

artn

ers

in m

anag

emen

t and

sus

tain

able

mai

nten

ance

of t

he s

ervi

ces

and

furth

er in

depe

nden

t sca

le u

p be

yond

the

prog

ram

are

as.

- Pr

ovid

e as

sist

ance

for d

evel

opin

g th

e co

ordi

natio

n am

ongs

t the

pro

gram

par

tner

s’ p

rovi

ders

of s

ervi

ces.

O

utco

me

3:

- Pr

ovid

e fin

anci

al a

nd fa

cilit

atio

n su

ppor

t to

the

prog

ram

par

tner

s to

cre

ate

spac

e an

d op

portu

nitie

s fo

r ope

n di

scus

sion

s an

d co

nsul

tatio

ns

betw

een

the

mai

n st

akeh

olde

rs a

t nat

iona

l and

loca

l lev

els

invo

lved

in ta

rget

ed le

gal r

efor

ms.

-

Enga

ge in

pol

icy

dial

ogue

with

the

Gov

ernm

ent o

f Taj

ikis

tan

on R

ule

of la

w.

- Pr

ovid

e fin

anci

al s

uppo

rt to

the

prog

ram

par

tner

s to

dev

elop

thei

r cap

aciti

es o

n ne

twor

k bu

ildin

g an

d co

aliti

on w

ork.

-

Supp

ortin

g th

e st

ate

auth

oriti

es in

dev

elop

ing

effic

ient

resp

onse

s in

sel

ecte

d re

form

are

as in

con

sulta

tions

with

var

ious

sta

keho

lder

s.

- Id

entif

y di

ffere

nt s

trate

gic

partn

ers

to p

rovi

de s

uppo

rt an

d to

mon

itor t

he im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e va

rious

refo

rm m

easu

res.

(5) R

esou

rces

, par

tner

ship

s (S

wis

s Pr

ogra

mm

e)

Fina

ncia

l res

ourc

es:

The

finan

cial

reso

urce

s3 allo

cate

d fo

r the

per

iod

of 2

017-

2020

for D

omai

n 2

amou

nt to

CH

F 12

.75

milli

on fo

r SD

C.

Part

ners

M

ain

impl

emen

ting

partn

ers:

Dire

ct p

rogr

am p

artn

ers

are

UN

DP

and

inte

rnat

iona

l org

aniz

atio

ns s

elec

ted

thro

ugh

open

tend

ers.

N

atio

nal c

ount

erpa

rts a

re th

e M

inis

try o

f Jus

tice,

Min

istry

of I

nter

ior,

Min

istry

of H

ealth

and

Soc

ial P

rote

ctio

n, C

omm

ittee

on

Wom

en a

nd F

amily

Af

fairs

, civ

il so

ciet

y or

gani

zatio

ns (N

GO

s, le

gal a

id p

rovi

ders

, Bar

s, e

tc.),

Mas

s M

edia

, and

the

Pres

iden

tial A

dmin

istr

atio

n.

Oth

er d

onor

s an

d st

rate

gic

allie

s: E

U, D

FID

, GIZ

, US

Em

bass

y, U

SAI

D, O

SI, O

SCE,

UN

ICEF

, UN

Wom

en, U

N O

HC

HR

and

UN

DP

as

the

impl

emen

ting

partn

er.

3 Sub

ject

to c

hang

e du

e to

dec

isio

ns in

Par

liam

ent

53

s (6) M

anag

emen

t/per

form

ance

resu

lts, i

nclu

ding

indi

cato

rs (S

wis

s Pr

ogra

mm

e)

Pa

rtner

ship

s: a

llianc

es w

ith th

e ex

istin

g do

nors

suc

h as

EU

, US

Gov

t., G

over

nmen

t of F

inla

nd a

nd o

ther

s en

hanc

e th

e im

pact

of t

he S

wis

s in

terv

entio

ns in

the

civi

l reg

istry

and

lega

l aid

sys

tem

s re

form

s. T

he p

rogr

amm

es fu

nded

by

Sw

itzer

land

are

con

side

red

as g

ood

prac

tices

an

d re

plic

ated

at n

atio

nal l

evel

.

CSP

M: t

he p

rom

otio

n of

“Do

no H

arm

” app

roac

h w

ithin

the

Sw

iss

fund

ed in

terv

entio

ns m

itiga

tes

the

pote

ntia

l con

flict

s be

twee

n th

e st

ate

prov

idin

g th

e se

rvic

es a

nd th

e po

pula

tion

durin

g th

e pe

riod

of s

yste

mic

refo

rms.

Sw

iss

supp

orte

d pr

ogra

mm

es d

emon

stra

te th

e st

able

or

grow

ing

satis

fact

ion

rate

of t

he p

opul

atio

n w

ith th

e re

form

ed p

ublic

ser

vice

s in

the

regi

ons

of in

terv

entio

ns.

Polic

y D

ialo

gue/

Influ

enci

ng: T

hrou

gh p

rovi

ding

cap

acity

bui

ldin

g su

ppor

t to

the

loca

l sta

keho

lder

s, S

witz

erla

nd c

an s

timul

ate

activ

e di

scus

sion

s on

the

acut

e le

gal r

efor

m is

sues

bet

wee

n th

e ci

vil s

ocie

ty a

nd th

e st

ate

at n

atio

nal a

nd lo

cal l

evel

s.

M

eans

of v

erifi

catio

n. A

nnua

l rep

orts

and

eva

luat

ion;

sys

tem

atic

revi

ew o

f doc

umen

tatio

n pr

oduc

ed b

y pa

rtner

s (q

uest

ion:

did

the

Sw

iss

Con

tribu

tion

mak

e a

posi

tive

diffe

renc

e; if

yes

, how

? If

not:

corr

ectiv

e m

easu

res

to b

e id

entif

ied.

) D

omai

n of

inte

rven

tion

3: E

mpl

oym

ent a

nd E

cono

mic

Dev

elop

men

t D

omai

n G

oal:

The

priv

ate

sect

or –

com

petit

ive

MSM

Es –

cre

ates

dec

ent j

obs

and

incl

usiv

e ec

onom

ic g

row

th in

a c

ondu

cive

and

effi

cien

t bu

sine

ss e

nviro

nmen

t. (1

) Sw

iss

port

folio

out

com

es

(2) C

ontr

ibut

ion

of S

wis

s Pr

ogra

mm

e

(3

) Cou

ntry

dev

elop

men

t or h

uman

itaria

n ou

tcom

es

Out

com

e 1

Effe

ctiv

e st

ate

inst

itutio

ns d

eliv

er b

ette

r bu

sine

ss a

nd tr

ade

rela

ted

serv

ices

to th

e po

pula

tion/

MSM

Es

Indi

cato

rs

- C

ompl

ianc

e C

ost

Savi

ngs

for

targ

eted

M

SMEs

(U

S$

milli

on)

by

sim

plify

ing/

elim

inat

ing

proc

edur

es p

osin

g an

obs

tacl

e (S

I15)

B

asel

ine

2011

-201

6: 2

2.59

Targ

et 2

018:

17

Activ

ities

und

er t

his

outc

ome

will

targ

et

impl

emen

tatio

n of

se

lect

ed

refo

rms

in

the

mos

t un

frien

dly

area

s of

th

e bu

sine

ss

envi

ronm

ent

(e.g

. in

spec

tions

, pe

rmits

, cu

stom

s an

d ta

x) to

ens

ure

that

: (1

) ne

w

busi

ness

/inve

stm

ent/t

rade

re

gula

tions

m

ater

ializ

e in

to

tang

ible

sa

ving

s/ef

ficie

ncie

s fro

m

redu

ced

adm

inis

trativ

e ba

rrie

rs a

t the

mac

ro a

nd m

icro

(s

ecto

rs/c

ompa

nies

) le

vel

and

redu

ced

corr

uptio

n (e

-ser

vice

del

iver

y);

(2)

publ

ic-p

rivat

e di

alog

ue i

n bu

sine

ss a

nd

trade

reg

ulat

ion

resu

lt in

impr

ovem

ents

in t

he

stat

e se

rvic

e de

liver

y (T

BD).

Ass

umpt

ions

St

rong

sta

te p

oliti

cal w

ill to

con

tinue

its

effo

rts

in i

mpl

emen

ting/

enfo

rcem

ent

earli

er a

dopt

ed

law

s (e

.g.,

insp

ectio

ns,

perm

its,

apos

tille

, PP

P).

De-

fact

o ap

plic

atio

n of

al

l im

prov

ed

busi

ness

pr

oces

ses

and

tool

s in

ta

x ad

min

istra

tion

by t

he S

tate

Tax

Com

mitt

ee.

Out

com

e 1

(b

ased

on

th

e dr

aft

Nat

iona

l M

idte

rm

Dev

elop

men

t Pr

ogra

mm

e (M

DP)

of

the

Rep

ublic

of

Taj

ikis

tan

2016

-202

0):

- Im

prov

ed

the

publ

ic

gove

rnan

ce

for

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent.

- D

evel

oped

th

e ne

w

inst

itutio

nal

supp

ort

syst

em fo

r pr

ivat

e se

ctor

and

impr

ovem

ent o

f th

e bu

sine

ss

envi

ronm

ent

and

inve

stm

ent

clim

ate.

-

Red

uced

adm

inis

trativ

e ba

rrie

rs fo

r sm

all a

nd

med

ium

bu

sine

sses

an

d op

timiz

ed

insp

ectio

ns o

f the

eco

nom

ic e

ntiti

es.

- Si

mpl

ified

exp

ort-i

mpo

rt op

erat

ions

. In

dica

tors

-

Impr

oved

the

coun

try a

ttrac

tiven

ess

for

inve

stor

s an

d im

prov

ing

the

coun

try p

ositi

on

in th

e W

BG “D

oing

Bus

ines

s” ra

nkin

g:

54

Sele

ctio

n su

stai

nabl

e an

d ef

ficie

nt b

usin

ess

mod

el

for

the

Nat

iona

l Tr

ade

Faci

litat

ion

Coo

rdin

atio

n C

omm

ittee

an

d its

su

ffici

ent

polit

ical

pow

er t

o el

imin

ated

tra

de o

bsta

cles

an

d cr

eate

fav

oura

ble

fram

ewor

k co

nditi

ons

for s

usta

inab

le tr

ade.

R

isks

C

orru

ptio

n, n

ot m

erit/

mar

ket

base

d sa

larie

s fo

r ci

vil s

erva

nts

and

info

rmal

pay

men

ts m

ay

slow

dow

n de

-fact

o im

plem

enta

tion

proc

ess

of

new

la

ws/

regu

latio

n/pr

actic

es;

Polit

ical

an

d ec

onom

ic in

stab

ility

and

ove

ropt

imis

tic b

udge

t fo

reca

st/fi

scal

pr

essu

re

can

“was

h-ou

t” m

ater

ializ

ed

bene

fits

for

the

MS

MEs

fro

m

cond

ucte

d re

form

s.

Wea

k ba

rgai

ning

/neg

otia

tion

pow

er

of

the

TJ

auth

oriti

es

durin

g po

tent

ial

Eura

sian

U

nion

ac

cess

ion

proc

ess

may

af

fect

co

mpe

titiv

enes

s of

the

loc

al p

rodu

cers

and

lo

cal e

cono

my.

Ove

rall

ratin

g:

Bas

elin

e 20

16: 1

32

Targ

et v

alue

: TBD

onc

e M

DP

appr

oved

Tr

ade

acro

ss b

orde

rs ra

ting:

B

asel

ine

2016

: 132

Ta

rget

val

ue: T

BD o

nce

MD

P ap

prov

ed

Out

com

e 2

Com

petit

ive

and

resi

lient

MSM

Es d

evel

op

into

dr

iver

s of

su

stai

nabl

e ec

onom

ic

grow

th a

nd e

mpl

oym

ent

Indi

cato

rs

- Em

ploy

men

t in

crea

sed

and

reta

ined

in

supp

orte

d co

mpa

nies

in #

, and

num

ber o

f co

mpa

nies

re

porte

d in

crea

sed

empl

oym

ent i

n %

gro

wth

. (S

I9)

Bas

elin

e 20

164 : 2

784

jobs

reta

ined

Ta

rget

202

15 : TBD

Cre

ated

:

Activ

ities

un

der

this

ou

tcom

e w

ill fo

ster

in

nova

tions

an

d go

od

busi

ness

/gov

erna

nce

prac

tices

int

o th

e op

erat

ions

of

the

targ

eted

se

ctor

s/co

mpa

nies

to

en

sure

(1

) hi

gher

pr

oduc

tivity

and

ear

ning

s in

the

supp

orte

d jo

b-in

tens

ive

com

pani

es (

2) h

ighe

r va

lue-

addi

ng

oper

atio

ns; (

3) m

ore

jobs

. Var

ious

tool

s w

ill be

us

ed,

such

as

de

liver

ing

prof

essi

onal

bu

sine

ss a

dvis

ory

serv

ices

bot

h by

loca

l and

fo

reig

n ex

perts

to

lo

cal

man

ufac

turin

g co

mpa

nies

, st

reng

then

ing

capa

citie

s of

th

e lo

cal c

onsu

ltant

s an

d tra

de s

ervi

ce p

rovi

ders

(e

xit

partn

ers)

, pr

omot

ing

loca

l pr

oduc

ers/

bran

ds

on

dom

estic

an

d fo

reig

n m

arke

ts (e

xpor

t).

Ass

umpt

ions

Out

com

e 2

(bas

ed o

n th

e N

atio

nal M

idte

rm D

evel

opm

ent

Pro

gram

me

of th

e R

epub

lic o

f Taj

ikis

tan

2016

-20

20):

- Ac

hiev

ed b

alan

ce o

f qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

of

the

wor

king

po

pula

tion

and

jobs

, re

duce

d

num

ber o

f une

mpl

oyed

or i

nact

ive

peop

le;

- Es

tabl

ishe

d th

e fo

unda

tions

fo

r ex

port-

orie

nted

dev

elop

men

t an

d th

e pr

omot

ion

of

dive

rsifi

ed n

on-c

omm

odity

bas

ed e

xpor

ts;

- D

evel

oped

a

natio

nal

syst

em

of

sele

ctiv

e im

port

subs

titut

ion,

es

peci

ally

in

th

e ag

ricul

tura

l sec

tor.

- Jo

bs c

reat

ed o

n an

nual

bas

is (1

00,0

00)

4 ITC

Tex

tile

and

Clo

thin

g P

roje

ct -

2’78

4 jo

bs

5 SB

I -15

00 jo

bs (f

or T

J an

d K

G);

ITC

Tex

tile

and

Clo

thin

g– n

o ta

rget

55

Bas

elin

e 20

16: [

TBD

] job

s cr

eate

d Ta

rget

202

1: 1

50 c

ompa

nies

and

40%

in

crea

se

B

asel

ine

2016

: 50%

Ta

rget

202

1: 5

0%

-

Incr

ease

d ex

port

volu

mes

/val

ue (

as a

%

and

in U

SD m

illion

) of

sus

tain

able

goo

ds

and

serv

ices

(te

xtile

s,

agrib

usin

ess)

(S

I18)

B

asel

ine:

TBD

by

new

pha

se

Targ

et 2

021:

TBD

by

new

pha

se

Suffi

cien

t will

and

finan

cial

com

mitm

ent o

f the

su

ppor

ted

com

pani

es

to

rais

e w

orki

ng

stan

dard

s, to

exp

and

thei

r clie

nt b

ase,

and

to

deve

lop

thei

r ca

pabi

lity

to

serv

e cl

ient

s in

m

ore

effic

ient

, qu

ality

an

d su

stai

nabl

e m

anne

r. St

able

gen

eral

eco

nom

ic c

ondi

tions

in

the

cou

ntry

and

reg

ion.

Stru

ctur

al r

efor

ms

for

havi

ng f

riend

ly b

usin

ess

envi

ronm

ent

for

MSM

Es g

row

th a

nd re

gion

al/g

loba

l tra

de.

Ris

ks

Sign

ifica

nt v

ulne

rabi

lity

to e

cono

mic

sho

cks,

po

litic

al

inst

abilit

y an

d se

curit

y ris

ks,

long

-la

stin

g ec

onom

ic

rece

ssio

n.

Cor

rupt

ion,

po

litic

al

econ

omy

and

inte

rfere

nce

into

M

SMEs

ope

ratio

ns (

vest

ed i

nter

ests

), fis

cal

pres

sure

, un

fair

com

petit

ion

with

in

form

al

sect

or.

Glo

bal

pric

e vo

latil

ity o

f th

e ex

porte

d go

ods.

Bas

elin

e 20

15: 2

5%

Targ

et v

alue

202

0: 4

00,0

00

-

Proc

esse

d co

tton-

fibre

(%

) –T

BD

by

new

ph

ase.

B

asel

ine

2015

: 6%

Ta

rget

val

ue 2

020:

32%

Out

com

e 3

MSM

ES a

nd p

opul

atio

n ha

ve a

cces

s an

d ca

n ef

fect

ivel

y us

e ca

pita

l/inv

estm

ents

an

d ap

prop

riate

fin

anci

al

serv

ices

in

a

stab

le a

nd in

clus

ive

finan

cial

sec

tor

Indi

cato

rs

- Va

lue

of

Inve

stm

ents

/Cap

ital

(equ

ity/

debt

/sav

ings

) m

obili

zed/

trigg

ered

to

the

econ

omy

(US$

milli

on).

(SI1

6 an

d 13

) B

asel

ine

2011

6 : 112

Ta

rget

202

17 : 289

-

Non

-Per

form

ing

Loan

s le

vel (

“bad

” lo

ans)

in

the

supp

orte

d FI

s.

Bas

elin

e 20

16: 6

%

Targ

et 2

017:

15%

Activ

ities

und

er th

is o

utco

me

will

cont

ribut

e to

a

bette

r ac

cess

to

capi

tal

for

MSM

Es a

nd

finan

cial

in

clus

ion

of

the

unde

r/unb

anke

d cu

stom

ers.

A

sele

cted

se

t of

to

ols

for

prom

otio

n re

spon

sibl

e fin

anci

al in

term

edia

tion

will

bene

fit e

qual

ly re

gula

tor,

serv

ice

prov

ider

s an

d cu

stom

ers

by

prov

idin

g va

rious

ris

k m

itiga

tion

tool

s in

cl.

over

-inde

bted

ness

, pr

ovid

ing

affo

rdab

le

finan

cial

m

eans

, an

d en

hanc

ing

bank

abilit

y/in

vest

men

t at

tract

iven

ess

of

the

com

mitt

ed

com

pani

es/c

lient

s.

Thes

e to

ols

incl

ude

but

not

limite

d by

the

fo

llow

ings

: TA

for

ban

king

sec

tor

supe

rvis

ion

and

regu

latio

n, c

redi

t bu

reau

and

col

late

ral

regi

stry

, ne

w e

lect

roni

c an

d di

gita

l fin

anci

al

serv

ices

de

liver

y ch

anne

ls,

risk

shar

ing

mec

hani

sms

in le

ndin

g, lo

cal c

urre

ncy

faci

lity,

Out

com

e 3

Base

d on

the

follo

win

g go

als

of th

e N

atio

nal

Mid

term

Dev

elop

men

t Pro

gram

me

of th

e R

epub

lic

of T

ajik

ista

n 20

16-2

020:

-

Red

uced

th

e vu

lner

abili

ty

of

the

finan

cial

(b

anki

ng) s

ecto

r;

- Im

prov

ed a

cces

s to

fina

ncia

l res

ourc

es;

- C

olla

tera

l Reg

istry

is fu

lly o

pera

tiona

l. -

Fina

ncia

l Se

ctor

As

sess

men

t Pr

ogra

m

(FSA

P)

/ Fi

nanc

ial

Sys

tem

St

abili

ty

Asse

ssm

ent (

FSSA

) In

dica

tors

-

Priv

ate

inve

stm

ent a

s a

shar

e of

GD

P (%

). B

asel

ine

2015

: 9.3

%

Targ

et v

alue

202

0: 1

0%

6 CG

Pro

ject

- $1.

95 m

illion

; A

CA

FI II

I - $

55.1

2 m

illio

n; A

CA

MR

F –

18.0

mill

ion;

EB

RD

loca

l cur

renc

y le

ndin

g –

0 (to

be

corre

cted

, bas

ed o

n th

e E

BR

D a

prox

. 36.

7 m

illion

sin

ce 2

011)

7 C

G P

roje

ct- $

17 m

illio

n; A

CA

FI II

I - $

126.

50 m

illio

n; E

BR

D S

BI l

endi

ng –

290

(apr

ox.5

0/50

for T

J an

d K

G),

AC

AM

RF

-no

targ

et

56

- N

umbe

r of

ac

tive

user

s (a

t le

ast

1 tra

nsac

tion

in 3

0 da

ys)

of t

he M

-mon

ey

syst

ems.

B

asel

ine

2016

: 0

Targ

et 2

019:

40,

000

finan

cial

lite

racy

and

cou

nsel

ling,

con

sum

er

prot

ectio

n, in

trodu

ctio

n of

the

goo

d co

rpor

ate

gove

rnan

ce

and

cons

umer

pr

otec

tion

prac

tices

. A

ssum

ptio

ns

Stro

ng

polit

ical

w

ill

in

enha

ncin

g fin

anci

al

sect

or s

tabi

lity

than

ks t

o be

tter

trans

pare

ncy

of

the

data

fro

m

FIs,

in

form

ed

deci

sion

s,

empl

oyed

m

arke

t to

ols

in

supe

rvis

ion

and

regu

latio

n by

the

Gov

ernm

ent

and

regu

lato

r (N

BT).

Rea

l m

easu

res

are

take

n to

cre

ate

inve

stm

ents

-frie

ndly

en

viro

nmen

t, pr

otec

ting

inve

stor

s’ ri

ghts

and

resp

ectin

g R

ule

of L

aw.

Suffi

cien

t ab

sorp

tion

capa

city

and

will

ingn

ess

of t

he l

ocal

fin

anci

al i

nstit

utio

ns t

o im

prov

e th

eir

wor

king

st

anda

rds

and

deliv

er

wid

er

rang

e of

fina

ncia

l ser

vice

s in

res

pons

ible

and

su

stai

nabl

e w

ay.

Mar

ket

play

ers

agre

ed a

nd

finan

cial

ly c

ontri

bute

d to

the

mos

t ef

fect

ive

and

sust

aina

ble

conc

ept o

f the

mob

ile-m

oney

sy

stem

(leg

al fr

amew

ork,

bus

ines

s m

odel

). R

isks

Po

litic

al

econ

omy,

th

e go

vern

men

t in

terfe

renc

e in

to

bank

s’

oper

atio

ns,

fisca

l pr

essu

re,

long

-last

ing

loca

l an

d re

gion

al

econ

omic

re

cess

ion,

de

terio

ratin

g cr

edit

disc

iplin

e du

e to

the

low

er d

ispo

sabl

e in

com

e.

FX r

isks

in

the

abse

nce

of s

usta

inab

le a

nd

affo

rdab

le

hedg

ing

tool

s in

th

e hi

ghly

do

llariz

ed fi

nanc

ial m

arke

t (>5

0%).

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lum

e of

cr

edits

/dep

osits

to

ec

onom

y as

sh

are

of G

DP

(%).

Bas

elin

e 20

15: 2

3%/1

7.7%

Ta

rget

val

ue 2

020:

30%

/TB

D

-

Cou

ntry

NPL

(bad

loan

s):

Bas

elin

e 20

15: 1

4%

Targ

et v

alue

202

0: 4

.4%

- Fi

nanc

ial

incl

usio

n ra

tio (

shar

e of

pop

ulat

ion

with

ban

k ac

coun

ts).

Bas

elin

e 20

15: 2

6.3%

Ta

rget

val

ue 2

020:

gro

wth

by

3 tim

es [

(4) L

ines

of i

nter

vent

ion

(Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me)

O

utco

me

1:

- Pr

ovid

e TA

and

sm

all i

nfra

stru

ctur

e su

ppor

t to

pilo

t an

d fu

rther

dev

elop

risk

bas

ed in

spec

tion

and

tax

audi

ts, e

lect

roni

c pe

rmit

appl

icat

ion,

in

tern

et b

anki

ng fo

r pay

men

t of t

axes

, VAT

adm

inis

tratio

n; e

-Apo

still

e da

taba

se.

- D

eliv

er fi

nanc

ing

and

tech

nica

l ass

ista

nce

to th

e ex

istin

g P

PD p

latfo

rm fo

r lob

byin

g se

lect

ed re

form

s ne

eded

for b

ette

r bus

ines

s en

viro

nmen

t.

- W

TO: T

BD.

O

utco

me

2:

- Su

ppor

t SM

Es w

ith p

rofe

ssio

nal b

usin

ess

advi

ce; p

rovi

de te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e fo

r loc

al tr

ade

and

busi

ness

con

sulti

ng s

ervi

ce p

rovi

ders

as

57

the

prog

ram

me

exit

partn

ers

for t

he s

peci

fic a

rea

of e

xper

tise/

serv

ice.

-

Prov

ide

tech

nica

l ass

ista

nce

in tr

ade

faci

litat

ion,

exp

ort-i

mpo

rt si

mpl

ifica

tion

on th

e na

tiona

l lev

el, i

ndus

try b

usin

ess

asso

ciat

ion

and

trade

fa

cilit

atio

n in

stitu

tions

. -

Supp

ort l

ocal

com

pani

es in

acc

ess

to fo

reig

n m

arke

ts b

y co

-fund

ing

trade

fairs

par

ticip

atio

n an

d B2

B in

itiat

ives

.

Out

com

e 3:

-

Prov

ide

CG

adv

isor

y su

ppor

t to

com

pani

es fo

r attr

actin

g in

vest

men

ts.

- Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e to

NBT

in fi

naliz

ing

vario

us e

lem

ents

of t

he s

ecur

ed tr

ansa

ctio

ns a

nd c

redi

t inf

orm

atio

n sh

arin

g sy

stem

, su

ppor

ting

the

NBT

to im

plem

ent t

he P

CB

supe

rvis

ion

mec

hani

sm.

- D

eliv

er te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e to

regu

lato

r, m

icro

finan

ce s

ecto

r and

pop

ulat

ion/

cust

omer

s ab

out r

espo

nsib

le fi

nanc

e pr

actic

es, c

onsu

mer

pr

otec

tion

and

savi

ngs

mob

iliza

tion.

-

Supp

ort f

inan

cial

lite

racy

and

cou

nsel

ling

prog

ram

mes

/initi

ativ

es.

- D

eliv

er te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d gl

obal

exp

ertis

e in

intro

duci

ng e

lect

roni

c an

d di

gita

l fin

anci

al s

ervi

ces

on re

gula

tory

, sec

tor,

popu

latio

n an

d co

mpa

nies

’ lev

els.

-

Supp

ort P

FIs

with

tech

nica

l ass

ista

nce,

dire

ct le

ndin

g an

d w

ith ri

sk s

harin

g m

echa

nism

& g

uara

ntee

s to

enh

ance

SM

E le

ndin

g, fa

cilit

ate

inst

rum

ents

to fi

nanc

e SM

Es

in lo

cal c

urre

ncy.

(5

) Res

ourc

es, p

artn

ersh

ips

(Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me)

Fi

nanc

ial r

esou

rces

: Th

e fin

anci

al re

sour

ces8 a

lloca

ted

for t

he p

erio

d of

201

7-20

20 fo

r Dom

ain

3 am

ount

to C

HF

12 m

illion

for S

ECO

. Pa

rtne

rs

The

Min

istry

of

Econ

omy,

The

Min

istry

of

Indu

stry

and

Inn

ovat

ions

, St

ate

Tax

Com

mitt

ee,

Stat

e C

omm

ittee

on

Inve

stm

ents

and

Sta

te P

rope

rty

Man

agem

ent,

Nat

iona

l Ban

k of

Taj

ikis

tan,

loca

l fin

anci

al in

stitu

tions

and

indu

stry

ass

ocia

tions

. Pro

gram

me

will

be im

plem

ente

d by

WBG

/IFC

, ITC

, EB

RD

, IM

F an

d co

ordi

nate

d in

the

fra

mew

ork

of f

unct

ioni

ng D

evel

opm

ent

Coo

rdin

atio

n C

ounc

il (D

CC

) an

d its

tec

hnic

al s

ubgr

oups

(PS

D a

nd

PFM

/Gov

erna

nce)

. DFI

D is

the

mai

n do

nor p

artn

er (v

ario

us jo

int p

rogr

ams)

. H

uman

res

ourc

es: A

t SC

O le

vel,

the

NPO

in c

harg

e of

the

portf

olio

will

cont

inue

coo

rdin

atin

g an

d fa

cilit

atin

g th

is c

ompl

ex d

omai

n, w

orki

ng c

lose

ly

with

the

Dep

uty

Dire

ctor

of

Coo

pera

tion

and

SEC

O H

Q P

rogr

am M

anag

ers.

The

nee

ds f

or b

acks

topp

ing

and

expe

rtise

will

be a

sses

sed

durin

g im

plem

enta

tion

of C

oope

ratio

n St

rate

gy.

(6) M

anag

emen

t/per

form

ance

resu

lts, i

nclu

ding

indi

cato

rs (S

wis

s Pr

ogra

mm

e), s

ee c

hapt

er 6

of C

S

S

witz

erla

nd m

akes

the

bes

t us

e of

the

pot

entia

l syn

ergi

es,

com

para

tive

adva

ntag

es a

nd e

xper

tise

of t

he im

plem

entin

g pa

rtner

s (a

cros

s th

e se

co d

ivis

ions

) to

max

imiz

e th

e im

pact

of t

he li

mite

d fin

anci

al re

sour

ces.

Sw

itzer

land

in

fluen

ces

coor

dina

tion,

co

nsis

tenc

y an

d ef

fect

iven

ess

of

the

priv

ate

sect

or

aid

thro

ugh

its

mul

tilat

eral

pa

rtner

s (W

BG/IF

C,IM

F,E

BRD

), w

hich

lead

the

dono

r coo

rdin

atio

n st

ruct

ures

and

del

iver

sta

te b

udge

t sup

port.

A cl

ose

stee

ring

proc

ess

of th

e Ac

cess

to F

inan

ce p

ortfo

lio e

nsur

es th

at “r

espo

nsib

le fi

nanc

e” p

ract

ices

are

impl

emen

ted,

ther

eby

miti

gatin

g th

e po

tent

ial f

or o

ver i

ndeb

tedn

ess

and

finan

cial

frag

ility

of th

e bo

rrow

ers.

M

eans

of v

erifi

catio

n. A

nnua

l rep

ort s

tock

taki

ng a

nd s

elf-e

valu

atio

n; s

yste

mat

ic re

view

of d

ocum

enta

tion

prod

uced

by

partn

ers.

8 Sub

ject

to c

hang

e du

e to

dec

isio

ns in

Par

liam

ent

58

Dom

ain

of in

terv

entio

n 4:

Hea

lth

Dom

ain

Goa

l: Se

ctor

al re

form

s an

d sy

stem

ic in

terv

entio

ns a

t pol

icy

and

popu

latio

n le

vel r

espo

nd to

the

high

dem

and

for q

ualit

y, e

ffici

ent,

acce

ssib

le a

nd a

fford

able

hea

lth c

are

serv

ices

. (1

) Sw

iss

port

folio

out

com

es

(2) C

ontr

ibut

ion

of S

wis

s Pr

ogra

mm

e

(3

) Cou

ntry

dev

elop

men

t or h

uman

itaria

n ou

tcom

es

Out

com

e 1

Th

e he

alth

sys

tem

is

gove

rned

on

the

basi

s of

an

evid

ence

bas

ed p

olic

y an

d pr

ovid

es

qual

ity

prim

ary

heal

th

care

se

rvic

es to

the

popu

latio

n.

Indi

cato

rs

- #

of la

ws/

proc

edur

es/p

olic

ies,

par

ticul

arly

re

late

d to

med

ical

edu

catio

n re

form

(in

cl.

re-c

ertif

icat

ion)

upd

ated

in

a pa

rtici

pato

ry

way

and

end

orse

d by

MoH

SP.

Bas

elin

e: 2

016:

0

Targ

et 2

020:

at l

east

4 n

ew

law

s/pr

oced

ures

/pol

icie

s in

cl. 1

rela

ting

to

re-c

ertif

icat

ion

-

% o

f R

HC

ass

ocia

ting

com

mun

ity g

roup

to

bu

sine

ss

plan

ning

an

d m

onito

ring

(pro

xy

for

acco

unta

bilit

y an

d go

vern

ance

).

Bas

elin

e: 3

3%

Targ

et: 5

5%

-

Them

atic

R

efer

ence

In

dica

tor:

# of

pr

imar

y he

alth

ca

re

faci

lity/

outp

atie

nt

depa

rtmen

t vis

its p

er p

erso

n pe

r yea

r

SDC

will

cont

inue

to

cont

ribut

e to

bui

ld a

n ac

coun

tabl

e an

d in

tegr

ated

pr

imar

y he

alth

ca

re

syst

em

base

d on

fa

mily

m

edic

ine

serv

ices

. Pa

rticu

lar

focu

s w

ill

be

give

n to

in

terli

nk th

e m

edic

al e

duca

tion

refo

rm w

ith th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e he

alth

hum

an r

esou

rce

polic

y to

ens

ure

avai

labi

lity

of w

ell-t

rain

ed a

nd

mot

ivat

ed

prim

ary

heal

th

wor

kers

in

th

e re

mot

e ge

ogra

phic

al

area

s.

Esse

ntia

l co

ntrib

utio

n w

ill be

mad

e to

impr

ove

plan

ning

, m

onito

ring

and

man

agem

ent

capa

citie

s of

he

alth

man

ager

s at

diff

eren

t lev

els,

to e

nabl

e th

em

to

mak

e ev

iden

ce

base

d de

cisi

ons/

polic

ies,

ge

t hi

gher

pr

ofes

sion

al

stan

dard

s an

d en

sure

qua

lity

of h

ealth

care

de

liver

y.

Ass

umpt

ions

C

omm

itmen

t of

the

Gov

ernm

ent

of T

ajik

ista

n to

hea

lth s

ecto

r ref

orm

s re

mai

ns s

tabl

e. S

tate

al

loca

tion

to

heal

th

care

se

ctor

in

crea

ses.

R

eadi

ness

of

re

leva

nt

stat

e in

stitu

tions

to

im

plem

ent

med

ical

ed

ucat

ion

refo

rms.

C

ontin

uous

and

com

pete

nt s

uppo

rt of

don

ors

in th

e he

alth

sec

tor w

ith c

apac

ity b

uild

ing

and

fund

s.

Ris

ks

Con

tinue

d sc

arci

ty

of

finan

cial

re

sour

ces

refle

cted

in

loca

l he

alth

bud

gets

. In

suffi

cien

t re

adin

ess

from

pu

blic

he

alth

in

stitu

tions

to

war

ds a

ccou

ntab

ility

and

prin

cipl

es o

f go

od

gove

rnan

ce.

Out

com

e 1

Base

d on

th

e N

atio

nal

Hea

lth S

trate

gy 2

010-

2020

: Th

e qu

ality

and

acc

essi

bilit

y of

hea

lth s

ervi

ces

is

rais

ed th

roug

h th

e st

reng

then

ing

of p

rimar

y he

alth

ca

re b

ased

on

fam

ily m

edic

ine

prac

tice.

In

dica

tors

-

% p

opul

atio

n co

vere

d w

ith fu

nctio

nal f

amily

m

edic

ine

(FM

) ser

vice

s.

Bas

elin

e: 2

015:

65%

Targ

et v

alue

: 202

0: 7

0%

-

% o

f prim

ary

heal

th fa

cilit

ies

perfo

rmin

g bu

sine

ss p

lann

ing

(pro

xy fo

r acc

ount

abilit

y an

d go

vern

ance

). B

asel

ine:

20.

8%

Targ

et v

alue

: 80%

- #

of c

ompl

icat

ions

for p

atie

nts

with

dia

bete

s,

arte

rial h

yper

tens

ion

decr

ease

d

Bas

elin

e: 2

017:

dat

a fro

m H

ealth

M

anag

emen

t Inf

orm

atio

n S

yste

m (H

MIS

). Ta

rget

val

ue: 2

020:

dec

reas

ed b

y 25

% in

co

mpa

re to

dat

a of

201

7

59

Out

com

e 2

The

rura

l po

pula

tion

in

the

regi

ons

of

inte

rven

tion

have

acc

ess

to q

ualit

y fa

mily

m

edic

ine

serv

ices

an

d ad

opts

hea

lthie

r be

havi

ours

. In

dica

tors

-

% o

f po

pula

tion

satis

fied

with

the

hea

lth

serv

ices

pro

vide

d at

PH

C le

vel.

Bas

elin

e 20

14: 9

5%

Targ

et 2

020:

98%

-

% o

f rur

al p

opul

atio

n w

ith a

cces

s an

d us

e of

fam

ily m

edic

ine

serv

ices

. B

asel

ine

2015

: 59.

4%

Targ

et 2

020:

72%

- #

num

ber

of b

irths

atte

nded

by

skille

d he

alth

per

sonn

el (A

RI H

2)

Com

mun

ity m

embe

rs,

men

and

wom

en w

ill

be

empo

wer

ed

to

take

m

ore

cont

rol

and

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r th

eir

own

heal

th

thro

ugh

bette

r aw

aren

ess,

un

ders

tand

ing

and

know

ledg

e on

he

alth

to

pics

vi

a he

alth

pr

omot

ion/

dise

ases

pr

even

tion

activ

ities

. Pa

rtici

patio

n of

co

mm

unity

m

embe

rs

in

mon

itorin

g of

im

plem

enta

tion

of

prim

ary

heal

th c

entre

s’ b

usin

ess

plan

s w

ill im

prov

e tra

nspa

renc

y an

d ac

coun

tabi

lity

of

loca

l he

alth

ser

vice

s.

Ass

umpt

ions

W

illing

ness

of

prim

ary

heal

th c

are

staf

f to

im

plem

ent

heal

th

prom

otio

n st

rate

gies

. In

stitu

tiona

l ca

paci

ties

of h

ealth

fac

ilitie

s to

st

eer

activ

ities

at

com

mun

ity l

evel

. In

form

ed

com

mun

ity

mem

bers

de

man

d fo

r qu

ality

he

alth

car

e se

rvic

es.

Ris

ks

Res

ista

nce

of

loca

l au

thor

ities

to

be

ac

coun

tabl

e to

ser

vice

use

rs.

Out

com

e 2

Base

d on

the

Con

cept

of

Hea

lth C

are

Ref

orm

, en

dors

ed b

y th

e G

over

nmen

t in

2002

and

Nat

iona

l H

ealth

Stra

tegy

201

0-20

20:

Incr

ease

d re

spon

sibi

lity

of t

he T

ajik

pop

ulat

ion

to

thei

r ow

n he

alth

and

inc

reas

ed p

artic

ipat

ion

of

com

mun

ities

to a

ddre

ss h

ealth

car

e ne

eds.

In

dica

tors

-

Ante

-nat

al c

over

age

rate

. B

asel

ine

2012

: 78%

Ta

rget

val

ue 2

020:

89%

- Tr

ends

in p

reva

lenc

e of

dia

bete

s an

d hy

perte

nsio

n (s

ee a

bove

-out

com

e 1)

. - In

crea

sed

num

ber o

f out

patie

nt v

isits

per

pe

rson

per

yea

r.

Bas

elin

e 20

15: m

ean

- 2.5

(HM

IS)

Targ

et v

alue

202

0: a

t lea

st 5

(mea

n fro

m

HM

IS).

(4) L

ines

of i

nter

vent

ion

(Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me)

O

utco

me

stat

emen

t 1:

- U

se e

vide

nces

and

exp

ertis

e ga

ined

from

the

prog

ram

are

a (e

.g. m

onito

ring

of im

plem

enta

tion

of b

asic

ben

efit

pack

age,

per

cap

ita

finan

cing

, bus

ines

s pl

ans)

to in

fluen

ce h

ealth

fina

ncin

g po

licy.

- Al

ong

with

oth

er d

onor

s, re

info

rce

the

regu

latio

n, o

rgan

isat

ion,

func

tioni

ng, m

anag

emen

t and

mon

itorin

g of

hea

lth c

are

syst

em to

incr

ease

its

effi

cien

cy a

nd e

ffect

iven

ess.

-

Con

tribu

te to

hav

ing

heal

th h

uman

reso

urce

pol

icy

incr

easi

ngly

taki

ng in

to a

ccou

nt n

eeds

and

real

ities

of t

he h

ealth

sec

tor.

-

Prom

ote

inst

itutio

nal a

rran

gem

ents

for t

he p

ract

ical

yea

r 6 tr

aini

ng c

ours

e at

the

Tajik

Sat

e M

edic

al U

nive

rsity

. -

Con

tribu

te to

the

cont

inuo

us p

rofe

ssio

nal d

evel

opm

ent o

f fam

ily d

octo

rs a

nd n

urse

s.

- C

ontri

bute

to c

apac

ity b

uild

ing

of p

rimar

y he

alth

car

e m

anag

ers

at ra

yon

leve

l to

bette

r res

ourc

e, m

anag

e an

d m

onito

r the

prim

ary

heal

th

care

sys

tem

. -

Con

tribu

te to

est

ablis

hing

qua

lific

atio

ns a

nd li

cens

ing

prog

ram

of d

octo

rs a

nd n

urse

s al

read

y tra

ined

and

wor

king

at p

rimar

y he

alth

car

e le

vel.

- Pr

omot

e qu

ality

ass

uran

ce o

f hea

lth s

ervi

ce d

eliv

ery

at p

rimar

y he

alth

car

e le

vel (

clin

ical

aud

its, m

ento

ring

of s

ervi

ce d

eliv

ery,

clin

ical

pr

otoc

ols)

.

- St

reng

then

the

refe

rral

sys

tem

bet

wee

n pr

imar

y he

alth

car

e ce

ntre

s an

d ho

spita

ls.

-

Reh

abilit

ate

and

equi

p w

ith b

asic

equ

ipm

ent p

rimar

y he

alth

car

e ce

ntre

s in

sel

ecte

d ar

ea.

60

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 2

: -

Ris

ing

awar

enes

s am

ong

the

popu

latio

n ab

out t

he e

xpan

sion

of t

he b

asic

ben

efit

pack

age.

-

Build

the

inst

itutio

nal c

apac

ities

of h

ealth

faci

litie

s to

wor

k co

llabo

rativ

ely

on h

ealth

pre

vent

ion

and

prom

otio

n w

ith th

eir c

omm

uniti

es.

- Bu

ild th

e ca

paci

ties

of c

omm

unity

hea

lth p

rom

oter

s an

d w

omen

’s g

roup

s on

hea

lth p

rom

otio

n, d

isea

se p

reve

ntio

n an

d ad

voca

cy fo

r hea

lthy

life

styl

e.

- Fo

ster

par

ticip

atio

n of

com

mun

ity re

pres

enta

tives

in b

usin

ess

plan

ning

exe

rcis

es c

arrie

d ou

t by

prim

ary

heal

th c

are

man

ager

s in

thei

r re

spec

tive

villa

ges.

(5

) Res

ourc

es, p

artn

ersh

ips

(Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me)

Fi

nanc

ial r

esou

rces

: Th

e fin

anci

al re

sour

ces9 a

lloca

ted

for t

he p

erio

d of

201

7-20

20 fo

r Dom

ain

4 am

ount

to C

HF

9.4

milli

on fo

r SD

C.

Part

ners

M

ain

impl

emen

ting

partn

ers

are

the

Sw

iss

Trop

ical

- P

ublic

Hea

lth In

stitu

te a

nd th

e Ag

a Kh

an F

ound

atio

n (A

ga K

han

Hea

lth S

ervi

ces)

. M

ain

Nat

iona

l cou

nter

parts

are

the

Min

istry

of

Hea

lth a

nd S

ocia

l Pro

tect

ion

of t

he p

opul

atio

n of

Rep

ublic

of

Tajik

ista

n, t

he T

ajik

Sta

te M

edic

al

Uni

vers

ity a

nd th

e Ta

jik In

stitu

te fo

r Pos

tgra

duat

e Ed

ucat

ion.

O

ther

don

ors

and

stra

tegi

c al

lies:

EU

, WH

O, U

SAID

, Wor

ld B

ank.

H

uman

reso

urce

s: A

t SC

O le

vel,

the

NPO

in c

harg

e of

the

portf

olio

will

cont

inue

coo

rdin

atin

g an

d fa

cilit

atin

g th

e do

mai

n, w

orki

ng c

lose

ly w

ith th

e D

eput

y D

irect

or o

f Coo

pera

tion.

The

nee

ds fo

r bac

ksto

ppin

g an

d ex

perti

se w

ill be

ass

esse

d du

ring

impl

emen

tatio

n of

Coo

pera

tion

Stra

tegy

. (6

) Man

agem

ent/p

erfo

rman

ce re

sults

, inc

ludi

ng in

dica

tors

(Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me)

, see

cha

pter

6 o

f CS

Initi

ativ

es a

nd a

ppro

ache

s de

velo

ped

and

test

ed b

y th

e S

wis

s fu

nded

hea

lth p

rogr

am a

re e

mbe

dded

in th

e w

orki

ng p

ract

ices

and

fun

ctio

ns o

f th

e he

alth

sys

tem

.

A ba

lanc

ed g

eogr

aphi

cal o

rient

atio

n of

the

prog

ram

miti

gate

s so

cial

tens

ions

and

faci

litat

es n

atio

nal s

cale

up

of p

rogr

am’s

intro

duce

d fo

rms

of

serv

ice

deliv

ery.

Sw

itzer

land

use

s th

e al

lianc

es w

ith o

ther

age

ncie

s ac

tive

in th

e he

alth

sec

tor t

o en

hanc

e th

e im

pact

of t

he S

wis

s pr

ogra

m a

nd to

con

tribu

te t

o re

ach

the

coun

try’s

hea

lth ta

rget

s.

S

witz

erla

nd h

as a

cle

ar v

isio

n on

how

to c

ontin

ue a

ddre

ssin

g he

alth

issu

es u

nder

the

Gov

erna

nce

portf

olio

.

M

eans

of v

erifi

catio

n. A

nnua

l rep

ort s

tock

taki

ng a

nd s

elf-e

valu

atio

n; s

yste

mat

ic re

view

of d

ocum

enta

tion

prod

uced

by

partn

ers.

9 S

ubje

ct to

cha

nge

due

to d

ecis

ions

in P

arlia

men

t

61

Annex 2: Overview Results Framework Regional & Uzbekistan

Imp

ort

ant

no

tice

: Wh

enev

er p

eop

le a

re c

on

cern

ed, i

nd

icat

ors

will

alw

ays

be

sex-

dis

agg

reg

ated

.A

nnex

2:

Res

ults

Fra

mew

ork –

Swis

s R

egio

nal C

oope

ratio

n St

rate

gy fo

r Cen

tral

Asi

a 20

17-2

020 –

Reg

iona

l & U

zbek

ista

n Im

port

ant n

otic

e: W

hene

ver p

eopl

e ar

e co

ncer

ned,

indi

cato

rs w

ill a

lway

s be

sex

-dis

aggr

egat

ed.

Dom

ain

of in

terv

entio

n 1:

Wat

er, I

nfra

stru

ctur

e an

d C

limat

e C

hang

e -

Reg

iona

l D

omai

n G

oal:

Cen

tral A

sian

Sta

tes

prov

ide

the

nece

ssar

y fra

mew

ork

allo

win

g a

join

t and

equ

itabl

e m

anag

emen

t of r

egio

nal r

iver

bas

ins.

At n

atio

nal l

evel

, ho

useh

olds

, agr

icul

ture

and

oth

er e

cono

mic

sec

tors

hav

e eq

uita

ble

acce

ss to

and

use

wel

l-man

aged

wat

er re

sour

ces,

qua

lity

infra

stru

ctur

e an

d pu

blic

ser

-vi

ces.

Con

sequ

ence

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge a

re c

onsi

dere

d at

all

leve

ls.

(1) S

wis

s po

rtfo

lio o

utco

mes

(2

) Con

trib

utio

n of

Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me

D

escr

ibe

how

(1) c

ontr

ibut

es to

(3),

add

wha

t co

uld

help

and

wha

t mig

ht h

inde

r

(3) R

egio

nal o

utco

mes

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

Stak

ehol

ders

agr

ee o

n ba

sic

aspe

cts

of

mec

hani

sm o

f IW

RM

. In

dica

tors

Leve

l of a

chie

vem

ent o

f IW

RM

: na

tiona

l pol

itica

l an

d po

licy

chan

ges

serv

ing

regi

onal

inte

rest

s.

- Ba

selin

e 20

16: T

ajik

ista

n ha

s pa

ssed

rele

vant

IW

RM

pol

icie

s (e

.g. c

reat

ion

of ri

ver b

asin

s or

gani

satio

ns) a

nd is

in th

e w

ake

of im

ple-

men

ting

them

. -

Targ

et 2

020:

2 c

ount

ries

have

pas

sed

and

impl

emen

t rel

evan

t IW

RM

pol

icie

s; 2

add

i-tio

nal c

ount

ries

are

in th

e pr

oces

s of

mod

ify-

ing

thei

r nat

iona

l leg

isla

tion

acco

rdin

gly.

Num

ber o

f im

plem

ente

d in

itiat

ives

bas

ed o

n ba

sin

deve

lopm

ent p

lans

. - B

asel

ine:

2 [2

016]

- T

arge

t val

ue: 8

[202

0]

The

Swis

s C

oope

ratio

n w

ill c

ontri

bute

to th

e es

tab-

lishm

ent o

f D

iscu

ssio

n pl

atfo

rms

(form

al

and

info

rmal

) se

rvin

g ba

sis

for r

egio

nal d

ialo

gue.

Sw

itzer

land

will

supp

ort

hydr

o-di

plom

atic

act

iviti

es

in th

e re

gion

inst

rum

enta

lisin

g an

y e

mer

ging

win

-do

ws

of o

ppor

tuni

ties

in t

he a

reas

of

regi

onal

or-

gani

zatio

ns

deve

lopm

ent,

regi

onal

an

d cr

oss-

regi

onal

exp

erie

nce

exch

ange

, joi

nt p

ract

ical

act

ivi-

ties.

A hi

gh-le

vel d

ialo

gue

plat

form

on

IWR

M in

Cen

tral

Asia

, sup

porte

d by

the

Gen

eva

wat

er h

ub,

is b

uilt

on a

dem

and

driv

en b

asis

. It c

ontri

bute

s to

res

olv-

ing

regi

onal

wat

er i

ssue

s an

d st

reng

then

ing

Re-

gion

al W

ater

Org

aniz

atio

ns.

Sw

itzer

land

sup

ports

the

stre

ngth

enin

g of

the

ena-

blin

g en

viro

nmen

t to

pro

mot

e en

ergy

and

wat

er

secu

rity

at r

egio

nal

leve

l an

d in

the

ben

efic

iary

co

untri

es.

Ass

umpt

ions

The

oper

atio

nal

cont

ext

is v

ery

chal

leng

ing

as

desc

ribed

bel

ow u

nder

the

“ris

ks”

sect

ion.

The

re-

fore

, it

is a

mbi

tious

to

plan

any

res

ults

in a

giv

en

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

.1

Dev

elop

men

t of m

utua

lly a

ccep

tabl

e m

echa

-ni

sms

for i

nteg

rate

d w

ater

reso

urce

s m

anag

e-m

ent a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal p

rote

ctio

n in

Cen

tral

A

sia

taki

ng in

to a

ccou

nt in

tere

sts

of a

ll st

ates

in

the

Reg

ion

(Ara

l Sea

Bas

in P

lan-

4 [A

SBP-

4]).

Indi

cato

r

- Bas

elin

e [2

017]

- T

arge

t val

ue [2

020]

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

.2

Con

tinue

d co

oper

atio

n ai

min

g to

impr

ove

the

ecol

ogic

al a

nd s

ocio

-eco

nom

ic s

ituat

ion

in th

e A

ral S

ea B

asin

(ASB

P-4)

.

Indi

cato

r

- Bas

elin

e [2

017]

- T

arge

t val

ue [2

020]

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 1

.3

Stre

ngth

enin

g in

stitu

tiona

l and

lega

l fra

me-

wor

ks (A

SBP-

4)

62

2/6

shor

t-ter

m p

erio

d as

has

bee

n pr

oved

by

less

ons

lear

nt fr

om th

e pa

st s

trate

gies

. Con

side

ring

abov

e,

the

focu

s sh

all b

e pl

aced

on

supp

ortin

g an

y pr

o-ce

ss a

nd p

rogr

ess

on th

e re

gion

al c

oope

ratio

n.

Ris

ks

The

will

ingn

ess

of s

ome

coun

tries

of t

he r

egio

n to

in

clud

e th

eir

prio

ritie

s (e

nerg

y se

curit

y/fo

od s

ecur

i-ty

) in

to a

reg

iona

l, in

form

al d

ialo

gue

is in

crea

sing

, w

here

as t

he f

irmne

ss o

f ot

her

coun

tries

not

to

mod

ify th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of re

gion

al c

oope

ratio

n is

al

so im

pact

ing

the

Sw

iss

cont

ribut

ion.

Une

qual

inst

itutio

nal c

apac

ities

mak

e it

diffi

cult

to

prom

ote

a so

und

regi

onal

co

oper

atio

n am

ong

coun

tries

, tho

ugh

seve

ral o

f the

m h

ave

intro

duce

d w

ater

ref

orm

s in

ord

er t

o in

crea

se t

heir

natio

nal

capa

citie

s to

han

dle

the

new

cha

lleng

es. B

ut tr

ust

is s

till l

acki

ng m

ost.

Secu

rity

conc

erns

bec

ome

the

high

est

natio

nal

prio

rity,

ab

sorb

ing

the

natio

nal

capa

citie

s an

d sw

eepi

ng a

way

pos

itive

effo

rts f

or r

egio

nal

coop

-er

atio

n.

Fina

ncia

l res

ourc

es

The

finan

cial

reso

urce

s1 allo

cate

d fo

r the

per

iod

of 2

017-

2020

for D

omai

n 1

regi

onal

leve

l (K

yrgy

zsta

n, T

ajik

ista

n an

d U

zbek

ista

n) a

mou

nt to

CH

F 23

.1 m

illion

fo

r SD

C.

1 Sub

ject

to c

hang

e du

e to

dec

isio

ns in

Par

liam

ent

63

3/6

Dom

ain

of in

terv

entio

n 1:

Wat

er, I

nfra

stru

ctur

e an

d C

limat

e C

hang

e -

Uzb

ekis

tan

Dom

ain

Goa

l: C

entra

l Asi

an S

tate

s pr

ovid

e th

e ne

cess

ary

fram

ewor

k al

low

ing

a jo

int a

nd e

quita

ble

man

agem

ent o

f reg

iona

l riv

er b

asin

s. A

t nat

iona

l lev

el,

hous

ehol

ds, a

gric

ultu

re a

nd o

ther

eco

nom

ic s

ecto

rs h

ave

equi

tabl

e ac

cess

to a

nd u

se w

ell-m

anag

ed w

ater

reso

urce

s, q

ualit

y in

frast

ruct

ure

and

publ

ic s

er-

vice

s. C

onse

quen

ces

of c

limat

e ch

ange

are

con

side

red

at a

ll le

vels

.

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 2

Peop

le a

nd e

ntiti

es in

targ

eted

are

as h

ave

ac-

cess

and

mak

e us

e of

affo

rdab

le a

nd s

usta

ina-

ble

publ

ic s

ervi

ces

and

are

mor

e re

silie

nt to

w

ater

str

esse

s an

d na

tura

l sho

cks.

Indi

cato

rs

# an

d %

of

popu

latio

n in

tar

gete

d ar

eas

have

ac-

cess

and

use

im

prov

ed s

ervi

ces

(saf

e dr

inki

ng

wat

er a

nd s

anita

tion,

and

oth

er c

omm

unal

ser

-vi

ces)

. (A

RI:

W3,

W4)

(SI6

) - B

asel

ine:

100

’000

[201

6]

- Tar

get v

alue

: 300

’000

[202

0]

(val

ues

to d

isag

greg

ate:

urb

an/ru

ral)

C

onsu

mer

s' s

atis

fact

ion

– fo

r RW

SS (i

mpr

oved

su

pply

of d

rinki

ng w

ater

to c

omm

uniti

es w

ith

DW

Os)

and

for N

WR

M (W

UAs

sat

isfie

d w

ith ir

riga-

tion

wat

er s

uppl

y)

- Bas

elin

e: [2

016]

– 2

0%

- Tar

get v

alue

: [20

20] –

80%

# an

d %

of

popu

latio

n in

tar

gete

d ar

eas

unde

r re

duce

d ris

ks to

nat

ural

haz

ards

(AR

I HA

5)

Bas

elin

e 20

16: t

o be

pro

vide

d by

impl

emen

ting

partn

er

Targ

et v

alue

202

0: to

be

prov

ided

by

impl

emen

t-in

g pa

rtner

% o

f Sta

keho

lder

s ab

le to

ass

es a

nd m

ap w

ater

re

late

d di

sast

er ri

sks.

- Bas

elin

e: [2

016]

– 0

%

- Tar

get v

alue

: [20

20] –

50%

Sw

itzer

land

’s u

p-sc

alin

g ef

forts

to th

e w

ater

sup

ply

and

sani

tatio

n sy

stem

s bo

th i

n ru

ral

and

urba

n ar

eas

are

reac

hing

a c

ritic

al m

ass,

and

will

serv

e as

dem

onst

ratio

n sy

stem

s to

be

take

n in

to c

onsi

d-er

atio

n by

the

Nat

iona

l wat

er s

uppl

y an

d sa

nita

tion

plan

s. B

oth

rura

l com

mun

ity-b

ased

and

urb

an w

a-te

r sup

ply

syst

ems

are

striv

ing

to im

prov

e th

e qu

al-

ity o

f the

ser

vice

s in

targ

ed a

reas

.

Tim

ely

and

suffi

cien

t wat

er s

uppl

y to

the

farm

ers.

Ass

umpt

ions

The

colla

bora

tion

with

the

IFI

s in

the

sec

tor

can

favo

rise

the

acce

ss t

o fin

anci

al m

echa

nism

s fo

r m

unic

ipal

ities

and

com

mun

ities

. A

tre

nd t

owar

ds

an i

ncre

ased

rec

entra

lisat

ion

of t

he m

anag

emen

t by

the

gove

rnm

ent a

nd a

n un

clea

r m

anda

te o

f the

re

spon

sibl

e ag

ency

hav

e th

e te

nden

cy o

f no

t ta

k-in

g th

e pr

ojec

ts r

esul

ts s

erio

usly

int

o co

nsid

era-

tion.

.

Ris

ks

Con

tinuo

us

wea

keni

ng

stat

e in

stitu

tions

in

th

e se

ctor

. Se

curit

y co

ncer

ns o

f th

e co

untry

red

uces

th

e bu

dget

s al

loca

ted

to

the

sect

or.

The

one-

solu

tion-

fits-

all

attit

ude

(one

on

ly

oper

ator

, th

e Vo

daK

anal

) w

ill on

the

mid

-term

exc

lude

oth

er

mod

els

to b

e im

plem

ente

d

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 2

Impr

oved

man

agem

ent s

truc

ture

s in

wat

er

supp

ly a

nd s

anita

tion

and

incr

ease

d le

vel o

f qu

alita

tive

drin

king

wat

er a

nd s

anita

tion

ser-

vice

s (d

ecre

e n°

306

). In

dica

tor (

tbd)

- B

asel

ine

[201

6]

- Tar

get v

alue

[201

9]

"The

Sta

te p

rogr

am o

n de

velo

pmen

t of t

he A

ral

Sea

basi

n fo

r 201

7-20

21",

with

the

aim

to im

prov

e liv

ing

cond

ition

s of

the

popu

latio

n, d

evel

op th

e w

ater

sup

ply

syst

em, c

reat

e ne

w jo

bs, i

ncre

ase

the

inve

stm

ent a

ttrac

tiven

ess

of th

e re

gion

and

dev

el-

op th

e tra

nspo

rt, e

ngin

eerin

g an

d co

mm

unic

atio

n in

frast

ruct

ure

of s

ettle

men

ts

Indi

cato

r (tb

d)

- Bas

elin

e [2

016]

- T

arge

t val

ue [2

021]

U

zbek

ista

n’s

Dev

elop

men

t Stra

tegy

201

7 –

2021

, am

ong

whi

ch p

riorit

ies:

Im

prov

emen

t of l

ivin

g co

nditi

ons

of th

e po

pula

tion

thro

ugh

impr

oved

pub

lic s

ervi

ce

prov

isio

n.,

Indi

cato

r (tb

d)

- Bas

elin

e [2

016]

- T

arge

t val

ue [2

020]

64

4/6

Out

com

e 3:

The

resp

ectiv

e in

stitu

tions

and

oth

er s

ervi

ce

prov

ider

s op

erat

e su

bsec

tors

or s

yste

ms

in a

n ef

fect

ive

and

effic

ient

mod

e.

Num

ber

of A

dmin

istra

tion

for

Irrig

atio

n S

yste

ms

Uni

ts p

rovi

ding

WC

A su

ppor

t and

pro

mot

ing

wat

er

savi

ng te

chno

logi

es

- Bas

elin

e: 0

[201

6]

- Tar

get v

alue

: 49

AIS

Uni

ts [2

020]

N

umbe

r of

irrig

atio

n sy

stem

s ad

min

istra

tions

(B

a-si

n Ad

min

istra

tion

for

Irrig

atio

n S

yste

ms

BAIS

and

Ad

min

istra

tion

for

Irrig

atio

ns S

yste

ms

AIS)

with

im

prov

ed w

ater

info

rmat

ion

syst

ems.

- B

asel

ine:

0 [2

016]

- T

arge

t val

ue: 1

BAI

S +

3 AI

S [2

020]

N

umbe

r of p

rovi

ncia

l wat

er p

rovi

sion

ser

vice

s ha

ve

set u

p pu

blic

ser

vice

con

tract

s an

d/or

are

app

lyin

g ta

riff

syst

em t

hat

incl

udes

a c

ost

reco

very

ap-

proa

ch (O

&M

) - B

asel

ine:

0 [2

016]

- T

arge

t val

ue: -

13 [2

020]

N

umbe

r of c

omm

unity

-bas

ed w

ater

man

agem

ent

syst

ems

succ

essf

ully

and

sus

tain

ably

impl

emen

ted

with

a fu

ll-co

st re

cove

ry a

ppro

ach:

- B

asel

ine

[201

6] :

24

- Tar

get v

alue

[202

0] :

50

Num

ber o

f tra

ined

peo

ple

hire

d in

the

wat

er s

ecto

r / n

umbe

r of s

taff

wor

king

for t

he w

ater

ser

vice

pro

-vi

ders

trai

ned:

-

Base

line

[201

6]:

o st

uden

ts w

hich

hav

e be

en h

ired

afte

rwar

ds

by th

e w

ater

sec

tor i

n 20

16: 2

75 o

ut o

f 357

gr

adua

tes

of S

DP

Col

lege

s, (7

7 %

)

Sw

itzer

land

will

supp

ort

a un

ified

nat

iona

l w

ater

in

form

atio

n sy

stem

, al

low

ing

the

Min

istry

of

Agri-

cultu

re a

nd W

ater

Res

ourc

es a

mor

e ef

ficie

nt d

e-ci

sion

mak

ing,

bas

ed o

n re

al d

ata

and

sim

plifi

ed

data

exc

hang

e pr

oced

ures

. In

deed

, by

firs

t st

ruc-

turin

g th

e da

ta p

rodu

ctio

n, fl

ow a

nd u

se, h

arm

oniz

-in

g th

e di

ffere

nt d

ata

type

s an

d pr

iorit

isin

g th

e m

easu

ring

site

s (i.

e. t

he m

ain

infra

stru

ctur

e),

the

irrig

atio

n sy

stem

s ad

min

istra

tions

be

com

e al

so

mor

e ef

fect

ive,

redu

cing

the

curr

ent w

ater

loss

es.

Seco

ndly

, S

witz

erla

nd

is

supp

ortin

g th

e St

ate

Agen

cy U

zkom

mun

khiz

mat

am

d th

e M

inis

try o

f Ed

ucat

ion

with

tar

gete

d re

gula

tory

ass

ista

nce

and

thro

ugh

voca

tiona

l and

edu

catio

nal t

rain

ing

in t

he

drin

king

wat

er s

ecto

r. Th

is w

ill h

elp

the

Uzb

ek

stak

ehol

ders

im

prov

e th

eir

capa

city

, co

here

nce

and

func

tiona

lity,

in p

artic

ular

by

impl

emen

ting

the

corp

orat

e de

velo

pmen

t pr

ogra

mm

e in

clud

ing

pub-

lic s

ervi

ce c

ontra

cts

and

cost

reco

very

app

roac

h.

Third

ly,

Sw

itzer

land

sup

ports

wat

er u

tiliti

es i

n im

-pr

ovin

g th

eir

busi

ness

pra

ctic

es (

Cor

pora

te D

evel

-op

men

t) to

bec

ome

effe

ctiv

e in

situ

tions

and

ser

-vi

ce p

rovi

ders

.

Ass

umpt

ions

With

the

sup

port

of o

ther

don

ors,

an

incr

ease

d aw

aren

ess

to im

prov

e co

oper

atio

n am

ong

dono

rs

and

min

istri

es,

arou

nd a

spe

cifie

d to

pic,

suc

h as

da

ta m

anag

emen

t w

ill fa

cilit

ate

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of

an

unifi

ed w

ater

inf

orm

atio

n sy

stem

. A

data

m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

can

not b

e bu

ilt if

oth

er w

ater

da

ta p

rodu

cers

are

not

coo

pera

ting

and

if th

e co

n-ce

rned

min

istry

has

littl

e ca

paci

ty in

taki

ng th

e le

ad

posi

tion.

The

que

stio

n of

tar

iffic

atio

n is

bei

ng d

is-

cuss

ed a

nd i

nclu

ded

into

the

stra

tegi

c m

anag

e-m

ent p

lann

ing

of th

e w

ater

regu

lato

rs.

The

curr

ent r

emod

ellin

g of

the

wat

er m

anag

emen

t

Out

com

e st

atem

ent 3

Uzb

ekis

tan’

s D

evel

opm

ent S

trate

gy 2

017

– 20

21,

amon

g w

hich

prio

ritie

s:

im

prov

ed p

ublic

ser

vice

pro

visi

on.

st

reng

then

ing

wat

er m

anag

emen

t and

in-

tens

ifyin

g ag

ricul

tura

l sec

tors

,

im

prov

ing

resp

ectiv

e le

gisl

atio

n an

d le

gal

serv

ices

sys

tem

,

Impr

oved

man

agem

ent s

truc

ture

s in

wat

er

supp

ly a

nd s

anita

tion

and

incr

ease

d le

vel o

f qu

alita

tive

drin

king

wat

er a

nd s

anita

tion

ser-

vice

s (d

ecre

e n°

306

).

Indi

cato

r (tb

d)

- Bas

elin

e [2

016]

- T

arge

t val

ue [2

019]

U

zbek

ista

n’s

Dev

elop

men

t Stra

tegy

201

7 –

2021

, am

ong

whi

ch p

riorit

ies:

Ref

orm

of p

ublic

adm

in-

istra

tion

and

Impr

ovem

ent o

f pub

lic a

dmin

istra

tion

man

agem

ent

Indi

cato

r (tb

d)

- Bas

elin

e [2

016]

- T

arge

t val

ue [2

020]

65

5/6

o ad

ults

trai

ned

in 2

016

by p

roje

ct w

hich

are

al

read

y w

orki

ng a

nd c

ontin

ued

to w

ork

in th

e w

ater

sec

tor:

4’57

2 ad

ults

trai

ned

base

d on

SD

P tr

aini

ng a

ppro

ach

at 1

1 R

egio

nal C

om-

pete

nce

Cen

ters

+6

colle

ges

in th

e w

hole

co

untry

- Ta

rget

val

ue [2

019]

o st

uden

ts tr

aine

d an

d gr

adua

ted

follo

win

g SD

P tr

aini

ng p

rogr

amm

e: 3’000

, out

of

whi

ch 7

0% w

ill be

hire

d in

the

wat

er s

ecto

r (a

ccor

ding

to la

bour

mar

ket s

urve

y do

ne in

21

06)

o ad

ults

trai

ned

by 2

018

by th

e pr

ojec

t wor

k-in

g in

the

wat

er s

ecto

r: 7’00

0 in

the

16 S

DP

-su

ppor

ted

Reg

iona

l Com

pete

nce

Cen

ters

+6

col

lege

s in

the

who

le c

ount

ry

in U

zbek

ista

n w

ill al

low

to

impr

ove

the

qual

ity,

trans

pare

ncy

and

finan

cial

su

stai

nabi

lity

of

the

drin

king

wat

er s

ervi

ce p

rovi

ders

, inc

ludi

ng th

roug

h th

e co

mm

on a

nd c

once

rted

supp

ort

of m

ultip

le

IFIs

.

Ris

ks

Abse

nce

of c

oope

ratio

n ag

reem

ent

betw

een

the

invo

lved

sta

keho

lder

s.

Tota

l res

trict

ion

of a

cces

s to

wat

er re

late

d da

ta.

Polit

ical

int

erfe

renc

e in

to t

he e

cono

mic

app

roac

h of

the

wat

er m

anag

emen

t.

(4) L

ines

of i

nter

vent

ion

(Sw

iss

Prog

ram

me)

Th

roug

h th

e hy

drod

iplo

mac

y ap

proa

ch, t

he c

apac

ities

of n

atio

nal i

nstit

utio

ns in

the

man

agem

ent o

f wat

er re

late

d da

ta, f

orec

astin

g m

odel

ling

for c

limat

e an

d w

ater

issu

es a

re in

crea

sed

and

trust

am

ong

ripar

ian

stat

es is

bui

lt by

mak

ing

the

acce

ss to

relia

ble

and

accu

rate

dat

a po

ssib

le. A

n in

form

al h

igh-

leve

l dia

logu

e pl

atfo

rm, s

uppo

rted

by th

e G

enev

a w

ater

hub

, aro

und

wat

er, p

eace

and

sec

urity

is b

uilt

on a

dem

and

driv

en b

asis

, whe

re o

nly

the

inte

rest

ed c

ount

ries

are

parti

cipa

ting

(not

nec

essa

ry a

ll fiv

e). T

opic

s ar

e co

ncre

te a

nd a

ppro

ache

s ar

e pr

agm

atic

e.g

. wat

er q

ualit

y an

d po

llutio

n, in

form

al d

ialo

gue

plat

form

, etc

. Na-

tiona

lly im

plem

ente

d pr

ojec

ts (e

.g. N

WR

M a

nd o

ther

s) s

trive

in a

focu

ssed

and

har

mon

ized

man

ner t

o co

ntrib

ute

to th

e re

gion

al o

utco

me.

Dur

ing

high

leve

l m

eetin

gs, w

orks

hops

and

con

cret

e re

gion

al a

nd tr

ansb

ound

ary

coop

erat

ion

proj

ects

, the

cou

ntrie

s’ m

otiv

atio

n to

coo

pera

te s

houl

d be

mes

ured

. Joi

nt fo

reca

st-

ing

exer

cise

s an

d pr

epar

edne

ss m

easu

res

on tw

o tra

nsbo

unda

ry w

ater

shed

s sh

ould

be

set-u

p by

the

conc

erne

d au

thor

ities

.

The

prog

ram

me

finan

ces

infra

stru

ctur

e co

nstru

ctio

n an

d re

habi

litat

ion,

sup

ports

wat

er o

pera

tors

in im

prov

ing

thei

r bus

ines

s pr

actic

es (C

orpo

rate

Dev

elop

-m

ent)

and

prov

ides

targ

eted

regu

lato

ry s

uppo

rt to

def

ine

bette

r the

ir ro

les

and

resp

onsa

bilit

ies.

Spe

cific

ally

, a re

habi

litat

ed p

umpi

ng s

tatio

n an

d ne

w d

is-

trubt

ion

netw

orks

will

supp

ly G

ulis

tan

City

and

sev

eral

rura

l wat

er s

yste

ms.

The

latte

r dra

ws

on th

e ex

perie

nces

gai

ned

in th

e fo

rmer

pro

ject

s un

derta

ken

in

the

Ferg

ana

Val

ley.

.

The

link

betw

een

Wat

er a

nd H

ealth

will

incr

easi

ngly

be

prom

oted

at t

he n

atio

nal l

evel

to p

rom

ote

the

popu

latio

n’s

beha

viou

rial c

hang

e in

hyg

iene

(han

d w

ash-

ing)

and

con

tribu

te to

the

decr

ease

of w

ater

bor

ne d

isea

ses.

The

pro

ject

s ar

e in

thei

r las

t pha

se a

nd to

be

conc

lude

d by

end

201

8, re

sp. 2

019,

with

the

aim

to

inte

grat

e th

e le

sson

s le

arnt

and

pro

cess

es in

to th

e na

tiona

l fra

mew

ork.

In c

lose

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith th

e M

inis

try o

f Agr

icul

ture

and

Wat

er R

esou

rces

and

its

Dat

a D

ispa

tch

Cen

ter a

nd w

ith th

e co

finan

cing

of K

OIC

A, a

uni

fied

natio

nal

wat

er in

form

atio

n sy

stem

will

be s

truct

ured

, allo

win

g to

redu

ce c

onsi

dera

bly

the

info

rmat

ion

lap

enab

le ti

mel

y de

cisi

on m

akin

g pr

oces

ses

for t

he w

ater

allo

ca-

tion

with

in th

e co

untry

. Flo

w c

harts

, dat

a ex

chan

ge p

roto

col,

data

base

stru

ctur

e w

ill sy

stem

atiz

e th

e da

ta m

anag

emen

t am

ong

the

diffe

rent

dat

a pr

oduc

ers

(AIS

, BAI

S, B

WO

, Hyd

rom

ets)

and

will

clar

ify th

e ne

w re

spon

sabi

litie

s in

the

data

pro

cess

ing.

Add

ition

al m

onito

ring

indi

cato

rs (i

nfor

med

by

spec

ific

proj

ects

):

66

6/6

- AR

I GO

1 -

ARI E

V3

- TR

I CH

R2.

2 Pr

ovis

ion

of h

igh

qual

ity s

ervi

ces

(5) R

esou

rces

, par

tner

ship

s (S

wis

s Pr

ogra

mm

e)

Fina

ncia

l res

ourc

es:

The

finan

cial

reso

urce

s2 allo

cate

d fo

r the

per

iod

of 2

017-

2020

for D

omai

n 1

(Uzb

ekis

tan)

am

ount

to C

HF

12.4

milli

on in

Uzb

ekis

tan

(SEC

O: C

HF

10 m

illion

an

d SD

C: C

HF

2.4

milli

on).

At th

e po

litic

al le

vel,

the

regi

onal

pro

gram

me

is s

teer

ed b

y th

e he

ad o

f the

Eur

asia

Div

isio

n in

clo

se c

oope

ratio

n w

ith a

Sw

iss

Spec

ial E

nvoy

for W

ater

and

the

Reg

iona

l Adv

isor

for W

ater

& C

limat

e C

hang

e an

d th

e G

loba

l Pro

gram

me’

s di

visi

ons

(Wat

er In

itativ

es, C

limat

e C

hang

e, F

ood

Secu

rity)

and

SEC

O. T

he p

er-

man

ent e

xcha

nge

and

clos

e co

oper

atio

n w

ith a

ll th

ree

Sw

iss

emba

ssie

s (K

yrgy

zsta

n, K

azak

hsta

n, U

zbek

ista

n) a

nd th

e co

oper

atio

n of

fice

(Taj

ikis

tan)

will

be

esse

ntia

l for

the

acco

mpl

ishm

ent o

f the

exp

ecte

d re

sults

, sin

ce a

ll pr

ojec

ts o

f the

dom

ain

striv

e to

con

tribu

te to

regi

onal

sta

bilit

y an

d im

prov

e th

e co

oper

atio

n en

viro

nmen

t.

Mai

n im

plem

entin

g pa

rtne

rs: I

nter

natio

nal S

ecre

taria

t for

Wat

er IS

W, G

EF A

genc

y, G

OP

A C

onsu

ltant

s, H

olin

ger A

G, a

nd th

e U

zbek

Min

istry

of A

gric

ultu

re

and

Wat

er R

esou

rces

, Min

istry

of E

duca

tion,

and

Com

mun

al S

ervi

ces

Agen

cy U

zkom

mun

khiz

mat

, in

coop

erat

ion

with

the

Wor

ld B

ank,

and

the

Asia

n D

evel

-op

men

t Ban

k.

Pote

ntia

l par

tner

s an

d al

lies

are

the

IFI’s

, inc

ludi

ng th

e ne

wly

foun

ded

AIIB

, the

Cen

tral A

sian

gov

ernm

ents

and

min

istri

es, a

cade

mia

, loc

al a

utho

ritie

s, c

ivil

soci

ety

as w

ell a

s ot

her S

wis

s in

stitu

tions

(FO

EN, M

eteo

Suis

se, e

tc.).

A co

oper

atio

n an

d pa

ralle

l fun

ding

with

the

Kor

ean

agen

cy K

OIC

A is

in d

iscu

ssio

n, a

s th

ey h

ave

alre

ady

com

mitt

ed to

fina

nce

a sh

are

of th

e ha

rdw

are

com

-po

nent

of t

he w

ater

info

rmat

ion

syst

em. A

ll pr

ojec

ts a

re b

eing

impl

emen

ted

by m

anda

ted

cont

ract

ors,

bot

h na

tiona

l and

inte

rnat

iona

l and

gov

ernm

enta

l ins

titu-

tions

. The

Nat

iona

l par

trner

s ar

e th

e M

inis

try o

f Agr

icul

ture

and

Wat

er R

esou

rces

, the

Uzb

ek a

genc

y fo

r com

mun

al s

ervi

ces

Uzk

omun

hizm

at a

nd V

odaK

anal

s in

the

proj

ect a

reas

. Add

ition

al s

take

hold

ers

will

be th

e co

mm

uniti

es a

nd th

eir r

espe

ctiv

e D

rinki

ng W

ater

Org

anis

atio

ns, a

s w

ell a

s th

e M

inis

try o

f Hea

lth,

thro

ugh

the

med

ical

inst

itutio

ns o

f the

cou

ntry

, whe

re W

ater

& H

ealth

rela

ted

activ

ities

will

take

pla

ce.

(6) M

anag

emen

t/per

form

ance

resu

lts, i

nclu

ding

indi

cato

rs (S

wis

s Pr

ogra

mm

e), s

ee c

hapt

er 6

of C

S

Pr

agm

atic

e an

d ef

fect

ive

coop

erat

ion

betw

een

the

Spec

ial E

nvoy

for W

ater

, the

Reg

iona

l Adv

isor

for W

ater

and

the

thre

e em

bass

ies/

coop

erat

ion

offic

e to

cl

early

det

erm

ine

resp

onsa

bitie

s an

d ta

sks.

Team

wor

k of

Spe

cial

Env

oy fo

r Wat

er a

nd R

egio

nal W

ater

Adv

isor

is e

stab

lishe

d an

d ac

cept

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Annex 3: Monitoring System

Objectives and principles

The implementation, monitoring and steering of this cooperation strategy is the responsibility of the Swiss representations in Central Asia. The monitoring and steering of the strategy have the following objectives:

• To analyse contextual trends and take appropriate adaption measures to maintain the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of the Swiss Cooperation Strategy;

• To assess the progress towards achieving expected outcomes of Swiss projects and their contribution to country development, to be accountable for the set of objectives and to report on achievements;

• To capitalise on experiences, scale-up best practice and promote learning at all levels, and value them in the political dialogue (mu-tual learning among the involved actors).

Dimension Monitoring area Instrument Periodicity Country context

Overall country context for the Swiss cooperation strategy

MERV Specific thematic analysis

Annually: Sept-Nov Ad hoc base

Swiss portfolio results

Swiss portfolio outcomes Country development outcomes Transversal themes: good governance, gender equality

Monitoring matrix cooperation strategy

Annually: Sept-Oct

Annual programme (detailed work-plan) and its mid-year review

Annually: developed Jan-Feb. Reviewed Jun-July

Annual review meeting with project implementing partners

Annually: Sept-Oct

Annual report

Annually: Oct-Nov

Operational & Policy

Steering/advisory body providing assistance on project level and assess policy needs and/or development

Project steering committees At least once a year

Platform where government and SDC representatives meet to discuss/share strategic water management issues.

Coordination platforms hydro-diplomacy

At least once a year

External project reviews on achievements and sustainability of objectives

Evaluation of projects for reporting steering and definition of subsequent phase

As required/needed

Management Swiss Cooperation Office efficiency and compliance

Internal Control System compliance report

Annually: August

Office Management Report

Annually: August

External audit report

Annually: March-May

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Annex 4: Scenarios

Annex 4 – Scenarios

Worst case Dictatorship, violent extremism, low intensity wars,

strong ethnic tensions, disrupted economies

Status quo – base scenario Non-representative governments, tensions among countries, ethnic tensions, vulnerable economies

Best case Legitimate government, participative and inclusive dialogue with citizens, accountable and effective institutions, functioning social market economy

Geopolitical Situation Geopolitical Situation Geopolitical Situation • The region becomes target of accentuated geopoliti-

cal interest that negatively affects its development. • Violent extremism is imported from Syria, Afghani-

stan and Pakistan. • Smugglers operate with impunity. • The EEU integration does not balance terms of trade

and leaves Central Asian countries without access. • Rise of nationalism and ethnic violence.

• EEU and Silk Belt do not respond to expectations in terms of investments.

• Afghanistan is a predominant factor in national secu-rity policy formulation.

• "Wait and see" regarding EEU and the "Silk Road". • Nationalism is under control but remains an "argu-

ment" for politicians. • Situation of migrant labourers deteriorates with

worsening economic crisis.

• Countries are able to truly negotiate within EEU and the Silk Road initiative.

• Interstate trade is developing. • Afghanistan is sufficiently stable and does not nega-

tively influence regional stability. • Violent extremism is sporadic and under control. • Ethnic tensions are eased through a genuine inter-

cultural and political dialogue.

Political Situation Political Situation Political Situation • Tense regional environment favours "strong" govern-

ments with severe restrictions on personal freedom. • Democratic rules are abandoned. • Governance principles are not applied anymore. • Constitutions are meaningless reference documents. • Due to some ageing political leaders, their succes-

sion might create difficulties (temporary power vacu-um, clans' war).

• Governments are not representative. • Accountability of public institutions is weak and

transparency is insufficient. • Inclusiveness and civic participation in decision ma-

king processes needs to be improved. • Constitutional changes serve the ruling elites. Free-

dom space for civil society in general and individuals in particular is shrinking.

• Succession of some political leaders, though un-democratic, is more or less smooth.

• Governments are legitimate and respond to people's needs.

• Democratic principles apply at national and local levels.

• Citizens participate actively in the development of their country (vibrant civil society).

Economic Situation Economic Situation Economic Situation • Economies continue to slow down. Inability to pro-

vide jobs hence growing unemployment rate and leading to social unrests.

• Due to limited fiscal resources, serious aggravation of levels of indebtedness.

• Lack of investment and maintenance negatively impact on electricity production and distribution.

• Governments unable to maintain basic infra-structure.

• International investors pull out. • Corruption worsens. • Continuous decrease of remittances.

• Remittances remain an important economic stabili-sation factor though the decrease in transfers has dramatically been reduced.

• Economies continue to slow down. Inability to pro-vide jobs hence growing unemployment rate, but so-cial stability is maintained.

• Economic diversification is foreseen though the environment is not favourable.

• Governments are partially unable to maintain basic infrastructure.

• Frequent natural hazards negatively impact the economy.

• Difficulty to attract foreign investors. • EEU could be an opportunity if seen as a push to-

• Government policies lead to increasing and sustain-able growth.

• Economies become diversified and more resilient to external shocks.

• Water is used efficiently on a regional and national level.

• More employment opportunities and limited brain drain.

• Frequent natural hazards have a limited impact on the economy.

wards increased quality and improvement productivi-ty, an opportunity for further labour migration and freedom of movement.

Social Situation Social Situation Social Situation • Inequalities are testing the social cohesion. • Demographic pressure further increases. Very high

rate of youth unemployment, external migration. • Gender questions are systematically disregarded

resulting in a continuously degrading situation for girls and women.

• Public basic services provision is erratic, access is not equitable.

• Systematic persecution of civil society (activists, journalists, lawyers, etc.).

• Migration remains high (in country and external) even if hampered by situation in Russia.

• Urban pressure rises significantly due to internal migration and lack of integration of "returnees".

• Population’s growth rate remains as it is. • Poverty rate remains more or less the same. • Increased religious radicalisation of society. • Opportunities for women are higher in urban areas

than in rural areas. • Growing divide along ethnic identities.

• Participatory approaches allow governments and society to address social tensions.

• Women have more opportunities in urban but also rural areas. Their rights are respected.

• Increase in access of social, legal and economic opportunities leading to prevention of radicalisation of the population.

• The benefits of economic expansion are shared among the population. Poverty rate decreases.

Environment Situation Environment Situation Environment Situation • Authorities are unable to respond to natural disas-

ters (floods, earthquakes, droughts, etc.). • People and infrastructure are more and more at risk

due to the rapid population growth, booming “disas-ter-blind” development and absence of environment monitoring.

• Natural disaster risks are partially considered but governments are willing to improve the situation.

• DRR measures are implemented in some areas (but not yet nationally).

• National resources (like land, water and forestry) continue to degrade due to ineffective environmental management (overexploitation).

• Relevant national plans are developed and imple-mented.

• People and investments are secured. • Prevention mechanisms are continuously adapted to

the evolution of the situation (e.g. consequences of climate change).

Likelihood – medium Likelihood – high Likelihood - low Reaction of the Swiss Programme to the scenario:

Swiss reaction Swiss reaction Swiss reaction • Revision of Swiss cooperation strategy (e.g. pulling

out of some sectors). • Adaptation of the Swiss programme where required,

including the termination of single projects and of cooperation with partner countries.

• Remote controlled implementation with trustworthy partners identified at an earlier stage.

• New definition (or confirmation) of geographic inter-vention areas.

• Application of subsidiarity principle (as replacing failing policy dialogue).

• Adaptation of implementation dispositive (including closing of offices).

• Continuation of the planned programme, including close monitoring of the evolution of contexts.

• Identification of partners for potential remote con-trolled operations, capacity building and active com-petence development.

• Enhanced policy and political dialogues with national authorities.

• Strong involvement in donors' coordination plat-forms.

• Cooperation with IFIs in view of closer coordination for policy dialogue, scaling-up of projects, etc.

• Implementation of third party funds (e.g. delegated cooperation).

• Regular stakeholder and risk assessment.

• Definition of a detailed exit cooperation strategy and implementation of the latter.

• Definition of a new bilateral partnership with Central

Asian States.

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Annex 5: Indicative Financial Planning of Swiss Contributions Total planned disbursements per year and country (including

disbursements committed before 2017)

TOTAL CENTRAL ASIA REGION

2017 2018 2019 2020 Total 2017-2020

in %of total 2021

28.87 29.13 29.90 29.23 117.13 55% tbd

6.70 6.95 8.25 8.45 30.35 14% tbd

8.50 8.40 8.60 8.60 34.10 16% tbd

8.45 7.30 6.25 6.10 28.10 13% tbd

1.40 1.10 1.05 0.50 4.05 2% tbd

53.92 52.88 54.05 52.88 213.73 100% tbd

3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 14.00 7% tbd

REGIONAL PROGRAMME CENTRAL ASIA

2017 2018 2019 2020 Total 2017-2020

in %of total 2021

5.18 5.45 6.00 6.47 23.10 94% tbd

Other interventions SDC 0.50 0.50 0.50 1.50 6% tbd

Total Budget Allocation 5.68 5.95 6.50 6.47 24.60 100% tbd

0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.80 3% tbd

KYRGYZSTAN

2017 2018 2019 2020 Total 2017-2020

in %of total 2021

7.25 7.25 7.25 7.25 29.00 33% tbd

4.45 4.25 4.45 4.45 17.60 20% tbd

3.20 3.00 3.20 3.20 12.60 tbd1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 5.00 tbd

5.50 5.40 5.60 5.60 22.10 25% tbd

1.50 1.40 1.60 1.60 6.10 tbd4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 16.00 tbd

4.65 4.45 4.70 4.90 18.70 21% tbd

0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 1.00 1% tbd

22.10 21.60 22.25 22.45 88.40 100% tbd

1.35 1.35 1.35 1.35 5.40 6% tbd

SDCSECO

SDC

** Including CHF 18.5 million CEE budget and CHF 4.6 million Global Programme Water Initiative and Climate Change budget.

Water Infrastructure and Climate Change SDC**

Management*

Water Infrastructure and Climate Change SECO

Governance Institutions and Decentralisation SDC/SECO

Planned Disbursements 2017-2021 in CHF million

Planned Disbursements 2017-2021 in CHF million

Domain of Intervention

Domain of Intervention

Employment and Economic Development SDC/SECO

Health SDC

Other interventions SDC

Total Budget Allocation

Management*

SECO

Total Budget Allocation

Management*:

Health SDC

Other interventions SDC

Governance Institutions and Decentralisation SDC/SECO

Employment and Economic Development SDC/SECO

Domain of InterventionPlanned Disbursements 2017-2021 in CHF million

Water Infrastructure and Climate Change SDC/SECO

The activities under this strategy will be financed through the present Swiss framework credit 2017–2020 for transition cooperation in Eastern Europe. The fifth year being financed by the next framework credit 2021-2024 cannot be defined now and is therefore marked as “to be defined” (tbd) in the table below.

The final allocation of funds will depend on the identification of suitable interventions, the absorption capacity as well as the efficiency and effectiveness of the cooperation with the relevant partners in each partner country. Accordingly, the following information on planned disbursements for the five-year period of this strategy is indicative. It cannot be considered a firm commitment or claimed as such by the partner country. This information serves merely as a basis for the forward spending plans that are reviewed each year by the Swiss Parliament. Actual disbursments will depend on various factors, such as the changes in the project protfolio and the framework conditions of the partner country as well as available disbursement credits authorised by the Swiss Parliament. Portfolio and planned disbursements are regularly discussed with the partner authorities.

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KYRGYZSTAN

2017 2018 2019 2020 Total 2017-2020

in %of total 2021

7.25 7.25 7.25 7.25 29.00 33% tbd

4.45 4.25 4.45 4.45 17.60 20% tbd

3.20 3.00 3.20 3.20 12.60 tbd1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 5.00 tbd

5.50 5.40 5.60 5.60 22.10 25% tbd

1.50 1.40 1.60 1.60 6.10 tbd4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 16.00 tbd

4.65 4.45 4.70 4.90 18.70 21% tbd

0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 1.00 1% tbd

22.10 21.60 22.25 22.45 88.40 100% tbd

1.35 1.35 1.35 1.35 5.40 6% tbd

TAJIKISTAN

2017 2018 2019 2020 Total 2017-2020

in %of total 2021

12.03 13.41 14.15 13.01 52.60 60% tbd

5.03 6.41 7.15 6.01 24.60 tbd7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 28.00 tbd

2.25 2.70 3.80 4.00 12.75 14% tbd

3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 12.00 14% tbd

3.80 2.85 1.55 1.20 9.40 11% tbd

0.55 0.25 0.25 0.25 1.30 1% tbd

21.63 22.21 22.75 21.46 88.05 100% tbd

1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 6.00 7% tbd

UZBEKISTAN

2017 2018 2019 2020 Total 2017-2020

in %of total 2021

4.41 3.02 2.50 2.50 12.43 98% tbd

1.91 0.52 2.43 tbd2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 10.00 tbd

0.10 0.10 0.05 0.25 2% tbd

4.51 3.12 2.55 2.50 12.68 100% tbd

0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 1.80 14% tbd

SDCSECO

SDC

Water Infrastructure and Climate Change SECO

Governance Institutions and Decentralisation SDC/SECO

Planned Disbursements 2017-2021 in CHF millionDomain of Intervention

Employment and Economic Development SDC/SECO

SDC***SECO

Water Infrastructure and Climate Change SDC/SECO

Health SDC

Other interventions SDC

Total Budget Allocation

Management*

SECO

Domain of InterventionPlanned Disbursements 2017-2021 in CHF million

Management*

SDC

Domain of Intervention

*** Including CHF 15.55 million CEE budget and CHF 9.05 million HA budget.

Governance Institutions and Decentralisation SDC

Employment and Economic Development SECO

Health SDC

Other interventions SDC

Total Budget Allocation

* According to the FDFA-SDC Budget Process, the Programme management costs are not anymore part of the Frame Credit VI: they are now included as "Own Operational Expenses" into the FDFA Global Budget. However the development cooperation management costs are illustrated in the budget of the Cooperation Strategy.

Note: Development cooperation management costs according to percentage development cooperation catalogue of tasks (Aufgabenkatalog) of the representations: 2/3 SDC, 1/3 SECO.

Planned Disbursements 2017-2021 in CHF million

Water Infrastructure and Climate Change SDC/SECO

Other interventions SDC

Total Budget Allocation

SECO

Management*

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Annex 6: Detailed map of Central Asia

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Editors:Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC3003 Bernwww.fdfa.admin.ch/sdc

Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAERState Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO3003 Bernwww.seco-cooperation.admin.ch

Swiss Cooperation Office Kyrgyzstan720040 Bishkek bik.vertretung@eda.admin.chhttp://www.eda.admin.ch/bishkek

Swiss Cooperation Office Tajikistan 734003 Dushanbe dushanbe@eda.admin.chhttps://www.eda.admin.ch/dushanbe

Swiss Cooperation Office Uzbekistan 100031 Tashkent tas.vertretung@eda.admin.chhttp://www.eda.admin.ch/tashkent

Design:SDC, Eurasia Division

Cover Photograph: Landscape in Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan. © James Stronsky

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