October 21, 2021

Awarded: Development of the National Water Supply and Sanitation Program in Tajikistan

Assignment Location: Tajikistan
Client: Municipal (Communal) Infrastructure Development Project Management Unit (MIDPMU) – Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (RWSSP)
Origin of Funding: The World Bank
Beneficiary: Stakeholders in the Tajik Water and Sanitation Sector

Picture Source: LUKAS-NOWAKI1

The Republic of Tajikistan has been allocated grant funds from the World Bank, administered by the International Development Association (IDA) and executed by the Municipal Infrastructure Development Project Management Unit (MIDPMU) to finance the National Water Supply and Sanitation Program until 2030.

The consultancy services are requested to provide technical assistance to develop a “national vision” for the Water Supply and Sanitation sector of Tajikistan. In addition, the services encompass a trajectory of the sector’s development in achieving targets focused on universal access to safely managed water supply and sanitation services. As well as ensuring sustainability in all aspects – technical, environmental, economic, financial, and social – to create a political consensus around the medium (2021-2030) and indicative long term (beyond 2030) development path. For the following five strategic pillars, the focus shall be put on:

  • Pillar 1: Upgrading the institutional framework to establish a coherent legal, institutional, and regulatory framework enabling further development of the Water, Supply, and Sanitation sector and improving the overall sector governance framework
  • Pillar 2: Increasing coverage with a safely managed water supply and sanitation services, especially in rural areas through the construction of new and modernization of existing infrastructure
  • Pillar 3: Promoting and ensuring efficiency of Water, Supply, and Sanitation services
  • Pillar 4: Optimizing financing of the Water, Supply, and Sanitation sector
  • Pillar 5: Ensuring coordination and accountability in the sector by adopting a robust and straightforward M&E Framework

HYDROPHIL, along with our Joint Venture Partners, GWCC IntrivalZT (Austria) and Infratech Consulting (Malaysia), are thrilled to contribute to the “Consulting Services for the Development of the National Water Supply and Sanitation Program” project in Tajikistan.

Look out for further progress updates on our website!