Tajikistan is extremely prone to natural disasters.The reduction of disaster losses and improvement of people’s safety and livelihoods through disaster risk reduction (DRR)/management measures  is part of the domain “Infrastructure/Water/Climate Change” of the current Swiss Cooperation Strategy for Central Asia. The (DRR Backstopping Expert provides thematic expertise to ensure quality of the Swiss DRR portfolio  and DRR mainstreaming into the overall Swiss Program in Tajikistan.

The project in brief

Directorate/federal office responsible	SDC
Credit area	Humanitarian aid
Project partners	Contract partner Private sector Swiss Private Sector
Budget	Current phase Swiss budget CHF    130’300 Swiss disbursement to date CHF    116’073 Total project since first phase Budget inclusive project partner CHF   230’300
Project phases	Phase 1 13.09.2017 - 13.09.2019   (Completed)

Further technical details

• Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	DISASTER PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS GENERAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
  Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	Disaster prevention and preparedness Environmental policy and administrative management
  Cross-cutting topics	Crisis prevention
  Aid Type	Technical assistance inclusive experts
  Project number	7F09833