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Tajikistan and Germany sign several grant agreements

Tajikistan Materials 19 December 2022 15:57 (UTC +04:00)
Aygun Maherramova
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 19. A signing ceremony of 2 grant agreements between Tajikistan and the German KfW Development bank took place at the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Trend reports citing KfW Development Bank.

The Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan Zavqi Zavqizoda and Regional Director of KfW for Central Asia Andreas Schneider and the Executive Director of National Social Investment Fund of Tajikistan Sherali Siddikzoda signed a grant and project implementation agreement in the amount of 20 million euros for the “Enhancing Rural Development through Adapted Land Use and Natural Disaster Risk Mitigation” Project.

"The project foresees the implementation of joint forest and pasture management activities, the introduction of energy efficiency and the protection of critical infrastructure in rural areas of Tajikistan. The Project Executing agency for this project is the National Social Investment Fund of Tajikistan," the KfW said.

The supplemental financing agreement in the amount of 1.5 million euros secures financing for the Tuberculosis control program Phase V, under which construction and equipping of a National Children Tuberculosis hospital in Macheton is planned.

Since 2002, the KfW Development Bank under the assignment of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) implements German Financial Cooperation programs in Tajikistan worth more than 310 million euros.

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