Project Outline

This project seeks to support the development of Hydromet into a sustainable and well-resourced institution that produces timely and accurate forecasting of extreme weather events, particularly in districts in the Pyanj River Basin. The project will modernize Hydromet's campus and associated facilities; support legal and organizational transformation and capacity building of Hydromet into a government entity with flexibility to set staff salaries and retain additional entrepreneurial revenue; undertake capacity building to improve forecasting and warning of extreme weather events; and support development and implementation of a viable business model through marketing of fee-based services.

Project Description

< Major Project Components>

1. Modernization of Hydromet Campus.
2. Legal and organizational transformation of Hydromet.
3. Forecasting and warning of extreme weather.
4. Marketing of fee-based services.

Ref: FP075 Institutional Development of the State Agency for Hydrometeorology of Tajikistan

Potential Indicators of Key Impacts

Expected total number of direct and indirect beneficiaries, disaggregated by gender (reduced vulnerability or increased resilience):

1. Direct beneficiaries: 1,300,000 persons (50% of direct beneficiaries will be female)
2. Indirect beneficiaries: 8,735,000 persons
   15% of the total population
3. Other relevant indicator:
   Entrepreneurial income contribution of Hydromet budget. For the baseline (2017), 0% of Hydromet's annual budget is provided by income from additional entrepreneurial activities. By 2025, this is targeted to be 10%, with the remainder originating from core government funding.