• Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Improvement in Batken and Talas Regions Project (RWSSIP BT)
• Sustainable Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Development Project
• Naryn Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Development Program (NRWSSDP)
• The Regional Economic Development Project in the Osh region and Osh city (RED-1)
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• Second Regional Economic Development Project in the Batken region (RED-2)
• CASA1000 Community Support Project and CSP Additional Financing
• Access To Markets Project (ATMP)
• Additional Financing for the Third Village Investment Project
• Heat Supply Improvement Project (HSIP)
• Подготовка Национального Проекта Инициатив Сообществ
• Проект «Секвестрация углерода посредством климатических инвестиций в леса и пастбища в КР» (СУПКИЛПКР)

The Regional Economic Development Project in the Osh region and Osh city (RED-1)

The Regional Economic Development Project in the Osh region and Osh city will focus on enabling regional economic development with a focus on catalyzing private sector development, and on building the capacity of urban centers to serve as the hubs for regional development.

The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to support the Government of Kyrgyz Republic to enhance regional economic development through targeted interventions in the tourism, agriculture and increasing institutional capacity of the Osh region and Osh city. Through this, the project will support the economic and regional development of the Osh region, helping to create jobs for growth and poverty reduction, facilitating and developing value chains for agricultural products and tourism development.

On December 7, 2020, the Financing Agreement between the Kyrgyz Republic and the International Development Association (World Bank) for the Regional Economic Development Project in the Osh region and in Osh city came into force.

The coordinating government body for the project is the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic. The Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Culture, Information, and Tourism of the Kyrgyz Republic are executive government bodies. Community Development and Investment Agency (ARIS) is the project implementing entity.

The project will cover all villages, ayil aimaks, small towns, and districts of the Osh region and Osh city:

• In agriculture: all seven districts of the Osh region;
• In tourism: Osh and Uzgen cities;
• In Small Grants Program: all seven districts of the Osh region.

The total cost of the project is USD 60 million. (USD 30 million – Loan; USD 30 million – Grant). Project implementation period from 2021 to 2026.

Project Components

Component 1. Improving Regional Economic Planning and Regulatory Functions. Interventions proposed under this component are aimed at building capacity for regional economic development planning at the central and regional levels and enabling relevant departments of the key relevant ministries and other agencies in the Osh region to fulfill their mandate of provision of key public services.

Subcomponents:

• Sub-component 1.1: Enhancing Regional Economic Planning.
• Sub-Component 1.2: Improving basic agricultural services and regulatory functions.

Component 2. Strengthening Agri-Food Supply Chains and SMEs. This component will facilitate the development of private sector through investments aimed at strengthening agricultural value chains.

Component 3. Catalyzing investments for tourism and urban development.

This component is focused on:

• renewal of Osh and Uzgen urban centers and tourism routes, investments in infrastructure in the cities of Osh and Uzgen;
• modernization of the historical-archaeological museum complex “Sulaiman-Too” and the Uzgen architectural and archaeological complex and their adjacent territories;
• improving the infrastructure and management of the Kara-Shoro and Kyrgyz-Ata parks, and the Abshyr-Ata waterfall, providing tourist services and amenities along the main routes.

Subcomponents:

• Subcomponent 3.1. Upgrading Osh and Uzgen Urban Cores and Tourism Circuits in the Osh region.
• Subcomponent 3.2. Tourism Product Development, Marketing and Promotion.

Component 4. Supporting Tourism and Rural SME Development through Small Grants. The project will support the development of SME through a small grants program targeting tourism and rural SMEs and startups. The small grants program will aim to support the launching of new enterprise activities in rural areas and diversification and expansion of tourism services.

Component 5. Implementation Support, Monitoring and Evaluation. This component will support project implementation, including the project’s monitoring and evaluation system, communication strategy, application of safeguard instruments, and training etc.

Expected results and key project indicators:

• Increase in the sale of agricultural products by project beneficiaries (Percentage);
• Increase in the number of tourist arrivals at sites supported under the project (Percentage);
• People provided with improved urban living conditions (CRI, Number);
• 25 value chains will be created;
• 5000 farmers will adopt improved agricultural technology;
• 5 sustainable management plans for key regional assets will be developed;
• Laboratory equipment for 7 sampling points and 7 border control points will be purchased, and others.