SDC - Development Programme for Mountain and Highland Areas in Azerbaijan (RDPMHA), Azerbaijan 2003-2004

Development Programme for Mountain and Highland Areas in Azerbaijan (RDPMHA)

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International Know-how Transfer and Trading AG (IKT), Winterthur

Azerbaijan's Mountain and Highlands

KA: 7F-03077.01

June 2003 - June 2004

CHF 250’000.– (approx. USD 200-210k)

Closed (?)

This programme is a broad-based initiative for the economic development of rural mountain areas in Azerbaijan. Activities under the programme are geared to effective and sustained improvement of the living standards of the inhabitants of 54 villages in all, in five pilot districts. In implementation of the project, so-called village campaigns will mobilize the local populace, motivating them to cooperate actively on improving their situation. On the one hand, agriculture, as a traditional branch of the economy, is to operate more profitably, while, on the other, the production of nonagricultural goods is to be promoted. At the same time, small loans are to create further incentives for economic innovation, and actions will also focus on areas such as water supply, infrastructure and the environment. In this way, the development programme aims to convert the old Russian Kolkhoz economy into a new, private and market-led economy. The Winterthur-based International Know-how Transfer and Trading AG (IKT) company is responsible for coordinating the project and is in contact with many other partners from Switzerland, Turkey and Azerbaijan itself.

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