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Sustainable Community Development in the Northern regions of
Azerbaijan
DONOR: BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Ltd
PROJECT AREA: Davachi, Siyazan, Khachmaz
PROJECT DURATION: April’ 2003- March’ 2004 (1st and 2nd stages)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT:
The project implemented in 3 stages:
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The first phase - Community Mobilization:
Analyses, selection of communities, round tables, formation of Community Action Teams, problem assessment (1st and 4th months).
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The second phase - Trainings:
Sustainable development of communities, vocational capacity building, implementation of micro-projects, business and entrepreneurship training (5th-12th months).
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The third phase - Economic Opportunities Extension (round tables/business training):
Providing loans through communities, and their circulation (8th-24th months)
GOAL:
To identify, mobilize and develop communities, to develop employment and
entrepreneurship opportunities of the population through community approach
OBJECTIVES:
- Community Mobilization;
- Vocational Capacity Building, Apprenticeship;
- Economic Opportunities Extension.
ACHIEVEMENTS: (for
the 1st and 2nd phases)
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Number of total beneficiaries comprises 10.831 people: women – 5.907 people (55%) and men – 4.924 people (45%);
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27 communities have been mobilized and 28 micro-projects have been implemented;
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1.552 people developed their capacity through attending 143 community development trainings;
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1.768 community members participated in the round tables, and increased their capacity on joint discussion, finding out priorities and the ways of their solution;
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One problem identified by the community was solved in each of the 17 communities;
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25 people were provided with the temporary job during implementation of the micro-projects;
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40 youth were involved in the trainings in order to develop their vocational and business skills;
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18 craftsmen got the opportunity of making the additional income through teaching the youth vocational skills, and developed their business and vocational skills.
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