Rural Access Improvement and Decentralization Project

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The Rural Access Improvement and Decentralization Project is particularly designed for the residents of participating districts to enable them utilize improved rural transport infrastructure, and services, and also benefit from enhanced access to social services, and economic opportunities. The project will have two components: 1) Rural Transport Infrastructure (RTI) improvement in participating districts, and, 2) Capacity Building and Advisory Services (CBAS). The RTI component comprises the rehabilitation and upgrade of existing dry-season rural roads to all-season standards, the upgrade of existing rural trails and tracks to dry-season standard in remote hill districts, the maintenance of rural roads, covering routine and recurrent maintenance, the construction of short-span trail bridges, and, development of small, community infrastructure, including construction of markets and community trails and roads; supporting resettlement and rehabilitation of project affected people, in addition to the implementation of a pilot rural transport services scheme. The CBAS component entails the implementation of training-related activities, including the preparation of training course materials, training of trainers, and provision of extensive training and certification, on major aspects of rural infrastructure development and management. Additionally, the component will also support the provision of technical assistance and advisory services to participating district development committees in support of their programs, subprojects, and associated local initiatives, including financial management and accounting, project development and implementation, design and supervision of works, environmental management, social mobilization and community participation and monitoring.