Second Village Investment Project

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The Second Village Investment Project for Kyrgyz Republic aims to alleviate rural poverty. It seeks to achieve this by empowering communities to improve access to social and economic infrastructure services, and employment opportunities. The project consists of the following components: 1. This component supports capacity building and promotes community empowerment. It comprises training and support to communities, local self-governments and community based organizations. 2. This component supports a facility and mechanisms for delivering financial and technical support for community-based initiatives around which villagers and local authorities collaborate in an ongoing process of strategic planning, investment selection, and micro-project implementation. 3. This component provides continued support to the community development and investment agency (Agentstvo Razvitiya i Investirovaniya Soobschestv -- ARIS) for overall project management.