Client: European Union
Duration: 2017-2022
Region: Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Country: Pakistan
Solutions: Governance
DAI supports the Government of Balochistan with the implementation of the Rural Development and Community Empowerment (BRACE) Programme. Within the BRACE Programme, the EU-funded BRACE TA Project supports the Government of Balochistan in reducing the negative impact of poverty and social inequality, and to turn this into opportunities to build and empower resilient communities participating actively in implementing socio-economic development activities in partnership with local authorities. The technical assistance focuses on developing a provincial policy and fiscal framework to better facilitate community-driven socioeconomic development interventions with empowered citizens and communities.
The technical assistance for the BRACE programme is complementary to the grant components provided to the other implementing partners, the Rural Support Programme Networks (the Balochistan RSP, the National RSP, and the RSP Network), and in collaboration with the Government of Balochistan, we aim to reach 1.9 million citizens in nine districts in the province—Dukki, Jhal Magsi, Kech, Killa Abdullah, Khuzdar, Loralai, Pishin, Washuk, and Zhob. The target population is 300,000 low-income rural households who are to be mobilized and organized into community, village, and local support organizations.
The approach of the programme builds on the lessons from various EU-funded actions in Pakistan, including the technical assistance for the Community Driven Local Development Programme implemented by DAIin the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Video courtesy of Rural Support Programmes Network.
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