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Tajikistan|life|March 3, 2015 / 04:49 PM
Tajikistan, UNDP, Japan sign $4.2 mln deal for contruction of new Tajik-Afghan border checkpoint

AKIPRESS.COM - cq5dam.web.540.390 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Governments of Tajikistan and Japan and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed off today on a new, two and half year project that will see 160,000 people from Tajikistan and Afghanistan using the target Border Crossing Points (BCPs) and cross border markets benefit from a safer, better run border.

The US$4.2 million project envisages the construction of a new border crossing point in Langar, in Tajikistan’s South East, the upgrading of five other border crossing points nearby, and training for Tajik border and customs officials for which the Government of Japan, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will contribute 468 million yens (equivalent to US$3.9million) and UNDP Tajikistan will make up the remaining US$0.3 million.

By strengthening the border management system on one the hand and offering income generation opportunities on the other, the project should also help build cohesive and resilient communities.

In March 2014, UNDP and JICA launched the ‘Livelihood Improvement in Tajik-Afghan Cross-border Areas’ project to enhance livelihoods and business development through the promotion of cross border cooperation between the Tajik – Afghan communities.

The new border management project will give a boost to these existing efforts in the border communities.

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