[{"bbox": [67, 100, 1157, 1052], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td>control would be impossible in certain areas.<br/><b>Project Stakeholders Risk:</b> lack of Coordination among stakeholders at the central, regional, municipal levels and utilities level</td><td>Risk 9</td><td>L</td><td>L</td><td>The risk will be mitigated through existing platforms at the level of the MEWR, Ministry of Health and Social Protection and development partners. The Project will need to include mechanisms to ensure stakeholders in the sector are adequately consulted in discussion of the sensitive issues related to the possible reforms. A strong donors alliance is also in place, as demonstrated both by the initiative of the letter to the Government described in chapter 2.2 and in the more general framework of the DCC.</td></tr><tr><td><b>Financial fraud and corruption</b> affect the effectiveness of Government and the rule of law</td><td>Risk 10</td><td>H</td><td>M</td><td>Ongoing and upcoming TA by development partners (incl. EU) to support PFM<sup>21</sup> reforms, including reduction of corruption, while prioritising and constraining expenditure, promoting transparency and accountability; Strengthening engagement in budget transparency and accountability through CfPs<sup>22</sup>; WB will work with the implementing agencies on development of a Project Procurement Strategy for Development Ongoing and upcoming EU support through Rule of Law programmes to curb corruption;</td></tr><tr><td><b>Neglect of valuable work that can be done by civil society</b> (capacity building awareness-raising, participation, and promotion of rights to water and sanitation).</td><td></td><td>M</td><td>M</td><td>The Action will encourage opportunities (where possible and relevant) to work and enhance the civil society organisations active in the water and sanitation sector and protection of the rights of the groups living in vulnerable situations.</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [79, 1065, 239, 1089], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [79, 1103, 1147, 1184], "category": "Text", "text": "The need for a national programme that combines major infrastructure investments with long-term policy reform, strategic development planning and capacity building of the water sector institutions and water utilities was considered as a key lesson from earlier projects in Tajikistan that were more limited in their scope and ambition."}, {"bbox": [79, 1194, 1147, 1432], "category": "Text", "text": "In 2020, the PIR<sup>23</sup> Review of the sector carried out by the WB and the EU co-funded project CAWEP upon request of the Government of Tajikistan, highlighted that, although in the last ten years the use of improved water sources in the country has been increasing, the use of safely managed drinking water has not improved substantially. Major challenges remain with the accessibility, availability (reliability) and quality of WSS services. Improvement in service level has been spatially unequal across the urban and rural continuum. Rural households in Khatlon region heavily rely on unimproved surface water as a major source of supply, and are exposed to significantly higher nitrate concentrations, due to contamination by agricultural runoff, septic wastes, and animal farming. In the piped systems, the chlorine concentration for disinfection is usually insufficient to withstand the risk of contamination of drinking water."}, {"bbox": [71, 1516, 407, 1542], "category": "Footnote", "text": "<sup>21</sup> Public Financing Management (PFM)"}, {"bbox": [71, 1541, 1156, 1614], "category": "Footnote", "text": "<sup>22</sup> Country financing Parameters (CfPs) are expenditure eligibility parameters defined for each country according to its individual situation. They are part of efforts to tailor expenditure eligibility to specific country needs, rather than adopt a standard approach for all countries."}, {"bbox": [71, 1613, 1156, 1663], "category": "Footnote", "text": "<sup>23</sup> The PIR was conducted by the WB team in 2020 under the EU co-funded CAWEP. More information available at: https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/eca/brief/cawep"}, {"bbox": [1039, 1662, 1156, 1686], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 13 of 22"}]