Donor: BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) ltd. and Co-Ventures
Duration: November, 2010 – April, 2012
Target areas: 30 communities of Goranboy, Samukh, Shamkir, Tovuz and Agstafa regions and 3 communities of Garadagh region (Umid, Sahil and Sangachal)
Project goal: Inspire communities to sustainable development
Project objectives: Increase the capacities and revenue of the community entrepreneurs & youths and reduce the volume of social problems via sustainable and market responding solutions
Project approach: Ensure collaboration of benefiting youth and small entrepreneurs with other stakeholders (local governmental bodies and municipalities), implementation of long-term community social projects via consolidated budget method in target areas, involvement of youth to protection of environment and other related activities
Project's achievements:
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6 community Initiatives were supported through Consolidated Budget Method (CBM). Ecologically safe and harmless projects were implemented, more than 14 000 people were benefited from them;
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24 social projects were implemented through stregthening the acquired knowledge and motivating the youth, as well as extending relations between BP and communities;
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219 youth were involved in the apprenticeship courses within the framework of the project;
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59 young community members received JSEP grants throughout the project implementation;
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More than 200 training and consultations on safety, social development, healthy life, business development etc. were provided for the target communities;
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18 service entities raised their income till 25-30% through increasing quality variety of services provided for the people;
- 12 youth raised their capacity on IT, business development and sustainability
