CONSOLIDATED AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS’ MANAGEMENT UNIT, FINANCED BY THE WORLD BANK (CAPMU WB) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS OF PROJECTS MANAGED BY THE CAPMU AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 Developed by CAPMU management CHISINAU October 2007 1 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ACSA Agency for Consultancy and Training in Agriculture ALRC Agency for Land Relations and Cadastre BCO Branch Cadastral Office CAPMU Consolidated Agricultural Projects Management Unit CIS Commonwealth of Independent States DA Development Agency EIA Environmental Impact Assessment FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations GIS Geographical Information System GOM Government of Moldova LFA Logical Framework Approach LPSP Land Privatization Support Project (funded by USAID) MAFI Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry NGO Non Governmental Organization PFI Participating Financial Institution PM Project Manager RISPII Rural Investment and Services Project II SIDA Swedish Development Agency TCO Territorial Cadastral Office TL Team Leader USAID US Agency for International Development WB World Bank 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS RURAL INVESTMENT AND SERVICES PROJECT ........................................................................... 6 PROJECT OBJECTIVES ...............................................................................................................6 PROJECT COMPONENTS.............................................................................................................6 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ..................................................................................8 RURAL EXTENSION COMPONENT ..............................................................................................8 ACSA SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORK .................................................................................. 8 TRAINING PROGRAM.............................................................................................................. 8 SERVICES PROVIDED AND BENEFICIARIES........................................................................ 12 SPECIAL CONTRACTS .......................................................................................................... 13 DEVELOPING AND PUBLISHING INFORMATION MATERIALS.............................................. 14 PROMOTION ACTIVITIES...................................................................................................... 16 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING............................................................................................... 16 MONITORING AND EVALUATION.......................................................................................... 17 RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT....................................................................21 PROMOTION CAMPAIN ......................................................................................................... 22 BUSINESSES CREATION ...................................................................................................... 23 FINANCING RURAL BUSINESSES......................................................................................... 26 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AND M&E.............................................................. 27 POST-CRATION SUPPORT TO RBS...................................................................................... 29 RURAL FINANCE COMPONENT.................................................................................................30 CREDIT LINE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS...................................................................... 30 STRENGTHNING THE SAVINGS AND CREDIT ASSOCIATIONS INDUSTRY......................... 37 MOLDOVA LAND RE-PARCELING PILOT PROJECT .................................................................40 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 40 DETAILED PLAN OF PROJECT ACTIVITES........................................................................... 41 AVIAN INFLUENZA CONTROL AND HUMAN PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE (AIHP) ............................................................................................................................................. 67 BACKGROUND ...........................................................................................................................67 OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT................................................................................................67 PROJECT COMPONENTS...........................................................................................................68 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ................................................................................68 COMPONENT 1: ANIMAL HEALTH.............................................................................................68 ANIMAL DISEASE SURVEILLANCE & DIAGNOSIS ................................................................ 68 ANIMAL HPAI CONTROL AND OUTBREAK CONTAINMENT.................................................. 70 OTHER ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................... 73 COMPONENT 2: HUMAN HEALTH..............................................................................................73 GENERAL CONTEXT ............................................................................................................. 73 HUMAN HEALTH CAPACITY BUILDING SUB-COMPONENT ................................................. 74 HUMAN HPAI TESTING SUB-COMPONENT .......................................................................... 76 HUMAN HEALTH SYSTEM RESPONSE SUB-COMPONENT.................................................. 78 COMPONENT 3: PUBLIC INFORMATION AND AWARENESS....................................................79 3 RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM AGRICULTURAL WASTES............................................................ 81 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................81 ACTIVITIES UNDER COMPONENT A..........................................................................................85 SELECTION OF SITES........................................................................................................... 85 SELECTION OF DISTRICTS................................................................................................... 85 IDENTIFICATION OF COMMUNITIES VISITED IN THE FIELD................................................ 86 INSTALLATION OF STRAW BATCH FIRED BOILERS............................................................ 86 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE..................................................................................................... 88 ACTIVITIES UNDER COMPONENT B..........................................................................................88 SELECTION OF AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES ................................................................. 88 PRODUCTION OF BIOMASS (BALED STRAW)...................................................................... 91 FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION. CREATION OF BIOMASS CHAIN SUPPLY (IMPORTATION OF BALING MACHINES).............................................................................................................. 91 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE..................................................................................................... 93 ACTIVITIES UNDER COMPONENT C..........................................................................................94 AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL PROJECT....................................................................101 SUMMARY OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES ........................................................101 PROGRESS BY COMPONENTS................................................................................................103 ACTIVITIES UNDER RISP.....................................................................................................103 ACTIVITIES IN PILOT WATERSHED AREA...........................................................................106 STRENGTHENING NATIONAL POLICY, REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT AND NATIONAL CAPACITY ............................................................................................................................108 PUBLIC AWARENESS AND REPLICATION STRATEGY .......................................................108 ANNEXES ......................................................................................................................................109 4 Rural Investments and Services Project (RISP) 5 RURAL INVESTMENT AND SERVICES PROJECT PROJECT OBJECTIVES The Program objective, which remains unchanged, is to provide long-term support to accelerate agricultural recovery and growth so that Moldova’s agricultural and rural sectors can play their full role in providing the underpinnings for future income growth and poverty reduction. Within this program objective, the project’s second phase objective is to continue to foster post-privatization growth in the agricultural sector by improving access of new private farmers and rural businesses to what they need to succeed – legal ownership status, knowledge, know-how and finance, while building capacity of public and private institutions to ensure sustainability of activities. The Phase II will build on success achieved under the Phase I, by: (i) strengthening and expanding the rural advisory services; (ii) improving business skills of the to-be entrepreneurs