Since 2009 till 2024 DPI successfully implemented about 60 projects in the area of municipal and state administration, including municipal and state resource management and citizen participation in local developmemt planning and management (funding from SDC, FCDO, USAID, UNDP, UNICEF, the World Bank, the European Commission, and other international organizations. The main principle of development or choice of a project is its full accordance to DPI’s Mission and possibilities for quality and timely implementation of the project.
DPI was the first local organization in Kyrgyzstan to directly implement SDC and USAID-funded projects aimed at developing LSG, local services, interbudgetary reations, and citizen participation in the budget process.
Project Manager from DPI: Asel Mambetova, +996 312 214572, +996 777 32 39 50, AMambetova@dpi.kg
Public Service Improvement project (further the Project) is funded by the Government of Switzerland through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by a consortium of HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation and the Development Policy Institute.
The main objective of the Project is to contribute to improving the quality and access to services provided by municipalities for their population by introducing systemic changes at the local level.
The first phase of the project is designed for 4 years, launched in May 2015 and has been implemented in the two regions (Issyk-Kul and Jalal-Abad). The project assumes two-level realization scheme. It is planned to cover up to 60 municipalities (not more than 30 in each region), selected based on competition.
The first stage (2015-2018) will cover 14 municipalities, where methods and tools of project realization will be piloted and tested.
The second stage (2018-2023) includes working in 46 rural municipalities and towns of target regions, where the methods and mechanisms for the provision of services tested in the first stage will be introduced.
Expected results at the local level:
The main types of activity of the Project at the local level:
Selection process of municipalities at the first stage (14 municipalities)
At the first stage, pilot municipalities that previously participated in “Strengthening Voice and Accountability of Citizens and Oversight of Budget Process in the Kyrgyz Republic Project” (VAP)” project were invited to participate in the PSI project in order to ensure program continuation and synergy of the projects. The Development Policy Institute implements the VAP project. The selection of 14 pilot municipalities, for the project implementation in 2015, was based on the following criteria:
Pilot aiyl aimaks in 2015:
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Grant System
Project will use two-level grants mechanism with different sums, but with fixed maximum sums. In addition, the grant system involves an element of competition to stimulate application of good governance principles and using cost-efficient, innovative, and sustainable decisions for providing services.
The municipalities will receive grants for preparation and realization of Service Improvement Action Plans (SIAP). Through this mechanism, all municipalities will have at least one fully prepared SIAP at the end of the project stage. The prepared municipal SIAPs that fulfill criteria will qualify for the second level/bigger amount grant in order to implement the plan.
The Project’s Grant mechanism features a unique system of responsibility of local self-government bodies. It pilots a practice of municipalities taking over the tasks of organization and logistics of project activities realized at the local level.
Second stage of project realization (up to 46 municipalities)
In 2018, the Project conducted a selection process of municipalities taking part in the second stage of project implementation in Issyk-Kul and Jalal-Abad regions. It is proposed to select up to 23 rural municipalities and towns from each region based on criteria ensuring effective achieving of project objectives.
Information about organizations
Activities of the Government of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic
Based on the Strategy of Swiss regional cooperation in Central Asia (2012-2015) Switzerland continues to support Kyrgyzstan in its economic, social and political transformations. The general task - to support the transition process in Kyrgyzstan by promoting public and private institutions at all levels in the process of equitable and effective delivery of quality service in three areas - health care, public sector reform and infrastructure as well as development of the private sector.
HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation is a Swiss non-governmental development organization with a mission to help disadvantaged people and communities in developing countries by actively improving their living conditions.
Development Policy Institute is a Kyrgyz noncommercial, nongovernmental organization. The mission of the DPI is to assist local communities and governments in the implementation of human rights and opportunities to live in dignity.