Our references

•   Assessment of results of the project
•   Formulation of  lessons learnt and recommendations for the project
•   Assessment of the sustainability of the intervention and the impact

The overall objective of the Programme is oriented towards improving life quality of rural communities in Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe provinces through support to strengthening local capacities with a view to obtaining coordinated management in between co-executing institutions and taking advantage of their existing capacities and activities through social basic infrastructure, irrigation, environment, education and production projects.

The Programme’s components:

• Social infrastructure (drinking water, sanitation, schools, etc.).
• Agricultural production infrastructures: irrigation schemes, food security of small producers, support to the development of the coffee sector and collection centres.
• Environment and sustainable management of water resources through integrative approach of hydrologic basins.

This project aims to improve the living conditions of 64.500 inhabitants belonging to poor rural communities of the Paute river basin. The project offers to help these communities to access basic public services, to increase their capacity to create resources, to reduce their vulnerability to hydro geological risks and to create a Watershed Agency. The total cost of the project was estimated to 14 millions EUR, where 11 millions are of EC origin.