Assist initiative groups in ensuring the project transparency and awareness among community 

members through conducting regular meeting and share information on project developments 

and financial aspects 

The main trends identified during PM&E activities in target communities are: 

Project planning and implementation are transparent with the creation of water committees for 

water projects and trustees committees for school projects. to oversee project progress. 

The main and traditional approach Ashar tends to be the most effective and popular tool to 

mobilize local resources.  

The community initiative groups improved their skills and knowledge in financial reporting as 

CSSCs indicated improved quality of financial reports of grantees. 

The analysis of 43 follow up evaluation reports indicated a sufficient level of sustainability of 

95% of evaluated CAGs. The sustainability of the projects means that all the projects results are 

functional, communities own projects' results and the fees collection systems are in place.  

The target communities demonstrated potential in attracting other financial sources  44 of them 

received financial support from other organizations and local government of $193,880. 

53 income generation projects resulted in establishing community foundations in 42 target 

communities. All community foundations have organizational structure, including governing 

body (general meeting), management unit (community initiative group/CBO/NGO leaders), 

revision body (revision committee, elder people committee), an accountant, and a credit 

committee (where micro crediting activities are in place). 16 of 42 community foundations have 

got legal status (microcredit agency, public association, public foundation). The main income 

sources for these foundations are membership fees, micro crediting activities, seed funds, animal 

and poultry farming, processing of agricultural products, etc. 

The actual number of beneficiaries of all CAG is amounted to 134,462, which means that the 

number of beneficiaries per project is 1,702 ($1.5 per beneficiary). Each $1 spent generated $1.20 

from other sources. 

Most target communities started the process of official registration, and to date 17 community 

initiative groups have registered as local NGOs. 

Networking among target communities is being successfully developed   three community forums 

were conducted in Naryn, Nookat and Talas to identify common problems impeding community 

development and ways to address them. These conferences resulted in establishment of two 

coordination committees on community network development consisting of representatives from 

NGOs, CBOs and local authorities. 

The main problems encountered during the CAGs implementation include: 

Some communities had problems receiving support from local governments, as they were not able 

to make contributions to CAG projects as promised earlier.  

Some CIGs had to introduce changes to their project workplans and budgets because of drastic 

changes in prices at local markets and shortcomings of a planning process.  

There were cases when community members were better informed about the projects at the 

beginning stage rather than during implementation. 

Network Development 

On April 10 11, the Hub Office conducted a country meeting of the CSSCs, where they discussed 

regulations of the Development Fund of the CSSC Association. The participants also discussed 

achievements and challenges of the Association's activities and made recommendations. The Hub 

office presented the Healthy Communities project, funded by USAID, and Promoting 

Entrepreneurship on a Local Level, funded by TACIS. The USAID's RFA on Civil Society Support 

Initiative was also presented as well as the strategy of Counterpart and the Association to respond to 

this RFA. The Hub Office facilitated the development of the network project aimed at conducting the 

advocacy campaign on effective application of NGO tax regulations.  

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