A Swiss-funded project to improve public services for agriculturaldevelopment has been performing well in the northwestern mountainousprovince of Hoa Binh, heard a conference in the province on April 1.
TheProgramme on Public Services Provision Improvement in Agriculture andRural Development (PS-ARD), funded by the Swiss Agency for Developmentand Cooperation and non-governmental organisation Helvetas, aims to helpreduce poverty and improve living standards for local people.
Participantsat the meeting discussed the implementation of the project in 2013 andan action plan for the project in the 2014-2015 period.
Fundedwith a total investment of 4.06 million USD, the programme intends toenhance communal-level capacity in making socio-economic developmentplans and better public service systems and processes in agriculture andrural development.
Through training courses held within theframework of the project, 100 percent of financial staffs in Hoa Binh’scommunes are able to make projections for small-scale infrastructureprojects, and 60 percent can effectively manage investment capital.-VNA