To provide access to bicycle transport of rural people coming to Talas town for selling agricultural products and looking for a temporary job through creation bicycle hire and repairing stations in Talas town and adjacent villages.
Talas town is administrative center of Talas oblast with 35000 populations. 7000 people live in the nearest villages Koktokoy, Kokoy, Kumaryk. These settlements are sources of the so-called pendular migration. That is people go to the town in the day time and return home in the evening to their villages.
Despite of Talas town status the main resources of town-dwellers income are cattle-breeding, plant cultivation, contraband petrol, cigarettes selling (because of nearby Kazakstan board), cash benefits, salary. Industry and services are developed limited scope.
The main purpose of the project is propaganda of bicycle transport advantages among of rural population through development bicycle hire and repairing stations system located in the Talas town and in the nearest villages. Bicycle purchasing is expensive acquisition that is why the project facilitates access to bicycle for population with low level of income.
In the course of project implementation it is intended obtaining of the following results:
Ecological
? facilitation access to environmental clear kinds of transport for people with low level of income
? indirect (calculation) reduction of air pollution in the Talas town
Economic
It is supposed that bicycles rent allow decrease transport expenses and time of rural people coming to the town for agricultural products selling and day-work
Social and cultural
It is possible bicycle hire and repairing stations system allows changing of population psychology who consider as transport only cars and horses.
Main actions to be undertaken by Public Foundation «Talas business-incubator»
1. Purchase bicycles and wheelbarrow (60 in total)
2. Organization of 2 repairing shops and 7 rental posts
3. Promotion actions (bike races, participation in holidays, exhibitions)
The main project activity will take place in Talas town and its vicinity located 13 km to south from borders of state nature reserve ?Beshtash?
Despite of Talas town status the main resources of town-dwellers income are cattle-breeding, plant cultivation, contraband petrol, cigarettes selling (because of nearby Kazakstan board), cash benefits, salary. Industry and services are developed limited scope.
The main purpose of the project is propaganda of bicycle transport advantages among of rural population through development bicycle hire and repairing stations system located in the Talas town and in the nearest villages. Bicycle purchasing is expensive acquisition that is why the project facilitates access to bicycle for population with low level of income.
In the course of project implementation it is intended obtaining of the following results:
Ecological
? facilitation access to environmental clear kinds of transport for people with low level of income
? indirect (calculation) reduction of air pollution in the Talas town
Economic
It is supposed that bicycles rent allow decrease transport expenses and time of rural people coming to the town for agricultural products selling and day-work
Social and cultural
It is possible bicycle hire and repairing stations system allows changing of population psychology who consider as transport only cars and horses.
Main actions to be undertaken by Public Foundation «Talas business-incubator»
1. Purchase bicycles and wheelbarrow (60 in total)
2. Organization of 2 repairing shops and 7 rental posts
3. Promotion actions (bike races, participation in holidays, exhibitions)
The main project activity will take place in Talas town and its vicinity located 13 km to south from borders of state nature reserve ?Beshtash?
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Public Foundation «Talas business-incubator
Country:
Kyrgyzstan
Area Of Work:
Climate Change Mitigation
Grant Amount:
US$ 7,200.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 1,770.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 2,853.00
Project Number:
KYR/SGP/OP2/Y4/CORE/2002/31
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
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Project Characteristics and Results
Capacity - Building Component
Executive NGO gets experience of work in urban ecology, becomes the owner of bicycle station and small repair enterprise. The population gets new technical skills on operation of bicycles and their repair.
Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment
It will be emphasized during the information campaign, that the actions under the project, not only will result in creation of new area of services and new workplaces, but will reduce emissions of carbonic gas, that will be the direct contribution of the city dwellers of Talas to the mitigation of consequences of climate changes
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Indicators
Biophysical
Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied
1
Livehood
Increase in household income by increased income or reduced costs due to SGP project
50
SGP Country office contact
Mr Nurlanbek SHARSHENKULOV
Email:
Ms. Irina Talkambaeva
Email:
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