Promoting off-farm employment and income in the Great Lakes Region through climate responsive construction material production
High demographic growth in the Great Lakes increases the competition for scarce natural resources and boosts the demand for affordable housing. The project aims at triggering local economic development, improving working conditions and increasing off-farm employment through climate responsive building material production. Results of the first phase allow for a technology transfer adjusted to local needs and scaling up of the brick production value chains in the region.
Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
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The Great Lakes Region |
Employment & economic development
Employment creation
SME development Urban development |
01.07.2016
- 28.02.2021 |
CHF 11’160’000
|
- Investors and authorities along the value chain take informed decisions based on relevant key-information and expertise for transforming the sector into an inclusive industry for affordable building material supply
- Environmental and labour friendly local supply chains for Modern Bricks made in Rwanda, Burundi and the Bukavu Zone are established and prepared to scale creating up to 1’000 jobs until the end of phase II
- Demand for Modern Brick enables the sector to scale up
- Increased capacities and multi-level dialogue between key stakeholders of the construction industry and policy implementers.
- Private players of the Modern Bricks industry interlinked and their capacities to effectively complete gaps in the value chain are strengthened (7 model production units in Burundi and Rwanda, 3 model houses established in Rwanda).
- Gender sensitive models for Modern Bricks production are constantly optimized and validated.
- An industry portal with technical, social, environmental and economic information on the sector is available.
- Foreign private sector North
- SKAT Foundation
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Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation OTHER SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES
INDUSTRY
OTHER MULTISECTOR
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation Employment policy and administrative management
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development
Urban development and management
Cross-cutting topics Conflict reduction
The project takes account of gender equality as a cross-cutting theme.
The project takes account of democratisation, good governance and human rights as cross-cutting themes.
Aid Type Mandate with fiduciary funds
SDC administrative costs
Project number 7F08320
Background |
The region’s extreme demographic development creates a high pressure on arable land and natural resources. The fast-growing population consumes more and more fuelwood for cooking and for firing the bricks required for addressing the growing housing demand created by rapid urbanisation. Although the level of urbanisation is still low, the three countries’ urban agglomerations are growing at high speed. If the trend continues at the current level, the three countries’ urban population will nearly double by 2024. |
Objectives |
Promoting off-farm employment and income in the entire clay building material production value chain by introducing and up-scaling climate and social responsive technologies. |
Target groups |
At impact level, building material workers, rural youth and families. |
Medium-term outcomes |
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Results |
Expected results: Results from previous phases: During the first phase, the authorities or governments in the region showed serious interest in establishing a domestic building material production with SDC support. In Rwanda, authorities see it as a solution to promote affordable housing. Thanks to the establishment of a knowledge database, local authorities made informed decisions on natural resource use and allocation. New sustainable alternative energy efficient technologies were introduced. Entrepreneurs were introduced to successful labour and environment friendly block- and brickyards. See annex 10 for a detailed list of results achieved. |
Directorate/federal office responsible |
SDC |
Credit area |
Development cooperation |
Project partners |
Contract partner Private sector Swiss Non-profit Organisation Other partners Rwanda Housing Authority. In Burundi and South Kivu, environmental protection public agencies. Private sector. Technical expertise from SKAT networks like Swisstopo, CRAterre, and Greentech Knowledge Solutions. |
Coordination with other projects and actors |
Active participation in coordination mechanisms at state or regional level. Synergies with the World Bank urbanisation projects and other development partners’ projects. Value-chain actor’s facilitation. |
Budget | Current phase Swiss budget CHF 11’160’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 10’945’389 |
Project phases |
Phase
3
01.01.2021
- 31.12.2025
(Current phase)
Phase 2 01.07.2016 - 28.02.2021 (Active) Phase 1 01.03.2012 - 30.06.2016 (Active) |