Project description and activities

Phasing of project implementation

During the first year of implementation, the organization and management arrangements of the project will be put in place and completed. This consists of: the recruitment of the staff of the PCU, the equipment of their premises in Kigali, in the provincial offices, the rehabilitation of the OCIR-Thé housing at Nshili, the preparation and negotiations of the contracts with all the service providers including TWIN, and the related recruitment of personnel, purchase of vehicles, office equipment, and so on. In addition, the pilot project of the new cash and export crop component (assistance to gooseberry producers) will be undertaken and lessons learned will be drawn to ensure the completion of the detailed organization of the component. The target for the end of year 1 of the project will be to have all personnel involved in implementation of project activities ready for action, and the selection of the coffee growing areas for project intervention completed.

The following table summarizes the expected phasing of key project implementation activities after year 1.

Table 11: Phasing of project activities

The above schedule envisages a very heavy workload during the first four years of project implementation. By the end of year four, all the industrial and commercial enterprises would be established and operating, and the support for new cash and export crops would be tested and functioning. There will be an interim project performance review in year 3, from which possible adjustments to the organization and rescheduling of the operations may be called for, and a full Mid-Term review during year five, when the size of the PCU will be drastically reduced, since a large share of project funds should have been disbursed by that time. Barring unforeseen delays, the only remaining activities will be the continuous M&E functions, audit, reporting and wind up activities.

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