Sustainable Livelihoods for Livestock Producing Communities Project (SLLPC)
Kyrgyz Republic

Purpose

The purpose of SLLPC is the creation of economic coping strategies and income generating activities.

The objectives of the project are:

• Creation of mechanisms for the development and support of
  sustainable income generation;
• Access to services improved;
• Improved national capacity to support community based rural development;
• Improved capacity of communities to manage their own development; and
• Contribute to the on-going debate on poverty reduction.

SLLPC Poster presented at DFID Central & Eastern Europe, & Central Asia Rural Livelihoods Lesson Sharing Workshop, November 2002 PDF

Profile of a Village Working Group SLLPC Case Study Sanjar Sultankulov PDF

Background and use of SL

The SLLPC approach reflects the dynamic nature of livelihoods strategies. It conceptualises sustainability in terms of the ability to successfully manage a continuous process the outcome of which cannot be fully predicted.

The Project aims to deliver material benefits and at the same time to enhance the ability of communities to manage their own
development by explicitly strengthening the following capacity domains:

• Extent of participation in community based activities;
• Quality of leadership in the community;
• Existence and functional ability of organisations: formal, informal and traditional;
• Understanding of problems and constraints faced and the ability to identify of underlying causes (asking why?);
• Ability to mobilise resources;
• External linkages and the role of external agents and;
• Role in the management of Project activities