Dushanbe Public Transport Project

Consultant's Assignment

The Consultant’s assignment is focused on implementing the Dushanbe Public Transport Development Programme (PTDP), a comprehensive initiative supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The assignment is divided into two primary parts designed to modernize the city’s transport system. Part I focuses on the City’s public transport strategy and route tendering, which includes developing an updated transport strategy, planning a staged reform of bus, trolleybus, and minibus services, establishing competitive route tendering, and upgrading automated fare collection and vehicle location systems to improve service integration and transparency. Part II concentrates on a Corporate Development Programme (CDP) for the “Trolleybus of Dushanbe” company. The consultant will assist the company in improving its commercial, financial, and operational performance through the development and implementation of a Financial and Operational Performance Improvement Plan (FOPIP). This includes enhancing corporate planning and management capacities, upgrading accounting and management information systems, strengthening equal opportunity and gender policies, and modernizing customer management services to support the company’s transition into a self-sustaining entity.