With the support of Finnish Red Cross, the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan organized in June 2008, a five-day training for a group of RCST headquarters staff and five new branches, which were selected for implementing the new PCD program during 2008-2009.

The draft training program was designed by two members of the European PCD  Practitioners' network - Ruska Boyadjieva and Peter Yovkov, based on recommendations of the evaluation of the piloting PCD cycle.

The workshop was facilitated by Ruska Boyadjieva.

The new round of PCD in Tajikistan is under planning. After the mission of the Evaluation Team in the end of 2007, where two PCD experts participated and based on its recommendations, a consultancy mission was carried on in February-March to Tajikistan to start planning of the future work.

The draft plan should be ready until the end of March and has increased attention to capacity building within the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan, an area, where more attention is needed. The future activities will be three dimentional and will incorporate actions targeting community development, branch development and organizational development. The active participation of the Red Crescent of Tajikistan in implementing all project activities and integration of participatory elements in other programmes of the National Society will be the key for successful continuation of the initiative.

An evaluation of the pilot PCD project in Dushanbe, Tajikistan is under preparation. The evaluation will take place in the first part of December. The evaluation is initiated by Johanna Saari, a delegate of the Finnish RC in Dushanbe and the Red Crescent Society in Tajikistan and will be logistically supported by the IFRC Regional Representation in Budapest and the Regional PCD Coordinator.

Ruska Ruseva and Nela Vamporova from Bulgaria, members of the PCD Regional Network will participate in the Evaluation team. An IFRC Organizational Development expert, with a very good experience with RC National Societies in Asia and Caucasus will be the third member of the Evaluation Team.

It is expected that the evaluation will put together the lessons learned from the pilot PCD projects and will shape the best way forward to expand the programme.