PrintNIRAS' new office in Zambia a success
Towards the end of 2005 NIRAS opened a new office in Zambia and since then
several projects have found their way into NIRAS’ portfolio.
About the time the office opened, NIRAS was awarded a contract with the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and Ministry of Finance and
National Planning of the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ). The
contract is for a programme for Luapula Agricultural and Rural Development
in Zambia.
Tor Lundström from NIRAS explains: “The overall objective of this programme
is to contribute to the development of an efficient, competitive and
sustainable agricultural and rural sector in the Luapula Province. The
project period is 3½ years and the total budget is 10 million Euros. The
project has been running since March 2006.”
“And that is not the only substantial project finding its way to our new
Zambia office,” Tor Lundström continues. “We also won a tender in May for
an EC funded project regarding food security and agricultural development
in the Western and Northern Provinces. GFA Consulting Group is lead partner
in the project, where we combine our competences to obtain the best
results. This project begins on August 14th and we are quite eager to get
started.”
The office has participated in signing other contracts concerned with
issues such as environmental legislation financed by Nordic Development
Fund (NDF) and forestry in Zambia. “Zambia has for years been struggling
with severe poverty, and no doubt there is a profound will in the country
to make a change for the better. We are happy to be there and assist as
well as we can,” Tor Lundström adds.
For further information, please contact Tuomas Kivikoski
tel. +358-9-836 242 25 or email tki@niras.fi.