Brazil - Tocantins Productive Resilient and Inclusive Development Project

Overview & Synopsis

Tocantins Productive Resilient and Inclusive Development Project for Brazil has the development objectives of enhancing access to sustainable transport infrastructure and increasing the resilience of family farmers and community-based tourism in selected areas of Tocantins. Component 1: Proactive Maintenance, Resilient and Safe Road Infrastructure will improve, rehabilitate, and maintain priority state road corridors through long-term performance-based contracts, integrate climate adaptation measures such as drainage and erosion control, upgrade the access to the municipality of Lizarda to secure year-round connectivity, and strengthen road safety through targeted works in urban and rural areas, user awareness, and the establishment of a lead road safety agency guided by a Strategic Action Plan; it also includes institutional support for road asset management and structuring of public-private partnerships (PPPs) for selected corridors. Sub-components include Sub-component 1.1: Climate-resilient rehabilitation and performance-based maintenance of paved corridors and critical spot treatments, including the Lizarda access upgrade; Sub-component 1.2: Road safety management and infrastructure, including pedestrian and cycling facilities, traffic calming, drainage improvements, and equipment; and Sub-component 1.3: Institutional strengthening for road asset management with integrated geospatial and monitoring systems, enforcement tools, laboratory capacity, and regulatory and oversight capabilities for PPPs. Component 2: Strengthening Support to Family Agriculture will expand rural public services, promote climate-smart agriculture and productive inclusion, and facilitate market access for family farmers through tailored support. Sub-components include Sub-component 2.1: Rural services for inclusive and climate-smart agriculture, including technical assistance and rural extension, environmental services, and creation of a Center for Continued Training in Agribusiness; Sub-component 2.2: Direct support to farmers’ productivity and resilience via matching grants linked to individualized investment plans and the deployment of Technological and Productive Reference Units for peer learning; and Sub-component 2.3: Strengthening of Producer Organizations and Community Associations using a Productive Alliance Model, with business plan development, selective collective investments, and incentives for women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, and Quilombola communities, including linkages with tourism demand. Component 3: Inclusive and Sustainable Tourism will focus on the Jalapão region to diversify products, reduce seasonality, and increase local value capture through ecotourism, adventure, and community-based experiences. Sub-components include Sub-component 3.1: Strengthening planning, governance, and support infrastructure, including destination intelligence, monitoring of socioeconomic and environmental impacts, and small-scale, climate-resilient infrastructure such as trails, walkways, bridges, viewpoints, signage, and communal facilities co-managed with local communities; and Sub-component 3.2: Support for community-based tourism and small enterprises through a three-stage funnel of open-access training, targeted technical assistance, and competitive grants tied to performance for viable business plans, with a dedicated implementation firm and multi-stakeholder evaluation. Component 4: Project Management will establish and operate a Project Management Unit, ensure fiduciary, environmental, and social compliance, and finance strategic studies and tools such as the update of the State Logistics Master Plan incorporating decarbonization and digitalization, a state Road Safety Strategic Plan including speed management, diagnostics for the Jalapão conservancy area, a digital monitoring system, and cross-cutting actions for citizen engagement and gender-based violence prevention across transport, agriculture, and tourism activities.