Transforming Lives Across Gilgit-Baltistan
ETI-GB is a $133.72 million programme of the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan, supported by IFAD and AICS. It aims to improve incomes, reduce poverty, and build resilient rural communities across all ten districts. First approved for 2015–2022 at $120.15 million, it was later extended, and in 2025 ECNEC approved the revised PC-1 through June 2029.
$133.72M
Programme value
100,000
Rural households
10
Districts of GB
2015–2029
Programme duration
A decade of impact — extended to 2029
The Economic Transformation Initiative was launched in 2015 with a development goal of improving incomes and reducing poverty and malnutrition in rural Gilgit-Baltistan. Following ECNEC approval in 2025, the programme is extended through 2029, working across all ten districts with the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan, IFAD and AICS.
Economic Infrastructure
Irrigation & Land Development and Farm-to-Market Roads connecting remote valleys to economic opportunity.
Value Chain Development
Support for apricot, potato and dairy producers, social mobilization, extension, research and Value Chain Support Fund.
Policy & Management
Water Policy, Roads O&M Policy, Land Titling, Gender & Poverty mainstreaming, and programme coordination.
Latest news from the field
Programme updates and stories from across Gilgit-Baltistan, as shared on the ETI-GB Facebook page.
ETI-GB Participates in SECAP Capacity Building Workshop in Islamabad
ETI-GB Participates in SECAP Capacity Building Workshop in Islamabad A seven member team from ETI-GB participated in the three day SUSTAIN-III Capacity…
The First Harvest: Misgar in Gojal, Hunza, is celebrating its first wheat harvest 🌾…
The First Harvest: Misgar in Gojal, Hunza, is celebrating its first wheat harvest 🌾 and other seasonal crops after completing a 6.9…
KIU Hunza Students Visit ETI-GB
KIU Hunza Students Visit ETI-GB Gilgit: The students and faculty members from Karakoram International University (KIU), Hunza Campus, visited the Program Coordination…
گلشنِ کبیر، گانچھے بلتستان میں ای ٹی آئی پروگرام کے تحت 11.27 کلومیٹر روڈ…
گلشنِ کبیر، گانچھے بلتستان میں ای ٹی آئی پروگرام کے تحت 11.27 کلومیٹر روڈ اور پل کی تعمیر کے بعد مقامی کسانوں…
Our Partners & Financiers
Where we work
ETI-GB operates across all ten districts of Gilgit-Baltistan. Click or hover a district marker for details.
Voices from the Programme
“Women in our union were trained in seedling production and now run our own value chain. Each of us earns more than our families used to spend in a month.”
Stories collected from beneficiaries across the 10 districts of Gilgit-Baltistan.