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EC support to Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness
Sector |
Environment and Disaster Preparedness |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: nationwide & 7 pilot districts |
Project budget (€) |
9,800,000 |
EC contribution (€) |
9,000,000 |
Government agency |
MoFDM |
Implementing agency |
UNDP |
Starting date |
1 September 2006 |
Expected end date |
31 August 2009 |
Description |
The project aims to help the Government of Bangladesh to strengthen existing systems in order to cope with natural hazards. It has been designed to provide information to local communities so that they mobilize their own coping mechanisms and to increase access to disaster warnings and protective materials |
Project website |
http://www.cdmp.org.bd/ |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Koen Duchateau |
Building community disaster preparedness capacity in cyclone prone areas of Bangladesh (BCDPC)
Sector |
Environment and Disaster Preparedness |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: communities in coastal zones |
Project budget (€) |
1,056,669 |
EC contribution (€) |
792,502 |
Implementing agency |
British Red Cross Society |
Local partner |
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society |
Starting date |
1 April 2006 |
Expected end date |
31 October 2009 |
Description |
The project aims to save lives and reduce vulnerability of cyclone prone communities by improving disaster preparedness at both household and community level. |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Koen Duchateau |
Haor Initiatives for Sustainable Alternative Livelihoods (HISAL)
Sector |
Environment and Disaster Preparedness |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: Haor areas |
Project budget (€) |
2,873,547 |
EC contribution (€) |
749,996 |
Implementing agency |
Concern Worldwide |
Implementing partners |
Friends in Village Development Bangladesh
Chetona Poribesh O Manob Unnayan Shangstha
Institute of Integrated Rural Development
Pally Bikash Kendra
Voluntary Association for Rural Development
Padakhep Manabik Unnayan Kendra
Power and Participation Research Centre |
Starting date |
1 January 2007 |
Expected end date |
31 December 2011 |
Description |
Reduce community vulnerability to shocks and increase livelihood options of targeted households living in the deep haors of Kishorgonj, Habigonj and Sunamgonj districts through improved access to and use of resources and services. |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Koen Duchateau |
Integrated Community-Based Arsenic Mitigation Programme in 100 unions in Bangladesh (ICBAMP)
Sector |
Environment and Disaster Preparedness |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: 100 unions |
Project budget (€) |
999,542 |
EC contribution (€) |
749,643 |
Implementing agency |
Katholische Zentralstelle für Entwicklungshilfe E.V. (Misereor) |
Implementing partner |
NGO Forum for Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation |
Starting date |
1 January 2007 |
Expected end date |
31 December 2009 |
Description |
To improve access to arsenic-free drinking water, ensure proper health care facilities, make people aware of the dangers of arsenic poisoning and provide training in income generating techniques. |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Koen Duchateau |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Application of Innovative Technologies for the Reclamation and Environmental Improvement of Derelict Urban Areas in Dhaka City
Sector |
Environment and Disaster Preparedness |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: Dhaka City |
Project budget (€) |
731,112 |
EC contribution (€) |
658,001 |
Implementing agency |
Cluster Association of Environment Industry for the Basque Country (ACLIMA) |
Implementing partners |
Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET)
Flemish Institute for Environmental Technology (VITO) |
Starting date |
1 January 2006 |
Expected end date |
31 December 2008 |
Description |
The project aims to reclaim urban brownfields in Dhaka City by means of the demonstration of the technical and economic feasability of innovative soil remediation technologies. The action will enhance urban environment, facilitate the integration of new socio-economic activities, promote a sustainable urban planning of these zones and reduce the human exposure to toxic pollutants. |
Project website |
http://www.soiltech.es/ |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Koen Duchateau |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Safe and Sustainable Management of Municipal Solid Wastes in Bangladesh through the Practical Application of WasteSafe Proposal (WasteSafe II)
Sector |
Environment and Disaster Preparedness |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: Khulna |
Project budget (€) |
555,674 |
EC contribution (€) |
500,000 |
Implementing agency |
KUET – Khulna University of Engineering & Technology |
Implementing partners |
Bauhaus University Weimar
Khulna City Corporation
Asian Institute of Technology
Bauhaus International Research & Education Centre
Lublin University of Technology |
Starting date |
1 January 2007 |
Expected end date |
31 December 2009 |
Description |
Encourage the concerned stakeholders in Least Developed Asian Countries to formulate and apply appropriate method of management, technical know-how and guidelines for handling steeply increasing Municipal Solid Waste problems. |
Project website |
http://www.wastesafe.info/ |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Koen Duchateau |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Capacity building for enhancing local participation in water supply and sanitation interventions in poor urban areas
Sector |
Environment and Disaster Preparedness |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh and Nepal |
Project budget (€) |
222,172 |
EC contribution (€) |
199,954 |
Implementing agency |
Development Research Institute (IVO) |
Implementing partners |
International Training Network Centre (ITN-BUET)
CEDECON (Tribhuvan University)
Institut de Ciencia I Tecnologia Ambiental (UAB) |
Starting date |
1 March 2006 |
End date |
31 August 2007 |
Description |
The action aims to identify appropriate strategies to develop training material and to strengthen local capacity to involve communities in water supply and sanitation interventions in Asian poor urban areas. |
Project website |
http://www.buet.ac.bd/itn/cwp/index.html |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Koen Duchateau |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Improving Production Efficiency, the Environment and Livelihoods through Cleaner Production Technologies in Bangladesh
Sector |
Environment and Disaster Preparedness |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh |
Project budget (€) |
299,077 |
EC contribution (€) |
177,865 |
Implementing agency |
Stockholm Environment Institute |
Implementing partners |
University of Leeds
Loughborough University
Centre for Natural Resources Studies
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association |
Starting date |
June 2005 |
End date |
May 2006 |
Description |
The aim of the project was to improve production efficiency of, and reduce water pollution generated by, SMEs in Banglades through introducing cleaner production processes, support adoption, management and monitoring of effluent treatment facilities, assist DoE in adoption of more participatory approaches to pollution reduction, and the provision of advice to SMEs and international buyers on appropriate environental compliance criteria. |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Koen Duchateau |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Technology partnership for innovative treatment of drinking and industrial water (INNOWA)
Sector |
Environment and Disaster Preparedness |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh and China |
Project budget (€) |
658,720 |
EC contribution (€) |
395,232 |
Implementing agency |
University of Applied Sciences Fachhochschule Karlsruhe |
Implementing partners |
Institute for Membrane Technology (ITM-CNR)
Shah Jalal University of Science & Technology (SUST)
Jiangsu Polytechnic University (JPU) |
Starting date |
1 February 2005 |
End date |
31 January 2007 |
Description |
The project built capacity for technology transfer by establishing an European-Asian technology network on innovative water treatment technologies with a focus on membrane techniques. |
Project website |
http://www.innowa.org/ |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Koen Duchateau |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Integrated Approach for Sustainable Wastewater Management and Biomass Production in Bangladesh (INAWAB)
Sector |
Environment and Disaster Preparedness |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh |
Project budget (€) |
561,672 |
EC contribution (€) |
337,003 |
Implementing agency |
Technologie Transfer Zentrum Bremerhaven (TTZ) |
Implementing partners |
Bangladesh Agricultural University
International Development Enterprises – Bangladesh
Interuniversitäres Forschungsinstitut für Agrarbiotechnologie in Tulln(Austria)
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet /Department of Short Rotation Forestry (Sweden) |
Starting date |
1 June 2004 |
End date |
31 May 2006 |
Description |
For Asian regions with a lack of drinking water, an increasing loss of soil-fertility and a lack of appropriate energy supply, Short-Rotation-Plantations (SRP) can be a contribution to overcome these problems because they can combine a highly efficient but low-cost biological wastewater treatment with a biomass production for sustainable renewable energy supply (combustion, transformation into electricity etc.). |
Project website |
http://www.inawab.info/ |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Koen Duchateau |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Environmental initiatives, waste management and technology dissemination in Bangladesh
Sector |
Environment and Disaster Preparedness |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: Gazipur |
Project budget (€) |
416,665 |
EC contribution (€) |
250,000 |
Implementing agency |
Bangladesh Association for Social Advancement (BASA) |
Implementing partners |
Intermediate Technology Development Group (UK)
WASTE (NL) |
Starting date |
1 June 2005 |
End date |
31 May 2007 |
Description |
Project activities were focused on waste management and recycling and covered four components: awareness building, communication and knowledge sharing, training and skills development, introduction of alternative eco-friendly technologies including demonstration activities and advocacy for greater environmental controls and protection at national and local level. |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Koen Duchateau |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Integrated approaches to improve the urban environment in ASIA
Sector |
Environment and Disaster Preparedness |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka |
Project budget (€) |
930,523 |
EC contribution (€) |
738,184 |
Implementing agency |
Intermediate Technology Development Group (UK) |
Implementing partners |
WASTE (NL)
Development Education Institute for Human and Environmental Resource Management (Sri Lanka)
Social Service Participatory Development Foundation (Nepal)
Society for the Urban Poor (Bangladesh) |
Starting date |
1 January 2006 |
Expected end date |
31 December 2008 |
Description |
The action will contribute to reducing environmental threats to the health and livelihoods of urban slum dwellers, helping to alleviate poverty in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, by developing and promoting an integrated approach to improving the urban environment in ways which are driven by and improve the livelihoods of poor urban people. |
Project website |
http://practicalaction.org/?id=urban_environment_asia |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Koen Duchateau |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Promotion of renewable energy as an alternative and sustainable energy system
Sector |
Environment and Disaster Preparedness |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: Khulna |
Project budget (€) |
560,661 |
EC contribution (€) |
500,000 |
Implementing agency |
University of Bremen (DE) |
Implementing partners |
Khulna City Corporation (Bangladesh)
Technology Transfer Centre Bremerhaven (DE)
European Academy Bozen – EURAC (IT) |
Starting date |
1 January 2007 |
Expected end date |
30 June 2009 |
Description |
The action aims to introduce renewable energy as an alternative solution for power generation to overcome regular shortages in power supply for urban areas in Khulna through transferring European technology and know-how as well as through forming regional partnership between local governments, enterprises, industrial bodies and financing institutions. |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Koen Duchateau |
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