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Project details
Empowering the Poor through Federations
Sector |
Good Governance
and Human Rights |
Location of
activities |
The location of the project is Northern Bangladesh. The project will be implemented in 51 Sub-districts (upazilas) of 9 Districts (Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Rangpur, Gaibandha, Jamalpur) in Rajshahi Division, Northern Bangladesh. |
Project budget
(€) |
2,500,000 |
EC
contribution (€) |
1,500,000 |
Implementing
agency |
DanChurchAid |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
Rangpur, Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS) |
Starting date |
January 2008 |
Expected end
date |
December 2011 |
Description |
Overall objective(s)
To empower the rural poor to claim their rights by way of critical engagement with local government, through representative, effective and well-governed community based organisations.
The specific objectives of the project are:
Expansion of the constituency and increased intensity of collective power of the poor by strengthening old Federations and the formation of new Federations (in new Districts), alongside regional and national promotion of community-based organisations.
Increase in Union Federations adopting and complying with an agreed constitution and democratic practices while establishing and promoting diversity and gender equality.
Improved organisational accountability and transparency, through capacity building of leaders.
Enhanced activism and engagement with duty bearers on various social and related vulnerability issues especially women’s rights, among Federation membership and the wider rural community.
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Contact person |
Salahuddin Khan |
Preparation of Electoral Roll with Photographs (PERP)
Sector |
Good Governance
and Human Rights |
Location of
activities |
Countrywide |
Project budget
(€) |
64,922,683 |
EC
contribution (€) |
15,000,000 |
Implementing
agency |
UNDP/ Bangladesh Election Commission (BEC) |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
DfID, NL, SE, CH, NO, Korea, UNDP |
Starting date |
July 2007 |
Expected end
date |
June 2010 |
Description |
As the overall project objective (in the context of UNDAF), the human rights of children, women and vulnerable groups will be progressively fulfilled within the foundations of strengthened democratic governance. The project purpose is restricted "to establish[ing] technical conditions and infrastructure enabling the GoB to prepare a credible photo voter list that allows democratic elections to take place". |
Contact person |
Christian Raitz von Frentz |
Promotion of development and confidence building in Chittagong
Hill Tracts
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Sector |
Good Governance
and Human Rights |
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Location of
activities |
Chittagong Hill
Tracts |
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Project budget
(€) |
42,000,000 |
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EC
contribution (€) |
23,500,000 |
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Implementing
agency |
UNDP / Ministry
of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs |
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Co-financing /
Local partner |
N/A |
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Starting date |
1 January 2005 |
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Expected end
date |
30 September 2009 |
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Description |
The overarching goal of the Programme for the
Promotion of Development and Confidence Building in CHT is
socio-economic development of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) based on the
principles of self-reliance, decentralisation and sustained peace. The
programme activities cover all three districts of CHT region namely
Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachari in the south-eastern part of
Bangladesh which is a distinct socio geographical area within Bangladesh
that suffered prolonged armed conflict until the 1997 Peace Accord. The
programme addresses four broad Areas: 1) Building the Capacity of key
CHT institutions by improving human resource management and technical
and logistical capacity so that these institutions can effectively
carry out their developmental mandates/roles, and support grassroots and
community development work; 2) Empowerment of grassroots Communities of
people by supporting and enabling them to develop and manage small
scale project activities (energy, agro-forestry, livestock etc.) –
facilitated by local NGOs and with strong involvement of local
government institutions. 3) Region-wide Initiatives for increased
economic opportunities and social development including basic education,
rural employment creation, development of marketing opportunities and
infrastructure, eco-tourism, private sector development ; 4) Measures
for building confidence security, sustained peace and harmony in the
region. |
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Contact person |
Fabrizio Senesi |
Aid to Uprooted People
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Sector |
Good Governance
and Human Rights |
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Location of
activities |
Cox's Bazaar,
South-Eastern Bangladesh |
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Project budget
(€) |
1,722,403.76 |
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EC
contribution (€) |
1,000,000 |
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Implementing
agency |
UNHCR |
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Co-financing /
Local partner |
UNHCR |
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Starting date |
January 2007 |
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Expected end
date |
December 2007 |
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Description |
The project marks an agreement with UNHCR to continue
funding the two official Rohingya refugee camps (Nayapura and Kutapalong)
in south-eastern Bangladesh. The project will focus on providing care
and maintenance, including protection and assistance for the Rohingya
refugees. |
|
Contact person |
Nicola
Main-Thomson |
Horticulture development project for Indigenous Population in
Chittagong Hill Tracts
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Sector |
Good Governance
and Human Rights |
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Location of
activities |
Bandarban,
Chittagong Hill Tracts |
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Project budget
(€) |
246,057 |
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EC
contribution (€) |
184,543 |
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Implementing
agency |
Caritas France |
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Co-financing /
Local partner |
Caritas
Bangladesh |
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Starting date |
1 January 2006 |
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Expected end
date |
31 December 2008 |
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Description |
The project aims to help poor indigenous populations
of 61 villages in 4 Upazilla of Bandarban in Chittagong Hill Tracts
region to settle there in a permanent manner, and to be progressively
integrated into the local community, though respecting their own
identity. Agricultural, legal and social activities are being developed
in such a way that the targeted families are actively involved, with the
support of Caritas Bangladesh’s agents and the agreement of the local
authorities. |
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Contact person |
Fabrizio Senesi |
Integrated Community Development Project in Favour of Outcaste and
Indigenous Minority Populations of the Coastal Belt of Bangladesh
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Sector |
Good Governance
and Human Rights |
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Location of
activities |
Coastal belt of
Bangladesh |
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Project budget
(€) |
749,997 |
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EC
contribution (€) |
562,497 |
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Implementing
agency |
Caritas France |
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Co-financing /
Local partner |
Caritas
Bangladesh |
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Starting date |
1 January 2007 |
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Expected end
date |
31 December 2009 |
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Description |
The project will tackle the extreme poverty and
indecent living conditions of outcaste and minority groups, that are
directly linked to their social status, through a process of
empowerment, advocacy and increased access to quality, appropriate
services (education, health and sanitation, skills training and
connection to the market).
In order to make the voices of women, minorities and
lower castes heard, the project incorporates advocacy campaigns that are
organised by the beneficiaries with support from national and regional
organisations. |
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Contact person |
Fabrizio Senesi |
Small Initiatives by Local Innovative NGOs (SMILING)
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Sector |
Good Governance
and Human Rights |
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Location of
activities |
15 Districts
along the major rivers' basins |
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Project budget
(€) |
8,134,000 |
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EC
contribution (€) |
8,000,000 |
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Implementing
agency |
PRIP Trust and a
number of local NGOs under three Call for Proposals |
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Co-financing /
Local partner |
PRIP Trust for
30% of the allocation. The remaining 70% of the funds is for small
projects implemented by some 100 local NGOs through call for proposals |
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Starting date |
January 2007 |
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Expected end
date |
December 2011 |
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Description |
The project targets small, locally based NGOs to
reach the most disadvantaged. The project seeks to provide capacity
building to enable community-based NGOs to sustain their activities in
the areas of health, education, water supply, sanitation, environmental
protection, governance. |
|
Contact person |
Fabrizio Senesi |
Empowerment of Adolescent Girls
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Sector |
Good Governance
and Human Rights |
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Location of
activities |
Bangladesh:
nationwide |
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Project budget
(€) |
7,711,945 |
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EC
contribution (€) |
5,850,000 |
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Implementing
agency |
UNICEF |
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Co-financing /
Local partner |
UNICEF, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), Centre for Mass Education in Science (CMES), Save The Children Australia (SCA) |
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Starting date |
January 2006 |
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Expected end
date |
December 2010 |
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Description |
The project aims to improve the quality of life for vulnerable adolescents, especially girls, to empower them to participate in decisions that affect their lives, to become active agents of social change and to create and sustain a supportive environment for adolescent girls` development both at the household and community levels. |
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Contact person |
Claudia SASSI |
Anti-Trafficking of Human Beings with the Police Reform Programme
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Sector |
Good Governance
and Human Rights |
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Location of
activities |
Bangladesh:
nationwide |
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Project budget
(€) |
13,649,199 |
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EC
contribution (€) |
2,000,000 |
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Implementing
agency |
UNDP |
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Co-financing /
Local partner |
DFID, UNDP |
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Starting date |
January 2007 |
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Expected end
date |
January 2009 |
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Description |
The goal is to increase and improve prevention,
interception, and disruption of trafficking of human beings, especially
women and children, and to increase and improve protection and recovery
of victims. |
|
Contact person |
Nicola
Main-Thomson |
Strengthening Communities' Rights and Empowerment (SCORE)
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Sector |
Good Governance
and Human Rights |
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Location of
activities |
Bagerhat,
Potuakhali and Sathkhira Districts in south-western Bangladesh |
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Project budget
(€) |
467,000 |
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EC
contribution (€) |
351,000 |
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Implementing
agency |
Voluntary
Service Overseas (VSO), UK. |
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Co-financing /
Local partner |
RUPANTAR, SAP
and SHUSHILAN |
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Starting date |
April 2006 |
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Expected end
date |
March 2009 |
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Description |
The project
aims to increase community participation in decision-making and to
ensure that poor people’s voices inform and influence government policy
and practice at local and national levels. It is being carried out in 24
Union Parishads in Bagerhat, Potuakhali and Sathkhira Districts in
south-western Bangladesh. |
|
Contact person |
Christian Raitz
von Frentz |
Local Governance Support Project – Learning and Innovation
Component
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Sector |
Good Governance
and Human Rights |
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Location of
activities |
Sirajganj,
Habiganj, Satkhira, Feni, Barguna, Narsingdi |
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Project budget
(€) |
12,936,000 |
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EC
contribution (€) |
9,600,000 (MEUR 5 from MIP 2007-13, MEUR 4.6 from Food Security budget 2001) |
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Implementing
agency |
UNDP, MLGRD |
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Co-financing /
Local partner |
UNDP, UNCDF, Danida |
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Starting date |
April 2004 |
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Expected end
date |
March 2013 |
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Description |
TThe overall objective of the action is to contribute to good governance and poverty reduction by improving local public access to pro-poor services. The specific project purpose is to enhance the capacity of Union Parishads (UP) to deliver pro-poor infrastructure and services in an effective, efficient, equitable and accountable manner.
Within the wider LGSP, the World Bank has committed a Specific Investment Loan of US$ 111.5 million to underpin the nation-wide rollout of the UP block grant. Building on an earlier UNDP/UNCDF-funded pilot project in Sirajganj (SLGDP), the LIC develops innovative approaches in 6 pilot districts, such as participatory planning, budgeting and performance assessments, which will result in additional top-up block grants for the best-performing UPs. The partners within LIC are UNDP (consortium leader), UNCDF and Danida. |
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Contact person |
Christian Raitz
von Frentz/ Manjurul Alam |
Support to The Justice System: Activating Village Courts
Sector |
Good Governance
and Human Rights |
Location of
activities |
Countrywide in 500 Unions |
Project budget
(€) |
11,000,000 |
EC
contribution (€) |
10,000,000 |
Implementing
agency |
UNDP/ MLGRD |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
UNDP |
Starting date |
September 2009 (as per contribution agreement) |
Expected end
date |
August 2012 |
Description |
The overall programme objective is to improve access to justice and human rights in Bangladesh particularly among disadvantaged and marginalised groups, and thus contribute to good governance, and poverty alleviation.
The project purpose is to empower and enable the poor, women and vulnerable groups to access a fair and effective justice system at the local level by activating 500 village courts so that disputes may be resolved in an expeditious, transparent and affordable manner. The EC expects strong synergies with the LGSP-LIC
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Contact person |
Christian Raitz
von Frentz |
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