Organisational Baseline for Bangladesh Bagerhat (Click here for a summary of the Organisational Baseline Study)

Local Government Organisation

Upazila Parishad

Technologies used for communications

1 Memos and circulars

Importance given to

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

Disadvantaged groups (4/10)

Natural disaster victims

Groups affected by river erosion

Children (0/10)

Women (4/10)

Landless women

Labour contracting groups

Women headed groups

Relative importance of work on

1. Natural resource management - Mid

2 Preparation to withstand extreme events - High

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - Mid

Linkages with

Community - Not stated

Local organisations - Not stated

Other organisations not local - Yes

World Bank (International)

Asian Development Bank (International)

United Nations Development Programme (International)

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Time - None

Staff - None

Budget - None

Key characteristics of organisation

Government

Works at local level

Areas of Activity

Local level development planning

Forming committees to implement activities

Assist Union Parishad

Implement government policies, Social Safety Net Programme, Food for Work Programme and test relief by support donors, NGOs and central government

Mobilize small loans and micro credit through banks and NGOs for farmers and landless women's groups

Promote agriculture, livestock, fisheries, irrigation, environment and education

Arrange agricultural inputs (fertilizers, seeds and equipment) supply through upzila agriculture office

Organise training to improve capacity

Enhance employment and reduce poverty (including participation in the Employment Generation Program for the Poorest with 40 days employment through the project implementation office)

Transfer productive assets (cattle and goats) to the poor farmers women groups to protect the food security of the family

Promote rural infrastructure development and maintenance

Implementation and monitoring of development projects (Small scale irrigation through the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) to improve production and employment, Re-excavation of canals through LGED and Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), Plantation through the Forest Department and LGED, Installation of solar energy by private entrepreneurs and NGOs, Protection from saline intrusion through embankments and hydraulic structures by LGED and BWDB, Harvesting and storing rain water for drinking by LGED and private entrepreneurs, Repairing rural roads by LGED, Developing rural growth centres supported by LGED, Ponds sand filtration program for drinking water supported by LGED and donor project)

Raise houses to protect from flooding, repair cyclone and flood shelters, raise embankments to protect lives and crops from tidal surges, raise awareness about cyclones and provide natural disaster awareness training through a donor project

Maintaining rural roads and supporting ferry and boat access to markets and growth centres

Link the trader groups with farmers for fair prices

Collect local taxes

Prepare financial reports and submit to DC

Coordinate department's officers, employees and activities

Hold meetings and workshops

Engage magistrate in regulatory functions

Publish the citizen's charters

Local and regional Government Organisation

Women's Agricultural Training Institute

Current objective

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

1 Empowerment of rural women to earn and control money (10/10)

2 Improving skills for self employment in the community (10/10)

3 Participation in technology adaptation and use (8/10)

4 Improving the social status of women in the family and society (9/10)

5 Reducing poverty (10/10)

6 Improving food security (8/10)

7 Livelihoods improvement (8/10)

Technologies used for communications

1 Mobile phones

2 Letters

It is a residential training institute so much communication is on site

Importance given to

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

Disadvantaged groups (0/10)

Children (0/10)

Women (10/10)

Poor Women

Divorced Women

Destitute women

Relative importance of work on

1. Natural resource management - Mid

2 Preparation to withstand extreme events - Low

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - Mid

Linkages with

Community - Not stated

Local organisations - Yes

Proshika (NGO)

Prodipan (NGO)

Srizoni (NGO)

Bangladesh Krishi Bank (Government)

Other organisations not local - Yes

Asian Development Bank (International)

United Nations Population Fund (International)

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Time - None

Staff - None

Budget - None

Key characteristics of organisation

Government

Works at local and regional level

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National Organisation (NGO)

United Development Initiatives for Programmed Actions (UDDIPAN)

Current objective

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

1 Reducing poverty through self employment (10/10)

2 Livelihood improvement (10/10)

3 Reducing dependency on traditional money lenders (10/10)

4 Employment generation (8/10)

5 Door remittance service (8/10)

6 Creating savings (8/10)

7 Empowerment of poor people including youth and children (10/10)

Technologies used for communications

1 Circulars

2 Mobile phones

Importance given to

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

Disadvantaged groups (7/10)

Very poor families

Poor youths

Natural disaster victims

Children (3/10)

Poor children

Children during natural disasters

Women (7/10)

Poor women

Currently targeting 2415 women versus 206 men

Relative importance of work on

1. Natural resource management - Low

2 Preparation to withstand extreme events - Mid

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - Low

Linkages with

Community - Not stated

Local organisations - Not stated

Palli Karmo Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) (NGO)

Other organisations not local - Not stated

IFIC Bank

Doutch Bangla bank

One Bank

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Time - Low

Staff - None

Budget - None

Key characteristics of organisation

NGO

Works at local, regional and national level

Areas of Activity

Micro credit given for agriculture, fisheries, livestock and enterprise development, particularly for the poor and marginalised

Social development, mobilize village organizations, empowerment of women, children, men and youths

Human rights development, improving social awareness and raising the voice of the poor

Remittance

Distribution of agricultural inputs, such as fertilizers, pesticides, seeds and fingerlings

Training and skill development programs in livestock, poultry, cow fattening, goat rearing and gher pond fish culture

Transfer appropriate technology training in agriculture, vegetable farming, fisheries and livestock

Safe, arsenic-free drinking water and water filtering to reduce salinity

Small fishery development after Sidr

Promote the cultivation of saline tolerant rice

Productive asset transfer to poor women groups

Facilitate disaster risk reduction program

Provide market information to beneficiaries

Tree planting

Promoting solar system installation in other areas

Health services and sanitation, including the promotion of latrines

Rainwater harvesting

Natural disaster relief, particularly feeding children during disaster periods

Community Development Centre

Current objective

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

1 Generating employment for poor women groups (10/10)

2 Empowerment of adolescent girls (10/10)

3 Enhancing agriculture to improve food security in the family (8/10)

4 Reduce vulnerability to natural disasters by facilitating preparedness (10/10)

5 Reducing dropout rates of children from school (8/10)

6 Reducing early marriage (8/10)

7 Raise parental awareness about adolescents' rights and needs (8/10)

8 Improve community participation in development processes (10/10)

Technologies used for communications

1 Mobile phones

2 Circulars

Importance given to

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

Disadvantaged groups (0/10)

Children (1/10)

Children, youths and parents are mentioned as being targeted but in which activities it is not specified

Women (9/10)

Poor women and poor adolescent girls

427 participants in 48 women groups

250 Adolescent girls

248 women in poultry training

146 women in dress making training

Relative importance of work on

1. Natural resource management - Low

2 Preparation to withstand extreme events - Mid

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - Low

Linkages with

Community - Not stated

Local organisations - Yes

Sonali Bank- Morrelgonj (Government)

Other organisations not local - Not stated

STROMM Foundation (Norway) (International)

Save the Children (International)

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Time - None

Staff - None

Budget - None

Key characteristics of organisation

NGO

Works at local, regional and national level

Grameenbank

Current objective

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

1 Empowering poor women to gain control over resources and decision making (10/10)

2 Improving poor women's access to resources in order to reduce poverty (10/10)

3 Improving self employment among poor and vulnerable women (8/10)

4 Creating a fund development attitude that is not dependent on traditional money lenders' loans (8/10)

5 Initiating income generating activities, self employment, small enterprises development, businesses in agriculture, plantation and livestock for livelihoods improvement of needy women groups (10/10)

6 Promote education for children to protect against future poverty for the next generation (8/10)

7 Improve health by improving sanitation and hygiene (10/10)

8 Creating social responsibility through social business (8/10)

Technologies used for communications

1 Circulars and memos

2 Mobile phones

Importance given to

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

Disadvantaged groups (0/10)

Children (1/10)

Absolutely poor and needy women groups and their children

Women (10/10)

Absolutely poor and needy women groups and their children

Landless wome

Female headed households

3400 women beneficiaries

Relative importance of work on

1. Natural resource management - Mid

2 Preparation to withstand extreme events - Mid

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - High

Linkages with

Community - Not stated

Local organisations - Yes

Agrani Bank (Government Scheduled Bank)

Other organisations not local - Not stated

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Time - Medium

Staff - Low

Budget - Low

Key characteristics of organisation

NGO

Works at local national and international level

Areas of Activity

Operate micro finance services in agriculture, fisheries, livestock, house making & small business. Take deposits from poor women groups & give loan to them individually.

Saving, as security to use for beneficiaries in hard times, enhance group fund for emergencies and insurance for contingency

Training on loan use and capacity building

Raise awareness for group mobilization

Operate projects for the benefit of beneficiaries

Income generating activities for self employment e.g. hawker, village shop, grocery, small enterprise or garment work

Promotion of social business to fulfil the social responsibility and commitment of the institution

Through the Grammeen foundation, transfer technology for agriculture

Information and support in vegetable cultivation, rice cultivation, fish culture in small homestead ponds and gher fish production, as well as poultry rearing and cattle rearing as income generating activities

Water management, water supply from ponds for drinking water and canal water management for small scale irrigation

Natural shrimp spawn collection for rivers and canals

Plantation of nurseries

Seasonal fruit tree plantation in the courtyard

Raising houses for protection from flooding and natural disaster

Starting a phone business for the marketing and promotion of agricultural and livestock products

Tree sapling marketing within beneficiaries

Grameen Bank initiated project Grameen Shakti for promoting: biogas, the installation of solar systems and improved Cooking Stoves(ICS)

Sanitation

Education support for beneficiaries' children

Adaptation to natural disasters

National Government Organisation

Bangladesh Water Development Board

Current objective

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

1 Flood forecasting and early warning (10/10)

2 Developing and improving irrigation facilities (10/10)

3 Protecting land from erosion (8/10)

4 Keep land free from flooding (10/10)

5 Improve embankments (10/10)

6 Improve flood and cyclone shelters (10/10)

7 Protect against salinity intrusion in agricultural lands and sweet water canals (10/10)

8 Restore connectivity of rivers and canals for navigation (8/10)

Technologies used for communications

1 Mobile Phones

2 Memos and circulars

Importance given to

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

Disadvantaged groups (1/10)

Widowed

Divorced

Landless

Children (0/10)

Women (5/10)

Landless women

Labour contracting society women members

Divorced

Widowed

Relative importance of work on

1. Natural resource management - High

2 Preparation to withstand extreme events - High

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - Low

Linkages with

Community - Not stated

Local organisations - Yes

Department of forest (Government)

Other organisations not local - Yes

The government of the Netherlands (International)

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Time - Low

Staff - Low

Budget - Low

Key characteristics of organisation

Government

Works at local, regional and national level

Areas of Activity

Develop and improve irrigation facilities for flood control, drainage and irrigation

Construct bridges and hydraulic structures

Maintain and improve coastal embankments against tidal surges, control erosion and reclaim land from the sea

Sluice gate operation and maintenance

Improve drainage, canal re-excavation, canal maintenance and canal connectivity

Participatory water management for crop production and fisheries

Implementing an integrated approach to enhance crop production and fish culture

Nursery development and social forestation to enhance the environment

Measure the water levels, river situation, seasonal variability, salinity levels, forecast flooding and manage monsoon bulletin

Work on flood and cyclone centres to improve disaster preparedness

Develop the infrastructure to protect agricultural lands and canals from salinity intrusion

Generate employment for landless groups

Improve road connectivity, restore canal connectivity for navigation and protects markets, growth centres and ferry ghat from erosion

Coordination with other local government organizations

National and Local Government Organisation

Department of forest

Current objective

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

1 Reducing poverty (10/10)

2 Improve livelihoods security (10/10)

3 Generating employment in the family (10/10)

4 Conservation of the ecosystem and soil quality improvement (8/10)

5 Protecting against erosion (8/10)

6 Reduce climatic variability (8/10)

7 Protecting against natural disasters (10/10)

Technologies used for communications

1 Mobile phones

2 Circulars

Importance given to

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

Disadvantaged groups (4/10)

Landless groups

Groups effected by river erosion

Children (0/10)

Women (5/10)

Poor, landless and needy women groups

Relative importance of work on

1. Natural resource management - High

2 Preparation to withstand extreme events - Mid

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - Mid

Linkages with

Community - Not stated

Local organisations - Yes

Bangladesh Water Development Board (Government)

Local Government Engineering Department (Government)

Upazila Parishad (Government)

Union Parishad (Government)

Other organisations not local - Yes

World Vision (International)

USAID (International)

Asian Development Bank (International)

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Time - Low

Staff - Low

Budget - Low

Key characteristics of organisation

Government

Works at local and national level

Areas of Activity

Promoting social forestry

Afforestation

Promoting nurseries and organizing tree exhibitions

Roadside plantation

Stakeholder selection

Plantation institutions, public and community land

Implementing development projects

Soil improvement and preparation for plantation, including preparation of compost fertilizer

Promoting the plantation of salinity, flood and cyclone resistant trees and plants, fruit trees, medicinal plants

Capacity building training and technical support in quality sapling production, tree plantation and tree management for beneficiaries

Developing awareness of climate effects on plantation

Distributing plantation benefits to beneficiaries

Promoting plant nurseries as alternative income sources and generating employment in tree plantation and management especially for poor, needy and landless women

Coordination with agriculture, livestock, fisheries, Bangladesh Water Development Board, Local Government Engineering Department, Upazila parishad, union parishad and other institutions

Mobilizing the Upazila forest and environment committee

Communicating with Assistant Conservator of Forest Bagerhat zone

Quality seed and sapling availability, marketing and trading groups

Department of fisheries

Current objective

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

1 Reduce poverty (10/10)

2 Enhance protein consumption (10/10)

3 Enhance self employment (10/10)

4 Livelihood protection (8/10)

5 Eco Friendly environment (8/10)

6 Conserve bio-diversity (8/10)

Technologies used for communications

1 Memos and circulars

2 Phones

Importance given to

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

Disadvantaged groups (2/10)

Groups affected by river erosion

Children (0/10)

Women (3/10)

Landless women groups, shrimp spawn collectors

Labour contracting society

Relative importance of work on

1. Natural resource management - Mid

2 Preparation to withstand extreme events - Mid

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - Low

Linkages with

Community - Not stated

Local organisations - Yes

Union Parishad (Government)

Upazila Parishad (Government)

Community Development Centre (NGO)

BRAC (NGO based in Bangladesh but working on an international scale)

Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Centre (NGO)

Other organisations not local - Yes

World Vision

BRAC (NGO based in Bangladesh but working on an international scale)

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Time - None

Staff - None

Budget - None

Key characteristics of organisation

Government

Works at local level

Areas of Activity

Promoting fisheries extension works at a community level and homestead pond fish culture

Facilitate training for fishers, pond owners and fish traders

Providing licences to fishers with registration and arranging credit for fish farmers and fishers for fish cultivation

Gher preparation for shrimp culture and white fish culture

Implementing development projects of ADP, donor funded -EC-RRP and others

Promote integrated culture of shrimp or fish and rice with vegetables growing on the dikes

Fish seed production in ponds and fish nursery management

Promote saline water loving species, crab fattening, cage fish culture and pen culture

Fish seed collection and natural shrimp spawn harvesting from natural water bodies

Management of ponds, gher and water for fish production (including sweet water conservation for carp fish production)

Manage fish and fish diseases, protect fish from flooding and other natural disasters, and restore fish from climatic variability such as high temperatures or cold stress

Distribution of fingerlings to poor pond fishers to help cope with disasters and issue ration cards to poor fishers to cope with fish closure ponds

Raise awareness of bio diversity and fish conservation, as well as natural feed promotion for fish

Coordinate market information so that farmers get fair prices

Fish selling centres and depots, quality control, ice supply, fish landing station

Organise fish traders station

Department of livestock

Technologies used for communications

1 Mobile Phones

2 Official circulars, memos, workshops and seminars

Importance given to

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

Disadvantaged groups (3/10)

Groups affected by river erosion

Disaster victims

Children (0/10)

Women (5/10)

Landless women

Female headed groups

Social safety net holder women groups

Relative importance of work on

1. Natural resource management - Low

2 Preparation to withstand extreme events - Mid

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - Mid

Linkages with

Community - Not stated

Local organisations - Yes

Upzila Agriculture Office (Government)

BRAC (NGO based in Bangladesh but operating on an international level)

Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute

Other organisations not local - Not stated

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Time - Low

Staff - Low

Budget - None

Key characteristics of organisation

Government

Works at local, regional and national level

Areas of Activity

Extension for farming of livestock, exhibition, fodder cultivation and beef fattening

Vaccination of cows, goats, sheep, poultry and ducks

Veterinary services, including treatment of seasonal diseases and cold injuries

Artificial insemination

Bird flu program implementation

Fodder production, including in homestead areas degraded by salinity, compost preparation and feed preparation

Fodder seed distribution free of charge to promote high nutrient value fodder and nursery preparation in kash land to improve the availability of cow pea seeds and plant cuttings like Para and Napier which are distributed to community farmers

Distribution of quality chicks of chickens and ducks

Training, capacity building and improving decision making power for farmers

Credit arrangement, particularly for poor and needy families

Support and follow up of FAO and NGO programs

Link up with poor farmers of social safety net program, especially poor women groups, for poultry rearing

Awareness training on livestock safety and protection from natural disasters

Sanitation and drinking water for livestock

Direct link with poultry suppliers in trading and trading of cows during Eid festivals

Transportation techniques

Provide marketing information to poultry farmers and traders

Local Government Engineering Department

Current objective

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

1 Enhancing production of crops, livestock and fisheries to improve food security (10/10)

2 Improving quality of lives and livelihoods in rural areas through the development of physical and social infrastructures (10/10)

3 Reducing poverty through employment generating labour contracting societies and destitute women's groups (8/10)

4 Save the lives of humans and livestock during natural disasters by making cyclone and flood shelters (10/10)

5 Improving environmental situations through plantation and biogas installation (8/10)

6 Enhancing cooperative and participatory approaches through small scale water resource management and plantation processes (10/10)

Technologies used for communications

1 Emails, memos and circulars

2 Mobile phone

Importance given to

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

Disadvantaged groups (3/10)

Landless groups

Children (0/10)

Women (4/10)

Vulnerable women groups

Labour contracting society

Relative importance of work on

1. Natural resource management - Mid

2 Preparation to withstand extreme events - Mid

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - Mid

Linkages with

Community - Not stated

Local organisations - Yes

Upazila parishad (Government)

Union parishad (Government)

Other organisations not local - Yes

Asian Development Bank (International)

World Bank (International)

Danish International Development Agency (International)

UNICEF (International)

United Nations Development Programme (International)

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Time - Low

Staff - Low

Budget - Low

Other - Long term planning - Low

Key characteristics of organisation

Government

Works at local and national level

Areas of Activity

Making and maintaining communication infrastructure (roads, bridges, culverts, boat landings, ferry ghats and bus stands) involving labour contracting groups, landless and vulnerable women groups work in rural road maintenance program

Physical infrastructure of educational institutes, schools, markets, and growth centre development

Promoting small scale irrigation facilities

Excavation and re-excavation of canals and ponds, operation and maintenance of sluice gates, drainage and boxes

Water management through cooperative participatory process and testing salinity

Assist local unions and local government departments in the upzila to prepare annual development plans

Assist upzila parishad in developing, planning, booking, budgeting, project implementation, monitoring and evaluation

Plantation on road sides, embankments, canals and public places

Giving technical and equipment support to all departments in the upazila

Giving support to primary education programs

Supporting pourashava (municipality) in physical and social infrastructure improvements

Coordinate disaster management, improve flood and cyclone shelters and raise awareness in the community

Coordinating with agriculture, livestock, fisheries departments, cooperatives and others to promote an integrated partnership development approach

Providing information support to donor supported development projects

Promote plantation, biogas installation and solid waste management