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Ongoing projects (Situation 01 February 2012)
Project title
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EU contribution (€) |
Food and Livelihood Security (FLS) |
24,000,000 |
Food Security 2006: School Feeding Component |
13,650,000 |
Food Security for the Ultra-Poor (FSUP) |
11,600,000 |
Food Security for the Ultra-Poor in the Haor Region (FSUP-H) |
11,092,800 |
Gaibandha food security project for ultra poor women (GFSUP) |
9,176,969 |
Food Security 2006: Soil Fertility Component |
8,177,500 |
Food Security 2006: Nutritional Surveillance component |
5,870,838 |
Maternal and Young Child Nutrition Security in Asia (Bangladesh component) |
4,221,236 |
Sustainable technology transfer to enhance productivity for ultra-poor – STEP UP |
3,996,000 |
National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme - Phase II |
3,850,000 |
Preventing and addressing under-nutrition and its underlying causes in young children and women in Rural Bangladesh |
3,600,000 |
Health Education and Livelihood Support Programme for the Ultra Poor Households |
3,130,215 |
Cross-border transfer of agricultural technologies, institutional and market development |
2,970,000 |
Total |
105,335,558 |
Food Security 2009: Food and Livelihood Security (FLS)
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Districts of Nawabganj, Natore and Naogaon (Rajshahi Division) |
Project budget (€) |
24,214,647 |
EU contribution (€) |
24,000,000 |
Implementing agency |
Department of Women Affairs |
Implementing partners |
Are being selected through a call for proposals |
Starting date |
November 2010 |
Expected end date |
April 2014 |
Description |
The purpose of the project is to improve the food security and livelihoods of fifty thousand ultra-poor female headed households, and thirty thousand ultra-poor marginal farmer and share-cropper households and to ensure that they are mainstreamed in the overall development process. |
Contact person |
Stéphane David / Laila Jasmin Banu |
Food security 2006: School Feeding Component
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
10 Districts (1 or 2 Districts in each Division of the country) |
Project budget (€) |
15,108,000 |
EU contribution (€) |
13,650,000 |
Implementing agency |
Department of Primary Education |
Implementing partners |
BDSC, DAFF, Uttaran, Manoshika, COAST Trust, Sushilan |
Starting date |
July 2009 |
Expected end date |
June 2014 |
Description |
The purpose of the project is to improve the nutritional status and education outcome of 200 000 (mainly poor and ultra-poor) children in government primary schools. |
Contact person |
Stéphane David |
Food Security for the Ultra-Poor (FSUP)
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Northern region of Bangladesh |
Project budget (€) |
14,868,656 |
EU contribution (€) |
11,600,000 |
Implementing agency |
World Food Programme (WFP) |
Implementing partners |
Local NGOs |
Starting date |
January 2009 |
Expected end date |
December 2012 |
Description |
The project contributes to national initiatives for eradication of extreme poverty and hunger (MDG 1) with particular focus on the rural ultra poor households in disaster-prone areas. |
Contact person |
Joao Anselmo |
Food Security for the Ultra-Poor in the Haor Region (FSUP-H)
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Sunamganj, Netrakona and Kishoreganj Districts, in the haor region of Northeast Bangladesh |
Project budget (€) |
13,866,000 |
EU contribution (€) |
11,092,800 |
Implementing agency |
CARE UK |
Implementing partners |
ASD, POPI, SUS |
Starting date |
December 2008 |
Expected end date |
December 2013 |
Description |
The overall objective is to reduce extreme poverty, food insecurity and vulnerability in the haor region of Northeast Bangladesh. |
Contact person |
Manjurul Alam |
Gaibandha food security project for ultra poor women
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Gaibandha District |
Project budget (€) |
11,471,211 |
EU contribution (€) |
9,176,969 |
Implementing agency |
ICCO |
Implementing partners |
Local NGOs |
Starting date |
December 2008 |
Expected end date |
December 2013 |
Description |
Livelihoods of Ultra Poor Women and their dependants improved through enhanced Food Security, Income Generating Capacity, Exercise of Human Rights, and Disaster Preparedness in Gaibandha District. |
Contact person |
Laila Jasmin Banu |
Food security 2006: Soil Fertility Component
Sector |
Food |
Location of activities |
50 sub-districts in all divisions of the country |
Project budget (€) |
9,727,500 |
EU contribution (€) |
8,177,500 |
Implementing agency |
Soil Resource Development Institute (SRDI) |
Implementing partners |
Shushilan, IRRI, DORP, ESDO, RDRS and ARCHES |
Starting date |
July 2008 |
Expected end date |
2013 |
Description |
The purpose of the project is to improve the production and access to nutritious food for vulnerable households through the promotion of optimal farming practices and crop diversification. |
Contact person |
Stéphane David |
Food Security 2006: Nutritional Surveillance Component
PTF and National Food Security Surveillance Project
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Nationwide |
Project budget (€) |
7,360,000 |
EU contribution (€) |
650,000 + 5,220,838 |
Implementing agencies |
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and Brac University |
Implementing partner |
Helen Keller International |
Starting date |
July 2008 |
Expected end date |
June 2013 |
Description |
The purpose of the project is to monitor the nutritional status at divisional and national level in order to provide decision makers and stakeholders with information needed for policy formulation. The intervention will also support the institutionalisation of nutritional surveillance into the national system. |
Contact person |
Stéphane David / Joao Anselmo |
Maternal and Young Child Nutrition Security in Asia (Bangladesh component)
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Nationwide |
Project budget (€) |
5,972,747 |
EU contribution (€) |
4,221,236 |
Implementing agency |
United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) |
Implementing partner |
Ministries, research institutions, NGOs |
Starting date |
January 2011 |
Expected end date |
December 2014 |
Description |
The specific objective is to position nutrition security on policy and development agenda in the Asia region and to strengthen capacities and information systems, build on lessons learned and scale up high impact interventions for children and women in Asia with a specific focus on five targeted countries (Bangladesh, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal and the Philippines). |
Contact person |
Joao Anselmo |
Sustainable technology transfer to enhance productivity for ultra-poor – STEP UP
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Northern and Northwest Bangladesh |
Project budget (€) |
4,440,000 |
EU contribution (€) |
3,996,000 |
Implementing agency |
NETZ Bangladesh |
Implementing partners |
Jagorani Chakra Foundation (JCK)
Mahideb Jubo Somaj Kallayan Somity (MJSKS)
Sabalamby Unnayan Samity (SUS)
ASHRAI
POLLI SREE
SACHETAN
Tagore Society for Rural Development (TSRD)
Development Research Communication and Services Centre
(DRCSC) |
Starting date |
December 2010 |
Expected end date |
November 2013 |
Description |
18,000 ultra-poor households will increase sustainable income and increase food production by adapting environmentally sustainable agriculture technologies and improved marketing |
Contact person |
Donel Rozario |
Cross-border transfer of agricultural technologies, institutional and market development
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Regional Project: Jamalpur in Bangladesh and Assam State in India |
Project budget (€) |
3,300,000 |
EU contribution (€) |
2,970,000 |
Implementing agency |
Concern Universal |
Implementing partners |
Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM)
Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi (RGVN)
Intercooperation (IC) |
Starting date |
January 2012 |
Expected end date |
December 2013 |
Description |
To improve food security and nutrition of 20,000 smallholder households in Bangladesh and India |
Contact person |
Donel Rozario |
National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme - Phase II
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Nationwide |
Project budget (€) |
9,174,670 |
EU contribution (€) |
3,850,000 |
Implementing agency |
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) |
Implementing partner |
Government of Bangladesh |
Starting date |
January 2009 |
Expected end date |
December 2013 |
Description |
Support to the government of Bangladesh for policy research and formulation on food security issues. |
Contact person |
Stéphane David |
Preventing and addressing under-nutrition and its underlying causes in young children and women in Rural Bangladesh
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Sirajganj and Bogra districts |
Project budget (€) |
4,156,886 |
EU contribution (€) |
3,600,000 |
Implementing agency |
World Food Programme (WFP) |
Implementing partner |
Local NGOs and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
Starting date |
January 2011 |
Expected end date |
December 2013 |
Description |
The purpose is to improve the nutritional status and food security of ultra poor households in two Districts in Northwest Bangladesh. |
Contact person |
Joao Anselmo |
Health Education and Livelihood Support Programme for the Ultra Poor Households
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
North-west region of Bangladesh (Rangpur) |
Project budget (€) |
3,912,769 |
EU contribution (€) |
3,130,215 |
Implementing agency |
Islamic Relief Worldwide |
Implementing partner |
TMSS |
Starting date |
January 2009 |
Expected end date |
September 2012 |
Description |
To improve food security of rural ultra poor (female-headed) households to overcome chronic poverty and contribute in achieving the 1st Millennium Development Goal (MDG). |
Contact person |
Manjurul Alam |
Food Security – recently completed projects
Vulnerable Group Development for the Ultra Poor (VGDUP)
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
36 Upazilas (Sub-district) of N and NW regions of Bangladesh |
Project budget (€) |
20,500,000 |
EU contribution (€) |
20,000,000 |
Implementing agency |
Department of Women Affairs |
Implementing partners |
PMUK, RDRS, RIC and UJMS |
Starting date |
December 2006 |
End date |
December 2011 |
Description |
The project aims to reduce deep poverty and food insecurity for 80,000 ultra poor women and their dependents by a combination of financial subsistence support and socio-economic development training, capacity building and transfer of productive assets to the ultra poor women beneficiaries and their dependents'. |
Contact person |
Laila Jasmin Banu |
Rural Employment Opportunities for Public Assets (REOPA)
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
1 District in each Division |
Project budget (€) |
28,522,332 |
EU contribution (€) |
27,286,332 |
Implementing agency |
Government of Bangladesh and UNDP |
Implementing partners |
LGIs and NGOs |
Starting date |
December 2005 |
End date |
December 2011 |
Description |
The project aims to provide employment opportunities for destitute women, to improve access to public assets and services for the poor and to increase management capacity at Union Parishad level. |
Contact person |
Manjurul Alam |
EU Food Facility: Agriculture and Food Security in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) |
Project budget (€) |
7,500,000 |
EU contribution (€) |
7,500,000 |
Implementing agency |
UNDP |
Implementing partners |
Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, local NGOs |
Starting date |
April 2010 |
End date |
September 2011 |
Description |
To improve food security and poverty reduction in 1000 remote communities in the CHT, affected by high food prices and food insecurity. |
Contact person |
Donel Rozario |
EU Food Facility: Reduction of food insecurity for poor and extreme poor households
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Jamalpur District |
Project budget (€) |
3,887,480 |
EU contribution (€) |
3,498,732 |
Implementing agency |
Concern Universal |
Implementing partner |
Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM)
Intercooperation (IC) |
Starting date |
January 2010 |
End date |
October 2011 |
Description |
To reduce food insecurity and ensure sustainable livelihoods of poor and extreme poor households. |
Contact person |
Manjurul Alam |
EU Food Facility: Crop Intensification for Achieving Food Self-Sufficiency in the Coastal Regions of Bangladesh
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Coastal region of Bangladesh |
Project budget (€) |
5,560,000 |
EU contribution (€) |
5,000,000 |
Implementing agency |
BRAC |
Starting date |
December 2009 |
End date |
October 2011 |
Description |
The overall objective is to increase yearly food production and food availability of the coastal area farmers of Bangladesh through technological intervention and crop intensification. |
Contact person |
Donel Rozario |
EU Food Facility: Making Agriculture and Market Systems Work for Landless, Marginal and Smallholder Farmers in Bangladesh
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Northwest Bangladesh |
Project budget (€) |
2,805,280 |
EU contribution (€) |
2,524,752 |
Implementing agency |
Practical Action |
Implementing partners |
Bangladesh Association for Social Advancement (BASA)
Voluntary Paribar Kalyan Association (VPKA) |
Starting date |
January 2010 |
End date |
October 2011 |
Description |
To improve food security and livelihoods of 15,000 (approx. 75,000 people) vulnerable, marginal farming households (VMFHs) engaged in both production and wage employment in single crop areas of Faridpur and Sirajganj region, Bangladesh |
Contact person |
Laila Jasmin Banu |
EU Food Facility: Strengthening Poorest and Vulnerable Households Capability to Improve Food Security in Northwest Bangladesh
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Northwest Bangladesh |
Project budget (€) |
2,479,422 |
EU contribution (€) |
2,231,480 |
Implementing agency |
CARE Austria |
Implementing partners |
Echo Social Development Organization (ESDO)
SKS Foundation |
Starting date |
November 2009 |
End date |
October 2011 |
Description |
To contribute to the reduction of poverty and hunger for the poorest and most vulnerable households in northwest Bangladesh |
Contact person |
Donel Rozario |
EU Food Facility: Strengthening Agricultural Capacities of Ultra-Poor in Bangladesh
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Northern and Northwest Bangladesh |
Project budget (€) |
2,320,000 |
EU contribution (€) |
2,088,000 |
Implementing agency |
NETZ Bangladesh |
Implementing partners |
Jagorani Chakra Foundation (JCF)
Mahideb Jubo Somaj Kallayan Somity (MJSKS)
Sabalamby Unnayan Samity (SUS) |
Starting date |
December 2009 |
End date |
October 2011 |
Description |
To contribute rapidly and directly to mitigation of negative effects of volatile food prices on nutritional requirements of ultra-poor and to the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger (MDG 1). |
Contact person |
Donel Rozario |
Micro-finance Support Intervention for FSVGD and Ultra Poor Beneficiaries
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
North and north-west region of Bangladesh |
Project budget (€) |
3,706,353 |
EU contribution (€) |
3,500,000 |
Implementing agency |
Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) |
Implementing partners |
PKSF Partner Organisations |
Starting date |
January 2007 |
End date |
April 2011 |
Description |
The project contributed to sustainable improvement in food security, nutrition and socio-economic conditions of rural poor households through micro-finance support. |
Contact person |
Laila Jasmin Banu |
EU Food Facility: Support to Assist Landless, Marginal and Small Farmers to Overcome Soaring Input and Food Prices in Impoverished Areas of Bangladesh
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
12 districts in southern Bangladesh |
Project budget (€) |
7,414,800 |
EU contribution (€) |
7,414,800 |
Implementing agency |
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) |
Implementing partners |
Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock
10 local NGOs |
Starting date |
January 2010 |
End date |
August 2011 |
Description |
The project aimed to enhance food security and support marginal and small farmers to overcome volatility in prices for agricultural inputs and food prices in areas at risk of natural disasters in Bangladesh |
EU Food Facility – WFP
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Different locations of Bangladesh |
Project budget (€) |
22,000,000 |
EU contribution (€) |
22,000,000 |
Implementing agency |
World Food Programme (WFP) |
Starting date |
March 2009 |
End date |
June 2010 |
Description |
The project aimed to raise agricultural productivity in Bangladesh, to contribute to self-sufficiency and to mitigate current and future vulnerability to volatile food prices and food insecurity. |
Initiative to Enhance Monga Coping Capacity
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
8 Upazilas (Sub-district) of north-west region of Bangladesh |
Project budget (€) |
2,102,503 |
EU contribution (€) |
1,997,143 |
Implementing agency |
Oxfam Great Britain |
Implementing partners |
Zibika, SKS, POPI and GUK |
Starting date |
July 2009 |
End date |
December 2010 |
Description |
The project aimed to contribute to increased food security in Bangladesh, specifically to strengthen the coping capacity of agricultural labourers and marginal farmers in the monga affected region of Bangladesh. |
Income Food Security for Ultra-Poor (IFSUP)
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
6 Upazilas (Sub-districts) of north and north-west districts |
Project budget (€) |
1,289,334 |
EU contribution (€) |
1,095,933 |
Implementing agency |
NETZ |
Starting date |
December 2006 |
End date |
December 2009 |
Description |
The project promoted self employment for income generation, reduced the risks of asset loss, mitigated vulnerability to natural disasters and promoted replication of positive approaches/outcomes. |
FOSHOL-CARE: Khaddo Nirapattai Angshidaritto
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Chainawabganj, Rajshahi and Noagoan. |
Project budget (€) |
3,348,870 |
EU contribution (€) |
2,997,239 |
Implementing agency |
CARE Netherlands |
Starting date |
April 2005 |
End date |
April 2009 |
Description |
The project aimed to increase food security for target groups in Chainawabganj, Rajshahi and Noagoan. |
FOSHOL ITDG
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Greater Faridpur and Jamalpur Districts |
Project budget (€) |
1,499,738 |
EU contribution (€) |
1,349,764 |
Implementing agency |
ITDG – UK |
Starting date |
May 2005 |
End date |
May 2009 |
Description |
The project aimed to increase food security for target groups in Greater Faridpur and Jamalpur Districts |
FOSHOL – ActionAid
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
Kurigram, Patuakhali, Khulna, Noakhali and Satkhira |
Project budget (€) |
2,580,189 |
EU contribution (€) |
2,322,170 |
Implementing agency |
ActionAid |
Starting date |
April 2005 |
End date |
April 2009 |
Description |
The project aimed to increase food security for target groups in Kurigram, Patuakhali, Khulna, Noakhali and Satkhira |
FOSHOL – IRRI
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
All FOSHOL project locations. |
Project budget (€) |
1,675,339 |
EU contribution (€) |
1,496,881 |
Implementing agency |
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) |
Starting date |
July 2004 |
End date |
December 2008 |
Description |
The project aimed to increase food security for target groups throughout the FOSHOL target areas of Bangladesh. |
Fisheries and Aquaculture Enterprise Development for the Adivasi (Tribal) Communities in the North and Northwest regions of Bangladesh
Sector |
Food Security |
Location of activities |
North and Northwest |
Project budget (€) |
1,128,315 |
EU contribution (€) |
1,253,683.33 |
Implementing agency |
WorldFish Centre |
Starting date |
December 2006 |
End date |
December 2009 |
Description |
The purpose of the project was to increase fish production, household nutrition, income and alternative employment opportunities of poor vulnerable Adivasi (Tribal) people in Bangladesh through promotion of small scale aquaculture related enterprise development. |
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