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Ongoing projects (Situation on 01 February 2012)
Project title |
EU contribution (in EURO) |
Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund (BCCRF) |
28,500,000 |
Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) 2010-2014 |
13,000,000 |
Sunderbans Environmental And Livelihoods Security (SEALS) |
10,000,000 |
Increasing Resilience and Reducing Risk of Coastal Communities to Climate Change and Natural Hazards in the Bay of Bengal |
1,488,084 |
Collective Action to reduce Climate Disaster Risks and enhancing Resilience of the Vulnerable Coastal Communities around the Sundarbans in Bangladesh and India |
1,188,174 |
Alleviating poverty through disaster risk reduction in North West Bangladesh |
1,000,000 |
Empowerment of LAs and NSAs in Responding to Economic Development Opportunities and Climate Change and Disaster Vulnerabilities |
898,245 |
Social and Economic Security for Traditional Resource Users of the Sundarban |
844,626 |
Ensuring Water and Sanitation Facilities towards Disaster Risk Reduction |
731,237 |
Integrated Community-Based Arsenic Mitigation Programme (ICBAMP) |
665,950 |
Strengthening the role of Non State Actors on Climate Change policy formulation in South Asia and enhancing their capacities to influence global climate change negotiations |
531,351 |
Improved food and livelihood security in Bagerhat District, Bangladesh in the context of increased disaster risk and climate change (IFLS) |
389,933 |
Total |
59,237,600 |
Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund (BCCRF)
Sector |
Climate Change |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: nationwide |
Project budget (€) |
112 300 000 (estimated) |
EU contribution (€) |
28 500 000 |
Government agency |
Ministry of Environment and Forests |
Implementing agency |
The World Bank |
Starting date |
01 January 2011 |
Expected end date |
30 June 2015 |
Description |
The overall objective is to protect and improve the lives of 10 million climate vulnerable people in Bangladesh by 2015 through climate change adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk reduction measures.
The purpose is to support the Government of Bangladesh with the implementation of the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP). |
Contact person |
Jorge Nieto Rey / Koen Duchateau |
Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme 2010-2014 (CDMP)
Sector |
Disaster Management |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: nationwide |
Project budget (€) |
39 898 885 (estimated) |
EU contribution (€) |
13 000 000 |
Government agency |
Ministry of Food and Disaster Management |
Implementing agency |
UNDP |
Starting date |
1 January 2010 |
Expected end date |
31 December 2014 |
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 |
www.cdmp.org.bd |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Jorge Nieto Rey |
Sunderbans Environmental And Livelihoods Security (SEALS)
Sector |
Environment |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: Sunderbans |
Project budget (€) |
10 444 444 |
EU contribution (€) |
10 000 000 |
Government agency |
Ministry of Environment and Forests |
Implementing agency |
Forest Department |
Starting date |
10 November 2010 |
Expected end date |
10 May 2015 |
Description |
The overall objective of the EU support is to contribute to maintaining or improving ecosystem productivity and the environmental and social integrity of the north coastal lands of the Bay of Bengal.
The purpose of the EU support is sustainable development of the Sundarbans Reserved Forest and the people who currently depend on its resources.
The project focuses on 2 interlinked results: The first result is restored and improved Government of Bangladesh capacity to protect and manage the SRF. The second result is sustainable SRF resource extraction and dependence of surrounding communities on resources gathered from the Sundarbans and their exposure to natural disasters reduced sustainably. |
Contact person |
Jorge Nieto Rey / Arham Siddique |
Increasing Resilience and Reducing Risk of Coastal Communities to Climate Change and Natural Hazards in the Bay of Bengal
Sector |
Climate Change |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: Khulna, Satkira, Barguna and Patuakhali coastal districts.
India: Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts in the State of Orissa |
Project budget (€) |
1,860,106 |
EU contribution (€) |
1,488,084 |
Implementing agency |
Concern Worldwide |
Implementing partner |
Sushilan, Jagrata Jubo Sangha, RCDC (India) |
Starting date |
1 February 2011 |
Expected end date |
31 January 2016 |
Description |
The objective is to contribute towards poverty alleviation amongst poor communities in coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal, through reducing their risk to the impacts of hazards and climate change. |
Contact person |
Jorge Nieto Rey / Arham Siddique |
Collective Action to reduce Climate Disaster Risks and enhancing Resilience of the Vulnerable Coastal Communities around the Sundarbans in Bangladesh and India
Sector |
Climate Change |
Location of activities |
India: 2-3 clusters of villages, each cluster having 15-20 villages from coastal blocks from South and North 24 Parganas, which belong to the Sunderbans
Bangladesh: 2-3 clusters of villages, each cluster having 15-20 villages from coastal Upazilas of Bagerhat, Khulna and Satkhira districts nearby the Sunderbans |
Project budget (€) |
1,485,218 |
EU contribution (€) |
1,188,174 |
Implementing agency |
BCAS (Bangladesh) |
Implementing partner |
DRCSC (India), Orbicon AS (DK) |
Starting date |
1 March 2011 |
Expected end date |
28 February 2015 |
Description |
The overall goal of the project is to reduce climatic disaster risks and enhance resilience of the coastal communities around the Sundarbans by building capacity of the vulnerable communities, local actors and stakeholders through sustainable natural technologies |
Contact person |
Jorge Nieto Rey / Arham Siddique |
Alleviating poverty through disaster risk reduction in North West Bangladesh
Sector |
Disaster Management |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh (Kurigram and Lalmonirhat Districts) |
Project budget (€) |
1 450 000 |
EU contribution (€) |
1 000 000 |
Implementing agency |
DanChurchAid |
Implementing partner |
RDRS Bangladesh |
Starting date |
01 January 2009 |
Expected end date |
31 December 2014 |
Description |
The overall objective is to enhance the disaster risk reduction (DRR) capacity of the rural poor communities and LAs in order to alleviate poverty in the project areas. The specific purpose of the project is to strengthen community DRR capacity. |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Jorge Nieto Rey |
Empowerment of LAs and NSAs in Responding to Economic Development Opportunities and Climate Change and Disaster Vulnerabilities
Sector |
Disaster Management |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh (Kurigram, Rangpur and Nilphamari Districts) |
Project budget (€) |
1 197 660 |
EU contribution (€) |
898 245 |
Implementing agency |
CARE Austria |
Implementing partner |
SKS Foundation and Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO) |
Starting date |
17 December 2009 |
Expected end date |
31 July 2014 |
Description |
To contribute to the promotion of participatory inclusive governance to broaden the scope of economic opportunities for the poor and marginalized in rural communities (MDG1) |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Jorge Nieto Rey |
Social and Economic Security for Traditional Resource Users of the Sundarban
Sector |
Environment |
Location of activities |
Khulna region: Khulna, Bagerhat and Satkhira districts |
Project budget (€) |
1 055 783 |
EU contribution (€) |
844 626 |
Implementing agency |
Relief International (RI) - UK |
Implementing partner |
Uttaran |
Starting date |
01 July 2011 |
Expected end date |
30 June 2013 |
Description |
The overall objective of the action is to reduce extreme poverty in the target areas through outreach to workers in the informal economy. The specific objectives are: (1) to enable informal workers (traditional resource users) in the Sunderbans Impact Zone (SIZ) to attain decent work and break the cycle of extreme poverty; and (2) to empower informal workers in the SIZ to identify, access and advocate for social protection rights and services. |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Jorge Nieto Rey |
Ensuring Water and Sanitation Facilities towards Disaster Risk Reduction
Sector |
Disaster Management |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: coastal region, disaster prone areas: 20 unions |
Project budget (€) |
974,982.53 |
EU contribution (€) |
731,236.90 |
Implementing agency |
Concern Universal |
Local partner |
Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) |
Starting date |
01 December 2011 |
End date |
30 November 2014 |
Description
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The overall objective of the action is to "promote people participation for reducing the morbidity and mortality caused by inadequate water and sanitation provisions in selected coastal disaster prone areas of Bangladesh". |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Jorge Nieto Rey |
Integrated Community Based Arsenic Mitigation Project (ICBAMP) II
Sector |
Disaster Management |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: 35 unions |
Project budget (€) |
887 934 |
EU contribution (€) |
665 956 |
Implementing agency |
Misereor |
Implementing partner |
NGO Forum for Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation |
Starting date |
1 January 2010 |
Expected end date |
31 December 2012 |
Description |
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 / Jorge Nieto Rey |
Strengthening the role of Non State Actors on Climate Change policy formulation in South Asia and enhancing their capacities to influence global climate change negotiations
Sector |
Climate Change |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh and Nepal
Region: Activities will also take place at a regional level, as influencing the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an integral part of this project. Regional activities will encompass India and Pakistan as well as Bangladesh and Nepal. |
Project budget (€) |
708,468 |
EU contribution (€) |
531,351 |
Implementing agency |
OXFAM (UK) |
Implementing partner |
BCAS (Bangladesh), CSRL (Bangladesh), CCNN (Nepal) |
Starting date |
1 April 2011 |
Expected end date |
31 March 2014 |
Description |
The overall objective is to contribute to pro poor climate change adaptation and mitigation in South Asia.
The specific objective is that Non State Actors (NSAs) in Bangladesh, Nepal and at SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) level have increased capacity to engage in national, regional and global decision-making processes related to climate change and to influence policies. and climate change. |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Jorge Nieto Rey |
Improved food and livelihood security in Bagerhat District, Bangladesh in the context of increased disaster risk and climate change (IFLS)
Sector |
Environment and Disaster Management |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: Bagerhat District (Mongla, Rampal and Sharankhola Upazilas) |
Project budget (€) |
519 911 |
EU contribution (€) |
389 933 |
Implementing agency |
CAFOD (UK) |
Implementing partner |
Caritas, Prodipan and Dhaka Ahsania Mission |
Starting date |
10 December 2009 |
Expected end date |
31 August 2014 |
Description |
The overall objective of the action is to improved food and livelihoods security in Bagerhat District, Bangladesh in the context of increased disaster risk and climate change. |
Contact person |
Arham Siddique / Jorge Nieto Rey |
Recently completed projects
Instrument for Stability - Restoring socio-economic stability and strengthening community resilience in areas affected by cyclone AILA
Sector |
Disaster Management |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: cyclone AILA affected areas |
Project budget (€) |
5 000 000 |
EU contribution (€) |
5 000 000 |
Implementing agency |
BRAC |
Starting date |
1 July 2010 |
End date |
31 December 2011 |
Description |
The aim of the action is to support the Government of Bangladesh in the rehabilitation of livelihoods devastated by cyclone AILA. The programme will help to ensure socio-economic stability in the cyclone AILA affected area and effective LRRD with relief interventions and longer term donor development activities. In particular, the specific objective of this action is to support the rehabilitation of agriculture-based (agriculture, livestock, fisheries and social forestry) as well as non-agriculture-based livelihoods in severely cyclone AILA affected districts of Bangladesh. In addition, the programme will indirectly improve the food security situation of the most vulnerable population in the cyclone AILA affected coastal areas of Bangladesh. |
Contact person |
Jorge Nieto Rey / Arham Siddique |
Instrument for Stability – Post-SIDR livelihoods rehabilitation
Sector |
Disaster Management |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: cyclone SIDR affected areas |
Project budget (€) |
13 000 000 |
EU contribution (€) |
13 000 000 |
Implementing agency |
BRAC |
Starting date |
1 June 2008 |
End date |
30 November 2009 |
Description |
The aim of the action was to support the Government of Bangladesh in the rehabilitation of livelihoods devastated by cyclone SIDR. The programme will help to ensure socio-economic stability in the cyclone SIDR affected area and effective LRRD with relief interventions and longer term donor development activities. In particular, the specific objective of this action was to support the rehabilitation of agriculture-based (agriculture, livestock, fisheries and social forestry) as well as non-agriculture-based livelihoods in severely cyclone SIDR affected districts of Bangladesh. In addition, the programme indirectly improved the food security situation of the most vulnerable population in the cyclone SIDR affected coastal areas of Bangladesh. |
Haor Initiatives for Sustainable Alternative Livelihoods (HISAL)
Sector |
Disaster Management |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: Haor |
Project budget (€) |
2 873 547 |
EU 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 |
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 / Jorge Nieto Rey |
EC support to Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness (BDPP)
Sector |
Disaster Management |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: nationwide & 7 pilot districts |
Project budget (€) |
9 800 000 |
EU contribution (€) |
9 000 000 |
Government agency |
MoFDM |
Implementing agency |
UNDP |
Starting date |
1 September 2006 |
End date |
31 December 2009 |
Description |
The project helped the Government of Bangladesh to strengthen existing systems in order to cope with natural hazards. |
Project website |
www.cdmp.org.bd |
Building community disaster preparedness capacity in cyclone prone areas of Bangladesh (BCDPC)
Sector |
Disaster Management |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: communities in coastal zones |
Project budget (€) |
1 056 669 |
EU contribution (€) |
792 502 |
Implementing agency |
British Red Cross Society |
Local partner |
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society |
Starting date |
1 April 2006 |
End date |
31 March 2010 |
Description |
The project saved lives and reduced vulnerability of cyclone prone communities by improving disaster preparedness at both household and community level. |
Integrated Community-Based Arsenic Mitigation Programme in 100 unions in Bangladesh (ICBAMP) I
Sector |
Disaster Management |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: 100 unions |
Project budget (€) |
999 542 |
EU 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 |
End date |
31 December 2009 |
Description |
Improved access to arsenic-free drinking water, ensured proper health care facilities, made people aware of the dangers of arsenic poisoning and provided training in income generating techniques. |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Application of Innovative Technologies for the Reclamation and Environmental Improvement of Derelict Urban Areas in Dhaka City
Sector |
Environment |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: Dhaka City |
Project budget (€) |
731 112 |
EU 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 |
End date |
31 December 2008 |
Description |
The project aimed to reclaim urban brownfields in Dhaka City by means of the demonstration of the technical and economic feasibility of innovative soil remediation technologies. The action enhanced 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/ |
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 |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: Khulna |
Project budget (€) |
555 674 |
EU 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 |
End date |
31 December 2009 |
Description |
Encouraged 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/ |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Capacity building for enhancing local participation in water supply and sanitation interventions in poor urban areas
Sector |
Environment |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh and Nepal |
Project budget (€) |
222 172 |
EU 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 |
29 February 2008 |
Description |
The aim of the action was 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 |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Improving Production Efficiency, the Environment and Livelihoods through Cleaner Production Technologies in Bangladesh
Sector |
Environment |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh |
Project budget (€) |
299 077 |
EU 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 Bangladesh 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 environmental compliance criteria. |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Technology partnership for innovative treatment of drinking and industrial water (INNOWA)
Sector |
Environment |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh and China |
Project budget (€) |
658 720 |
EU 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/ |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Integrated Approach for Sustainable Wastewater Management and Biomass Production in Bangladesh (INAWAB)
Sector |
Environment |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh |
Project budget (€) |
561 672 |
EU 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/ |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Environmental initiatives, waste management and technology dissemination in Bangladesh
Sector |
Environment |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: Gazipur |
Project budget (€) |
416 665 |
EU 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 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. |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Integrated approaches to improve the urban environment in ASIA
Sector |
Environment |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka |
Project budget (€) |
930 523 |
EU 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 |
End date |
31 December 2008 |
Description |
The action contributed 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 |
EU-Asia Pro Eco Programme - Promotion of renewable energy as an alternative and sustainable energy system
Sector |
Environment |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: Khulna |
Project budget (€) |
560 661 |
EU 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 |
31 March 2010 |
Description |
The action aimed 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. |
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