Bangladesh

Projects

Improved Climate Resilient Public Service Delivery through Local Government Institutions in Water and Solid Waste Management (GO4IMPact)

The GO4IMPact programme will help to make public service delivery in Bangladesh's Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) and Solid Waste Management (SWM) sectors more democratic and climate-resilient.

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H2O: Innovative business model for safe and affordable drinking water

Even though water has been officially recognised as a human right by the Bangladeshi government, 60% of Bangladesh’s 160 million inhabitants have no access to clean drinking water. Many people live on polluted land or with polluted groundwater. Rural and rapidly growing (sub)urban areas are not usually connected to the public drinking water supply. People collect water of questionable quality from unofficial and informal providers at high prices.

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Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation

The Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation is a public-private partnership for trade-led growth, supporting governments in developing and least-developed countries in implementing the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement. By bringing together governments and businesses of all sizes as equal partners to deliver targeted trade reforms, the Alliance cuts through red tape and end costly delays at borders.

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Building Youth Employability through Skills (BYETS)

The Building Youth Employability through Skills (BYETS) project will empower Bangladeshi youth with improved technical, employability and entrepreneurial skills, and connect them to income generating opportunities: jobs and self-employment. BYETS will partner with Training Service Providers (TSPs), government, industry, and employers to create a conducive environment for the targeted youth that would facilitate employment opportunities for them.

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SMILE – Sustainable and Meaningful Intervention for Livelihood Enrichment

The SMILE project seeks to uplift deserving students in Habiganj, Moulvibazar, Sylhet, Sunamganj and Dhaka by providing scholarships, educational campaigns, and teacher training, while also enhancing capacity development and employment opportunities for local youth, promoting cooperative governance and micro- savings, addressing health issues, and championing environmental conservation, all while exploring innovative solutions to meet community needs.

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23.09.2024

Bangladesh: Digitalisation in Development

In recent years, Bangladesh has seen a remarkable surge in digital aimed at modernising its infrastructure, improving service delivery, and fostering innovation. In addition, Swisscontact's commitment to inclusive digitalisation ensures that marginalised communities, including women and youth, have equal access to digital opportunities. The two examples demonstrate how the digital transformation in Bangladesh is driving significant and sustainable systemic change.

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10.09.2024

Advancing Health Education and MHM Support for Adolescent Girls through the SMILE Initiative

The SMILE project conducted a health awareness campaign at Nabiganj to promote safe hygiene practices among adolescent girls.

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28.08.2024

Youth and municipality cleans up Bogura city with strategic support from PRABRIDDHI

PRABRIDDHI supported a group of youth volunteers who approached the municipality for a cleanup campaign. This collaboration aligns with PRABRIDDHI’s Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management initiative, focusing on waste segregation and sustainable practices, turning the city's recovery into a community-driven success.

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Country Director Bangladesh

Mujibul (Cezanne) Hasan

Swisscontact in Bangladesh

For 50 years, Swisscontact has delivered projects throughout Bangladesh, addressing systemic constraints and creating pro-poor market systems in skills and enterprise development. These projects resulted in creating thousands of decent jobs and improved livelihood options, food security, youth and women’s economic empowerment, financial inclusion and economic growth.

Besides, Swisscontact incorporates gender equality and social inclusion, environmental responsibility, and good governance across all its projects as sustainability criteria. The organisation operates from a country office based in Dhaka with five additional field offices and employs over 90 long-term national and international staff.

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Katalyst

Improving Business, Improving Lives.

Between 2000 and 2017, Katalyst has benefitted 4.69 million SMEs and farmers with an income increase in USD 689 million. It is the largest market development project in South Asia.

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