Project Induction: PRADG

Project Induction: PRADG

Overall Objective:

- To improve basic rights and accessibility of the ultra-poor through enhancing democratic local governance in Char Land areas of Sirajgong District in Bangladesh.

Specific objectives:

- To ensure service delivery and access to justice for ultra-poor people by developing democratic and responsive local governance

- To reduce all form of human rights violations and gender discrimination by developing leadership and empowering the ultra-poor people

Required response:

- Functional role of Civil Society Action Groups (CSAG) for preventing all forms of human rights violation and inaccessibility of the ultra-poor

- Responsive role of LGIs with an additional institutional capacity in advancing rights and accessibility to the local services (including justice system)

- Leadership role with confidence and self-reliance of the ultra-poor people to enable them for claiming their own role with confidence and self-reliance of the ultra-poor people enable them for claiming their own rights and access to institutional services as a citizen

Key Approach:

- Project launching event- Baseline information- Systematic monitoring system- A Guideline for skill and capacity building- Two evident based learning documents and a comprehensive research - One stop service centers

Expected result of the action:

Result – I : HR violation and inaccessibility of the UPG to services – prevented by CSAG

Indicators:

o formation of 96 CSAG, o 50 awareness initiatives monthly, o 50% more social action taken by CSAG, o UPG – 154400 including LGI, o 16800 vulnerable HHs gain confidence from LGI

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Result – 2 : Institutional capacity of the LG, CS, CAG

Indicators: o 405 institutional representativeso 96 CSAG (96*10=960) o 96 CSAG and 90 UPG

Result – 3: UPG community developed in char land areas for advancing their alternative leadership and empowerment

Indicators: o 90 UPG (154000 People) o 92,400 People o 300 Most vulnerable UPG (from 300 households = 1650 people) o 16800 HHs corresponding to 92,400 People

Implementation phase:

Result – I: HR violation and inaccessibility of the UPG to services – prevented by CSAG

Activity 1.1.: Develop and organize 96 CSAG

Activity 1.2.: Organize quarterly coordination meeting of the CSAG

Activity 1.3.: Organize networking meeting with CSAG, UPG and LGI representative sharing HR violation and events of inaccessibility to improve the social safety net

Activity 1.4.: Reporting and monitoring of HR violation cases of UPG

Activity 1.5.: Develop sensitive communication and IEC materials

Activity 1.6.: Organize community based awareness program:

- Courtyard meeting- Tea stall meeting - Popular theater- Cultural events (including folk songs)

Activity 1.7.: Educational institution based program:

- School session- Debate and campaign

Activity 1.8.: One analytical study on salient feature of HR violation and inaccessibility of UPG in the LG

Activity 1.9.: Organize advocacy workshops

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- National levels - Sharing research findings with Govt. authorities (including LGIs), civil society actors, media and

other stakeholders

Result – 2: Institutional capacity of the LG, CS, CAG

Activity 2.1: Development of training manual

Activity 2.2: Training for 405 LGI representative (30 Ups and 5 UZs including shalish committee members), 960 CASG members and 900 UPG members

Activity 2.3.: Monitoring on reporting issues; as police, hospitals, LGI, local court, local institutions (education, health, legal and welfare service institution)

Activity 2.4.: Consultation workshop at local level

Activity 2.5.: disseminate evidence based learning documents

Result – 3.1.: UPG community developed in char land areas for advancing their alternative leadership and empowerment

Activity 3.2.: Develop UPG containing 10 potential UPG considering gender balance members

Activity 3. 3.: Common platform for the UPG

Activity 3.4.: 300 victims of HR violation

Activity 3.5.: Life skills and livelihood training (particularly women): self-reliant

Activity 3.6.: Social strengthening of victims (150) of HR violation

Activity 3.7.: Linkage support to the ultra-poor families (27,700)

Implementation in action: CUB:

1. Activity code: 1.4.: Develop community sensitive communication and IEC materials

2. Activity code: 1.8.: Conduct one analytical study on salient feature of human rights violations and inaccessibility

3. Activity code: 1.9.: Organize advocacy workshop at local and national level

4. Activity code: 2.1.: Training manual development on HR issues, gender, socio legal protection

5. Activity code: 2.5.: Product and disseminate evident based learning docs

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