Basic Information:
Title of the Project: Social, Institutional and Economic Empowerment of the Rural Communities (SIEERC)
Duration of the Project: 20 September 01, 2015 to June 30, 2018
Funded By: HELVETAS SWISS INTERCOOPERATION Bangladesh
Project status: Ongoing,
Project Goal/Objective:
Selected rural communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) have improved their economic situation in a sustainable way; poor women and men are capacitated and empowered to actively participate in and benefit from the economic activities, to improve their situation with regard to water, sanitation and hygiene, to know their rights and to claim them from the duty bearers who have been made aware of their obligations and strengthened to deliver services.
Project Background:
Following the negotiations with the ADB and approved by the Government of Bangladesh, the Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project-I (CHTRDP-I) was undertaken which was successfully completed in December 2009. ADB then once again approved a Project Preparatory Technical Assistance (PPTA) in January 2010 to help the ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs (MOCHTA) formulate CHTRDP-II. Following the report of PPTA and lesson learned under the CHTRDP-I, the second Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Project has been initiated with the assistance of ADB & GOB funding.