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Evaluation of the DFID Match Fund 1 WASH and Sanitation Projects As part of the DFID Match Fund I Water and Gender programme, 3 Bangladeshi partners have been supported in their WASH and gender projects to support poor women, men and children. CAFOD is working with Caritas Bangladesh and ADD with technical support from ITN/BUET.  As the contract holder, CAFOD is responsible for monitoring and evaluating project progress. As part of this process a Mid-Term Review was commissioned. The projects are now ending and CAFOD is recruiting a Consultant to conduct a final evaluation of the projects.
Child Safeguarding/Protection training for OKUP This training will support Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program (OKUP), who work closely with children and vulnerable adults (especially women), to have the capacity to safeguard children and vulnerable adults (especially women), as well as identifying protection risks and issues for boys and girls in all stages of the programme cycle, and addressing these as far as possible. The training will also help set out the foundations for developing a suitable and contextually relevant organisational Child Protection Policy for OKUP.

Objectives:
At the end of the training, participants will 
•	Have increased understanding of child protection issues – how to engage with children, how to recognise signs of abuse, deal with issues sensitively and how to report child protection issues.
•	Are clear about their role in safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, and are able to apply their understanding in the context of their work 
•	Have committed to an action plan which lays out a clear process to develop a child protection policy within the organisation

Outputs: 
The Consultant will provide a brief report (2-3 pages) to CAFOD including;
•	an overview of the training 
•	participants’ review of the training with appropriate data, suggestions for change and lessons learnt.
•	A clear a realistic action plan for OKUP to develop a comprehensive and realistic Child Protection Policy including the responsibilities for taking this work forward.

The training will take place over two days in June 2016 at the OKUP office in Dhaka. Participants will be a combination of senior management and field level staff. The workshop will be facilitated by a National Consultant with details knowledge of Child Protection issues in Bangladesh.
Improved food and livelihood security in Bangladesh (Action on Disability and Development) This project is part of a programme in which four Bangladeshi partners are collaborating together in order to address food and livelihood insecurity, which were identified as the key problems in Bagerhat district.  The partners hold regular meetings and build up linkages with other networks through which monitoring information, reviews, evaluations and experiences can be shared.  Action on Disability and Development (ADD) is taking the lead role in advocating for people with disabilities to be fully included in all development, disaster preparedness, reduction and response work as well as advocating livelihoods security of vulnerable people in the context of the climate change.
Financial Management Capacity Strengthening to OKUP (linked to EU project ICD840) The purpose of this project is to provide financial management capacity strengthening to OKUP by contributing to the salary costs for a Finance and Admin Coordinator post. This project will contribute to the salary costs for this post for a period of 3 years (from May 2018 - December 2020), covering the duration of the EU funded ICD840 project 'Empowerment of women and girl migrant workers, communities and key institutions to protect and promote migrant workers’ rights and access to justice'. CAFOD's contributions will be set against a sliding scale of percentage funding over the 3 years, meaning OKUP will need to source remaining funding requirements for the role once it is established, emphasising the dual responsibility that CAFOD and OKUP have in resourcing this post. £30,199 of this grant is earmarked for salary contributions only (reflected in the attached salary budget) and the remaining £9,423 may be used by OKUP to cover additional costs related to financial capacity strengthening including advertising and recruitment costs for the Finance and Admin Coordinator post as well as organisational policy development. Use of these additional funds will be agreed between CAFOD and OKUP and documented at a later stage.
Emergency Relief and Early Recovery Response Programme - Bangladesh June 2012 Heavy incessant rain from 21 to 28 June 2012 caused landslide and flash floods in five districts; Chittagong, Bandarban, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet and Sunamganj. Loca schools  and buildings are used as shelters and rescue operations is led by the army since 26 June. As of  4 July, a total of 122 people died (Chittagong 35, Bandarban 37, Cox’s Bazar 47 and Sylhet 3) due to landslides, broken of walls and drowning. 

Caritas was part of the UN OCHA led assessment. Following needs assessment, at the request of the affected community and local government, Caritas has planned to undertake Emergency Relief and Early Recovery response for the affected families in three districts. Caritas Bangladesh made an emegency appeal (EA 25/2012) through CI on 9/7/12. The total budget proposed is  Euro 1,151,974.The program includes direct food and cash distribution for 9,536 families, cash for works for 8,744 families and house repair for 2,331 families in Bandarban, Cox’s Bazar and Sylhet districts. This programme will be implemented from 5 July to 31 October 2012.

CAFOD is contributing £50,000 from the General Emergency Budget towards this appeal, earmarking cash  and cash for work.
Emergency response to support Rohingya refugees 2020 At the end of August 2017, state-tolerated acts of violence by the military in Rakhine State in Myanmar forced more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh. They joined the approximately 250,000 Rohingya who had already fled the country in previous refugee waves. This means that more than 914,000 Rohingya are living now in overcrowded refugee camps in Cox's Bazaar district in Bangladesh and are completely dependent on humanitarian aid.  

The Kutupalong Expansion Site alone hosts 613,270 refugees making it the largest and most densely populated refugee settlement in the world. Two years later, the situation of refugees continues to be characterized by chronic under-funding and lengthy approval and coordination processes on the ground, which hampered the delivery of humanitarian aid to those affected in a timely, effective and appropriate manner. People's needs remain high in all sectors. Safer and more durable shelters, which offer better protection against extreme weather, as well as educational and employment opportunities, are priority concerns for the refugees, but continue to be subject to very restrictive government regulations.  

This project builds upon CAFOD's previous projects with Caritas Bangladesh and aims to support 3200 families (14,720 people) with site/camp improvements and shelter repairs.
Ending Child Labour/Migration in Bangladesh Bangladesh is one of the most densely-populated countries in the world. Although the national statistical authority held its last population and housing census in 2011, it is estimated that by the end of 2020 the population stood at 164.7 million with a population density of approximately 1265 persons per square kilometre. 
Economically, Bangladesh reached lower-middle income status designation in 2015 having made rapid social and economic progress in recent decades. The pace of poverty reduction has slowed in recent years, even as growth has accelerated, particularly in urban areas. Addressing climate risks is increasingly urgent to ensure sustainable economic development of the country. The Global Climate Risk Index ranks Bangladesh as the world’s 7th most affected country over the period 1999- 2018.
In such a socio-economic and climate change context, labour migration is a survival strategy for hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh. Male children who had dropped out of school were lined up for migration at an early age without skills and proper preparation. Many female children who got married at an early age in the absence of their mothers are also trapped into the migration cycle to earn for their husbands shortly after their marriage. 
In order to support vulnerable children the project aims to:
*Children and adolescent girls are educated and equipped with knowledge and life skills for self-care, self-protection and to act as change makers in their communities.
*Families and local stakeholders are sensitised and act to prevent incidents of child labour/migration
Response to the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals and Host Community (HC) (EA/2023) After 6 years following the the exodus of Rohingya from Myanmar, more than 1 million refugees are still living in temporary settlements spread across 34 congested camps in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh. In their current circumstances, they lack formal legal status, face extreme restrictions on movement and are not permitted to legally work. The refugee influx overwhelmed the existing response capacity and put immense strain on infrastructure, services, resources and the local environment, and the extreme level of humanitarian needs has not decreased. The Government of Bangladesh and local communities have supported the refugees to the best of their ability, but solidarity has been strained, especially in recent years given the global shift in funding to new conflicts and crises.

Caritas Bangladesh (CB) was one of the first humanitarian actors to respond in 2017, and despite decreasing funding, has been continuously responding to the emergency needs of Rohingya refugees since then through food and NFI distributions, shelter construction, settlement planning and upgrading, provision of WASH facilities, and community-based protection for families and children. Over the last 6 years Caritas Bangladesh has reached well over a 1 million people.

This contribution will go towards CB's emergency appeal (EA) for 2023 and focus on key areas which have not been funded. Activities for this funding include the distribution of solar lamps, health and hygiene/menstrual kits and the repair and maintenance of camp centres.
Exploring scale-up opportunities for increased access to safe drinking water In spite of the efforts of government and NGOs, there remains a disparity in respect of coverage in the supply of potable water especially in coastal areas. Due to lack of access to safe drinking water, water borne diseases remain a major problem. A number of factors i.e. a) high population density; b) high levels of arsenic in the groundwater; and c) high microbial contamination levels in the surface water, work as impediments to safe water supply. Saline water intrusion; drainage congestion; extreme events; and changes in coastal morphology have been identified as primary physical effects for the vulnerabilities in the coastal areas of Bangladesh.

To overcome the situation, CAFOD and Caritas Switzerland have supported Caritas Bangladesh in the implementation of WASH projects in the south of Bangladesh. CAFOD have supported work through DfID Match Fund 1 (BAN157 and BAN158) and Caritas Switzerland have supported a project with the overall objective of the project to 'provide access to safe drinking water for 4,000 disadvantaged families'. This project introduced chlorination technology for water purification through the training of 19 experts. These projects have been running parallel and have both been implemented by Caritas Bangladesh.

The mid-term review for Match Fund 1 (see BAN157) revealed some positive findings in relation to the chlorination/water purification technology introduced by the project, which suggests potential scope to scale-up this intervention in the future. CAFOD in partnership with Caritas Switzerland and Caritas Bangladesh have agreed to support the undertaking of a  feasibility study of this technology, to understand if and how it can be scaled-up. Providing the feasibility study is positive, a business plan will be developed so this work can be taken forward in the future.
EA07/2021 Caritas Rohingya and Host Community Response in Bangladesh The COVID-19 pandemic presented a huge risk to Rohingya refugees in 2020, and severely constrained humanitarian response. Bangladesh reported its first confirmed COVID-19 case on March 8; the first confirmed case was found in Cox's Bazar on 24 March, and the first COVID-related death on 30 April. It was feared that the Rohingya refugee camps at Cox's Bazar would be the ideal breeding ground for coronavirus; The GoB (Government of Bangladesh) along with the UN and other humanitarian partners working in the refugee camps have made significant efforts to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading further in the camps in Cox’s Bazar, and scaled up testing and emergency treatments centers in anticipation of large caseloads. Fortunately, these caseloads have not materialized: As of 31 December 2020, Bangladesh had reported 513,510, confirmed COVID-19 cases, 5,407 of which had been identified in Cox’s Bazar District, including 367 Rohingya refugees.   

Caritas Bangladesh have launched EA07/2021, which has a covid-19 cross-cutting theme (focused on sensitization, awareness raising and WASH facilities) in addition to shelter and protection activities.
Rohingya Refugee Response - CAFOD Appeal Over 600,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have arrived in Bangladesh since 25 August 2017, and are living in extremely difficult conditions in the Cox’s Bazar district. The Government of Bangladesh have outlined a list of 18 required items which are allowed to be distributed amongst the refugees. CAFOD partner Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) propose to distribute ovens, rice husk fuel briquettes, and mosquito nets to 1,500 refugees households in the Cox Bazar region. Volunteers will assist DAM staff in the selection of households, distribution of items and monitoring of households to ensure the correct use of items. DAM will target households which have not received similar goods, and direct refugees in need of other attention e.g. health care to the relevant services.
Slaughterhouse waste management: the sustainable and productive use of animal by-products The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia through the Ministry for Industry has requested technical assistance from UNIDO to address the environmental challenges arising from slaughterhouse wastes. The request from the Ethiopian Government outlined a serious environmental #problem# relating to slaughter house wastes where disposal through open burning, discharge to waterways and informal unsanitary landfill was provoking justifiable environmental and public health concerns. The request for technical assistance arises in the context of the Ethiopian Growth and Transformation Plan [GTP] which looks to agriculture and agri-business as the growth engine to create prosperity and employment opportunity for a population that is growing at a rate of 2 million per annum. Slaughter- house wastes are a by-product of the Ethiopian livestock and meat value chain, which is ranked 10th global meat producer by volume and the largest in Africa but only holds 15% of the African meat market share. World markets are generally closed to Ethiopian meat because of livestock health concerns and the absence of a traceability system. The GTP includes measures designed to access international meat markets where currently only 3.3% of the Ethiopian annual livestock kill is exported as value added packaged/ frozen meat product. Moving fr
Capacity building to upgrade the livestock value chain in Ethiopia With an estimated cattle population of 56.7 million in 2014, Ethiopia is home to the fifth largest cattle population in the world. The development of the livestock sector has the potential to play an important role in the socio-economic development of Ethiopia. The sector is one of the key priorities of the Programme for Country Partnership for Ethiopia (PCP-ETH) and the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP I <(>&<)>GTP II). Nonetheless, the key value chains based on red meat continues to face constraints that are hindering their growth and export potential.  In response, UNIDO in close collaboration with the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) is developing a large-scale livestock development pr ogramme (Upgrading the Livestock Value Chain Program of Ethiopia/ULVCP-ETH) that will be implemented in phases.  Low capacity in terms of infrastructure and human resource development are main constraints hindering the development of export-oriented meat industry.  There is also a lack of robust legislation to monitor the usage of various inputs like veterinary chemicals, water and stock feed.  The objective of this phase of the project is to improve the competitiveness of the Ethiopian meat value chain in the global market. This will be accomplished through institutional capacity building  of the actors in the livestock value
Engineering design work for integrated agro-industrial parks and rural transformation centers in Ethiopia
Promotion of circular economy in the textile and garment sector through the sustainable management of chemicals and waste in the Ethiopia .the project aims to promote the concept  of circular economy (CE) in the textile and garment (TG) sector through the sustainable management of chemicals and waste in Ethiopia
Technical Assistance Project for Upgrading of the Ethiopian Leather and Leather Products Industry The origin of the proposal is based on the Official request of assistance sent by the Ethiopian Ministry of Industry (MoI) for exten ding the on-going project for #The upgrading of the Ethiopian Leather and Leather Products Industry#- TE/ETH/08/008. The main objective of the present project extension is to fully implement the action plans for improving the development and the organization of local small production units, working in the leather products sector. Following the UNIDO Cluster development methodology, the natural time for achieving a mature cluster is taking a range of time between 5 up to 7 years. For this reason, in order to achieve this objective the project expects to implement the action plans developed by the current leather project for developing 3 clusters (already identified by the on-going project) in Addis Ababa and for continuing to provide backstopping support activities to the Ethiopian Regions. The project objective is to increase the quality of leather products produced by MSEs (micro and small enterprises) in accordance with domestic and international standards, through the implementation of the action plans developed by the on-going project. This will result in continuing to provide the selected clusters and the regions with the necessary assistance in implementing the action plans
CATALYZING AGRIBUSINESS INVESTMENT IN ETHIOPIA THROUGH PROMOTION OF AGRO-INDUSTRIAL PARKS - PREPARATORY ASSISTANCE
PA - Support to Development of Fisheries Value chains in Amhara and SNNP Regions, Ethiopia To develop efficient fisheries value chains on Lake Tana in Amhara region and Lakes Abaya and Chamo in SNNP region, for economic div ersification, food security and sustainable management of the environment in Amhara region.
Technical and institutional capacity-building for increasing production and developing the aquaculture and fisheries value chains in Ethiopia Institutional capacity building for inclusive and sustainable industrial development is a priority of the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) national development plans. This project is proposed on request of government of Ethiopia - Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock Development (MoFLD) and Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), to support implementation of the Industrialization led national Agriculture Transformation Plan (ATP) and related sector strategies. The project is also linked to the implementation framework of the Integrated Agro Industry Parks (ATP-IAIP) strategy, and the Aquaculture and Fisheries sector development strategy. Specifically, the project is aiming to promote fisheries value addition with a long term agenda of sustained nutritional food security, transformation of rural livelihoods and enhanced export market access.  The project objective is to develop institutional capacity via the establishment of a Fisheries and Aquaculture Training and Vocational Institute (FATVI) to support an upgraded fisheries sector; and contribute to establishing of national human resource capacity for the sustainable promotion, efficient use and management of the fisheries sector and developing of associated fishing support industry and fish processing value chains.  To achieve this objective, the project will estab
Supporting the local manufacturing of energy-efficient MITAD stoves Within the scope of the sustainable energy and climate change capacity building project (SAP ID 120283) funded by the Korean Energy Agency (KEA), formerly KEMCO, UNIDO supported the Ethiopian Energy Authority in developing a standard and labelling scheme for key electrical appliances including refrigerators and air conditioners. At a project training held in Korea in July 2015, the Ethiopian Energy Authority requested both UNIDO and KEA to support the development and financing of a new project aimed at improving the energy efficiency of locally manufactured electric MITAD stoves which is in line with the National Energy Policy goal of increasing the overall energy efficiency in the country. The MITAD stove, used to bake the traditional Injera bread, is a major consumer of both electrical and biomass energy in Ethiopia. Therefore it was identified as one of the high impact opportunity areas to achieve improved energy efficiency in the residential sector and one requiring support to further improve the quality and efficiency of locally manufactured products. KEA allocated US$ 280,000 to support the project over two fiscal years and requested UNIDO to develop the project concept and the related project document.
Sustaining businesses and protecting jobs in the informal economy of Ethiopia The COVID-19 crisis is now shedding light on the harsh consequences of an informal economy with growing reports on the economic losses being faced by the workers in the informal economy. According to the findings of the UN#s SEIA, the most vulnerable and affected group in Ethiopia so far includes workers, mainly women members in micro and small enterprises (MSEs), especially in the informal sector, and cooperatives. The second most vulnerable  group of workers will be the 3.1 million self-employed workers that constitute about 41% of the 7.5 million employed people in urban areas of Ethiopia. Within this broad context, both the UNCT and the relevant Ethiopian government authorities have agreed that there is an urgent and important need to design and implement interventions that are directly aimed at the informal sector. Consequently, this Concept Note aims for catalytic interventions that are aimed at addressing the gap observed so far in terms of response and recovery initiatives focusing on informal employment and businesses. In relation to the response period, it aims at catalyzing interventions meant to protect the country#s workforce in  the informal sectors (skills, assets, locational deployment/engagement); prevent a large reduction in employment and output in the informal sectors; and to prevent large s