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Taiwan Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI) Activity 1: The Taiwan Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI), the equivalent to NVSL, Council of Agriculture, sent two researchers to learn techniques and skills of detection of zoonoses in wildlife animals to build capacity in surveillance and diagnosis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in wildlife animals in Taiwan. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) were used as topics to learn diagnostic and surveillance techniques. The researchers spent two weeks in training, one week for CWD related techniques, and one week for BSE techniques and methods; Activity 2: Taiwans Council of Agriculture, Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI), held an international conference on transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) in November 2011. AHRI invited a speaker from APHIS to give a lecture on surveillance and diagnosis of chronic wasting disease (CWD) and BSE. All expenses including international air fare and per diem were paid by AHRI, allowing APHIS to share experience and exchange knowledge on surveillance and diagnosis of TSE. AHRIs
Agricultural Research and Basic Applied Research Carrot germplasm development and farmer training for production in stressful environments in Taiwan; 1. Evaluation of carrots in warm, dry or saline field conditions. 2. Intercrossing of climate-resilient carrots. 3. Field trailing of intercrosses and their derivatives.
Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research Capacity building to solve complex computational challenges in agricultural research - mutually build institutional capacity in computational bioscience and scientific big data management; and train a workforce to serve in these emerging science and technology fields.
Mentorship Award: Moving Narratives 2023 12 individuals received a Mentorship Award Moving Narratives. This mentorship programme was implemented in collaboration with the British Council. Through the programme, Prince Claus Mentorship Awards were granted to socially and politically engaged artists or cultural practitioners whose work questions dominant narratives and their role in our lives. 

The Mentorship Award: Moving Narratives is a multidisciplinary programme that re-examines legacies of the past, defies euro-centric social and historical discourses, centres the perspectives of marginalised communities, and forges connections between contemporary emancipatory movements and their historical roots.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR): Cooperative Agreement Coalmine Methane Recovery and Utilization in Southwest China Cooperative Agreement Coalmine Methane Recovery and Utilization in Southwest China
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR): PR-OAR-12-01026 The Global Methane Initiative (GMI) is an action-oriented initiative that will reduce global methane emissions by promoting cost-effective, near-term projects that recover and use methane as a clean energy source. GMI is international in focus and will expand collaboration between developed countries, developing countries and countries with economies in transition, together with strong participation from the private sector. Founding partner countries account for approximately 60 percent of global methane from the targeted sources.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR): PR-OAR-13- Improve GHG Emissions Measurement in China: Interagency Acquisition Agreement with Department of State
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR): PR-OAR-13-00129 Improve GHG Emissions Measurement in China: Interagency Acquisition Agreement with Department of State
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of International and Tribal Affairs (OITA): Grant Provide technical assistance and establish partnerships with developing countries to better manage used electronics.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR): PR-OAR-13-01267 Improve GHG Emissions Measurement in China: Interagency Acquisition Agreement with Department of State
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR): PR-OAR-14- Improve GHG Emissions Measurement in China: Interagency Acquisition Agreement with Department of State
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR): Requisition These funds were used to sponsor a joint bilateral collaborative effort between the USA and China to develop an integrated decision support pilot system called Air Benefit and Control and Attainment assessment System (ABaCAS). As part of a continuing effort to build a bridge between scientists and policy makers, the ABaCAS will provide a user-friendly framework consisting of next-generation community modeling tools for conducting an integrated assessment of emissions control cost and their associated air quality and health benefits. This tool will enable decision makers and scientists in USA and China to use these next-generation assessment tools to conduct real time determinations of how emission changes will affect air quality using advanced modeling tools (RSM/CMAQ); estimate costs of control strategies (CoST tool); estimate and assign value to health benefits of control strategies (BenMAP); and evaluate strategies for attaining air quality standards (MATS). ABaCAS builds on initial efforts to apply advanced modeling tools to estimating in real-time the air quality impacts of emissions control strategies in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) and elsewhere in the region.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR): The Clearing-House of the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles This program includes Federal activities for the development, implementation, and evaluation of regulatory, market-based, and voluntary programs to reduce mobile source air pollution in developing countries through the promotion of clean transportation fuels and vehicles, as well as reduce vehicle travel.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR): Cooperative Agreement- Developing Inventory of Emissions from Municipal Wastewater Treatment Cooperative Agreement- Developing Inventory of Emissions from Municipal Wastewater Treatment
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR): The Clearing-House of th This program includes Federal activities for the development, implementation, and evaluation of regulatory, market-based, and voluntary programs to reduce mobile source air pollution in developing countries through the promotion of clean transportation fuels and vehicles, as well as reduce vehicle travel.
Technical Assistance to support the preliminary stages of the Government of Uganda Delivery Unit To support the establishment and preliminary stages of implementation of the PMDU in Uganda, ensuring it is informed by international evidence, lessons learned and good practice.
Technical Assistance to support the preliminary stages of the government delivery unit of Uganda. Focus on the set up of the Uganda PMs Delivery unit and capacity building to drive delivery of core government priorities in order to achieve Uganda's 2040 targets.
Promoting Social and Political Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Bangladesh This project seeks to provide co-financing to Action on Disability & Development's European Council (EC)-funded programme to promote the rights of people with disabilities and help ensure their participation in elections in Bangladesh. It builds on Action on Disability & Development's experience in mobilising voters, monitoring election work and supporting the actions of disabled people's organisations (DPOs) in ensuring the accountability of duty bearers.  

The project will target 13,473 people with disabilities and 1 million voters with and without disabilities in 41 upazilas of nine districts in Bangladesh over 2 years.  

Specifically, it will aim to: 

- empower citizens with disabilities and strengthen capacity of DPOs 
- promote obligation of Bangladesh to rights of people with disabilities; 
- improve awareness of PWDs for participation in the 10th Parliament Election;
- facilitate dialogue among political parties and other stakeholders to enhance political representation of people with disabilities.
Empowerment of Women and Girl migrant workers, communities & key institutions to protect & promote With nearly one quarter (24.61%) of its workforce unemployed or underemployed, and the growing pressure of new entrants (around 1.5 million) into the labour market each year, Bangladesh has become one of the top 10 countries of origin for labour migrants. There has been a significant increase in women migrants in recent years, due in part to the Bangladesh government’s pro-migration position, to promote migration among women. The government is still unable to ensure a transparent and accountable recruitment system that highlights and protects the rights of migrant workers, especially those of women and underage girls who are subject to trafficking, exploitation and rights violations.
In response to this situation and corresponding to the EIDHR call’s Global Objective, the impact of this action will be that women and girl migrant workers and their communities are more resilient to and united against unsafe migration, trafficking and exploitation and rights are better protected through improved institutional justice mechanisms. The outcome of the action will be more women and girl migrant workers are making an informed decision for migration and accessing justice in an enabling legal environment in cases of rights violations, trafficking and exploitation.
Promoting environmental justice The agriculture sector of Bangladesh faces many challenges: imbalance in soil fertility, salinity intrusion, corporate control over seed market, excessive use of chemical fertilizer and pesticides, etc. Increased commercial farming has led to excessive and unmonitored use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. There is widespread evidence that pesticides are inappropriately used in Bangladesh and that 70 per cent of the pesticides used are “extremely or very hazardous;" these enter the human system through consumption. Pesticides used in agricultural lands enter wetlands, destroying ecosystems and species. Previous global reports claimed that 43 per cent (6.3 million ha) of the total area of Bangladesh is also affected by various forms and degrees of land degradation. 

The Government of Bangladesh's Organic Agriculture Policy (2016) is yet to be popularized among farmers. This Policy proposed forming a National Organic Agriculture Taskforce and framing laws to promote organic farming. Neither the taskforce nor the laws have happened. Meanwhile, organic cultivation in Bangladesh only takes place on an estimated 2% of the country’s cultivable land. 

BELA will arrange online capacity building events for its network members on organic farming, and prepare a video on organic farming. This will be shown to the farmers and posted on BELA’s Facebook. For easier understanding, awareness materials e.g. posters will be prepared and disseminated. Field visits will help monitor the works of farmers receiving toolkits.

BELA shall also conduct another research on the restoration needs of the threatened Chalan beel, a socio-economically and biologically important wetland of the country in Natore, Pabna and Sirajgonj districts. This beel is about 394,100 acres and retains a diverse range of fish, aquatic invertebrates, birds and others aquatic animals upon which the local economy and livelihoods of some 5 million people depend.
Inclusive Development Endeavour for Advancement of persons with disability (IDEA) Second Phase Since April 2015, CAFOD has been supporting ADD to deliver the Inclusive Development Endeavour for Advancement of persons with disability (IDEA) project. The project has been successful in mobilising people with disabilities, forming organisations and institutions and developing livelihood opportunities. This project is designed as a second phase to the IDEA project and will continue to strengthen the community groups, with this support these groups will continue to challenge discrimination, promote rights and social inclusion of people living with disabilities, and provide more support to establish livelihoods for people living with disabilities. The project will be implemented over 2 years (April 2017 - March 2019).

ADD Bangladesh’s ultimate goal is to create a grassroots movement of persons with disabilities throughout Bangladesh contributing to a vibrant disability rights movement. ADD mobilizes people with disabilities (PWDs) at the grassroots level by providing awareness, skills and leadership development training, and encouraging them to come together as self-help groups (SHGs) at the community level and DPOs at the union level. 

The proposed project  aims to empower persons with disabilities through strengthening DPOs as sustainable organisations by which the persons with disabilities can exercise their rights and have improved access to resources and services.  The project will continue its works with the existing 86 Self Help Groups within 12 Disabled People's Organisations comprising 1,634 persons with disabilities in 12 existing unions under Patuakhali (Barisal division) and Bagerhat (Khulna Division) districts.
COVID Response for People Living with Disabilities The impact of COVID on Bangladesh has been considerable, with millions being affected and almost 30,000 dying from the virus officially. Several lockdowns had a disproportionate impact on the most marginalised, including people living with disability. Those people with disability who could work, often worked in precarious informal work which made them particularly vulnerable. One report in Bangladesh found that 74% of people living with disability had lost all income sources. Similarly, although the vaccination programme in Bangladesh has made good progress, stigma and vulnerability mean people living with disabilities in rural areas are less likely than able bodied people to receive a vaccine and COVID prevention awareness messages often do not reach people with disability who remain within their homes. 
This project will provide a small cash grant to 360 people with disabilities who have particularly been suffering from the impact of COVID pandemic. In addition, the project will support vaccination registration and support to get vaccinated to 6,480 people, as well as COVID prevention messages to 4,500 people and the distribution of fabric face masks to 1,202 people with disabilities.
Emergency Shelter support for communities on St Martin's Island The project will provide emergency shelter assistance to the households severely affected by cyclone Mocha, which hit the coastal areas along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border on 14th May 2023.  The Cyclone caused damage to around 13,000 houses and 10,692 shelters were damaged or destroyed, with over 429,337 individuals affected. Around ten thousand Rohingya refugee households in Cox’s Bazar have been affected by the cyclone, and over 1,000 displaced. 7,757 people in St Martin are affected, with over 1,033 houses damaged or destroyed and over 250 latrines and water tubes were fully damaged. In addition, 450 livestock and and over 1000 poultry have died, and over 5000 various types of trees have been uprooted. While various actors have responded in other areas addressing basic needs, food and WASH, St Martin's Island remains in urgent need of shelter and basic food, WASH and sanitation support. This project will provide 900 people within 200 HHs in Saint Martin's with the construction of community-led shelters. It will also facilitate training and advocacy on disaster resilient housing techniques among staff and the government district/ union level of St Martin's.
CAFOD's operational costs for GFEMS funded migrant reintegration programme (ICD1180) By combining short-term and long-term support for survivors of abuse and exploitation across 8 districts in Bangladesh, with advocacy activities to improve Government-provided services, this project will aim to reduce risky remigration by vulnerable migrants workers and survivors of exploitation and abuse through recovery, reintegration, and economic support when they return to Bangladesh. The project will build on the experience of the consortium members with CAFOD as the lead agency providing capacity strengthening to its partners, Caritas Bangladesh leading activities providing sustainable employment options and start up businesses for survivors, and OKUP providing access to shelter, psychosocial counselling, medical referrals, legal aid, family reunification and dispute resolution. The project will also work with the Bangladesh Government to advocate for improved reintegration services, especially for the most vulnerable women returnee migrant workers. 

The project is funded by the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery (GFEMS), with funding via GFEMS coming from NORAD (Norwegian Government)
Bangladesh and Match Fund III Programme Coordinator Costs CAFOD is recruiting a new Programme Coordinator (PC) to replace the existing PC who is leaving the position in March 2015. The new PC will be responsible for coordinating and reporting on CAFOD projects in Bangladesh until 30th June 2015. From 1st July 2015 to 30th June 2018, the PC will be responsible for the overall coordination of the DfID funded Match Fund III programme in Bangladesh. The PC will be employed by our partner Practical Action Bangladesh, the terms and conditions of employment are according to those set by Practical Action. An MoU has been set up between CAFOD and Practical Action Bangladesh on the respective roles and responsibilities with regards to the hosting and management of the Programme Coordinator.
Meeting the livelihoods needs of disabled people in disaster-prone areas of Bagerhat district Cyclone Aila struck across parts of coastal Bangladesh and eastern India in May 2009. Heavy rains triggered by the cyclone raised river levels and burst mud embankments, flooding homes.  Bagerhat was one of the worst-affected districts, with houses, livestock, crops, and infrastructure more extensively damaged even than after Cyclone Sidr in 2007, despite Sidr having done far more damage in overall terms.  Over a year later many people were still struggling to recover from the impact, and people with disabilities living in the affected areas were particularly hard hit, some being forced to resort to begging to survive. This project began in August 2010 to support the livelihood and other basic needs of 150 disabled people and their families. The activities include poultry and livestock rearing, fishery training, provision of materials for shelter repair, and medical treatment support.
Rohingya Refugee Response - Emergency Appeal Approximately 670,000 Rohingya Refugees have arrived in Bangladesh since August 2017. They are living in extremely difficult conditions across a number of refugee camps in Cox's Bazar District. The total population now in need of assistance is 880,000 people. Needs are vast and complex including food, shelter, WASH, health and protection. 

This project is a contribution of £10,000 made by ARUP, an international engineering and architectural company, to Caritas Bangladesh's emergency appeal (EA). In the rapid response phase of the EA, Caritas Bangladesh provided food aid and cooking utensils to 10,000 families. In the revised EA, Caritas Bangladesh will target 30,000 families (approximately 180,000 people) through integrated shelter/WASH/protection services in the line with overall response with other organisations. 

The second approval (October 2018) is a further £7,200 donation by ARUP which will be given to Caritas Bangladesh's emergency appeal which is not fully funded to date.
Doritry (Mother Earth-A Project on Eco-enterprise development and marketing (vermi compost) Bangladesh is a densely populated and agricultural country. About 70% of the total population live in rural areas and is dependent on agriculture. However, 80 percent of this farming population is small farmers with less than one acre of land. The widespread use of pesticides and fertilizers are contributing to degraded soil of the arable lands.
The proposed working area is 42 villages from 14 wards of 2 unions in Agailjahara sub-district under Barishal, in Bangladesh. The working area has high vulnerability to impact of environment degradation.
The problems identified will be addressed through the use of vermi-compost, an excellent soil conditioner, enhancer and bioactive fertilizer for the vegetables and crops in the immediate community as a whole. Vermi-composting turns “waste” organic materials, such as the huge domestic debris, food residuals and other bio-degradable materials, into a valuable product (vermi-compost) that enhances soil by increasing its porosity, water-holding capacity, texture and reduces erosion. Vermi-compost also helps vegetable plants and other crops grow bigger, increase crop yield, and decreases plant diseases and pest attacks.
Hence there is huge potential to develop and sustain the agro ecology practices and natural resources systems including livelihood enhancement of climate vulnerable communities through producing and using vermi compost and reducing utilization of agro chemical fertilizer and pesticides. This supports pro-poor and pro-environmental development in line with attaining the SDGs and Bangladesh Biodiversity Act, 2017; Safe Food Policy in Bangladesh 2016, Agriculture policy in Bangladesh 2018 of Bangladesh Government. In view of that the project is intended to support sustainable development of vulnerable community by using natural resources and promotion of organic agriculture in the face of climate change impacts
DRR awareness and preparedness in marginalised communities living in urban areas of Khulna city This project will support approximately 4,600 people living in marginalised slum areas of Khulna city in south-west Bangladesh to have better awareness and increased preparedness to face future natural and manmade disasters. This project will integrate tried and tested urban DRR initiatives into DSK's on going WASH programme in Khulna city. This allows DSK to replicate an urban DRR approach which is currently being implemented in Dhaka as well as building on a strong relationship which DSK has built with Khulna city corporation and urban marginalised communities.

This project will work to achieve four key outcomes; increased awareness and capacity of relevant stakeholders in Khulna city to manage urban hazards, increased disaster preparedness of urban schools in Khulna, activating and strengthening community based organisations to better prepare and respond to a variety of hazards as well as contributing to the government risk and action plans. Urban DRR will be integrated into the existing WASH programme which will ensure sanitation and WASH facilities are specifically considered as part of the urban DRR plans.
UK Aid Match Fund III: Climate Resilient Agriculture (Caritas Switzerland) The project is part of a consortium based programme in which 5 organisations are collaborating together to support poor women, men and children from hazard-prone or marginalised rural communities to adapt their livelihoods strategies to better cope with climate-related shocks and stresses. Caritas Switzerland will provide technical support in the districts of Dinajpur and Rajshahi for the implementation and use of solar powered irrigation pumps. Caritas Switzerland will organise the purchase of 30 solar pumps from the Solar Pump Association Switzerland and be responsible, jointly with Caritas Bangladesh, the import and install the pumps in small-holder farmer fields. Caritas Switzerland will be responsible to monitor the effectiveness and impact of the pumps and organise any required adjustments or maintenance during the life of the programme.