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USAID Ecosystems (Protibesh) (Bangladesh):  USAID's Ecosystems (Protibesh) activity improves ecosystem conservation by strengthening local and national environmental governance, reducing key threats to biodiversity through habitat condition and wildlife monitoring, and combating wildlife crime by improving enforcement capacity through joint government-community patrolling and technology-driven monitoring. Protibesh will conserve key biodiverse regions, including terrestrial and mangrove forests and wetlands, that sequester greenhouse gas emissions and serve as carbon sinks. With FY 2023 funds, the activity will mobilize communities and youth in conservation and protection, provide policy support to relevant GoB agencies, support social behavior change communication on biodiversity conservation, and support market-based incentives in and around key biodiversity areas. It will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by improving the management of targeted ecosystems and advance market system development and private sector engagement to promote climate-resilient livelihoods, effective partnerships, and sustainable long-term conservation enterprises. The activity aligns with goal one of the State-USAID Joint Strategic Plan. It will advance the Indo-Pacific Strategy by mitigating threats to biodiversity, combating illegal logging and wildlife poaching, promoting environmental safeguards, fostering private sector engagement, and conserving ecosystems. It supports the U.S. government's objective of strengthening resilience to natural hazards. Funding for this activity contributes to the Combating Wildlife Trafficking ($500,000), Microenterprise and Livelihoods ($800,000), Small and Medium Sized Enterprises ($300,000), Women Owned Small Medium Sized Enterprise ($100,000), and Sustainable Landscapes - Indirect ($600,000) earmarks and key issues.
Integrated Agriculture-Health Based Initiative (IAHBI) (Bangladesh):  The Integrated Agriculture and Health Based Interventions (IAHBI) activity will improve household food security and nutritional status, focusing on mothers and young children in the southern region of Bangladesh. The activity will increase the quantity and variety of foods available, with special emphasis on foods rich in micronutrients. In addition, the activity will enhance the intake of adequate and diversified diets among young children, women of child-bearing age, and households through homestead and community food production. The activity promotes the use of a variety of locally available food sources including horticulture, fish and poultry. Finally, the activity will improve coverage of nutrition interventions, such as iron and folic acid supplementation, deworming, hand washing and sanitation.
FTF Bangladesh Nutrition Activity (Bangladesh):  The FTF Bangladesh Nutrition activity improves nutrition outcomes of children under five, pregnant and lactating women, and adolescent girls in the southern regions. The activity's technical assistance and social and behavioral communication interventions will increase access to nutritious, diverse, and safe diets; strengthen social and economic empowerment; and improve adoption of good water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices by rural households. With FY 2023 funds, the activity will facilitate private and public sector partners to train service providers, market actors, rural households, and other critical stakeholders. These training will build the knowledge and skills needed to increase the demand and supply of nutritious, diverse, and safe foods, which will lead to increased dietary diversity. The activity will continue to empower women and adolescents to engage in economic activities, adopt healthy behaviors, and participate in household decision-making. The activity will work with private companies and local entrepreneurs to create awareness in the rural households and to offer improved sanitation, safe drinking water, and hygiene solutions. The activity will support the Global Food Security Strategy and the Multisectoral Nutrition Strategy by incorporating nutrition-sensitive interventions that empower women, target poorer households, and engage public and private sector partners.The activity aligns with the State-USAID Joint Strategic Plan goal two and ICS MO 3.2 Improved food and water security and air quality.  Funding for this activity contributes to the Digital Technology, Connectivity, and Cybersecurity Programming - Indirect ($200,000), Microenterprises and Livelihoods ($500,000), WASH ($1,000,000), Multisectoral Nutrition ($6,000,000), Gender-Based Violence ($200,000), and Youth in Development ($500,000) earmarks and key issues.
Advancing Women’s Right of Access to Information in Bangladesh (Bangladesh):  .USAID/Bangladesh will promote freedom of information to fight corruption in Bangladesh. The activity will increase citizen capacity to file requests for non-controversial data to enhance government transparency. As corruption flourishes in secrecy, any progress towards transparent and open government advances anti-corruption efforts. The activity will provide training to female citizens on how to access information held by the government, as well as how to work in their communities to raise awareness of the impediments faced by women who attempt to exercise their right to information...The activity also will work with civil-society organizations that focus on women's rights and economic empowerment to raise women's awareness of the 2009 Right to Information Act (RTI), assist women in filing information requests, and advocate to improve the government's response to requests for information. The activity will partner with Government of Bangladesh's relevant ministries to train information officers to reduce gender inequalities in information-dissemination and to enhance their capacity to implement the RTI. The activity will promote gender-sensitive implementation of RTI to make government open to public scrutiny, advancing anti-corruption efforts. Through increased transparency of service delivery and knowledge of how to hold the government accountable through RTI, USAID will increase citizen confidence in governance institutions...This activity was selected through a competitive process to support citizen, and especially women's access to host-government information. This activity reduces corruption and directly supports the U.S. National Security Strategy, the State-USAID Joint Strategic Plan Goal Two, and U.S. Government's mission objective of increasing citizen confidence in governance institutions in Bangladesh... ...
Advancing Adolescent Health (A2H) (Bangladesh):  Advancing Adolescent Health (A2H) activity implements improved adolescent health and well-being by increasing access to, and utilization of, sexual and reproductive health services. Specifically, the A2H activity strengthens youth-friendly service provision at government health service sites and delivers both health information and life skills to unmarried adolescents. The activity also provides counseling on family planning and maternal and child health to married youth and supports dissemination of messages to improve hand-washing as well as menstrual hygiene practices among adolescent girls. The activity engages key members of the community to advocate for delaying marriage and pregnancy in order to improve the health and overall well-being of adolescent girls and their families. Strengthening public sector systems to meet adolescent health care and their need for information supports Bangladesh's national health strategic plan and its commitments to Family Planning 2020.
GROWTH OF AGRIBUSINESS AND SMALL BUSINESS Growth of Agribusiness and Small Business
FY 2013 ASHA Award - Global Health Ministries/The Livingstone Evergreen Advancement Foundation Basic assistance award for construction of classroom building and science, computer, library, playground and classroom equipment.
Cold Chain Bangladesh (Bangladesh):  Winrock International, in partnership with Golden Harvest Agro Industries Limited, will continue to jointly implement the Cold Chain Bangladesh (CCB) Global Development Alliance (GDA) using FY2014 funds. This activity promotes economic growth and food security by developing Bangladesh's first integrated cold chain system, a network of refrigerated cold storage vehicles and facilities for selected value chain commodities. This will strengthen domestic food security by improving the preservation, storage and delivery of value-added food. In addition, the activity will increase income for farmers through reduction of waste and spoilage of harvested products. From a contribution of $5 million USAID leverages $10 million from Golden Harvest Agro Industries Limited.
Obirodh: Road to Tolerance Program (Bangladesh):  .The USAID Obirodh -- Road to Tolerance activity strengthens community, civil society, and government capacity to resist violent extremism in Bangladesh. This activity works with civil society to train parents, teachers, local government, and peer and community leaders to identify signs of radicalization and prevent recruitment into violent extremist organizations. The activity engages youth organizations to promote positive alternatives to violent extremism and to reduce susceptibility to recruitment. Under this activity, USAID will support the Bangladesh research community in investigating drivers of violent extremism and how these factors intersect with existing vulnerabilities in Bangladesh. Obirodh has previously identified 89 specific push drivers and 22 specific pull drivers that are contributing to violence extremism. From this large set of drivers, Obirodh has performed formal and informal analysis to identify which factors appear to be the most significant in driving susceptibility to support of VEO goals and means in Bangladesh. The activity now narrowed few drivers to design interventions such as, cultural threat perception, lack of societal tolerance, radical narrative on faith, absence of moderate voices, absence of critical thinking skills etc. The activity also specify youth as main target group and teachers, parents, faith leaders as strategic target groups for VE programming. Funds will be used to help civil society engage these main target group and strategic group in CVE interventions, as well as to commission new research. This activity was selected as the most-direct method to engage civil society and communities in activities with the potential to prevent radicalization within a learning framework. This acitivity supports Pillar One of the U.S. National Security Strategy, "Defending U.S. National Security," the State-USAID Joint Strategic Plan Goal One, and U.S. government's mission objective of CVE in Bangladesh..
MYAP:  Nobo Jibon (Bangladesh):  The Nobo Jibon activity will continue to improve the food security of households in nine coastal sub-districts of southern Bangladesh. The activity will increase the availability of food and the purchasing power of poor people by providing trainings on productive technology, promoting homestead gardening and fish ponds, establishing marketing linkages and supplying quality inputs to small holder farmers. The activity will also continue to improve the nutritional status of pregnant women and children under the age of two through supplemental feeding and increased access to community-based health and nutrition services. Finally, Nobo Jibon will facilitate community emergency preparedness and disaster risk reduction planning by training communities, coordinating contingency planning, promoting awareness of Government of Bangladesh early warning systems, and constructing disaster risk reduction infrastructure to mitigate the impact of shocks.
FERTILITY REDUCED AND FAMILY HEALTH IMPROVED Fertility Reduced and Family Health Improved
Executive Officer Salary Funding Executive Officer (EXO) funding for salary costs.
Agriculture Value Chains (Bangladesh):  This activity will increase agricultural productivity, incomes, and private sector investment in food and non-food value chains. It will provide training and demonstration interventions to promote the use of quality inputs and improved agricultural management systems. It will facilitate market by connecting small producers with aggregators, institutional buyers, and processors. For example, it will support financial institutions in developing new agriculture loan products, provide financial literacy training, pilot weather index-based insurance schemes, establish technology-based production traceability systems, develop packaging and transportation services, promote new seed varieties, connect farmers and local entrepreneurs to organized markets, and assist small and medium entrepreneurs to design, develop, and produce new natural fiber based products for the domestic and international markets.
TB LON APS: Alliance for Combating Tuberculosis In Bangladesh (ACTB) (Bangladesh):  USAID's Alliance for Combating Tuberculosis in Bangladesh (ACTB) activity will continue to contribute to the reduction of the burden of tuberculosis (TB) by strengthening systems for all forms of TB diagnosis, treatment, and prevention needs, including battling stigma and discrimination. ACTB will improve the identification of TB cases; ensure access to quality, patient-centered care for TB and drug-resistant TB; prevent transmission and disease progression; and strengthen TB information platforms through public and private sector channels. With FY 2023 funds, ACTB will increase case notification and improve treatment outcomes for all forms of TB by providing technical assistance to the Bangladesh National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) at the national and sub-national levels. It will improve early-stage TB detection, scale up the provision of shorter treatment regimens and new drugs for drug-resistant TB, and increase preventive therapy for people exposed to TB. It will also enhance the capacity of the NTP to conduct clinical assessments and diagnosis of TB in children and support NTP to implement its strategic plan, address TB programmatic gaps with locally generated solutions, and highlight potential areas that necessitate further research and policy advocacy. ACTB will work closely with different divisions of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; local governments; and municipalities to improve case detection, notification, diagnosis, and treatment in selected areas of Bangladesh. ACTB will contribute to the Health Workforce ($800,000) and Digital Technology, Connectivity, and Cyber Security Programming - Indirect ($200,000) key issues. It will support the JSP FY 2022-2026 Goal Three, with the U.S. government's ICS MO of Improving inclusive and equitable health, education, and livelihood services, especially for women, youth, and marginalized groups.
National Initiative and Response to Advance Public Order for Development (N National Initiative and Response to Advance Public Order for Development (N
USAID/Bangladesh monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) activity USAID/Bangladesh monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) activity
Mayer Hashi Project The Mayer Hashi Project, supported by USAID, works to improve women's health by increasing awareness of and access to long-acting and permanent methods of family planning (LA/PMs), such as implants, IUDs, and male and female sterilization.
USAID Title II Development Program through Agriculture Cooperative Development International/Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance. USAID Title II Development Program through Agriculture Cooperative Development International/Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance.
Bangladesh Advancing Development & Growth through Energy (BADGE) (Bangladesh):  USAID's Bangladesh Advancing Development and Growth through Energy (BADGE) promotes energy security and resilience through improved access to affordable, dependable, and sustainable energy systems. With FY 2023 funds, the activity will provide technical assistance, advisory services, and capacity building training to public and private sector players, and develop tools, strategy documents, and recommendation papers for government agencies. The activity will also collaborate with local, regional, and international organizations to build platforms for technology and knowledge transfer in advanced energy domains by facilitating partnerships with the commercial sector, academic institutions, and scientific laboratories. It will conduct multiple policy assessments and make policy recommendations for building an enabling environment suitable for scaling up renewable energy use in Bangladesh. This will include a review of the national energy policy, private power generating policy, guidelines, and other pertinent global renewable energy policies and practices. The activity will also take a Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) approach to planning, implementing, and making decisions about its interventions. The energy sector remains a male-dominated industry globally. By boosting women's participation in the workforce and including GESI into all BADGE interventions, the GoB and the U.S. benefit from the enhanced diversity, efficiency, and profitability of the energy sector.BADGE contributes to the U.S. Government's Indo-Pacific Strategy, particularly the Asia Enhancing Developing and Growth through Energy (Clean EDGE Asia) initiative. Funding for the activity attribute to Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (1,000,000) key issue.
Bangladesh Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development Project (RERED II) (Bangladesh):  .Using FY 2016 funds, USAID will continue its investment in the World Bank Bangladesh Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development Project to support the implementation of the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan 2009 and its 2002 Vision and Policy Statement on Power Sector Reforms.  More specifically, RERED-II supports the GOB's objective of developing renewable energy to provide electricity to remote off-grid areas of the country.  This aligns with the GOB's goal to bring electricity service to the entire country by the year 2021.  To accomplish these goals, RERED-II installs solar irrigation pumps and solar power systems in rural homes and businesses and is developing power generation from biogas and biomass..
Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) - Government to Government Project Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) - Government to Government Project
USAID Bangladesh America Maitree Activity (BAMA) (Bangladesh):  USAID's Bangladesh America Maitree Activity (BAMA) advances broad-based, inclusive, and sustainable development through strong local partnerships that complement the Mission's strategic objectives. Using FY 2023 funds, BRAC, with its partners BRAC USA and FHI 360, will establish a flexible grant-making facility offering a range of capacity strengthening options to qualified local partners based on participatory organizational assessments that will guide the provision of technical and organizational capacity strengthening support. This activity will advance all four development objectives of the CDCS and cover all technical sectors that the Mission implements.  This is the Mission's integrated initiative on localization. Funding for the activity contributes to the Multi Sectoral Nutrition ($200,000) key issue.
IMPROVED PERFORMANCE OF THE ENERGY SECTOR Improved Performance of the Energy Sector
Emergency Support For Refugees In Abala, Niger United States Population Migration and Refugee Assistance, Appropriation 1143. Protection and assistance needs of refugees, migrants and conflict victims worldwide. [Catholic Relief Services]
Bureau of African Affairs - AF/West Construction Base U.S. Department of State: Bureau of African Affairs. Construction Base Projects - AFRICA West Region/Chad and Niger This modification authorizes changes in the design phase.
SURCHARGE: PR11089349 SURCHARGE: PR11089349 [Covers the costs for receiving, inspecting, stocking, pulling from stock, delivery, and other related services such as the 1 percent acquisition surcharge for executing grants and contracts above post warrant levels.]
Bureau of African Affairs - Access to entrepreneurship for young vulnerables i U.S. Department of State: Bureau of African Affairs. Information Redacted. Information has been redacted in accordance with the two principled exceptions defined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act (FATAA) of 2016: the health and secu
Enhancing Capacities to Fight Information Redacted Enhancing capacities to fight trafficking in persons in Niger Covers grants (including revenue- sharing), subsidies, gratuities, and other aid for which cash payments are made to states, other political subdivisions, corporations, associations, and individuals; contributions to international societies, commissions, proceedings, or projects, whether in lump sum or as quotas of expenses; contributions fixed by treaty; grants to foreign countries; taxes imposed by taxing authorities where the Federal Government has consented to taxation (excluding the employers share of Federal Insurance Contribution Act taxes); and payments in lieu of taxes. Includes readjustment and other benefits for veterans, other than indemnities for death or disability.
Bureau of African Affairs - SGI Niger Public Affairs Advisor U.S. Department of State: Bureau of African Affairs. SGI Niger Public Affairs Advisor [Covers services supplied by other U.S. Government agencies not otherwise classified.]
Niger FY2021 Ambassador s Self Help Fund Niger FY2021 Ambassadors Self Help Fund
SURCHARGE: PR10122965 SURCHARGE: PR10122965 [Covers the costs for receiving, inspecting, stocking, pulling from stock, delivery, and other related services such as the 1 percent acquisition surcharge for executing grants and contracts above post warrant levels.]
SURCHARGE: PR11091073 SURCHARGE: PR11091073 [Covers the costs for receiving, inspecting, stocking, pulling from stock, delivery, and other related services such as the 1 percent acquisition surcharge for executing grants and contracts above post warrant levels.]
Activities in Livelihoods and Energ Nigerian refugees in Maradi region and host community members benefit from improved livelihoods and access to energy services that reduce their vulnerability and support the host communities' carrying capacity
Provision of Humanitarian Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Assistance to Idps, Refugees, Returnees and Host Populations Affected By the Lake Chad Crisis United States Population Migration and Refugee Assistance, Appropriation 1143. Protection and assistance needs of refugees, migrants and conflict victims worldwide. [ACF International]
Department of State - Peacekeeping Operations: Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) Procurement of swamp boats and basic operation training
Reduction of Armed Violence in the Sahel Region: Physical Security and Stockpile Management in Niger Reduction of Armed Violence in the Sahel Region: Physical Security and Stockpile Management in Niger [through Handicap International]
SURCHARGE: PR10211081 SURCHARGE: PR10211081 [Covers the costs for receiving, inspecting, stocking, pulling from stock, delivery, and other related services such as the 1 percent acquisition surcharge for executing grants and contracts above post warrant levels.]
Department of State - Peacekeeping Operations: Security Governance Initiative Program coordination, travel, and advisor to support the GON in improved security sector governance
Provision of Humanitarian Air Services in Niger- UN Humanitarian Air Service So 200792 United States Population Migration and Refugee Assistance, Appropriation 1143. Protection and assistance needs of refugees, migrants and conflict victims worldwide. [World Food Program]
Bureau of Diplomatic Security - ATA 9281 CRT Niger USTC U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Information Redacted. Information has been redacted in accordance with the two principled exceptions defined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act (FATAA) of 2016: the health and secu