BARCIK PLDP 2016-2020 The project Peoples Led Development Processes in Bangladesh (PLDP,B) aims building a society that is respecting the cultural and natural diversity and develops towards meeting the interdependent needs of humans, animals, plants and other natural resources. In Bangladesh, the development process and its management are usually top-down with little participation of actual rights holders. This project is designed such a way that the rights holder would lead, manage and control from planning process to its implementation as well as monitoring. &nbsp;The project objectives with indicators are: Project Objective 1: Developed greater social and natural cohesion through interdependent relationship on conservation of agricultural diversity, food security and sustainable development.
Indicator 1a: 810 villages (baseline 506) of the working regions with 39,480 families (baseline 23,078) [apprx. 1,77,600. Populations (baseline 1,03,851)]&nbsp; have been engaged in PLD process fully or partially; Indicator 1b):&nbsp;&nbsp; 343 (baseline 241) CBOs /farmers, fishers, landless, socially marginalized, indigenous communities etc. have incorporated PLD process in their development initiatives fully or partially.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Project Objective 2: Increased sense of belonging and attachment with biological and cultural diversity among community including youths, senior citizens and people with physical disability. Indicator 2a: 53,278 youths have better perceptions on the culture of interdependency, diversity, PLD process and pluralistic society; Indicator 2b): The basic needs and interests of individuals&rsquo; especially senior citizens and persons with physical disability &nbsp;in family, community and state level or (local and national level) have been protected. Senior citizen: baseline value: 7559, target value:13,325, Persons with disability: Baseline value:991, target value: 2843.
Project Objective 3: Enhanced potential of public and community resources through collaborative initiatives. Indicator 3a: Farmers, fishers, landless, socially marginalized, indigenous communities&rsquo; senior citizen, people with physical disability have access to government and community resources. Number of population: baseline value:8550, target value: 5,200; Indicator 3b): 2 Regional People&rsquo;s coordination committees fully or partially have adopted PLD process to practice decentralized manner of organizational functions. Number of family: baseline value: 6980, target value:18,500&nbsp;
The rights holders are landless, marginal and small holding farmers, physically challenged people, senior citizens, potters, cobblers, minority religious groups, indigenous communities, non-timber forest resource users, fisher-folk communities and other occupational groups are the primary target groups of the proposed project.
The project will implemented in four working areas like Satkhira, Rajshahi, Manikganj and Netrakona in 10 Upazillas (Sub-districts) in 810 villages.
 NB: The &nbsp;project Strengthen Peoples&rsquo; led Resilience Programme to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction&nbsp;has been merged with present project as a funding consortium with Misereor, Germany. 
&nbsp; This project mainly contributes to results within Sustainable development and climate justice. Results will be reported later in the Global Civsam grant period 2016-2020