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Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) (Bangladesh):  The Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) activity increases the country's resilience to  natural hazards through working with community-based organizations, government ministries and technical agencies.  CREL provides technical assistance to the GOB and local communities to improve ecosystem conservation and resilience capacity through mitigating threats to biodiversity, reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and improper land use, sustainable management of forests and wetlands, and diversifying the livelihoods of people living in and near protected areas to reduce unsustainable exploitation of natural resources.  CREL focuses on 21 forest protected areas, four wetlands and six ecologically critical areas. It will continue assisting the GOB to improve conservation policies and regulation.
Organizational Capacity Development  for USAID’s Local Implementing Partners in Bangladesh (Bangladesh):  .Using FY 2016 funds USAID will continue its support for the Organizational Capacity Development for Local Implementing Partners in Bangladesh activity.  The goal of the activity is to improve the ability of local organizations and host country institutions to implement USAID funded activities by building their capacity to comply with U.S. Government and USAID direct funding requirements.  To attain that goal, USAID will fund the United Nations Office for Project Services to deliver capacity building training and technical assistance in project management, financial management, procurement, and human resources..
FTF Bangladesh Rice and Diversified Crops (Bangladesh):  .The Rice and Diversified Crops activity will partner with private sector firms and other stakeholders to improve rice productivity by smallholder farmers, as well as enable them to acquire the skills and knowledge for enhanced rotational crops that will strengthen market competitiveness in the agriculture sector by improving value chain efficiencies, access to finance, and post-harvest services.  The activity will help strengthen input and seed systems, and incentivize crop diversification with rotational crops, such as value-added rice varieties, lentils, mustard, mung beans, and sunflowers, thereby increasing export volume and enabling higher returns to local firms and smallholder farmers.  It will work with local market actors to generate business opportunities for US firms to collaborate with Bangladeshi companies and explore domestic market opportunities.  The activity will provide training and resources that will build capacity of input suppliers to develop innovative marketing strategies so as to develop a loyal customer base.  It will also build the capacity of supporting market actors, including financial service providers and business development service providers, with improved services and business models.  To contribute to reducing the impact of COVID-19, the activity will strengthen or re-establish local markets by investing in key value chains; support mechanization and labor saving methods, due to potential labor shortages; identify other opportunities to increase the financial resilience of small and medium enterprises; and leverage existing information dissemination programs (e.g., extension and digital tools) to share critical COVID-19 messages...This activity will support the Global Food Security Strategy and significantly contribute to achieving the State-USAID Joint Strategic Plan Goal Two, the Indo-Pacific Strategy through private sector engagement, and U.S. government's mission objective of improved food security in Bangladesh
Advancing Universal Health Coverage Activity (AUHC) (Bangladesh):  The Advancing Universal Health Coverage (AUHC) activity provides quality services for maternal and child health, family planning, nutrition, and TB treatment and control, while ensuring financial protection and access for the poor.  Through this activity, USAID is transforming the Smiling Sun clinics, managed earlier by 25 different NGOs, into a unified, not-for-profit social enterprise company called the Surjer Hashi Network (SHN).  A key priority of the activity will be to improve the quality of health services, expand service delivery options, increase network efficiency through the standardization and optimization of service outlets, and introduce an affordable pricing strategy for the SHN network.  FY 2021 assistance will also support improvement of SHN's financial management system, health management information system and the commodities and logistics management system.  This activity will work on developing other income generation opportunities and creating diversified funding sources through innovative partnerships with the private sector and GoB service providers.With FY 2021 funds, AUHC will support over one million antenatal care contacts, ensure skilled birth attendance for about 10,000 pregnant women, provide essential newborn care to over 100,000 newborns, and treat over 50,000 children with pneumonia.    AUHC will also provide nutrition counseling during antenatal and postpartum maternal and child health visits.The activity will promote self-reliance by mobilizing domestic resources and will support the State-USAID Joint Strategic Plan Goal Two, and the U.S. Government's mission objective of improved health status in Bangladesh.. .
Bangladesh Counter Trafficking-in-Persons Program (Bangladesh):  .Bangladesh has been a Tier Two Watchlist country in the DOS Trafficking in Persons Report for the last three years, for not meeting the minimum standards of Trafficking Victims' Protection Act. Through its Bangladesh Counter Trafficking-in-Persons (BC/TIP) activity USAID/Bangladesh is helping to reduce human trafficking and child marriage, improve access to justice and aid trafficking and child marriage survivors. BC/TIP supports the Bangladesh National Plan of Action for combating human trafficking, 2018-2022. In alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals USAID will: train counter-trafficking and gender-violence committees; assist local officials, teachers, parents, students, and community leaders to address human-trafficking, child-marriage and survivor support; train GOB officials on safe-migration policies and practices; and, support informed decision making by potential migrant workers. The activity  will also advocate for improved quality of shelter care, including legal aid, health and psycho-social services, and livelihood-skills training for Bangladeshi and Rohingya populations. Finally BC/TIP will support reintegration of returnee migrant workers into the community, reducing their susceptibility to radicalization. ..This activity supports the U.S. National Security Strategy, State-USAID Joint Strategic Plan Goal Two, and U.S. government's objectives to protect the vulnerable, promote human rights, and increase citizen confidence in governance..
USAID Bijoyee Activity (Bangladesh):  Bangladesh has made impressive strides towards reducing poverty and is on track to enable its transition to upper middle-income status by 2031. Youth, 35 percent of the population, have the potential to significantly contribute to Bangladesh's socio-economic successes. Yet, youth have not maximized their contribution towards Bangladesh's economic success. They continue to experience high unemployment (13 percent) because of their lack of relevant soft and technical skills. In addition, the traditional gender and social norms hinder youth workforce participation. To address this challenge, the USAID Bijoyee activity will elevate youths' contributions towards Bangladesh's development goals. With FY 2023 funds, IM will improve youth access to economic opportunities and strengthen the organizational capacity of local youth and youth-led organizations. This IM will equip youth with industry-demanded soft skills, increase their capacity to better access wage and self-employment opportunities; increase youth participation in civic action; and strengthen capacities of youth-led and youth-serving organizations. USAID will partner with the Government of Bangladesh and the private sector to transform the youth ecosystem by shifting power to the youth, asserting localization, and challenging existing gender and social norms. The IM will target youth, prioritizing those not in education, employment, or training and plans to support youth in education, employment, or training that aspire to secure gainful employment. Aligned with the Mission's priority, IM will encourage youth to become advocates for climate change issues, and to change traditional gender and social norms. The IM aligns CDCS DO two and three and ICS MO 3.1 Improved human capital, particularly in health and education. This IM will meet the basic education ($6,131,115), Girls in Areas of Conflict ($3,000,000), Host Community ($450,000) earmark, and Youth in Development ($4,131,115).
Agricultural Extension Capacity Building Activity (Bangladesh):  With FY 2016 funds, the Agricultural Extension Capacity Building activity will continue its work to increase agricultural productivity and farm incomes through the formation of women and small farmer producer groups and by facilitating the linkage between those groups and extension services.  The activity will achieve these goals by providing targeted technical assistance and training to farmers, producer groups, and extension agents.  The activity will also develop a strategy to incorporate information, communication, and technology into extension services. For example, the activity will train farmers and extension agents to create and share their own extension products such as videos, podcasts, power point presentations, and web pages, allowing them to reach larger numbers of farmers with site-and crop-specific technical and commercial information. .
BANI-Banderban Agriculture and Nutrition  Initiative bandarban agriculture and nutrition initiative (bani) activity.   the purpose of this activity is to improve agriculture and agriculture-related income and peoples nutrition, especially of the most vulnerable populations. the activity interventions will aim to increase income and access to nutritious foods attained more equitably by both women and men, through improvements in agricultural techniques, crops/livelihoods, alternative livelihoods to add income generating opportunities in agricultural area. it will also direct efforts to improve nutrition and health status of children under five years of age, pregnant and lactating women and adolescent girls, through interventions that include behavior change/education to increase positive nutrition behaviors and improvements in diet diversity.  this activity will support the government of bangladesh (gob), particularly the ministry of chittagong hill tracts affairs (mochta), chittagong hill tracts regional council (chtrc),bandarban hill tracts district council (bhdc), other local government institutions, and traditional peoples (indigenous tribes) institutions.
Mamoni Project MaMoni is an associate award supported by USAID/Bangladesh (Aug. 2009Jan. 2014) through the Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP). MaMoni aims to increase the use of high-impact maternal and newborn health (MNH) behaviors, including family planning (FP), and to strengthen the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOH&FW) systems to provide quality MNH/FP services. The project works in Sylhet and Habiganj, two poorly performing districts in Bangladesh whose combined population is about 3.5 million people.
USAID’s Nagorik Activity (Bangladesh):  Bangladesh's 2024 national election will be a critical juncture in the country's democratic development. The Awami League's tenure has been defined by increasingly repressive tactics and deeply flawed national elections in 2014 and 2018. The purpose of the Nagorik activity is to enhance multi-party engagement and promote non-violent electoral participation. With FY 2023 funds, this activity will organize a post-election technical review to reflect on the challenges and opportunities to reform the electoral process. This will include focus group discussions and interviews with key election stakeholders and citizens and an analysis of data on voter turnout and behavior across Bangladesh. CEPPS/IFES will work with local partner Micro Governance Research Initiative (MGR) to expand the Students Against Violence in Elections (SAVE) network, empowering youth leaders that are not part of political party student or youth wings to implement action-oriented campus and community projects that mitigate drivers of conflict. CEPPS/IRI will partner with Bangladeshi NGOs to implement a nationwide training series for nonviolence with political party students and youth wings. This nationwide training will focus on nonviolence, pluralism, and tolerance among students and youth in every district in Bangladesh.This activity contributes to the Department of State-USAID Joint Strategic Plan, Integrated Country Strategy Mission Goal - Bangladesh is committed to democracy, transparency, pluralism, tolerance, good governance, and respect for human rights; and Mission Objective 2.1 Bangladesh holds free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections, protects vulnerable populations, and ensures civil liberties. This activity contributes towards meeting the Freedom of Expression ($7.5 million) earmark.
Sustainable Agriculture and Production Linked to Improved Nutrition Status, Resilience, and Gender Equity (SAPLING) (Bangladesh):  .The Sustainable Agriculture and Production Linked to Improved Nutrition Status, Resilience, and Gender Equity (SAPLING) is designed to improve gender-equitable food security, nutrition and the resilience of vulnerable people living in the five flood and landslide prone sub-districts of Bandarban District, Chittagong Hill Tracts.  With FY 2020  funds, SAPLING will continue training on nutrition and health for women and adolescent girls and conduct growth monitoring for children under the age of two with the goal of improving their nutritional status.  Agricultural support will focus on training, vermicomposting, and integrated homestead food production, including horticulture and poultry.  In addition, the activity will strengthen networking and ties with the private sector and other service providers to develop a sustainable model that lasts even if the performance period is over.  The activity will also facilitate community emergency preparedness and disaster risk reduction planning by training communities and volunteers, coordinating contingency planning, promoting awareness of early warning systems, and constructing disaster risk reduction infrastructure to mitigate the impact of shocks.  The activity will build the capacity of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Authority to manage food security systems, strengthen traditional local governance systems, and build partnerships with leaders of different ethnic groups.  ..This activity supports U.S. government's objectives to provide improved quality of life opportunities and enhance the people's lives to create a healthy, self-sufficient, resilient and sustainable economy in Bangladesh which supports the country's journey to self-reliance..
Research for Decision Makers (RDM) Activity (Bangladesh):  The Research for Decision Makers (RDM) activity will support implementation research on priority health areas, provide advisory services to the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) to guide health policy and strategy formulation, and build health-sector research capacity.  USAID will also benefit through programmatic guidance from the findings of RDM research.  With FY 2021 funds, RDM will continue the implementation of research studies on family planning, maternal and newborn health, and nutrition.  RDM will also undertake secondary analysis of recent national health survey data to develop programmatic and policy guidance on key priority health issues.  RDM will disseminate the results of the studies and analyses through various channels, which will provide the evidence needed to inform policy and programmatic decision-making by key stakeholders.  RDM will collaborate in the implementation of the 2021-22 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey through technical guidance on data analysis on causes of under five deaths and dissemination of preliminary findings.  Through RDM, USAID will build local research capacity and expand the evidence base to inform future public health policies in Bangladesh.  By assisting the GoB and USAID to translate evidence into policy, RDM will contribute to reducing child and maternal mortality, fertility rates, and tuberculosis incidence rate, while improving the nutritional status of children.This activity will support the State-USAID Joint Strategic Plan Goal Two and the U.S. Government mission objective of improved health status in Bangladesh.
Livelihood Improvement (Nature and Life) Nature Conservation through Livelihood Improvement (Nature and Life).This activity will restore the heavily degraded forest ecosystem in Teknaf Wildlife Sanctuary (TWS). The activity will target 2,500 host community households, which covers a 11,615 ha sanctuary area. The applicant will partner with three local co-management organizations and their sub-units as well as the Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD). The activity will focus on interventions to conserve the fragile ecosystem of TWS; promote livelihoods; facilitate the use of alternatives to biomass fuel; and build the capacity of local community based organization (CBO) platforms to enhance their environmental conservation initiatives in the landscape. The activity will also build the capacity of the applicant itself to achieve objectives of the Journey to Self Reliance and focus on gender-sensitive, community-driven and inclusive development.
Accelerating Capacity for Monitoring and Evaluation (ACME) (Bangladesh):  This is a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) support services contract,  providing required M&E  support to  USAID Bangladesh's Feed the Future (FTF) team. This activity works closely with the mission and the implementing partners to standardize and harmonize their M&E systems  and tools for  verifying, analyzing, documenting, and communicating performance results of activities. This ensures that the data and other information reported by the mission are valid and of high quality.  In addition, the activity carries out evaluations and assessments based of scopes of work (SOWs) developed by USAID. The findings and recommendation from the evaluations are used for effective implementation of the mission's FTF portfolio for designing new activities.
USAID Title II Development Program through World Vision. USAID Title II Development Program through World Vision.
Humanitarian Assistance Activity New award to support Economic Recovery and Market Systems; Risk Management Policy and Practice; and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in disaster-affected communities.
Risk Management Policy and Practice, and Shelter and Settlement Support To provide Risk Management Policy and Practice, and Shelter and Settlement support to affected host community populations in Bangladesh.
FTF Bangladesh Quality Assurance Support Activity (Bangladesh):  The FTF Bangladesh Quality Assurance Support Activity provides quality assurance surveillance, construction monitoring services, and other technical support for USAID's infrastructure investments. This activity ensures that infrastructure implemented through the FTF Bangladesh Agricultural Infrastructure Development activity is cost effective, sustainable, and complies with applicable national or international standards and codes and engineering best practices. The activity will utilize FY 2023 funds to provide services and support such as reviewing plans, technical reports, and designs; periodic monitoring of construction; third-party quality verification; and commissioning support to ensure that the FTF Bangladesh Agricultural Infrastructure Development activity complies with design specifications, including quality assurance, safety implementation, schedules, guarantees, and other contract terms and conditions. The activity supports the Global Food Security Strategy.
New FTF Bangladesh Agricultural Infrastructure Development Activity (BAIDA) (Bangladesh):  The FTF Bangladesh Agricultural Infrastructure Development activity improves rural infrastructure in southern Bangladesh, especially rural roads, markets, collection centers, and drainage systems. The activity coordinates with other FTF activities to identify high-impact rural infrastructure projects that reduce travel time for farmers bringing their goods to market, improve the sanitation and safety of rural markets, and enhance the conditions of collection centers to reduce food waste. With FY 2023 funds, the activity will improve market drainage systems, resulting in communities better managing increased surface water and strengthening their resilience to climate-induced shocks and stressors. The activity works with local institutions to ensure the long-term sustainable maintenance of completed infrastructure projects, including local governments and market management committees. This activity supports the Global Food Security Strategy and the State-USAID Joint Strategic Plan goals two and three. Funding for the activity contributes to Microenterprise and Livelihoods ($100,000), Gender Indirect, and Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI) (1,500,000) earmarks and key issues.
Meeting the Undernutrition Challenge (MUCH) (Bangladesh):  .The Meeting the Undernutrition Challenge (MUCH) activity will strengthen the enabling environment for eradicating food insecurity and malnutrition by providing policy advice and strengthening  the capacity of government and relevant stakeholders in order to develop national food security and nutrition (FSN) policy frameworks, country investment plan (CIP) and strategies. The implementer will achieve this outcome through offering specialized FSN training courses, including enrolment of government officials in post-graduate programs. To implement, monitor and assess impacts of policies and strategies on FSN aligned with the national food policy and the CIP, the implementor will provide monitoring training, and conduct a series of multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder consultations engaging 17 Ministries and Departments as well as CSOs and the private sector. The MUCH activity will generate updated information of food consumption and dietary diversity; such as  the  Food Insecurity Experience Scale which provides data for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goal Two of No Hunger; through a household survey, data verification workshops, and technical consultations. The implementor will  develop a map of the extent and severity of chronic food insecurity at the sub-national level through updated FSN data collection at sub-national level as well as Integrated Food security Phase Classification assessments...FAO is a global leader in the food security sector and has a very strong relationship with the Ministry of Food.  This activity was selected as the most efficient approach to eradicate food insecurity and malnutrition through support to the Ministry of Food. This activity supports the Global Food Security Strategy, the State-USAID Joint Strategic Plan Goal Two and the U.S. Government's mission objective of improved food security in Bangladesh..