Bangladesh

Practical Action's work in Bangladesh has evolved over time to meet the challenges of poverty, inequality and vulnerability. Deeply committed to helping the poor in Bangladesh, our work on appropriate technology as a means to improve poor peoples livelihoods has been flexible and responsive to local conditions and needs.

About us

Practical Action, through its programmes in Bangladesh, works primarily by:

1. developing, upgrading, demonstrating and putting into practice appropriate technology within communities using participatory approaches.
2. giving skills training and extending capacity building support to NGO/GO staff
3. sharing knowledge and disseminating information and research findings among key stakeholders
4. enabling producers and entrepreneurs information and skills for making access to market opportunities and linkages
5. promoting advocacy and influencing for policy change

The country programme is organized into three thematic aims, namely:

• Reducing vulnerability and natural resource management
• Markets and livelihoods
• Infrastructure services

Practical Action, Bangladesh annual report 2010 (PDF, 3.4Mb)

Office structure

The country program is managed out of the Dhaka office, led by the Country Director, Veena Khaleque. All the aim leaders, programme managers, including a FAP head and a quality assurance manager, are based in Dhaka.

Practical Action in Bangladesh has two field offices in Rangpur and Sirajganj districts, and seven field centers in Dinajpur, Faridpur, Gaibandha, Gazipur, Lalmonirhat, Mymensingh and Nilphamari districts.

The Dhaka office maintains liaison with the government, donors, consultants, experts, media, field offices and other relevant individuals and institutions.

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