Sanitation Market Systems (SanMarkS)
01.05.2015
- 31.10.2019
Through the project Sanitation Market Systems (SanMarkS), the poor and disadvantaged will benefit from a better wellbeing due to improved hygienic sanitation solutions which are offered by the private sector in a sustainable manner. As a result of the project, funded by SDC and UNICEF, the private sector service providers in collaboration with public actors will respond to the needs and demand of the rural poor and provide improved sanitation services to at least 450,000 people in at least six districts of Bangladesh.
Progetto concluso
Bangladesh: corsi ad hoc per aumentare le opportunità professionali dei meno abbienti nei settori tessile ed edile
01.04.2015
- 31.03.2021
I settori tessile ed edile in Bangladesh registrano tassi di crescita elevati. Eppure a molti uomini e donne delle fasce povere della popolazione manca il know-how necessario per ottenere posti qualificati. Un progetto cofinanziato dalla Svizzera e dalla Gran Bretagna punta a migliorare le prospettive di 110’000 di loro entro il 2019 grazie alla formazione continua in azienda. I risultati finora ottenuti sono promettenti.
| Paese/Regione | Tema | Periodo | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Bangladesh |
Impiego & sviluppo economico Formazione professionale
Creazione di occupazione
Formazione professionale
Politica commerciale & sistema de mercato
|
01.04.2015 - 31.03.2021 |
CHF 5'825'000 |
Transparency International Bangladesh: Building Integrity Blocks for Effective Change
01.10.2014
- 31.12.2021
Transparency International Bangladesh promotes improved governance in selected institutions of integrity (parliament, judiciary, etc.) and five sectors providing basic services to the people (education, health, local governance, land, climate finance) as well as it strengthens its grassroots movement in order to reduce corruption for the benefit of the poor and the marginalised.
Progetto concluso
Integrated Water Resource Management in the Barind tract
01.08.2014
- 30.06.2018
A novelty for Bangladesh, this project will bring the principles of Integrated Water Resources Management to the sub-district and community level. Poverty in the Barind tracts is higher than national average and water scarcity uncovers economic, ecological and equity issues. Elected local governments will be capacitated to regulate water use and increase availability of water for the benefit of about a million people in the target region.
Progetto concluso
Skills for Employment Investment Program (SEIP)
01.08.2014
- 30.06.2020
260’000 unskilled youth and adults will be skill-trained, 70% of whom will be placed in decent jobs through partnerships with industries and private training providers in six economic growth sectors of Bangladesh. By creating the foundations for a sector-wide approach, the Skills for Employment Investment Program (SEIP) will bring the currently fragmented skills development sector under one coordinated management and funding mechanism
Progetto concluso
Support to the parliamentary and Upazila elections in Bangladesh
01.12.2013
- 30.06.2015
The national parliamentary elections foreseen for early 2014 will be highly important for Bangladesh’s future development as a democratic state. Amidst uncertainties and high polarisation, like-minded international development partners have agreed on a package of accompanying measures to assure that the elections can be conducted and locally monitored in a professional manner. The suggested activities will also support other upcoming election processes. SDC proposes to associate itself to this program.
Progetto concluso
SHARIQUE Phase III
01.09.2013
- 28.02.2017
SHARIQUE is a flagship project in the field of local governance promotion in Bangladesh. Implemented since 2006, the project addresses the “supply” and “demand” sides of the governance processes as well as the policy environment on local level. The proposed phase III will consolidate and replicate earlier achievements and prepare for the phase-out of the intervention by 2018 and extend support to new geographic areas.
Progetto concluso
Katalyst
16.03.2013
- 31.03.2018
SDC co-finances the market development project Katalyst – an international flagship – since 2002 in order to contribute to increased income of poor people in Bangladesh through improved competitiveness of farmers and small businesses in key rural sectors. A final 4 year phase comprising CHF 32 million in collaboration with DFID and DANIDA is foreseen to ensure sustainability of systemic changes achieved so far and to firmly anchor the Katalyst experience within Bangladesh.
Progetto concluso
Sustainable Solutions for the Delivery of Safe Drinking Water
01.01.2013
- 31.03.2016
Since 1999, the project Sustainable Solutions for the Delivery of Safe Drinking Water has been combining social mobilisation and small WatSan infrastructure to improve poor people’s access to water and sanitation and strengthening their voice in interaction with local authorities. While the main project was completed by the end of the 4th project phase, the aim of this short final phase is to consolidate the intervention in an additional geographic area, which was included in the project as a result of the “0.5% bill” in 2011.
Progetto concluso
Hygiene, Sanitation and Water Fund
01.12.2012
- 31.12.2017
About 20 percent of Bangladesh’s population has no access to safe drinking water; some 40 percent are deprived of improved sanitation facilities. The Hygiene, Sanitation and Water Fund, set up in 2007 by the leading international development agencies, partners with competent local government institutions to provide efficient and state-of-the-art WatSan solutions for millions of Bangladeshi households. The present proposal undertakes to co-finance the successful Fund for the period of 2012 through 2015.
Progetto concluso
Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund (BCCRF) – Contribution
01.12.2012
- 31.12.2016
The Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund was set up by bilateral development partners in 2010 to support Bangladesh address climate change adaptation and mitigation. The fund is currently endowed with USD 170 million from the UK, EU, USA, Australia, Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland and administrated by the World Bank. A planned replenishment, to which Switzerland will contribute with the present proposal, will increase the level of funding of this innovative mechanism to USD 274 million by mid-2013.
Progetto concluso
Social Safety Net Transfer Modalities
01.11.2012
- 30.06.2014
Despite solid progress in poverty reduction, malnutrition (in particular of children) remains a serious challenge to public health and overall development in Bangladesh. The Social Safety Net Transfer Modalities project assesses which transfer modalities are most effective in reaching the ultra-poor and improving their nutrition status. The action-research project allows for evidence-based advocacy in poverty-nutrition issues and improved of social safety net programmes in Bangladesh and will inform respective policy development.