Bangladesh - Belgium

Citizens’ Voice and Accountability Evaluation – Bangladesh Country Case Study
number of possible interventions to choose from. Rather, the criteria were agreed and a process
of applying these through bilateral discussions with each of the ECG donors was endorsed by the
workshop participants. The participants agreed that the study would be most useful in Bangladesh
if it explored the diversity of interventions rather than representativeness based on numbers of
intervention or size of investment. Thus, the selection was expected to include interventions with
different funding models, urban and rural, those addressing special groups (women, ethnic
minorities, poor etc), integrated (within larger programmes) and stand alone CVA, local and
national level, a mix of government, non-government, civil society and the less frequently
supported social movements, Trade unions and media. It was also recognised that the selection
should include cases supported by each of the ECG donors.
Following the workshop, discussions were held with representatives of all the donors 6 . During
these discussions the donor portfolio of CVA interventions were reviewed on the basis of the
typology of interventions as well as their fulfilment of the criteria developed by the workshop
participants. Each donor was asked to rank their selections for the study. Inevitably some
compromises had to be made recognising the wide range of criteria developed by the workshop
participants with an expectation of being met. A shortlist of possible interventions for the study was
developed and circulated among the donors for their comments and final approval. Table 2.1
presents the final selected case studies.
Tables B1 and B2 provide information on how the selected case studies met the criteria developed
in the Inception workshop.
6 With the exception of Belgium which does not have a development aid office in Bangladesh. However, a
discussion was held with the co-ordinator of World Solidarity Movement through which Belgian assistance to
Bangladesh is channelled. Discussions with Norad were conducted through e-mail rather than face to face
due to their unavailability during the Inception mission.
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