NETZ Bangladesch Annual Report 2017

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NETZ Annual Report 2017 Programme 4: Disaster preparedness and response Immediate flood relief for 11,000 people Bangladesh is often affected by natural disasters, which have far-reaching effects on the inhabitants, especially people living in poverty. In summer 2016, a devastating flood hit the North of the country. More than 100 people died; over 500,000 people had to leave their houses. NETZ provided swift help. 1 More than 68 tons of provisions were distributed in the villages of the districts Kurigram and Gaibandha, which were cut off by the flood. 2 11,000 people received rice, lentils, potatoes, salt, oil and baby food as well as water-purification tablets and soap. Especially children, pregnant women and breast-feeding mothers, the elderly and persons with disabilities were supported. 3 Hundreds of families were saved from the floods. 540 families, which defied the rain, received plastic canvases. Project impact Successful: NETZ provided emergency relief as the first international organisation in the floodaffected area, in a systematic and efficient way. Pioneering: Ten thousands of people found shelter in schools built with support of NETZ securing floodproof foundations. They were able to secure their cattle and assets worth more than 120,000 €. A devastating flood hit Bangladesh in the summer of 2016 and made more than 500,000 people homeless. NETZ and its partners provided emergency relief. Challenging: In areas endangered by floods, permanent emergency funds as well as drinking water treatment plants should be available for local communities. Improvement needed: The effects of climate change have led to the destruction of livelihoods of tens of thousands of people. NETZ could not convince public institutions to support the reconstruction as well as prevention and adaptation measures in further regions. Foto: Gana Unnayan Kendra Observation of effectiveness It is vital for NETZ and its partners to critically verify the impacts of development projects. From this, our organisations can draw substantiated conclusions with regard to the training of staff members and project participants as well as for efficiency optimisation, scaling of models, innovative project designs and strategic planning. During the planning phase of projects, NETZ defines the goals and desired impacts and collects baseline data about the present situation. At the projects’ end, data is collected once more and compared with the baseline data. On a quarterly basis, local NETZ employees collect information about progress made and the quality of the implementation. The effectiveness analysis is based on this data. The results are documented and discussed with partner organisations and project participants during workshops. Income quadrupled From May till June 2016, two independent experts from the Netherlands and Bangladesh evaluated the sustainable livelihoods programme. They examined the long-term effectiveness, quality and sustainability of the programme. The results: The living conditions of the participating families have improved significantly. They have more than quadrupled their income. Almost all of them can now have three nutritious meals per day. They have access to social benefits and drinking water. The village groups have become an important local hub of development and a shelter for the women. All groups have elected representatives who constitute self-help associations on community level. In order to be able to take over the management of the programme independently, the women need further support, according to the experts. The evaluation as well as other studies and reports from NETZ-supported projects are available in our media centre under www.bangladesch.org. 8
Political dialogue and networking For an active civil society in Bangladesh ê Bangladesh’s civil society has successfully and non-violently stood-up for human rights and poverty alleviation in the past. NETZ supports these important efforts through political dialogue and networking. Photo: Ronjit Sarker Bangladesh Forum Germany As a member of the Bangladesh Forum Germany, NETZ is entrusted with its management. With an office in Berlin, the Bangladesh Forum is an association of organisations and individuals that work with Bangladesh, including Bread for the World, MISEREOR, Amnesty International, Shanti and Mati as well as diaspora organisations and representatives from science and research fields. Through a broad spectrum of partners in Bangladesh and through intensive dialogue, the Forum can work on many issues in a professional manner. It puts forward the topics and demands – based on the work of the civil society in Bangladesh – in discussions with political decision-makers. Successful through dialogue: The Bangladesh Forum puts important perspectives of Bangladesh’s civil society on the agenda with international political decision-makers. The scope and challenges of the country’s socio-economic development and the likelihood of growing violent conflicts over resources, e.g. land, are topics that move Bangladesh. Thus, these and other topics were discussed at the 6th International Bangladesh Conference in Berlin, which was organised by the Bangladesh Forum in April 2016. It brought together individuals from the civil society in Bangladesh, political decision-makers from Germany and Europe and people from the Global South and North, who have longterm experience in non-violent conflict transformation. The Bangladesh Forum supported parliamentary initiatives of the German Federal Parliament on the scope for action of the civil society in Bangladesh. Ideas about how civil society in Bangladesh can be strengthened and their participation Participants of NETZsupported projects have already planted one million trees. The millionth tree was planted by students of Mostafa Kamal primary school on the char of Binbina together with the German Ambassador Dr. Thomas Prinz and NETZ Executive Director Peter Dietzel. in political decision-making processes improved were exchanged with representatives of the German and European Parliament as well as with ministries in Berlin and the European Commission. Ten civil society members from Bangladesh were directly supported by the Bangladesh Forum to discuss scope for action with representatives of EU institutions in Brussels, the German Foreign Ministry and the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development of the German Parliament. Goals 2017 1 The Bangladesh Forum will continue to conduct talks on how to apply approaches of conflict transformation in development and human rights work in Bangladesh. On local level, conflicts over the access to resources and the polarisation of cultural identities become more severe. With the beginning of the election campaign in the run up to the national parliamentary elections in 2019, there is as well an increased likelihood of increased politically motivated violence. Therefore, the promotion of nonviolent conflict transformation capacities of non-governmental and governmental actors is crucial. The Bangladesh Forum will engage in further developing its own competencies as well as those of its partners in Bangladesh in this regard. Photo: Kai Fritze Together for Bangladesh 9
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