Facts about Char Development & Settlement Project (CDSP-III), Bangladesh
The long term development objective is to improve the economic situation and living conditions of the population in the coastal areas of south-eastern Bangladesh, with special reference to the poorest segments of the population. The project will be working towards this objective by aiming at three specific project purposes: promotion of an institutional environment that sustains CDSP type of interventions; accumulation and dissemination of knowledge on coastal development; directly improving the economic and social situation of people in coastal chars.
Essential elements in the approach of CDSP-III are poverty alleviation and integration. It follows the principles of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) and of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) by coordination of activities in several sectors and by taking into account the interests of different groups of water users.
CDSP-III (2005-2009) is to a great extent a phase of consolidation. The actual interventions at field levels are limited, the development of Boyer Char (6600 ha) and the improvement of drainage in the upstream area of the Baggar Dona river. The full range of lessons learned in the previous phases can be applied. The project will still be operational in CDSP-I and CDSP-II areas as well, in particular for land settlement and support to Water Management Organisations. CDSP-III is also engaged with identifying future char development programmes.
Much of the institutional work is geared towards the internalisation of CDSP concepts and working methods into the six implementing agencies. Emphasis in the knowledge development and dissemination component lies on monitoring the impact of project interventions of earlier phases and on linking the project data base with the Integrated Coastal Resources Database, located in the Water Resources Planning Organisation (WARPO).
Through a combination of interventions of the six implementing agencies, the project seeks to provide security to the approximately 9000 households that have settled in Boyer Char. Their physical security is enhanced by the construction of embankments and cyclone shelters and they are economically more secure by their legal title on the land and the improved environment for agricultural development and non-agriculture opportunities.
Water Supply and Sanitation intervention by the Department of Public Health Engineering
a) Deep Tube wells :600 nos.
b) Sanitary Latrine :11000 nos.
c) Public Toilet :20 nos.
d) Pond Sand Filter (PSF) :10 nos.
e) Rainwater Harvesting :20 nos.
In Boyer Char an NGO programme is being implemented by five local NGOs, coordinated by BRAC. The activities under this programme are complementary to those of the government agencies under CDSP-III. The two development efforts do not overlap each other but rather reinforce each others objectives.
The project is sponsored by the Ministry of Water Resources and is implemented by the Bangladesh Water Development Board (lead agency), the Ministry of Land, the Local Government Engineering Department, the Department of Public Health Engineering, the Department of Agriculture Extension and the Forest Department. A technical assistance team provides support to all agencies.
A unique feature of CDSP is the active cooperation between the government agencies, and the structured relationship between the government programme and the NGO activities in the same area. The coordinating body at the policy level is the National Steering Committee (NSC), chaired by the Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, with representatives of the parent Ministries of the implementing agencies, Planning Commission, Implementation an Monitoring Division, BRAC, the Royal Netherlands Embassy (observer) and the technical assistance team (observer) as members. The Project Director is member-secretary. The NSC meets at least twice a year.
At project level the Project Management Committee (PMC) is the central coordinating and management body. It is headed by the Project Director, BWDB. The Project Coordinators of the other five agencies and the project Manager of the BRAC/NGO programme are the members. The leader of the technical assistance team is the secretary. Meetings are held at least once in every three months.
Total costs for the three phases of the CDSP programme amount to approximately taka 2900 Million. THE Government of Bangladesh contributed roughly 20%, while the Government of the Netherlands 80%.
The long term development objective is to improve the economic situation and living conditions of the population in the coastal areas of south-eastern Bangladesh, with special reference to the poorest segments of the population. The project will be working towards this objective by aiming at three specific project purposes: promotion of an institutional environment that sustains CDSP type of interventions; accumulation and dissemination of knowledge on coastal development; directly improving the economic and social situation of people in coastal chars.
Essential elements in the approach of CDSP-III are poverty alleviation and integration. It follows the principles of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) and of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) by coordination of activities in several sectors and by taking into account the interests of different groups of water users.
CDSP-III (2005-2009) is to a great extent a phase of consolidation. The actual interventions at field levels are limited, the development of Boyer Char (6600 ha) and the improvement of drainage in the upstream area of the Baggar Dona river. The full range of lessons learned in the previous phases can be applied. The project will still be operational in CDSP-I and CDSP-II areas as well, in particular for land settlement and support to Water Management Organisations. CDSP-III is also engaged with identifying future char development programmes.
Much of the institutional work is geared towards the internalisation of CDSP concepts and working methods into the six implementing agencies. Emphasis in the knowledge development and dissemination component lies on monitoring the impact of project interventions of earlier phases and on linking the project data base with the Integrated Coastal Resources Database, located in the Water Resources Planning Organisation (WARPO).
Through a combination of interventions of the six implementing agencies, the project seeks to provide security to the approximately 9000 households that have settled in Boyer Char. Their physical security is enhanced by the construction of embankments and cyclone shelters and they are economically more secure by their legal title on the land and the improved environment for agricultural development and non-agriculture opportunities.
Water Supply and Sanitation intervention by the Department of Public Health Engineering
a) Deep Tube wells :600 nos.
b) Sanitary Latrine :11000 nos.
c) Public Toilet :20 nos.
d) Pond Sand Filter (PSF) :10 nos.
e) Rainwater Harvesting :20 nos.
In Boyer Char an NGO programme is being implemented by five local NGOs, coordinated by BRAC. The activities under this programme are complementary to those of the government agencies under CDSP-III. The two development efforts do not overlap each other but rather reinforce each others objectives.
The project is sponsored by the Ministry of Water Resources and is implemented by the Bangladesh Water Development Board (lead agency), the Ministry of Land, the Local Government Engineering Department, the Department of Public Health Engineering, the Department of Agriculture Extension and the Forest Department. A technical assistance team provides support to all agencies.
A unique feature of CDSP is the active cooperation between the government agencies, and the structured relationship between the government programme and the NGO activities in the same area. The coordinating body at the policy level is the National Steering Committee (NSC), chaired by the Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, with representatives of the parent Ministries of the implementing agencies, Planning Commission, Implementation an Monitoring Division, BRAC, the Royal Netherlands Embassy (observer) and the technical assistance team (observer) as members. The Project Director is member-secretary. The NSC meets at least twice a year.
At project level the Project Management Committee (PMC) is the central coordinating and management body. It is headed by the Project Director, BWDB. The Project Coordinators of the other five agencies and the project Manager of the BRAC/NGO programme are the members. The leader of the technical assistance team is the secretary. Meetings are held at least once in every three months.
Total costs for the three phases of the CDSP programme amount to approximately taka 2900 Million. THE Government of Bangladesh contributed roughly 20%, while the Government of the Netherlands 80%.
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