Supporting 110 registered community-based village development organisations to become sustainable and growing the incomes of 4,500 households in vulnerable situations surrounding Chevron-operated gas fields by 2022.

 

The development of gas fields in Greater Sylhet affected the livelihoods of many communities, and so a need arose to develop people’s capacities to diversify their incomes.

Jibika focuses on socio-economic development, through community-led organisations, and is implemented by BRAC in partnership with Chevron through their Bangladesh Partnership Initiative. Phase I focused on cooperative formation, institutionalisation and enterprise development, and Phase II (initiated in May 2019) focuses on ensuring the sustainability of cooperatives formed.

IMPACT

 
 
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110 village development organisations registered with Department of Cooperatives, running independently and working as service and information centres.
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58% executive committee roles in village development organisations held by women.
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57% micro-entrepreneurs have access to finance for enterprise development.
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5,280 members trained on skills such as leadership, fund management and cooperative governance.

WHAT WE DO

 
 
  • Strengthen cooperative governance
  • Enhance the growth potential of cooperatives and their members
  • Build coalition with government, private and other relevant stakeholders to support the vision of developing sustainable VDOs
 

WHY IT WORKS

 
 
  • Cooperatives are set up to be compliant from inception and trained members ensure the cooperative’s institutionalisation and transparent governance.
  • Autonomous decision-making processes promote participatory contribution in cooperative, individual and community development.
  • Self-governed cooperatives through democratically elected executive committees help in fund mobilisation and addressing social conflicts.
 

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