The administration department consists of seven units: Procurement, Constructions, IT cell, Transport, Workshop, Central Store and Special projects. The Procurement Departments supervise purchasing of goods and material distribution while BRAC Transport unit arranges for BRAC's transportation needs. The workshop unit deals with the maintenance of all BRAC vehicles. The Central Store holds the goods purchased by procurement before they are distributed. The construction department works with the development and maintenance of the infrastructure of BRAC. The IT cell provides in-house support to the organisation's extensive information network system that, among other things, maintains the financial records of the credit and savings. The centre also oversees the ongoing process of computerization of BRAC's field offices. BRAC Community Road Safety Programme Road safety public awareness campaign has been launched on the Dhaka Sylhet highway following the MoU signing between Director in charge of BRAC Road Safety Programme and Project Director, Road Rehabilitation and Maintenence Project of Roads and Highways Department, Ministry of Communications of the Government of Bangladesh. Project activities included formation of Community Road Safety Groups (CRSG), deployment of Student Traffic Cadets (STC), providing road safety training to the students and teachers of educational institutions, local NGO executives, heavy vehicle drivers and rickshaw pullers. Two well researched training films and theatres were developed and used for the training of local road users. The campaign is continuing. Creation of animated film and broadcasting on Bangladesh Television is an ongoing project. Animated film series of 4 episodes is being produced for road safety education. While Globekids Inc. is extending the technical expertise, fund has come from the World Bank under Road Rehabilitation and Maintenence Project of RHD, Ministry of Communications. Vocational Training BRAC Special Projects carried out a community-based skill training at Haragachha, Rangpur to generate alternative and health harmony employment of child labourers working in bidi making factories - a health hazardous occupation. Courses included tailoring, embroidery, stitching, etc. for boys and girls aged between thirteen to seventeen years registered under various partner NGOs of the ILO’s under USDOL Worst Forms of Child Labour Project underwent the training courses. To meet the problem of retrenched garment workers in readymade garment sector in Bangladesh caused by global economic recession, BRAC piloted a project titled, Skill Training for Employment of Retrenched Garment Workers. Considering the experiences of BRAC, the Ministry of Commerce had approved another project in September 2004 to provide skill training to retrenched garment workers in courses such as Jute and Paper Bag making, Embroidery etc. |