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Name of Project:

Promoting rights and accessibility of the Ultra Poor in Char Lands areas through Democratic

Local Governance (PRADG)

Task:

Evidence based learning documentation

Activity code: 2.5

Budget Code: 6.2.9

1. Background

The Char land is defined as an area of land in the river bed, which is formed with sedimentation

of major river systems in Bangladesh. It is estimated that total 7 million people are living in Char

land areas of Bangladesh. Most of the part of Sirajganj is Char land and Watershed areas, is

affected by regular flood and river erosion every year. The majority of Char land families lives

under poverty line have lower education and limited access to information, healthcare,

employment, legal aid and other government services. The ground situation makes them

isolated, underprivileged and completely detached from the development flows of Bangladesh.

They require 2-3 hours journey on foot or by boat to reach upazila and district, so sometimes

pregnant mothers dying cases happened. Moreover, due to lifelong struggle towards extreme

poverty, inequality and injustice, Char land people became unaware and uninformed on raising

their voices, claiming their rights and taking the leadership role to ensure their dignified life.

The analysis of benchmark status of the baseline survey shows that 89% ultra-poor women

have experiences of human rights violation in char land areas. 6.7% ultra-poor people have

access to local justice. 31.4% ultra-poor people have access to local services. No LGIs have

practices democratic decision decision-making process in Char-based UP constituencies. No

LGIs have practical knowledge and information in application of participatory planning and

budgeting initiatives in Char-based Unions. 6.7% ultra-poor people have access to local justice

system. 14.3% ultra-poor people have access to local services. 6.8% ultra-poor people

participated in the community-based interactive events. 6.8% ultra-poor people participated in

the community-based interactive events. No community platform exists in selected areas to take

action against human rights violation and gender discrimination. No CSAG exists in the selected

char-land. No one defined who understand their rights fully and partially, only 20.8% has defined

as little understands of their rights and 37.9% ultra-poor people have information on accessible

local services. No platform like CSAG and UPG exists in selected areas. No formal platform of

ultra-poor group exists. 37.9% ultra-poor people have information on accessible local services.

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Most vulnerable ultra-poor HHs has no alternative livelihood and they are not linked with

alternative livelihood skills to be self-reliant.

Considering this ground reality, Concern Universal, Bangladesh as a part of technical partner of

Manab Mukty Shangtha (MMS) started the action improving the basic rights and accessibility of

Ultra Poor people ensuring effective service delivery and access to justice for Ultra Poor people

by developing democratic and responsive local governance and enhancing all form of human

rights violations and gender discrimination by developing leadership and empowering the ultra-

poor people. The actions have contributed to the efforts of 35 local government institutions

(LGIs), 96 Civil Society Action Groups (CSAG), 90 Ultra Poor Groups (UPG) along with 154000

ultra-poor people for improving rights and accessibility of the ultra-poor people in specific Char

land areas in Bangladesh. Because the ground situation reveals three basic problems in relation

to poor service delivery to Ultra Poor; (1) inaccessibility of the ultra-poor to government

services, (2) lack of knowledge, information and opportunities for the ultra-poor and (3) common

non functionality of the LGIs to effective services delivers and further more for the ultra-poor.

2. Objective

The overall objective is to produce evidence based learning documents on the change of

people’s perception, knowledge, participation and practices in relation with understanding and

experience of human rights, participation of the ultra-poor to local governance, socio economic

and resilience status of the ultra-poor in Char land in Sirajgonj.

3. Scope of work

The process of evidence based learning documentation seeks to understand the changes in line

with the following key points

- What (Changes in Understanding of human rights violations, Participation of the Ultra

poor to local governance, socio-economic and resilience status of ultra- poor)

- How (the way of changes , process and background information)

- Who contributes to changes (including contribution of the PRADG-MMS-CUB project)

- Where the changes are visible (References: cases, quotation, photographs and good

practices)

- Where the major learning through this changing process

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4. Process and method

A set of qualitative process and methods will be applied for extracting all relevant information (in

line with the scope of work)

Process:

- Ground observation

- Process observation

Methods:

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Methods Target Issues/ audience

1 Literature / project documents review Human rights issues, right based issues,

project proposal, baseline survey report,

monitoring guideline, Other guidelines,

narrative interim report, fact finding report,

Newsletter, project broacher, other relevant

documents

2 Observation Target area (police station, union parishad,

hospital, victim support center, Schools)

3 Focus Group Discussion (FGD) UPGs, CSAG, LGI, Local Authority (UPG-

CSAG Network, School authority),

4 Evidence based finding interview 1. No of participation

2. Level of satisfaction

3. Root cause of inaccessibility and violation

of human right

4. Nature, causes and trend of violation of

rights

5 Mapping of change 1. LGI

2. CSAG

3. UPG

6 Case study: Focusing on

- People’s participation on

planning and budgeting of the

Union Parishad

- Preventing VAW and girls

- Role of village court in resolving

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UPG complain /problems

- Civil society action group

functions

- UPG women in leadership in

char land

7 Others (if necessary)

5. Task

The tasks:

The team will perform the following tasks:

A. Initial task:

- Review the project information and secondary (necessary data and information)

- Develop a ToR for producing an evidence based learning document

- Share the ToR with Head, Human Rights Unit

- Develop the instrument for collection and verification of information (as per scope of

work)

- Develop a plan for collection of data and information.

- Organize field work (as per plan) under guideline of team leader

B. Analysis and reporting

- Analyze all collected data and information in line with set contents of the learning

document

- Preparation of a draft evidence based learning document

- Submission of final version of evidence based learning document to Head of Human

Rights Unit

6. Working coverage

The assigned work will focus on UPGs, CSAG, LGI, Local Authority (UPG-CSAG Network,

School authority). The selection of sample location will consider the targeted unions of five

upazila (Belkuchi, Chowhali, Kazipur, Shahjadpur and Sirajgonj Sadar).

7. Timeframe

The expected duration of assigned work will be two months (July and August 2014).

Sl Contents Timeline (Months) /

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No 2014

Initial Work Pre

task

July August

1 Review the project information and secondary (necessary data

information)

2 Develop a ToR with Head, Health Unit and the team

3 Share the ToR with Head, Health Unit and the team

4 Develop instrument for collection and verification of information

(as per scope of work)

5 Develop a plan for collection of data/ information

Field Work

6 Collection of field based information

7 Verify the collected information

Analysis

8 Analyze all collected data / information in line with set content of

the learning documents

9 Preparation of the draft evidence based learning document

10 Sharing the draft evidence based learning document

11 Submission of final version of evidence based learning document

of Head Human Rights Unit

It is expected that the assigned task “Evidence based learning document” will be completed by

31 August 2014.

8. Deliverable

The team is expected to deliver the following:

- All relevant dara/information collected by the team members under the assigned tasks

- An evidence – based learning document

9. Financial and logistic requirements

NB (revised budget allocation: BDT – 1,00,000/-)

10. Main contact person

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Shankor Paul

Head, Human Rights Unit

Concern Universal – Bangladesh

House – 8 (5th Floor), Road – 28,

Block – K, Banani, Dhaka – 1213

Bangladesh

And

Jhuma Halder

Project Officer

Human Rights Unit

Concern Universal – Bangladesh

House – 8 (5th Floor), Road – 28,

Block – K, Banani, Dhaka – 1213

Bangladesh

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