NGO & Organization

Amader Gram (Our Villages) is an ICT4D initiative of Bangladesh Friendship Education Society (BFES). The project is mostly centered and based on the village society and it is conceived/planned to build up as a demonstrative social innovation.

Bangladesh Development Gateway Foundation (BdDGF) is an independent not for profit organization owned and managed by public-private partnerships focuses on community development aiming at poverty alleviation at the country level maintains and developed an effective and self sustainable website (http://bangladeshgateway.org) of Bangladesh in collaboration with the Development Gateway Foundation, Inc, (DGF) Washington, USA for knowledge sharing and to disseminate information through partnership alliance.

The Bangladesh Unnayan Gobeshona Protishthan or The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) is a multi-disciplinary organisation for policy-oriented research on development issues (mainly in the context of Bangladesh). BIDS serves as a conduit for dissemination of development information through its library, publications, website and seminar programmes. BIDS researchers also directly contribute to formulation of development policies through participation in government committees and task forces.

With a vision of a just, enlightened, healthy and democratic Bangladesh free from hunger, poverty, environmental degradation and all forms of exploitation based on age, sex, religion and ethnicity, BRAC started as an almost entirely donor funded, small-scale relief and rehabilitation projet to help the country overcome the devastation and trauma of the Liberation War. Today, BRAC has emerged as an independent, virtually self-financed paradigm in sustainable human development. It is the largest in the world employing 97,192 people, with the twin objectives of poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poor. Through experiential learning, BRAC today provides and protects livelihoods of around 100 million people in Bangladesh.

CARE Bangladesh is a part of CARE International, one of the world's largest private international humanitarian organizations, enabling families in poor communities to improve their lives and overcome poverty. CARE began work in Bangladesh in 1949 with the famous CARE packages that the Americans sent to survivors of World War II in Europe and Asia.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), established in 1993 by Professor Rehman Sobhan with support from leading civil society institutions in Bangladesh, is mandated by its Deed of Trust to service the growing demand that originates from the emerging civil society of Bangladesh for a more participatory and accountable development process.

Relief International - Schools Online (RI-SOL) was formed from the merger of the Los Angeles-based relief and development agency Relief International (RI) and the Palo Alto-based Schools Online (SOL). RI’s expertise is in the implementation of community development programming. Since 1990 RI has worked in “bridging and transitional” programs working with and supporting communities and societies in transition from crisis through to recovery and development and from centralized systems to sustainable market based democracies.

Danidas Private Sector Development Programme (PSD Programme) aims at developing the private sector in a range of programme countries by supporting the establishment of long-term and mutually committing partnerships between Danish companies and companies in developing countries.

ERG is a not-for-profit organization established for promoting education and research with a view to improving the understanding of issues of economic development and social justice. ERG seeks to bridge the gap between academic research and policy analysis within the context of Bangladesh and other countries of South and Southeast Asia.

Elderly Initiative for Development (EID) was established in 1995 as a community based self help organization, and registered with the Directorate of Social Welfare, Government of Bangladesh. Its regular program of work in different villages in the District of Manikgonj is carried out with a personal grant from its founding Chairman. The present EID activities center around the following programs: Health Care, Elderly Education, Pension Savings, Elderly Allowance, and Awareness Creation.