📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2023.4063.6
Status:
running project
Responsible organizational unit:
2B00 Asia II
Contact person:
Alexander Doerzenbach alexander.doerzenbach@giz.de
Partner countries:
Bangladesh
SUMMARY
Goals:
The economic participation of women from the population group of disaster- and climate-induced internally displaced persons and residents of host communities from informal settlements in selected secondary cities is improved.
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
Ministry of Social Welfare
Financier:
not available
ORDER VOLUME
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
4 800 000 euros
Current project:
4 800 000 euros
COMBINED FINANCING
not available
PREVIOUS PROJECT
not available
SUCCESSOR PROJECT
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
22.09.2023 - 30.09.2027
Current project:
01.10.2023 - 30.09.2027
OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED
not available
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
Gender equality
main goal
CRS KEY
16020 Creation of employment opportunities
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Initial situation
Bangladesh is one of the countries most affected by climate change. Millions of people are already forced to leave their mostly rural homes and seek refuge in urban areas. This is leading to rapid growth in informal settlements with precarious living conditions. Existing problems in the cities such as underemployment, overloaded infrastructure and poverty are further exacerbated by this.
Women and people with disabilities in informal settlements are particularly affected. They have to overcome major hurdles to engage in activities outside their household or to have their own economic prospects. They often lack access to the information, financing and qualifications necessary for employment or starting a business.
Objective
The economic participation of climate-related internally displaced persons and residents of host communities is improved. This particularly affects women and people with disabilities in informal urban settlements.
Approach
The project supports women and people with disabilities in founding and developing small businesses and cooperatives. By supporting the establishment of their companies, their innovative services and their products on the market, they can generate a regular income and improve their economic and social participation.
The range of social services for the residents of informal settlements is improved by the introduction of inclusive and gender-equitable standards. This enables the most disadvantaged population groups to stabilize their living situation in the long term.
In addition, the project supports city administrations in developing concepts for the soc
