Member of
Ramsar Centre Japen (RCJ)
Vision Mission Objectives
Programmes Management Focal Areas
Vision top
To facilitate sustainable livelihood through participatory natural resources towards sustainable development
Mission top
To facilitate sustainable livelihood through participatory natural resources towards sustainable development
Objectives top
Objectives of Bangladesh POUSH are as:
• To generate sustainable income.
• To promote participatory sustainable natural resource management.
• To increase awareness & education
• To rehabilitate the degraded environment.
• To share development knowledge & experience.
• To enhance food security.
• To empower women.
• To buildup organizational capacity.
• To assist community to buildup peoples Institution
Programmes top
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Sustainable Natural Resource Management
• Environmental Awareness & Education
• Sustainable livelihood support programme
• Gender Development
• Research & Publication
• Partnership Development
Sustainable Natural Resource Management top
• Participatory Afforestation & Nursery
Development
• Protection of newly planted trees by involving community people.
• Community Based Coastal Wetland Management
• Mobilizing Fishers Communities in Protection, Conservation and management of
coastal fisheries resources
• Conservation of Hill Forest Eco-system and Bio-diversity in Harbang through
Community Participation.
Environmental Awareness & Education top
• Non-formal Environmental Primary Education.
• Environmental awareness among the children, teacher & local people.
Sustainable livelihood support programme top
• Sustainable Agriculture Community Development
• Pond fish culture by involving local community people
• Home gardening and home stead production
• Poultry & livestock
• Small Scale irrigation
Bangladesh POUSH emphasizes the self improvement of women through education and employment. Ninety percent of the Bangladesh POUSH workers are women.
Bangladesh POUSH carries out research activities relating to various socio-economic & environmental tropics to strengthen the information and analytical base on development issues.
• To develop training, curriculum & materials,
educational, awareness raising materials etc.
• To encourage study, research and investigation into the development &
environmental problems of Bangladesh
• To carry out the survey & studies on social, economic & environmental
development of Bangladesh.
• To translate relevant materials
• To organize conference, discussion, seminars, workshop, setup study groups for
the furtherance of the sharing and dissemination of knowladge.
Partnership Development top
Bangladesh POUSH has established Institutional
linkage with national & intervention organization/ Institutes. POUSH is the
member of the following networks and Organizations.
• Member of IUCN (1991)
• Member of Asian Environmental Society (1993)
• Member of Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC) of UN (1994)
• Accredited NGO of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)of World Bank
since 1995.
• Member, Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), UN, since
1992.
• Member, Ramsar Centre Japan (RCJ) since 1994
• Coalition of Environmental NGOs in Bangladesh since 1992.
• Member, Climate Action Network since 2004.
Management of Bangladesh POUSH top
Bangladesh POUSH is run by elected Executive Board. Election is held every two years and the Board members are elected by the general members. Bangladesh POUSH is staffed by a group of professionals responsible to under-take assignment, Planning, implementing, managing and evaluating projects, Programmes and initiatives.
The financial accounts of Bangladesh POUSH are annually audited in accordance with the regulation of the government of Bangladesh by a reputed Chartered Accounting Firm affiliated with NGO Affairs Bureau.
Focal Areas top
Bangladesh POUSH initiates and implements
projects with special emphasis on the following areas:
• Integrated Sustainable Development
• Bio-diversity
Conservation and Management
• Human Resource
Development
• Fisheries Livestock and Forestry
• Disaster Preparedness
• Capacity Building
• Institution Building
• Social Mobilization
• Awareness Education (both formal and Non-formal)
• Wetland conservation and Management
• Climate Change
• Conservation of Cultural Heritage of Indigenous People
• Participatory Sustainable Natural resource management
• Research and Publication