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Download Report Progress Report_2010 Program Participation: CCEC: At a Glance • Most Vulnerable Poor Coastal Communities. • Ultra Poor, poor and marginal occupational groups like marginal Sundarbans Stakeholders. • Children at high risk job and vulnerable Vision: situation. Protection and sustainable management of • Children getting no quality education. coastal ecosystems in Bangladesh • Poor Cobbler Communities • Indigenous people like Munda Mission: Environmental sustainability of Sundarbans Governance Structure: coastal ecosystems and poverty reduction of the General Board of 117 members is the supreme climate vulnerable communities through grass- body of the organization that elects members for roots participation. the Executive Committee. CCEC is executed by an Executive Committee of 9 members which is Objectives: elected in every five years interval. The EC Environmental awareness approves annual plans and budgets monitor the Biodiversity conservation activity progress and financial updates Community Based adaptation to coastal according to the Human Resources and ecosystem with priority to Sundarbans Financial Policy of CCEC. Development mangrove ecosystem programs of the organization are supervised by Poverty reduction of Sundarbans stakeholders a Core Management Team which is chaired by Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery the Executive Director as the Chief Executive of Eco-tourism development the organization. Health, Education and Human/Child Rights Organogram: Progress Report_2010 Program Management: Executive Committee: CCEC has a Core Management Team comprised of coordinator and manager headed by the Executive 1. Md. Major (Rtd) B.M Asaduzzman P- Eng. Chairman Director which is authorised by the Executive 2. Mr. Alok Kumar Das Vice Chairman Committee to manage the whole organization. 3. Md. Mowdudur Rahman Secretary Besides, heads generally supervise the regular 4. Mr. Kobindra Nath Mondal Assistant- Secretary activities. CCEC manage all its activities according 5. Mrs. Ferdousi Hossain Treasurer to the Constitution, Human Resource Policy, 6. Dr. Bhanu Kumar Dutta Member Finalcial Manual, Operational Policy, General 7. Mr. Malin Basu Member Policy and other adhoc policies/rules and 8. Mr. Iqubal Hossain Biswas Member regulations as per requirements. 9. Mrs. Moushumi Nahar Member Monitoring System: Staff: The monitoring Cell of CCEC under the direct Full time Staff: 27, Male: 21, Female: 06, supervisor of the Executive Director exercises an Technology: 05 effective and update M & E system to monitor its Part time/Volunteer: 27 program activities. The monitoring process follows the indicators set in the Log frame of its Annual Registration and Membership: plan (LTDP). Besides it has monitoring templates The CCEC is registered by the Foreign Donation and guideline for doing the same. This Cell (Voluntary Activities) Regulation Rules 1978 under produces monitoring repotrs quarterly, half yearly the NGO Affairs Bureau, Government of Bangladesh and annualy through which the qualitative and on 26 October 1996 (Renewal date 30 September quantitative progress of the programs are assessed. 2007) and registration No. 1085. CCEC is a member These reports are send to the respective of IUCN, International Union for Conservation of programheads, Management Team, Core Nature. The organization has got the membership of Management Team, Executive Committee, the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) respective Donors, GoB and others. Direction and from Bangladesh in Asia. CCEC is also a member of suggestions are issued to the respective programs, Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh units for further improvement of activities from the (ADAB). Also linked with Mangrove Action Project Core Management Team. (MAP) and Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) facilitated by the International Finalcial Management: Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). It CCEC maintains its accounts. bill, voucher, cash is affiliated with International Centre for Climate book, ledger according to the guideline of its Change Adaptation and Development (ICCCAD) for Financial Manual. Accounts of the organisation are field demonstration on climate change adaptation maintained manually using Tally software and also examples. The organization is a member of Women with computer (Excel) generated report. The Organizing for Change in Agriculture & NRM finance unit of CCEC produces monthly financial (WOCAN). report of each project and the quarterly report is submitted to the Executive Committee and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU): Management Team of CCEC and also to the The organization has signed MOU with several respective donor of the projects. Coordinator- agencies such as Centre for Integrated Studies on the Finance and Administration basically scrutinise Sundarbans (CISS) under Khulna University, these financial reports and take necessary actions Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) and in case of any irregularity (if happens). Its accounts Soil Research Development Institute (SRDI) under are audited by external reputed Audit Firm. CCEC Ministry of Agriculture, Social Forestry Project under also submit its annual program, financial and audit Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), reports to the NGO Bureau, respective donors and Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association government offices in due time, (BELA). Progress Report_2010 CCEC Activities Summary: Centre for Coastal Environmental Conservation (CCEC), a grassroots-based environmental NGO in Bangladesh working for the protection and sustainable management of Sundarbans coastal ecosystems through local initiatives and participation. The mangrove-dominated Ganges Delta – The Sundarbans - a complex ecosystem comprising one of the largest single tract of mangrove forests the world. The Sundarbans is shared between two neighboring countries, Bangladesh and India (30%). Since 1993 the organization is raising environmental awareness among the coastal communities especially the Sundarbans coastal mangrove communities. Environmental Education, Environmental Law, Sundarbans conservation, Sundarbans education, Sundarbans Ecological Critical Area (ECA) protection, Awareness Campaign on Sustainable harvesting of Sundarbans resources, Biodiversity Conservation, Man-Tiger conflict mitigation, Eco-Tourism involving Sundarbans Indigenous munda woman, Social Forestry are the main thrust areas of the organization. Progress Report_2010 CCEC Activities Chart: CCEC Current Programmes/Project: Name of the project Funding Agency Duration Sundarbans crab fattening in bamboo cages and UNEP/Thailand Environment January 2010 to mangrove restoration as an adaptation to climate change” Institute (TEI) December 2011 Construction of Ground Rain Water Harvesting System Japan Water Forum October 2010 to for Cyclone-Aila affected Sundarbans stakeholders in January 2011 Bangladesh Sundarbans Handicraft CCEC own fund Continuing Sundarbans stakeholder SME Stakeholders Cooperative Continuing Society Progress Report_2010 CCEC Implemented Project: Name of the project Funding Agency Duration Rehabilitation of SIDR affected Sundarban February 2008 – November WWF, Italy and AGIRE Stakeholders -2008 Awareness Campaign on Sundarban Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) August 2005 – July 2006 Ecologically Critical Area Ecological balance through turtle hatching Global Greengrants Fund (GGF) 15 Nov 2005 – 15 Oct 2006 and releasing River Terrapin conservation in the Turtle Conservation Fund (TCF) January – December 2006 Sundarban Reserved Forest Conservation International KEIDANREN Nature Conservation Mangrove Forestation in the Coastal areas Fund (KNCF), Japan April 2006 – March 2007 in Bangladesh IOSEA Marine Turtle MoU Secretariat Conservation campaign on Olive Ridley May 2006 – 31 January UNEP Regional Office for Asia and turtle among Sundarban/Dubla fishermen 2007 Pacific Homestead Fruit Tree Plantation by the International Tree Foundation (ITF) 1st June 2006 – 31 may 2007 CCEC beneficiaries, Bangladesh Roadside Tree Plantation Forest Department, MoEF June 2000 – July 2008 Income generation activities (Fish culture, CCEC own Fund Continuing programme Poultry, Homestead agriculture) Biodiversity Conservation Awareness November 1996- August Royal Netherlands Embassy raising in three main villages of Sundarban 1997 Develop a local Environmental Education package towards Royal Netherlands Embassy August 1998-May 1999 Sundarbans Conservation Ecological Balance through Fishery Netherlands Committee for IUCN June 1999- Feb. 2000 Development Biodiversity Conservation Education October 2000- April 2001 Training for the crab collectors of Netherlands Committee for IUCN Sunderban Establish Stakeholders right towards KEIDANREN Nature Conservation June 2001-May 2002 Sundarban Sustainability” Fund (KNCF), Japan Sundarban Conservation Education US Fish and Wildlife Foundation May 2003- May 2004 Package KEIDANREN Nature Conservation May 2004- April 2005 Sustainable Harvesting Campaign for Fund (KNCF), Japan Sundarban Stakeholders Environmental Education for Sundarban British High Commission, Dhaka April 2003- March 2004 Community Shaplapata as an alternative to monitor Ministry of Science, Information & March 2004 - Feb 2005 lizard for Sundarban crab bait. Communication Technology, GoB Environmental Education Training for Rufford Small Grant, UK Nov.'04-April '05 Sundarban Communities Unsustainable harvesting of the Gangetic Ministry of Science, Information & March 2005 - Feb 2006 mudeel and its impact on the nature Communication
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