Organizational Profile South Asia Partnership-Bangladesh South Asia Partnership-Bangladesh House-63, Block-‘Ka’, Mohammadpur Housing Pisciculture & Farming Cooperative Society Ltd., Shyamoli, Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh Tel: +88 02 58155650, 58152746, 8142525, Cell: +88 01720200030 Email: [email protected], Website: www.sapbd.org January 2021 Page 1 of 41 South Asia Partnership-Bangladesh Organizational Profile 1. Basic Information Full Name of the Organization South Asia Partnership-Bangladesh Short Name SAP-Bangladesh House-63, Block- Ka , Mohammadpur Housing Pisciculture & Mailing Address of Head Office and ‘ ’ Farming Cooperative Society Ltd., Shyamoli, Mohammadpur, Training Center Dhaka, Bangladesh Tel: +88 02 58155650, 58152746, 8142525, Contact Number Cell: +88 01720200030 E-mail Address [email protected], [email protected] Website http//www.sapbd.org Md. Delwar Hossain, Executive Director Tel: +88 02 58155650, 58152746, 8142525, Contact Person of the organization Cell: +88 01720200030 Email: [email protected], Skype: delwar1234561 Establishment Date March 29, 1984 Total staff: 242, Male: 172, Female: 70 Staff Strength Regular: 156, Male: 112, Female: 44 Contractual: 86, Male: 60, Female: 26 Total Volunteers: 955, Male: 220, Female: 735 Total Volunteers Paid Volunteer: 395, Male: 00, Female: 395 Unpaid Volunteer: 560, Male: 220, Female: 340 D-U-N-S Number 731576372 SAM 731576372 / SKQF2 EuropeAid ID number BD-2009-GPW-0802123635 ECAS (European Commission PIC-935879572 Authenticate Service) 2. Background of South Asia Partnership-Bangladesh South Asia Partnership-Bangladesh (SAP-Bangladesh) is a national level NGO devoted to promote the socio- economic condition of the poorer section of the community in Bangladesh since its inception in 1984. Initially South Asia Partnership (SAP) emerged as South Asia Partnership International (SAP-I) based in Canada and South Asia Partnership Bangladesh was one of the country offices of South Asia Partnership International. Later South Asia Partnership-Bangladesh has been independent as a national NGO in Bangladesh and registered under section 21 of Society Registration Act, 1860; NGO Affairs Bureau of Bangladesh; and Micro Credit Regulatory Authority of Bangladesh. Founding members of the organization were Dr. Mahmuda Islam, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Advocate Sigma Page 2 of 41 Huda, Mr. Md. Ataur Rahman, Dr. Kazi Faruque Ahmed, Mr. Md. Rahat Uddin Ahmed, Mr. Muhammed Kamal Uddin and Mr. Abdul Latif Dewan. SAP-Bangladesh is one of the key actors in the NGO development efforts in Bangladesh, working for building the capacity of small and mid level NGOs and promote rural development in Bangladesh by implementing the pro-poor projects. It began its operation in Bangladesh in 1984 as a funding agency for local NGOs who were not capable of attracting funding from donors on their own competence. Realizing the fact over the years, SAP-Bangladesh expanded its support to include capacity building in the form of training and other technical supports in order to help these NGOs to meet the needs of the people and operate development programs more efficiently. In the last 37 years, SAP-Bangladesh provided technical and financial support to more than 350 NGOs which have field operation programs in 37 districts in Bangladesh. SAP-Bangladesh implemented different development programs since its inception covering 37 districts such as Panchagarh, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Dinajpur, Rangpur, Gaibandha, Bogra, Chapainawabganj, Rajshahi, Natore, Sirajganj, Jamalpur, Pabna, Rajbari, Jhenaidah, Jessore, Narail, Madaripur, Gopalganj, Shariatpur, Barisal, Khulna, Bagerhat, Perojpur, Satkhira, Patuakhali, Barguna, Sylhet, Brahmanbaria, Dhaka, Narayanganj, Munshiganj, Comilla, Noakhali, Rangamati, Chittagong, and Coxsbazar covering all the divisions in Bangladesh. SAP-Bangladesh implements its program interventions ensuring social security by addressing the issues of antiterrorism, women empowerment, violence against women and children, disaster prone communities, and inclusion of all people including marginalized communities, persons with disability and ethnic minorities. Currently SAP-Bangladesh is implementing a total of 10 projects/programs covering 7 districts such as Bagerhat, Patuakhali, Barguna, Bhola, Dhaka, Manikganj and Sirajganj through a total of 44 offices including head office and training center in Dhaka, 8 Area Offices, 27 Branch Offices and 8 Project Offices in Bangladesh. It has increased its role in promoting discussions & mass awareness of the community and civil society organizations on important issues of development through opinion poll, publications of bulletins, citizen dialogues, lobbying and advocacy in Bangladesh. While SAP-Bangladesh has been working in partnership with local NGOs aimed at promoting the socio- economic, socio-political conditions and position of the poor, it has been directly implementing diversified projects at the community level aimed at promoting the socio-economic, socio-political conditions and position of the poorer section of the community. The experiences gained from the directly implemented projects are widely used in partnership projects and the experience gained from the partnership projects are also widely used in the directly implemented projects. The organization is also implementing the disaster preparedness, response, early recovery, rehabilitation, and Disaster Risks Reduction (DRR) Projects in each and every disaster in Bangladesh since its inception. 3. Vision of SAP-Bangladesh SAP-Bangladesh envisions a sustainable, empowered and pluralistic Bangladesh where human rights are protected, the poor live in dignity, peace and hope, and everyone has access to health- care, education, and all necessary public services. 4. Mission Statement SAP-Bangladesh believes in sustainable livelihoods development of the poor, that can be achieved through long-term and holistic approaches to program implementation. The process of poverty reduction can be enhanced through strengthening the capacity of local government and civil society Page 3 of 41 organizations. SAP-Bangladesh strategically designs integrated programs to address the specific needs of the poor focusing remote, costal, and other disadvantaged areas in Bangladesh by taking into account the capabilities of the community people and associated stakeholders. SAP-Bangladesh makes ‘right based’ as well as ‘service oriented’ approaches to development that enhance the sense of ownership and responsibility among the program participants and lead to program sustainability. Organizational changes through creative initiatives, innovations, and review of the programs are a continuous process based on past learning and upcoming opportunities. 5. Goal Bring about sustainable socio-economic changes in the livelihoods of the disadvantaged groups in Bangladesh by strengthening the capacity of community people and empowering the grassroots. 6. Objectives Accelerate integrated self-reliant and long-term development programs in Bangladesh; Carry out advocacy towards raising voices of the extreme poor, women, children, persons with disability, deprived, and the marginalized group of people towards raising voices and establishing human rights; Address the environmental issues in terms of climate change and global warming; Educate and support the disadvantaged people for achieving their social, economic, and political rights; Strengthen institutional capacities of the grassroots’ organizations and facilitate the sustainable community development process; Contribute to reduce the mortality and morbidity rate and communicable diseases in Bangladesh; and Strengthen the capacity-building process of local NGOs for improvement of their quality and bringing them in mainstream development. 7. Core Values: Belief in people’s capacity, human dignity, and social justice; Honoring cultural, ethnicity, religious, and spiritual diversity; Respecting and promoting positive relationship across boundaries; Respecting gender sensitivity; Practicing Good Governance. Belief and confidence in the creative potentials of the people; Proactive and pro-people approach to development Maintaining cost-effectiveness; Promoting professionalism; Maintaining transparency and accountability; Practicing honesty and integrity; Ensuring people’s participation; Commitment to attain professional excellence; Promoting pollution-free environment; Bottom-up and top-down accountability; and Team work for building ownership. Page 4 of 41 8. Core Competency Dynamic Leadership Professional staff Total Quality Management High Team Spirit Active participation 9. Working Area of SAP-Bangladesh SAP-Bangladesh as a national NGO has been permitted to work all over Bangladesh for the public causes and interests through registration under NGO Affairs Bureau, Society Act XX1 of 1860 and Micro-Credit Regulatory Authority, Dhaka. Currently SAP-Bangladesh has a total of 44 offices including head office and training center in Dhaka, 8 Area Offices, 27 Branch Offices and 8 Project Offices in Bangladesh as follows: District Name of Upazilas/area # of Unions/area Offices Dhaka Dhaka City and Savar Mirpur, 5 Offices (Head Office cum Training Mohammadpur, Center, 1 Area Office and 4 Branch Agargoan, Pallobi, Offices) Adabar, Jamghora, Fulbaria = 7 Manikganj Singair Dholla =1 1 Branch Office Sirajganj Sirajganj Sadar, Belkuchi, 44 Unions 11 Offices (2 Area Offices, 9 Branch Chowhali, Ullapara, Offices) Shahjadpur, Rayganj, Kamarkhand Patuakhali Galachipa,