EEP/Shiree

EEP/Shiree EEP/shiree provides resources to national and international NGOs working in Bangladesh through two challenge funds: the Scale Fund and the Innovation Fund.

The Economic Empowerment of the Poorest (EEP)/shiree programme is a partnership between the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) to lift 1 million people out of extreme poverty by 2015. The Scale Fund provides NGOs opportunities to take large numbers of people out of extreme poverty using tried and tested methods. The Innovation Fund challenges

NGOs to design and implement innovative approaches to reducing extreme poverty in urban and rural areas of Bangladesh. The shiree/EEP programme is worth £65 million (around USD$130 million) over an 8 year period (2008-2015). The name shiree – the Bangla word for steps and an acronym for "Stimulating Household Improvements Resulting in Economic Empowerment" – reflects the core approach of the programme which is to provide households with the support needed to start and to continue climbing out of extreme poverty. Harewelle International Ltd and PMTC Bangladesh Ltd manage the Fund in consultation with consortium partners including the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) at Bath University, the British Council and Unnayan Shamannay. EEP/shiree is one in DFID’s portfolio of projects designed to reduce extreme poverty and vulnerability in Bangladesh. The Rural Development and Co-operatives Division (RDCD) is the parent Government of Bangladesh ministry. The EEP/shiree programme currently has 36 partner NGOs. The partnership encompasses specific economic empowerment sub projects under Scale and Innovation Funds but also a growing research and advocacy agenda. In addition, we network with other relevant actors within Bangladesh to develop learning platforms on extreme poverty.

From Terre Des Hommes
09/05/2016

From Terre Des Hommes

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Interesting Article to Read: 7 May 2016
08/05/2016

Interesting Article to Read: 7 May 2016

Bangladesh has made impressive gains in reducing poverty over the last two and half decades. During this period, headcount poverty ratio declined from 56.7 per cent to 24.8 per cent. An estimate shows Bangladesh achieved Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving poverty by 2013 ahead of th...

Special eNewsletter from EEP/Shiree Project
04/05/2016

Special eNewsletter from EEP/Shiree Project

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04/05/2016

The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) arranged an important conference, the BIDS Critical Conversations, 2016 “The Bangladesh Journey”, supported by the UK Aid Department for Inter…

04/05/2016

A Bangladesh development initiative, the Economic Empowerment of the Poorest project – widely known as EEP/Shiree – won a prestigious award for Outstanding International Leadership at the Annual Ga…

Updates from EEP/Shiree Project - March 2016
31/03/2016

Updates from EEP/Shiree Project - March 2016

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06/12/2012

The photo exhibition titled 'Cascading Dreams' organised by WaterAid in collaboration with Shiree features stories of grass root peoples' life, struggle and success, dreams and realities, joy and sorr...

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