Portfolio

Project: Facilitating training for chairs of the grievance management committees (GMCs).
Partner: Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation Bangladesh
Services: Needs assessment of UP chairs, Training outline development, Three batches of training conduction, and Training report submission.
Duration: August 2023 - November 2023

Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation Bangladesh with the technical assistance of DEVCOM has supported in assessing the needs of the knowledge of GMC chairs regarding human rights, migrants’ rights, and national-level instruments on migration. DEVCOM also supported providing training to the chairs of the grievance management committee (GMC), so that they can positively contribute to protecting the rights of migrant workers and their family members in different stages of migration. The GMCs have been formed to ensure justice for migrant workers and their family members, however, they were not able to provide the expected mediation support to the migrants and their family members, thus the needs for the training were realized. As part of the assignment, DEVCOM-

  1. Interviewed some of the GMC chairs and the implementing partners’ staff’ to identify gaps and needs of knowledge
  2. Conducted needs assessment of the knowledge level of GMC chairs on human rights and migration-related legislation.
  3. Developed outline and methodology of the training to be provided to the GMC chairs based on the needs identified.
  4. Provided three batches of training to the GMC chairs of three project areas (Chattogram, Narsingdi, and Cumilla).
  5. Submitted training report on the training provided.

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Project: Training Course on Leadership Management and Facilitation Skills.
Partner: World Child Cancer
Services: Needs assessment, Training conduction, Training material development, and training report submission.
Duration: March 2022 - April 2022

World Child Cancer implemented a project with 7 pediatric oncology departments in Bangladesh to improve diagnosis, treatment, and support for children with cancer, and their families, in Bangladesh. As part of the project, they organized a series of training for professional nurses, and “Leadership Management and Facilitation Skills” was one of them, which was designed, conducted, and facilitated by DEVCOM.  The key objective of this training was to enhance the understanding of the nurses about leadership, management, and improving facilitation skills in the workplace. DEVCOM, conducted a needs assessment before designing the training, to make it audience specific and effective.

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Project: Development of National Reintegration Policy.
Partner: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Services: Zero draft policy preparation, Tools development, qualitative data collection, consultation, draft policy submission, and debriefing.
Duration: March 2022 - May 2022

The Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE) initiated the process of formulating a Reintegration policy for the migrant workers for their welfare, where the International Organization for Migration (IOM), International Labour Organization (ILO) and UN Women have supported the process. Hassan Imam, along with one international and one national consultant were commissioned by these three UN agencies to formulate the policy. As a part of the assignment process, three divisional consultations were organized in Dhaka, Chattogram, and Sylhet. The team also conducted FGDs, IDIs, and KIIs with the migrants, their family members, and key stakeholders respectively, as a part of the need assessment process.

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Project: Final Evaluation on Prohori: Combating Intimate Partner Violence in Bangladesh in the Context of COVID-19.
Partner: CARE-Bangladesh
Services: Project document review, Tools development for evaluation, Qualitative data collection, Field visit, Data Analysis, Report preparation, and submission.
Duration: March 2022 - June 2022

CARE Bangladesh has implemented a project named “Prohori” with a local partner organization Gram Bikash Kendra (GBK). The project duration was 12 months and was funded by Vital Voice, a development partner. The project was focused on preventing IPV (Intimate Partner Violence and responding to survivors through safe spaces, behavior change communication, and capacity-building initiatives that address gender norms and practices. The project has been implemented in Gazipur and Rangpur. DEVCOM was assigned to provide support to CARE Bangladesh to conduct the final evaluation of this project. As part of it, the following activities were conducted:

  1. Assessment of the objective-wise quantitative achievements and results of the project based on output and outcome indicators;
  2. Documentation of project outputs, outcomes, lessons learned, best practices, gaps, challenges, and recommendations for future programming.
  3. Capturing and documenting implementation learnings through creative robust evidence from a community perspective using qualitative methodology.

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Project: Research Study on the Impact of Debt on Sustainable Reintegration Outcomes.
Partner: Samuel Hall
Services: Tools adaptation and translation, Quantitative and qualitative data collection, Submission of transcription.
Duration: June 2022 - July 2022

IOM commissioned Samuel Hall, in collaboration with the University of Sussex, to conduct a study on debt, vulnerability, and sustainable reintegration in Bangladesh, Cameroon, El Salvador, Ghana, and Iraq. The objective of this study was to provide more comprehensive and gendered evidence on the link between debt, vulnerability, and sustainable reintegration. DEVCOM was responsible conduct the research in Bangladesh on behalf of Samuel Hall. As part of the research, DEVCOM collected qualitative data from the migrants and members of their families, including the conduction of KIIs, IDIs, and case studies.

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