SDGs Model Projects

Atghoria, Pabna

On-farm sustainable agriculture including vermiculture is being demonstrated by BSRI, Ishwardi; BARI and DAE, Pabna; and Bangladesh Spice Research Institute, Bogura. Each organization has an on-farm demo project there. Officers from these organizations visit the project site regularly. They also conduct necessary training to the farmers and local SDG Committee members. RDA, Bogura is currently in the process of introducing solar irrigation, 2storied agriculture and SDG centric tourism framework. BMDA has been involved in the project since 2016. The following government agencies are also working for the project area in order to address their respective SDGs. Ministry of Land Ministry of Water Resources Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock Anti-corruption Commission Narcotic Control Commission Ministry of Primary and Mass Education Ministry of Social Welfare Ministry of Madrasa and Vocational Education The following dignitaries have visited the project so far:

DG GIU along with DC and other officers of Pabna DG RDA and officers DG BSRI and officers Chairman BMDA and officers Director of fisheries and other officers Joint Secretary Ministry of Land and other officers Director of agriculture and other officers Site Selection Criteria for Replicable Model Projects on SDGs

  • Road or river connection to the site
  • Landscapes suitable for various seasonal crops
  • Degrading soil quality
  • Dying or drying water body
  • Diminishing occupational diversity
  • Degrading social norms and values
  • Increasing economic disparity
  • Threatened biodiversity
  • Tourism potential

    • Turag, Uttara, Dhaka North

    Who can manage the SDGs Demo Model Projects (DMPs) Local SDGs Model Project Committee in conjunction with Ward SDGs Committees. Committee/Group Formation Methods

  • Regardless of cast and clan, at least 5 male and 5 female volunteers from each clan/tribe of a Ward, a Group Coordinator, and Group Advisors (elected member of the Ward, elders and priests) The Union Block Supervisor and the Ward Health Worker of each Ward initially can select 10 prospective male and 10 female members respectively, and 1 prospective Coordinator. The elected Ward member will be one of the Advisors.
  • In the presence of a male and a female police staff, and local elders and the elected members of Union Porishad finally form an ad hoc committee comprising of 5 males, 5 females, a Coordinator and Advisors to start a SDC group.
  • he final selection can be either by consensus or by lottery.

    • Members’ Qualities:

  • The members – literate or self-educated – must be non-political and hard working people/development activists directly related to socio-economic and environmental activities such as education, agriculture, social welfare, fisheries etc.
  • They must possess the values such as patriotism, simplicity, content with less, courage, counseling charisma, responsibility, and trustworthiness
    • The Project Activities of SDG group
  • Economic projects:
    • - Employment generation in agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, small business and sale of services

  • Ecological projects:
    • - Nature protection, restoration, regeneration, conservation including water, forest, biodiversity and ecosystems resources

    SIMEC Polli, South Balipara, Trishal, Mymensingh

    Members’ Qualities:

  • The members – literate or self-educated – must be non-political and hard working people/development activists directly related to socio-economic and environmental activities such as education, agriculture, social welfare, fisheries etc.
  • They must possess the values such as patriotism, simplicity, content with less, courage, counseling charisma, responsibility, and trustworthiness
    • The Project Activities of SDG group
  • Economic projects: Employment generation in agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, small business and sale of services
  • Ecological projects: Nature protection, restoration, regeneration, conservation including water, forest, biodiversity and ecosystems resources
    • Groups’ Sustainable Development Goals Rural Housing: The SDC groups can submit proposals for Multi-storied Community Housing to be built within the Ward area in order to protect the loss of prime land due to increasing need for new housing
  • Cultural development: Socio-religious and values enriched traditional culture has to be reinstated through folklore such as puthipat, storytelling, natok, palagan, jatra, traditional sports etc.
  • Social Security: The group is required to identify the males and females associated with culturally or lawfully unacceptable social behaviors

  • The group must attempt to correct them by means of motivation, warning, social customs and legal action. Safe living atmosphere must be established. Local judiciary system has to be operative. Local youths to be skilled up for achieving socio-economic self-reliance
  • Welfare:
    • A sustainable social system has to prevail. Joint family system, maintenance for the aged by their relatives, eradication of anti-social elements and support for good people must be fully practiced
  • Environmental protection: To prevent silting or drying of water bodies naturally or by illegal human intervention, destruction of forests, hunting of wild animals, birds, snails etc. To facilitate common people’s access to natural water bodies To generate social forestry wherever appropriate and possible To practice ecological agriculture .

  • Economic development: Cooperative approaches
  • Wetland management: Re-excavation, conservation, administration, monitoring etc
  • Forest and biodiversity: Activities to protect, restore, conserve and generate
  • Fisheries: To provide for the local needs first
  • Crops and land management: Ecological agriculture including permaculturec
    • Empowerment
  • The Ward SDC groups are to be empowered to prevent as well as eradicate all anti-sustainability and unsustainable familial, social, economic and environmental entities, their misdeeds and promotion in the Ward area
  • The groups are also to be empowered to exercise relevant civil and environmental laws
  • Thana and Upozila administration can help promote group empowerment
    • Financing SDGs In reality, SDGs to be achieved are nothing new. All the normal development activities of Bangladesh government include all the SDGs elements. The only new thing is the concept of sustainability of the achieved development. Many of our development works such as roads, embankments, buildings, re-excavation works etc. do not meet long term sustainability criteria. System loss or corruption is blamed for this. So, once capacity building for the concerned government and non-government stakeholders and good governance can be ensured, it is highly unlikely that unaffordable amount of extra funding will be required for achieving the required SDGs for Bangladesh.A blueprint of fully achieved SDGs in Rural Bangladesh

    • “Nadi vora jol
    • Water in river,
    • math vora fasal
    • field full of crops,
    • pukur vora maas
    • pond full of fish,
    • gohal vora garu
    • cow in the cowshed,
    • bari vora gaas
    • homestead with trees,
    • pakhir kolotan
    • melodious tune of the birds,
    • shisur koahol
    • uproar of children,
    • bauler o majheer gaan
    • songs of Bauls and boatmen,
    • Rathe banya jantu O vuther voy.”
    • fear of wild animals and ghosts at night