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Rural Maintenance Programme (RMP)
Project Period: 2002-2006
Supported by: Government of Bangladesh, Canadian International
Development Agency and European Commission
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The Rural Maintenance Program (RMP) s contributing to Infrastructural development of Bangladesh through maintaining rural earthen roads since its inception in 1983.
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Considering the emerging needs of bringing forward women-workforce to development arena, RMP focuses on the women who are destitute by all means. Through different programs by RMR rural women learn new skills and apply these skills in pursuit of a better life. Thus the project contributes to overall socio-economic development of the country. The recent Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) of Bangladesh firmly emphasized on contribution of RMP to eradicate poverty from Bangladesh by 2015
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SNAPSHOTS
- The RMP is one of CARE Bangladesh largest poverty alleviation programs covering 93% of rural areas of Bangladesh
- More than 42,000 destitute women work for a four- year cycle of a regular salary with a 25% savings component
- Up to 65000 kms of rural earthen roads are maintained every year
- Every year about 1 0,000 women graduate from the project and as per the current country PRSR over 60% of them are able to maintain a belier life
- 69 graduated RMP women have been elected to Union Parishads
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The goal of the programme is “to contribute to the long-term sustain able socioe-conomic development of rural Bangladesh . It aims to reach the goal by providing employment to 42000 rural disadvantaged women in 65000 km of rural earthen roads maintenance. The well-maintained road link communities and goods with different growth centers contributing to a robust economic development of rural Bangladesh . In addition, after graduating from the programme, these women will be adequately skilled to lead their lives to a sustainable and secured future. s
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In each of 4,150 operational unions, there is a 10-member Road Maintenance Association (RMA), and this association is basically a self-managed team. Each RMA is recruited for a four-year cycle to learn two major areas of work — Road Maintenance Component (RMC) and Income Diversification Component (IDC). Basically, RMC concentrates on the road maintenance issue while IDC emphasizes on capital development of the women with built-in saving (25% of wage) component.
RMP imparts trainings to the RMA women. Union Parishad representatives and Project Management Committees (PMC) at union levels. The trainings aim at enhancing life management skills of RMA women so that they can be self reliant after graduation, and building capacity of Local Government institutions (LGls), particularly the UP and PMC so that they independently can manage the RMC through proper planning, implementation, monitoring and able to submit progress reports to the Upazillas. Upazilla RMP Cell is the immediate upper tier that oversees the RMP at Upazilla level. |
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The RMP is now at the process of phasing out. For smooth transection of the project, a phase out coordination committee has been working actively. As a part of the process. RMP initiated a pilot handing over process in Gazipur district. It has been planned that all the project- related work will be accomplished by the Local Government and Upazilla RMP Cell. Activities will include conducting training to the RMA women. To ensure effective training for the RMA women, a countrywide Training of Trainers (ToT) programme is being organized for secretaries of Union Parishad (CUP) and chairmen of the PMC.
Besides, upazila cell members are being brought to orientation session by CARE Bangladesh to raise their understanding on carrying out overall responsibility of Upazilla RMP Cell. Currently, the local government officials are organizing and facilitating all the counterpart trainings while CARE is playing the role of an observer.
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Project area: RMP is operational in 61 districts in the country, excepting 3 districts of Chittagong Hill Tracts |
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RMP (PHASE III-Stage 3)
ANNUAL TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL PROGRESS REPORT
(1 July 2004 To 30 June 2005) |
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