The document discusses Dutch support for water management and other sectors in Bangladesh, both past and future. It notes that integrated water resources management (IWRM) is the main focus of cooperation. It outlines the key challenges facing Bangladesh's water sector, including population growth, urbanization, climate change impacts, and weak institutions. The current Dutch water program includes 18 projects with an annual budget of €30 million, focusing on areas like coastal zone management, urban water treatment, and riverbank erosion control. Food security and SRHR programs are also summarized. Past Dutch interventions since the 1970s supported reconstruction, agriculture, and initial water projects. Future cooperation will continue with an emphasis on the poor, private sector involvement, and water management.

1. Dutch
Support
to
Bangladesh
Past
and
the
Future
IWRM
is
our
main
focus

2. Structure
of
the
presenta5on
– Sectors
in
Bangladesh
–
The
main
challenges
– How
do
we
expect
to
address
these
(MASP
2014-­‐17)?
– What
does
our
program
looks
like
at
present?
– Dutch
support
in
the
past
– Future
focus

3. Water
Sector
in
Bangladesh
–
The
main
challenges
– High
populaJon
growth,
urbanizaJon
– Economic
development,
increased
demand
and
producJon
– Complex
system
of
380
rivers,
57
shared
with
India
and
Myanmar
– Frequent
cyclones
and
storm
surges
– Highly
suscepJble
to
effects
of
climate
change
– Natural
and
man-­‐made
polluJon
of
water
sources
– Floods,
saline
intrusion,
siltaJon
– PoliJcal
will,
bureaucracy,
weak
insJtuJons
and
limited
(financial)
means
for
investments
and
O&M

4. How
do
we
address
these
challenges?
Main
drivers
-­‐
climate
change,
environmental
sustainability,
parJcipatory
water
management
and
governance,
gender
mainstreaming,
synergy/
integraJon
between
and
within
different
themes
Key
elements
of
coopera4on
–
capacity
building
and
transfer
of
knowledge
Technical
scope
–
soluJons
for
river
erosion
management,
inland
water
transport,
port
development,
water
treatment,
flood
management,
land
reclamaJon
and
spaJal
planning,
water
for
producJon,
WASH
Geographical
focus
–
Poor
districts
in
the
coastal
zone
for
field
level
acJviJes;
naJonal
level
for
delta
planning,
insJtuJonal
development.
Mission
statement:
The
Netherlands
Government
helps
to
improve
living
condi5ons
for
the
poor
especially
via
interven5ons
in
water
management,
food
security
and
SRHR.
The
bilateral
rela5onship
is
transforming
from
tradi5onal
aid
to
responsible
trade.
Emphasis
on
involvement
of
private
sector,
women
empowerment,
accountability
and
transparency.
A
rough
es5mate
shows
NL
support
of
about
USD
2.5
billion
over
the
past
40
years.

5. What
does
our
water
program
look
like
now?
-­‐ A
total
of
18
projects/acJviJes
ongoing;
-­‐ A
present
annual
budget
of
about
EUR
30
M;
-­‐ Largest
programs
and/or
those
of
highest
strategic
importance:-­‐
-­‐ FormulaJon
Bangladesh
Delta
Plan
(BDP
2100)
Project
(nat’l)
-­‐ Blue
Gold
(coastal
zone)
-­‐ Southwest
Area
project
(coastal)
-­‐ IFC
Partnership
for
Cleaner
TexJle
(PaCT,
Urban)
-­‐ BRAC
WASH
II
Project
(naJonal)
-­‐ Water
Operator
Partnership
VEI-­‐DWASA
(WOP,
Dhaka)
-­‐ Char
Development
and
Sehlement
Project
(CDSP,
Noakhali)
-­‐ Riverbank
erosion
control
(Brahmaputra,
Padma)
-­‐ Gender
and
Water
Project
(naJonal)
-­‐ NICHE
project
with
BUET
&
BAU
-­‐ Headquarter
financed
programs

6. Food
security
sector
programs:
-­‐ 4
major
projects/acJviJes
ongoing
having
total
budget
of
Euro
26.5
million;
-­‐ Present
annual
budget
of
about
EUR
5m;
-­‐ SAFAL:
Sustainable
agriculture,
Food
security
and
Linkages;
-­‐ PROOFS:
Profitable
opportuni5es
for
food
security;
-­‐ Food
Safety
project
with
FAO
including
laboratory
establishment;
and
-­‐ Rice
For5fica5on

7. SRHR
(Sexual
&
reproduc5ve
health
and
rights)
programs:
-­‐ Safe
Motherhood;
-­‐ Genera5on
breakthrough;
-­‐ Unite
for
body
right;
and
-­‐ Women
in
RMG;
-­‐ Shokhi.

8. IntervenJons
soon
ajer
BD
Independence
-­‐ Support
to
Bangladesh’s
efforts
in
social
and
economic
development;
-­‐ Since
early
1970’s
NL
support
priori5zed
war
damaged
infrastructure
e.g.
bridges;
-­‐ U5lity
ferries
and
country
boat;
-­‐ Then
the
support
gradually
shied
to
socio-­‐economic
development-­‐
agro
produc5on,
water
resources
management,
capacity
building
etc.;
Agriculture
sector:
-­‐ Crop
Diversifica5on
project
(CDP):
Diversifica5on
of
produc5on
and
improvement
of
nutri5onal
level
of
BD
popula5on,
establishing
a
healthy
‘seed
industry’
with
focus
to
seed
potatoes,
oil
seed
and
pulses
(both
HYV
and
improvement
of
local
variety),
seed
cer5fica5on,
and
support
to
BADC;
-­‐ Food
Godowns
(in
4
Phases):
Construc5on
and
rehabilita5on
of
food
storage
facili5es,
and
training
to
DG,
Food
staff
on
O&M
of
storage
facili5es;
-­‐ Fer5lizer
import:
Financed
under
Dutch
commodity
assistance.
Water
resources
management
sector:-­‐
-­‐ Soon
aer
severe
floods
of
1974,
Early
Implementa5on
Project
(EIP)
was
taken
up
for
21
small
scale
FCDI
type
water
development
projects
(<3000
ha
each)
which
con5nued
5ll
1992
in
4
phases;
-­‐ Several
flood
damage
rehabilita5on
projects.

9. Water
Sector
IntervenJons
(conJnued)
-­‐ DDP
(Delta
Development
project)
-­‐ LRP
(Land
reclama5on
project)
-­‐ Char
Development
&
Seilement
Projects
(4th
phase
ongoing);
-­‐ Meghna
Estuary
Study;
-­‐ SRP
(Systems
Rehabilita5on
project);
-­‐ CPP
(Compartmentaliza5on
Pilot
project);
-­‐ BUET-­‐DUT
Linkages-­‐river
training,
flood
control,
policy
analysis;
-­‐ IPSWAM
Sector
policy/plan/Acts.:
-­‐ FAP
(Flood
Ac5on
Plan);
-­‐ Na5onal
Water
Policy
1999;
-­‐ Na5onal
Water
management
Plan
2004;
-­‐ Integrated
Coastal
Zone
Management
Plan;
-­‐ Na5onal
Water
Act
2013.

10. Other
Sectorial
IntervenJons
-­‐ Health
&
popula5on:
Health
care
&
family
planning,
census
on
populaJon
&
housing;
-­‐ Educa5on:
General
EducaJon
project
(GEP),
establishment
of
GTI
(Graduate
training
insJtute
of
BAU);
-­‐ Primary
educaJon
(SWAP
project
administered
by
ADB);
-­‐ Health
sector
SWAP
project
administered
by
the
WB;
-­‐ Industrial
&
rural
Development:
TexJle-­‐raw
cohon,
spinning
mills;
Chemical
industry-­‐
BCIC
training
insJtute
at
Ghorasal,
granulated
plant
&
TSP
Plant;
support
to
BD
Small
&
Cohage
Industries
Corp.;
-­‐ Energy:
Titas
&
Bakhrabad
gas
fields,
cofinanced
2nd
Gas
Dev.
Proj.
&
REB
proj.
-­‐ Higher
Educa5on:
NUFFIC
fellowship
in
water,
agriculture
and
related
sciences;
-­‐ Support
CEGIS;
-­‐ Trade:
jute,
leather,
frozen
fish
&
shrimp,
and
ready
made
garments;
-­‐ ORIO
&
ORET
Projects
Water
Supply
sector:
-­‐ 18
district
towns
water
supply
project,
1989;
-­‐ 12
district
towns
water
supply
project,
Mid-­‐1990s;
-­‐ BRAC
WASH,
2006-­‐todate

11. Future
Focus
-­‐ From
Tradi5onal
Aid
to
Responsible
Trade;
-­‐ Holis5c
and
converging
approach
in
planning
and
implementa5on;
-­‐ Bangladesh
Delta
Plan
2100
formula5on
and
its
implementa5on;
-­‐ Food
security;
-­‐ River
management,
water
transport
and
port
development;
-­‐ Par5cipatory
water
management;
-­‐ Capacity
building-­‐
NICHE
and
others;
-­‐ SRHR
programs

12. Bangladesh:
• Achieved
steady
economic
growth
rate
over
6%
• Strides
forward
to
become
middle-­‐income
country
by
2021
However,
• Climate
change
impacts
are
threatening
these
achievements
via
delta
issues
e.g.
flooding
and
droughts,
sea
level
rise,
salt-­‐water
intrusion,
access
to
fresh
water,
which
influence
water
safety,
food
producJon
and
economic
growth
Challenges:
• A
long
term
integrated
approach
to
water
safety,
food
security
and
economic
growth
in
relaJon
to
future
water
and
land
management
• An
InsJtuJonal
and
governance
semng
to
make
such
long
term
holisJc
Delta
Plan
2100
approach
possible
and
implementable
Need
of
a
Long
Term
Delta
Plan-­‐
Vision
&
Program

13. Delta
Plan
2100
Mision
“to
realize
a
sustainable
delta
vision,
long
term
strategy
and
plan,
agreed
with
the
relevant
stakeholders,
for
an
op4mum
level
of
water
safety
and
food
security
as
well
as
economic
growth
and
a
framework
for
its
implementa4on.”
• long
term
(50
to
100
year)
perspec5ve
• Integrated,
holis5c
vision,
adap5ve
strategy
and
program
• taking
climate
change
and
other
main
drivers
into
account
• widespread
socio-­‐poli5cal
support
• providing
input
for
7th
Five
Year
Plan
• good
governance
and
required
ins5tu5onal
support
for
formula5on
and
implementa5on
of
BDP
2100
• coordinated
ac5on
amongst
involved
sectors
for
implementa5on
of
short
term
measures
is
needed
to
solve
urgent
problems

14.
Opportuni5es
for
NL
Sector
–
what
can
we
reasonably
expect?
Some
thoughts
on
WRM/WSS
sector:
-­‐ Too
lihle
real
demand
and
limited
financial
means
and
capacity
to
respond,
to
use
relaJvely
costly
foreign
professional
inputs,
-­‐ However,
Bangladesh
economy
is
growing
fast;
this
will
increase
demand
as
well
as
the
means
and
capacity
to
meet
some
of
it,
-­‐ Therefore,
conJnued
scans
(2010,
2013,……),
pilot
on
joint
programming
to
develop
business
cases,
trade
missions/match
making,
and
demonstraJon
projects
important,
-­‐ Work
in
progress:
PaJence,
involvement,
commitment,
coordinaJon,
partnerships
OpportuniJes
in
the
short
run:
-­‐ Agro-­‐food
-­‐ Technical
assistance,
supplies
and
works
in
wide
range
of
project/public
sector
investment
programs
(BDP
2100
to
provide
improved
framework)
-­‐ PPPs
in
social/CSR-­‐type
of
acJviJes
(e.g.,
WOP,
PaCT,
etc.)
OpportuniJes
In
the
longer
term:-­‐
-­‐ For
larger
players:
possibly
B2B,
PPP,
BOT,
concession
type
of
arrangements
in
Urban
WSS,
Sea
Port,
Land
ReclamaJon/Management,
Inland
Water
Transport,
Blue
Economy?
-­‐ For
smaller
ones
(SMEs):
Supply
of
specialized
equipment?
B2Bs
for
local
producJon
and
export/sales
of
technology,
equipment?
Other?
€

15. Thank
you