13m euro EC grant to BRAC to support Sidr-hit people
Monday, 30 June 2008
The European Commission (EC) will provide a grant of 13 million euro to Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) in support of sustainable recovery and rehabilitation of agriculture-based and non-agriculture-based livelihood in cyclone Sidr affected coastal areas, reports UNB.
The delegation of the EC to Bangladesh Sunday signed a grant agreement with BRAC to this effect, said an EC press release.
BRAC Executive Director Mahabub Hossain and Stefan Frowein, ambassador of Head of delegation of the EC signed the contract on behalf of the respective organisations.
This action will help to link the relief phase, for which ECHO has already provided 20.425 million euro with the longer term reconstruction and development of the affected areas.
This new EC support under the instrument for stability will provide much needed interventions to boost rehabilitation of agriculture-based and non-agriculture-based, livelihoods in severely cyclone Sidr affected areas of Bangladesh.
The action is designed to build upon previous and ongoing ECHO emergency intervention and link with ongoing DIPECHO disaster preparedness activities and the longer term EC development support for disaster risk reduction and food security.
The delegation of the EC to Bangladesh Sunday signed a grant agreement with BRAC to this effect, said an EC press release.
BRAC Executive Director Mahabub Hossain and Stefan Frowein, ambassador of Head of delegation of the EC signed the contract on behalf of the respective organisations.
This action will help to link the relief phase, for which ECHO has already provided 20.425 million euro with the longer term reconstruction and development of the affected areas.
This new EC support under the instrument for stability will provide much needed interventions to boost rehabilitation of agriculture-based and non-agriculture-based, livelihoods in severely cyclone Sidr affected areas of Bangladesh.
The action is designed to build upon previous and ongoing ECHO emergency intervention and link with ongoing DIPECHO disaster preparedness activities and the longer term EC development support for disaster risk reduction and food security.