Alliance for Cooperation and Legal Aid Bangladesh (ACLAB)

VISION A world free from deprivation, exploitation, poverty and hunger where men, women and children work together for development of the country and share equal opportunity for social justice and other rights. MISSION Build alliance to work for the disadvantaged and most vulnerable people of our society and provide quality support for development of capacity and skills to survive and improve lifestyles. GOALS • Improve socio-economic condition of the poor, vulnerable and marginalized population. • Develop capacity of women and children to take part in development intervention. • Supplement the govt. efforts to achieve targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); • Establish a s... read more VISION A world free from deprivation, exploitation, poverty and hunger where men, women and children work together for development of the country and share equal opportunity for social justice and other rights. MISSION Build alliance to work for the disadvantaged and most vulnerable people of our society and provide quality support for development of capacity and skills to survive and improve lifestyles. GOALS • Improve socio-economic condition of the poor, vulnerable and marginalized population. • Develop capacity of women and children to take part in development intervention. • Supplement the govt. efforts to achieve targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); • Establish a society free from injustice, hunger and exploitation. OBJECTIVES 1. Improve economic status of the poor, disadvantaged and marginalized people; 2. Develop capacity of women and children to take part in decision making; 3. Improve education status of the poor people; 4. Enhance people's access to information; 5. Enhance people's access to government safety-net programmes; 6. Enhance people's access to justice and legal services; 7. Protection of rights of disadvantaged people especially women and children. CORE VALUES • Equal Participation of men, women and children in development activities; • Right to information for every person in every corner of the society; • Development/opportunity /Mandate for every person regardless of their age, gender or religion; • Equal access to services for all people; • Accountability and transparency at all levels of community development intervention; LEGAL STATUS (NATIONAL) 1. Registered with the Department of Social Services, Ministry of Social Welfare, Govt. of Bangladesh, Registration No. Dha-02118, Date: 08/03/1988 2. Registered with the NGO Affairs Bureau, Office of the Prime Minister, Govt. of Bangladesh, Registration No. 2053, Date: 01/01/2006, Renewal: 01/01/2016 3. Affiliated with the Directorate of Family Planning, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Bangladesh, Affiliation No. 64/87, Date: 19/11/1987 4. Affiliated with the Directorate of Youth Development, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Govt. of Bangladesh, Affiliation No. DYD/Dhaka-624/2006, Dated: 05/11/2006 - E.U. Department of International Cooperation and Development under European Commission of European Union, EuropeAid ID (PADOR Number): BD-2010-FFZ-0608292922, Group Membership(s): AIDA_SELFRG, Registration Date: 10/21/2013 GOVERNANCE: Executive Committee: The Executive Committee has been engaged into details project plan and Chairman provides necessary advices to the Executive Committee specially recommendation and fix an Executive Director. Chairman provides guidelines to the Executive Director. Executive Director is the managerial head of the organization and as well project planning supervision and implementation into the field level and policy dialog making with the government and partners & donors. The Executive Committee supervises the overall progress of the project activities. Executive Director distributes task and assignment to the management resource and he closely cooperate by Program Director, Coordinator, Program Officer and others responsible staff from the field level. The Executive Committee of ACLAB combined with 7 persons is as bellow: Chairman Daulatunnessa Vice Chairman Syed Nasir Uddin Secretary General Tarikul Islam Treasurer Md. Mizanur Rahman Member I Md. Shafiqul Islam Member II Md. Zulfiker Matin Member III Ms. Saiqa Mazed Advisory Committee: Advisory Committee provides non-binding strategic advice to the management of ACLAB. But Advisory Committee does not have authority to vote on the decision making and policy formation for the project design and implementation and doesn't bear legal fiduciary responsibilities. Advisory Committee provides assistance, strategic direction, guide quality improvement, offer dynamic perspectives of program accomplishment in innovative way and assess program effectiveness, develop understanding of project, monitor project performance, encourage the development of project framework that enable sustainable implementation, and put "Wise Counsel" to the Executive Committee of ACLAB. ACLAB's Advisory Committee has been formed with 3 experts in the Development Sector as bellow: PARTNERSHIP AND NETWORKING ACLAB has established working partnership with Ministry of Education, Health & Family Welfare, Social Welfare, Women and Child Affairs, Labor and Manpower, Local Government, Information and Communication, Bangladesh Bank, World Bank, ADB, UNDP, UNICEF, ILO, SDC, JSDF, NGO Foundation, BRAC, BNNRC, PIACT Bangladesh, DORP, Aparajeyo Bangladesh, HASAB, Bloomberg Philanthropies and International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), CSA for SUN, BD. In implementing development projects, ACLAB focuses on building networking & linkage with GO, NGOs, CSOs, CBOs and private sector. Good relationship is maintained with the local Government bodies, officials from law enforcers and other Government departments, local informal leaders, journalists, religious leaders, civil society representatives and community people. MEMBERSHIP AND NETWORKING Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF) Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) STI/AIDS Network of Bangladesh Credit and Development Forum (CDF) Bangladesh ECD Network (BEN) Voluntary Health Services Society (VHSS) Peoples Health Movement (PHM) ATSEC-Bangladesh Chapter Bangladesh Manobadhikar Samonnoy Parished (BAMASOP) BROTEE Samatot Networking Center for Women and Children Studies (CWCS)