Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC) Project
Through this project, local level planning will be made improved and inclusive to ensure strong financial mechanism addressing community-based climate change adaptation solutions.
Government of Bangladesh. Local Government Division (LGD).MoLGRD.
National Project Director (NPD) who is also a senior Civil Servant from LGD.
UNDP and UNCDF are jointly implementing the project.
European Union, Sweden, UNDP, UNCDF and GoB.
72 climate vulnerable Union Parishads and climate vulnerable households.
400,000 households will be benefitted from the project.Till now 1.1 million most vulnerable people (63% women) are directly benefitted through LoGIC grants and capacity-building support.
Yes, there are two types of grants from the project.
Out of the total project budget, 65% are allocated as direct grants.
USD36.06 Million.
PCBRG stands for Performance based Climate Resilience Grants. Union Parishads get PBCRG directly from the project.
CRF stands for Community Resilience Fund. The selected climate vulnerable households get this grant directly from the UNDP.
CRF stands for Community Resilience Fund. The selected climate vulnerable households get this grant directly from the UNDP.
Each of the 72 UPs getsannual PBCR grants which is around 17.5 Lac BDT, for 3 years.
35,000 selected vulnerable households receivedBDT 30,000 each.
LoGIC selected it’s beneficiaries following the UN and nationally recognized norms. LoGIC followed a participatory and technology-basedselection process to select 35,000 beneficiaries.USD 9.72 million disbursed to 35,000 selected beneficiaries.
7 Districts have been pre-identified based on vulnerability, remoteness and geographical targeting under the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF).
72 UPs get PBCRG Grants. There are two parts of this grants; one is basic and the other is performance based. All UPs are given the basic grant.But the performance-based grantis given according to the performance of the Union Parishad.Till now USD 7.91 million disbursed to 72 LGIs as PBCRG to implement 643 climate-resilient community level schemes.
In every year of the project, the assessment is made on the audit conducted by the LGSP project of the government.
Yes, the LoGIC project very much addresses gender equality mainstreaming principles. The 99% of the household beneficiaries are women who received CRF grants from the project. This will ensure women to engage in income generating activities.
Yes, the project is very much aligned with the government vision 2021, National Adaptation Plan (NAP), Mujib Climate Perspective Plan 2030 and the 8thfive-year plan. It also contributes to the government’s commitment to address UN’s sustainable development goals.
Yes. The project directly contributes to SDG goal 13: to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impact.
Besides, the project addresses SDG goal 2: Food Security and sustainable agriculture, goal 5: Gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls, goal 6: sustainable management of water for all, goal 9: resilient infrastructure and innovation, goal 16: peace, justice and strong institution.
The project is working in 7 most climate vulnerable districts of Bangladesh (Kurigram, Sunamganj, Khulna, Bagerhat, Barguna, Bhola, Patuakhali).
Most climate vulnerable 72 Union Parishad from 19 Upazilas of the 7 districts are under the project.
Yes, there is partner NGO (Helvetas, up to June 2020) for the project to mainly carry our community facilitation.
Partner NGO carries out regular coordination, mobilization, participatory assessment, awareness and capacity building at the community level.
The project will end in June 2024.
Yes, it has, depending on the success, lessons learnt and evidence on the achievements.
Yes, but at the later stage of the project, given that it demonstrates the success and benefiting the most poor and vulnerable. If the next phase of the project is designed following up the desired success, more donors may chip in.
It very well contributes to poverty reduction by ensuring the extreme poor and most vulnerable people have access to grants and engage in income generating access, thus reducing poverty.
LoGIC project has a total of 23 staffs of which 9 members work in the PMU and the rest 14 work in the 7 districts. There are a number of community level staff who are hired by third party (e-zone).
