PROGRAMMES
  
The rehabilitation of the Karnafuli power station. Unit 3.
Sector: Energy. Total value: €14,400,000. Typology: Assistance Loan.
The Intergovernmental Agreement was signed in Dhaka on 29 November 2006. On-site operations began at the end of 2007.
The purpose of the programme is to increase the power station production capacity, helping to narrow the widening gap between supply and demand.  

Chittagong city water supply (Modunaghat)
Sector: Water supply. Total value: €13,251,415. Typology: Assistance Loan.
Grant: €92,000.
The Intergovernmental Agreement was signed in Dhaka on 6 June 2006. An amendment to the original contract, proposed in March 2007 by the Italian company responsible for implementing the project, is currently being examined by the partners and the local authorities.
The purpose of the programme is to supply 45,000 cubic metres of drinking water for the Chittagong city water mains for the benefit of 400,000 people.   


"Bangladesh Leather Service Centre" Dhaka
Sector: Vocational training/Services. Management: UNCTAD Geneva. Total value: $1,500,000. Typology: Grant.
The activities under the programme are fully compliant with the original plans, and both parties have expressed their complete satisfaction. Local businesses and their professional associations are increasingly looking to this Centre, its workshops and its certification, for it is the only centre in Bangladesh which can issue certification, for which international recognition was granted, and for training the middle management for local businesses.

"Emergency assistance"
Sector: Emergencies. Management: direct. Total value: €1 million. Typology: Grant. Italian Cooperation was among the first to respond to the emergency that occurred between 14 and 15 November 2007, caused by the tropical cyclone SIDR. Italian assistance, worth €1 million took the form of medicines and drugs, power generators, water filters, tents and canvas, jerry-cans for water, and kitchen utensils, which were delivered by two special flights that arrived on 24 and 27 November 2007. On arrival, all these materials were handed over to the Government of Bangladesh, except for the medicines and drugs which were delivered to officials of the World Health Organisation at the airport.  


"Reconstruction assistance"
In April 2008, funding for €9 million was approved for reconstruction operations to benefit the communities stricken by the cyclone SIDR. The initiative is focused on three community infrastructure projects to be implemented by NGOs.

In 2008 Euro 500,000 were allocated to WFP for projects in favour of the most vulnerable groups.

In 2009, in responce to the global Appeal of UNHCR, funding for 100,000 Euro were approved for UNHCR programs ro benefit Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.