partners

Donor

DEG
DEG, member of KfW Bankengruppe (KfW banking group), has been financing and structuring the investments of private enterprises in developing and transition countries for more than 40 years. DEG is one of the largest European development finance institutions for the promotion of the private sector. DEG promotes private enterprises in developing and transition countries as a contribution to sustainable growth and a lasting improvement in the living conditions of the local population. Therefore, we provide long-term capital for private enterprises investing in those countries.

We only take on commitments in projects that have an effective impact on development, meet environmental standards and comply with social principles. We are particularly committed to our developmental mandate and our guidelines for social and environmental compatibility: they form the decisive frame of our work.

Food business such as aquaculture or agro food plays a major role in the economy of developing countries. For decades DEG has been committed to this sector. DEG finances and advises local companies in developing countries who wish to cultivate and process food products for the domestic and foreign market and German and international companies who are represented in developing countries or wish to extend their presence there.

DEG manages BMZ funds for cooperation with private enterprises. Under the Public Private Partnership Programme (PPP), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) provides funds for projects on sustainable economic development. The ‘happy-shrimp’ project in Bangladesh is supported through PPP funding.
Consulting

gsm

Aquakultur Kahle

Trade

European Wholesaler

Aqua Resources Limited

NGOs

Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) is an independent, non-profit, non-government, policy, research, and implementation institute working on sustainable development (SD) at local, national, regional and global levels. BCAS addresses sustainable development through four interactive themes:

(a) environment-development integration,
(b) good governance and people’s participation,
(c) poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihoods, and
(d) economic growth and public-private partnership.

It was established in 1986, and over the years has grown to become a leading institute in the non-government sector in Bangladesh and South Asia.

BCAS envisions to promote people-centered sustainable development by applying and advancing scientific, technical and local knowledge through research, by developing models, demonstration, policy advocacy and project implementation. To achieve the goal, BCAS gives great importance to integration of environment and development, promoting people’s participation and good governance, encouraging rapid economic growth, and facilitating public-private partnership for poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihoods. BCAS is committed to develop southern perspectives, ensure north-south dialogue and environmental justice and access to resources and knowledge for the poor.

Manab Sampad Unnayan Kendra (MASUK) is known in English as ‘Center for Human Resource Development’.

MASUK has been established since 1986 and is a non-profit and non-political voluntary development organisation located in the South-West of Bangladesh near the Indian border.

MASUK is concerned about the need of the farmers’ population in the area and provides services, training and technical assistance on aquaculture, micro finance, water & sanitation as well as support for the Sundarban bio-diversity.

3p

3p Institute for Sustainable Management e.V. is the leading independent systems provider in the area of sustainable business practices such as quality, environment and social responsibility.
3p stands for “Profit, People and Planet” and holds an international network of partners active around the globe with the 3p approach. The successful cooperation leads to a common vision of sustainable economic development, based on principles of social and ecological responsibility.

Rooted in the textile- and garment industry, the working field by now is to be extended towards other industries as is food, hardware and aquaculture.

3p works both on the project level in the Public-Private-Partnership area and in the framework of technical assistance in the area of “Corporate Social Responsibility”, as well as the verified integration of qualitative, ecological and social compliance criteria within the entire Supply Chain.

Clients and Partners are international trade companies, public development banks and development corporations as well as Non Governmental Organisations.