Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD),

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3. “Bangladesh Academy for
Rural Development (BARD)”
Presentation Topic

4. •Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD),
Comilla is internationally acclaimed for its many
innovative works in the field of rural development in
Bangladesh. The Comilla Approach to Rural Development,
which is, in fact, a package of mutually supportive
development models produced lasting impacts on
changing the lives and living environment of the rural
poor. BARD experiences in the arenas of training,
research and action research could be shared by all
countries and people engaged in rural development.
Introduction

5. Chapter: 01
Origin of the report
Report writing is a part of our M.B.A program. At the end of our semester
M.B.A program we have to complete this Report writing. We have completed
our Report writing from Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development. Our
report is the result of this program. To relate our academic knowledge with
that of realistic group, internship plays a very important role for the study.
Here we get experiences & know how about the application of the practical
knowledge to the practical group & also the deviation of the facts from the
theoretical knowledge .

6. Chapter: 01
Objectives:
Broad Objective:
The broad objective of this report is to Exploring the Bangladesh Academy for Rural
Development.
Specific Objectives:
▪To find out the internal and external training program of Bangladesh Academy for Rural
Development.
▪To identify the manpower of Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development.
▪To identify the depth of knowledge of the employee who serve.
▪How Planning deals with future course of action of pre-determined goals?
▪How Organizing helps to achievement of organizational goal.
▪To know their Training facilities for various training program.
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7. Chapter: 02
LITERATURE REVIEW:
Over time the Academy has also expanded international contact and
undertaken collaborative research with various development organizations.
During last 54 years Michigan State University, Harvard University, Gottingen
University, Bath University, Upsala University, Kyoto University, Comilla
University, Population Council, ICOMP, APDC, FAO, UNDP, UNESCO,IDRC, JICA
and CIRDAP have become the major international research collaborators.
BARD is very closely linked with the Center for Integrated Rural Development
for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) and acts as its National IRD Centre for
Bangladesh. It is also working as the National Liaison Center for SAARC in the
field of rural development.

8. Chapter: 02
Methodology of the Study:
Population: The population of this research project is defined as fallow:
Sample Frame: Individual clients of BARD (Kutbari) for solving their different types of
problem and some number of employee.
Sample Size: To conduct this research I have taken my sample as a simple random
sampling, those who are related to BARD.
Data sources:
a.Primary Data Sources:
b.Secondary Data Sources:
Data collection Method:
Relevant data for this report will be collected primarily by direct investigations of different
records, papers, documents, operational process and different personnel.
Data Processing: Respondents function, situation, experience, preference,
attitude, behavior, satisfaction level.

9. Chapter: 02
Limitation of the report:
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Less than One-month time is not enough for such an extensive work of the study. It
is very difficult to collect all the required information in such a short period.
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Due to some legal obligation and business security Bangladesh Academy for Rural
Development restricts some data not to be published publicly. For this reason, the
study limits only on the available and published data and certain
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The employees are very busy with their jobs, which lead to little time to consult
with us.
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Degree of formal and informal interview.
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Non-Probability technique has been used.

10. Company overview
•The Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development – BARD. The academy is located in
Kotbari area under Comilla district. Dr. Akhter Hameed Khan, who is the founder of
BARD, is well known in Asia and the world for his distinguished leadership of the Rural
Development Academy and the Rural Development Experiments at Comilla, Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Comilla is internationally
renowned for its various innovative works in the field of rural development in
Bangladesh. The Comilla Approach to Rural Development, which is, in fact, a package of
mutually supportive development models produced lasting impacts on changing the lives
and living environment of the rural poor. On 27th May 2009, BARD celebrated its Golden
Jubilee. It has more than 53 years of experiences in the arenas of training, research and
action research which could be shared by other countries and people engaged in rural
development around the world.

11. Chapter: 03
Training:
BARD has accumulated vast experience in the field of training.
Every year BARD organizes 150 training courses on an average.
It has also developed 30 training modules under the broad
category of rural development. Various groups of national and
international clientele have already participated in training
courses on these modules. These courses are offered on
request with a reasonable budget. Requests for organizing
training courses are to be made to Director General, BARD.

12. Chapter: 03
Training facilities in BARD:
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The Academy is a designated national training institute in Bangladesh
including both officials and non-officials.
Officials comprise civil servants, officers of nation building departments
and international participants of development sector organizations etc.
Non-officials are local councilors, local leaders, and members of co-
operatives. Students of educational institutions, member of voluntary
organizations etc.
Besides, a large number of imitational clientele including students,
scholars, consultants, government officials, members of diplomatic corps
and imitational agencies visit the Academy regularly.

13. Chapter: 03
Action Research:
The Academy is continuously searching out new models of rural development. Therefore, it is conducting
experiments in different areas. Some of these are:
1. Women's Education, Income and Nutrition Improvement (WEINI) Project:
Since 1962, women in the Comilla villages are being organised in cooperatives so that they can get the
facilities of training and services on capital formation, credit operation, kitchen gardening, knitting and
sewing and other income generating activities.
2. Developing a Regular Local Level Poverty Monitoring System (LLPMS) in Bangladesh:
Under MIMAP-Bangladesh, the Poverty Monitoring System developed and tested the methodology and the
indicators for a local level poverty monitoring system (LLPMS). The experimentation was carried out by
BARD in consultation with the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).
3. Technical Cooperative activity to improve sanitation at rural area in Bangladesh
focusing on dissemination and awareness raising:

14. Chapter: 04
Major Finding
 Good in-house training programmers have produced credible staff.
 Extensive grassroots coverage with district- and/or village-level representation.
 Limited financial resources: more than 75 percent of budget goes on salaries; very
little left for operational costs.
 Political pressure to extend the geographic range of interventions designed for
specific locations creates problems for programmer management and sustainability.
 Poor logistical support: no transport and equipment.
 Bureaucracy and long channels of communication
 Technical weaknesses.
 Unstable macroeconomic and political environment.
 New skills may never be used because of lacking capital..

15. SWOT Analysis of
BARD

16. SWOT Analysis of
BARD
Strengths:
•Highly qualified, competent and experienced personnel and Good in-house training programmers have
produced credible staff.
•Extensive grassroots coverage with district- and/or village-level representation.
•Public research system has a broad spectrum of researchers.
Weaknesses:
•Limited financial resources and Poor logistical support: no transport and equipment.
•Bureaucracy and long channels of communication and Counterproductive policies
Opportunities:
•Improved collaboration and efficiency through department mergers.
•Collaboration opportunities among line ministries, departments and other system actors.
•Potential for improved effectiveness and efficiency through transformations
Threats:
•Political pressure to extend the geographic range of interventions designed for specific locations
creates problems for programmer management and sustainability.
•Inadequate budgets are declining in real terms (inflation) and
•Retrenchments usually start at the bottom with the community service providers.
•New skills may never be used because of lacking capital.

17. Chapter: 05
RECOMMENDATION
 Improved collaboration and efficiency through department mergers.
 Training is there best part so they can increase it .
 Potential for improved effectiveness and efficiency through transformations (e.g.
commercialization and cost recovery programs).
 Try to stable macroeconomic and political environment into the organization
 Need to improve communication availability.
 To achieve goal they can increase logistical supports
 May be learn technical knowledge in new enterprises
 Should destroy Bureaucracy and long channels of communication.
 May be they can Increase their budgets
 New skills may use for better performance.

18. Chapter: 06
Concluding
Remarks
•Bangladesh has been trying to reduce rural poverty through many development projects
and programs. Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development is one of such projects. To
reduce rural poverty, skill development was one of the objectives of the project. That is why,
training had been given on increasing skills of different levels of beneficiaries of the
project. Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) organized many training
programs for the project beneficiaries of the country. The success of the given training as
well as the project largely depends on the engagement of this training knowledge into work.
This post training utilization (PTU) study had been conducted on the sewing training course
organized by BARD for the women beneficiaries of the project.
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