Value of the Bid

Project total €500,000
€325,000 approved grant from EC
Match funded by:

LBTH €107,500
Sylhet €12,500
Horsens €48,000
Private €7,000

The Partners

Sylhet has partnered with Tower Hamlets and Horsens because:

Tower Hamlets:

Has historic links with Bangladeshi community
Has the largest Bangladeshi population outside of Bangladesh
Has proven success in securing European funding from a range of programmes
Has broad areas of expertise in urban regeneration skills

Horsens:

Has vast experience of delivering programmes in Bangladesh through the Danish aid agency DANIDA, and its in-house company 'Health International'
Have an office base in Bangladesh through Health International.
Became the first cities in Denmark to develop its international networking on experience exchange

Key Aspects of the Project:

Partnership bid submitted in February 1999 for the amount of €325,000
Total project budget €500,000
Bid approved March 2000
Bid contract received October 2000
Project started January 2001
2 year project based in Sylhet, Bangladesh

You can read more about the project by clicking Project History
Evaluation Report (Word file, size 117k)
Forward Strategy (Word file, size 259k)

About the Project

Essentially a capacity building project to develop the capacity of the local authority to better plan and deliver its services. Also to identify needs and opportunities, and to attract future funds.

To create an arms length company urban regeneration company
To strengthen Sylhet City Corporation's skills base to improve its public services
To establish a partnership board
To introduce good practice regeneration models
This is a 2 year EC funded project.

Purpose of the Project

Our project will have the following contractual outcomes:

Our project will have the following contractual outcomes.
New urban management model for Sylhet with an updated Sylhet Development plan.
Monitoring & evaluation systems to test out new management model
Arms length regeneration company as implementation vehicle.
Restructured City Corporation
Website to promote communication, experience exchange and achievements
Networks Conference
Training of City Corporation staff
Inward Investment Strategy to maintain development process
Vision/forward strategy

Context

Bid made in February 1999
Bid approved by EC in March 2000
Contract received form EC on 12th October 2000
LBTH signed contract on 19th January 2001 Project starts January 2001