GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT – ARS Bangladesh

ARS-Bangladesh gives high priority on good governance, accountability, transparency and operating according to the approved constitution of the organization. It has a three-tier organizational structure formed of General Committee, Executive Committee and Secretariat.

General Council

The General Council comprises a group of highly qualified and experienced professionals and dignitaries of the society. The General Committee consisting of 21 members that sits annually for Annual General Meeting (AGM). The General Committee approves all the activities of the Executive Committee.

Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is formed of 7 elected members of the General Committee. It is the key functional body of the organization having responsibilities of decision-making, fund-raising, implementation, monitoring and follow-up, evaluation etc.

Secretariat
Secretariat is the main implementation division that operates under command of the Executive Director. The Executive Director, administrative head of the organization, is responsible for overall management, administration and implementation of its different development programs/projects and related activities along with his professional staff. Secretariat staff, branch office staff, project staff and volunteers are subordinates to the Executive Director. Secretariat is accountable to the Executive Committee.

Legal Status

Department of Social Services, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Registration Number Dha-04165, Issued on 12 June 1998

Microcredit Regulatory Authority, Bangladesh, Registration Number 02814-03211-00405, issued on 12 May 2009

NGO Affairs Bureau, the Prime Minister’s Office, Bangladesh, Registration Number: 2426, Issued on7 April 2009

MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION

We aim to empower marginalized and underprivileged communities nationwide by providing customized services and assistance to facilitate sustainable socio-economic advancement. This includes financial aid, housing, agricultural support, healthcare, education, sanitation, gender parity, sustainable household solutions, environmental projects, and human rights initiatives within our established frameworks.

Mission of ARS Bangladesh is to empower marginalized and underprivileged communities of the country towards sustainable socio-economic advancement by providing need-based services and supports within frameworks of microfinance, housing, agriculture, health, education, sanitation, gender, SHS, ICS, environment and human rights.

SPACIFIC OBJECTIVES

Build vocational and life skills towards self-employment.

Provide micro-credit to develop entrepreneurship.

Promote agriculture, fisheries and livestock to increase household income and food supply.

Promote awareness, enhance capacity and outreach most essential services to promote health and hygiene situation.

Provide combined formal and non-formal education to promote basic and life aptitude education.

Build awareness and infrastructure to endorse community sanitation.

Create mass awareness, build community capacity and facilitate policy and stakeholder level advocacy to advance rights of women, children and persons with disabilities.

Prop up mass awareness, promote community based adaptation and disaster management mechanism

uphold environmental justice to reduce environmental degradation, cope up with effects of climate change and reduce vulnerability of at-risk populations.