Bangladesh Mahila Parishad - Norad

1) Strengthen monitoring: Monitoring happens through the monthly reporting from thedistricts, which has been strengthened through recruitment of staff at the district level.2) Develop strategy to balance volunteerism and professionalism: More paid staffhas been recruited to secure a better balance. Training and capacity building programmeshave been introduced and are going on.3) Increase the number of professional staff in operational management andmonitoring: This has been done as discussed above.4) Review of compensation package for full-time staff: BMP pay is at the low end ofthe NGO-scale.5) Improve the capacity for accounts and record keeping at the branch level:This is a continuous process, and training courses have been carried out, as referred toabove. Monitoring takes place on a regular basis.6) Leadership and succession planning by decentralization – build leadershipskills at the local level: Special leadership training is held for younger volunteers.The main programme recommendations were:1) Expand programme activities: Programme activities have expanded to more remoteareas in national level.2) Assist victims in becoming self-reliant (education and jobs). Assistance to thevictims of VAW has continued and more staff has been employed.3) Expand alliance building: alliance building with professionals and civil society hascontinued, but perhaps not expanded.4) Expand lobbying and other activities at the local level. Activities at the local levelwill be expanded with the Danish funding.5) Develop research capacity. More staff has been appointed.37