Transitioning to sustainable urban water cycles in Bangladesh

About this project

The project aims to improve urban water services (sanitation, faecal sludge, solid waste and drainage) for 1.8 million people in 12 Pourashavas (cities). This contributes to MFA Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS)’ commitments on water management/Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), and to the Private Sector Development (PSD) agenda by enabling local private sector entrepreneurs to become commercially active in this sector. It also facilitates coordination between public institutions (the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE), Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Pourashavas), private sector and customers/inhabitants . Envisaged outcomes: - Strengthened capacities within DPHE and LGED - Increased professionalism and financial viability of urban sanitation and solid waste services - Strengthened governance, regulation, enforcement, and monitoring capacity at local levels - Strengthened performance, integration and circularity of treatment, re- use and recycling works - More responsive strategic communication towards consumers aimed at water and waste behavior - Improved capacity and preparedness for city-level floods and drought

Published by

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands · Government

Countries

Bangladesh

Sectors

Waste management/disposal

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusGood governance · Main focusClimate mitigation · Main focusClimate adaptation · Main focusMaternal, newborn and child health · Also contributes

Funded by

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Implemented by

SNV

Accountable

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Passes funds through

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Published by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 3 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-7-PPR-4000006000.

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