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The Building
Environmental Governance Capacity in
Bangladesh (BEGCB) project is funded by the Canadian
International
Development Agency (CIDA), Ottawa, which is the lead agency
for
development assistance. It has a mandate to support sustainable
development in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and to
contribute to a more secure, equitable, and prosperous world. To
achieve this, the program concentrates on the following six priorities:
i) democratic governance, ii) private sector development, iii) health,
iv) basic education, v) equality between men and women, vi)
environmental sustainability.
 The
BEGCB project will be administered by the
Association of
Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), Ottawa, and it will be
implemented throughout 2006/07 – 20012/13 fiscal years. The
total budget for the project is 1.7 million dollar of which $999,885
will be provided by CIDA under the University Partnerships in
Cooperation and Development (UPCD) program, and the remaining
financial
resources will be contributed by the project partners.
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