UNDP - United Nations Development Programme

Published purpose

This project provides funding to the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Facility (CHTDF). CHTDF is a multi-sector confidence-building and economic development program designed to support the provisions of the 1997 peace accord in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region, a poor, multi-ethnic, post-conflict region. The project consists of four components: (i) Economic development and education, including a quality indigenous-language educational program, rural employment creation, and the development of marketing opportunities and infrastructure. (ii) A quick-impact fund for small grants to support increased self-reliance at the community level, notably small-scale economic activities beyond subsistence farming. (iii) Building confidence to solve long-standing constraints on development and peace. Confidence-building measures target issues at the root of ongoing tensions. (iv) Reinforcing key local governance institutions by improving their human resource management and building their technical and logistical capacities.