Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC) in Bangladesh: Conducting a mid-term evaluation

Multi-Donor

Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC) in Bangladesh: Conducting a mid-term evaluation

Multi-Donor

The programme aimed to enhance the capacity of local governments and communities to engage in effective and inclusive local level planning and financing climate adaptive solutions to reduce poverty and climate-induced vulnerabilities through gender-sensitive approaches.

LoGIC is a multi-donor collaborative initiative supported by the Government of Bangladesh, UNDP, UNCDF, the EU and the Embassy of Sweden. It aimed to enhance the capacity of local governments and communities to engage in effective and inclusive local level planning and financing climate adaptive solutions to reduce poverty and climate-induced vulnerabilities through gender-sensitive approaches.

Applying a theory-based evaluation approach with mixed methods, we evaluated LoGIC against the OECD-DAC evaluation criteria. The evaluation recommendations were used for course correction to better support 72 local government institutions in creating climate-resilient infrastructure and around 35,000 climate-distressed women, their households, and communities through climate adaptive livelihoods in climate-vulnerable Upazilas across seven districts. The evaluation has also provided learnings for scaling up the initiative going forward.

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Retired from the Indian Administrative Services, Ms Ahuja has over 34 years of experience in administration, policy formulation, project management, and leadership across the public sector. Her expertise spans health systems, nutrition, women’s workforce participation, vulnerable populations, petrochemicals, and social sector programs. She has held several senior positions in the Government of India, including Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, where she led reforms to strengthen worker welfare and represented India at the G20 Employment Working Group; Secretary, Ministry of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, where she initiated the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme; and Secretary, Women & Child Development, where she directed large-scale nutrition and empowerment initiatives, strengthening the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). As Secretary of Health, Government of India she played a pivotal role in India’s COVID-19 response, launched the National Digital Health Mission, and advanced national programs on TB and AIDS control. She continues to advise on gender, climate change, and nutrition, contributes to national and international publications, and teaches public policy and nutrition at leading academic institutions. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health; Master’s in Public Policy from Princeton University; Master’s in Economics (Gold Medallist) from Panjab University, and is a Bachelor of Law from the University of Delhi.

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