Social Cohesion and Resilience Report and Program Guide

This project aimed to provide technical assistance and disseminate learning from a social cohesion and resilience assessment report and program guide that was implemented in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh in 2021. This report has been designed to assess the appropriateness of interventions and the strategy around their implementation and recommend best practices for social cohesion including during a COVID-19 context, which will also contribute to the learning agenda around social cohesion and food security. It is gender responsive and replicable in other contexts and integrates social, political, and economic indicators to measure the change in social cohesion within and across groups/communities. The goal of the report and program guide is to improve the quality of food and nutrition security programing among USAID target populations by identifying and disseminating social cohesion and resilience best practices.

This report was made possible by a grant from the Implementer-Led Design, Evidence, Analysis and Learning (IDEAL) Activity. The IDEAL Small Grants Program is made possible by the generous support and contribution of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).