Building Resilient Communities, Enabling Green Futures

Our Strategic Vision

Green Resilience and Cooperation for Ecosystem (GRACE) is committed to building an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable society where communities can exercise their rights, access opportunities, and lead their own development.

The GRACE Strategic Plan 2024–2030 provides a strategic framework for advancing climate resilience, sustainable livelihoods, social inclusion, and community-led development in Bangladesh. It guides our organizational priorities, programme implementation, partnership development, institutional strengthening, and resource mobilization.

Through locally led solutions, evidence-based programming, strategic partnerships, and accountable governance, GRACE aims to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities and contribute to sustainable development.

Our Strategic Priorities

Climate Resilience and Environmental Sustainability

Promote climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction, environmental protection, ecosystem restoration, and nature-based solutions to strengthen the resilience of climate-vulnerable communities.

Green Livelihoods and Economic Empowerment

Expand sustainable livelihood opportunities through green enterprises, climate-smart agriculture, entrepreneurship, skills development, and inclusive economic initiatives.

Health, Nutrition and WASH

Improve equitable access to quality health and nutrition services, safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene, particularly for underserved and vulnerable populations.

Education, Skills and Youth Development

Support inclusive education, vocational training, life skills, youth leadership, and employment opportunities to empower young people and strengthen their participation in sustainable development.

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion

Promote women's empowerment, child protection, safeguarding, social justice, and the meaningful participation of marginalized groups in community decision-making and development processes.

Institutional Development and Strategic Partnerships

Strengthen organizational governance, financial sustainability, digital transformation, accountability, programme quality, and institutional capacity while developing effective partnerships with national NGOs, INGOs, donors, government institutions, academia, and civil society.

Our Approach

GRACE places communities at the centre of development by promoting local ownership, inclusive participation, accountability, and sustainable solutions. We integrate gender equality, safeguarding, environmental sustainability, innovation, and evidence-based learning across our programmes.

We believe that strong local organizations are essential to sustainable development. Accordingly, we seek to strengthen equitable partnerships, mobilize resources responsibly, build institutional capacity, and promote collaboration among communities and development stakeholders.

Governance, Transparency and Accountability

Good governance is central to GRACE's organizational development and long-term sustainability. We are committed to transparent financial management, responsible resource utilization, effective internal controls, risk management, regulatory compliance, and accountability to communities and development partners.

Our governance and management structures support strategic decision-making, programme oversight, organizational learning, and continuous improvement. Through monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning, GRACE seeks to ensure that its programmes remain responsive to community needs and contribute to measurable development outcomes.

Our 2030 Ambition

By 2030, GRACE aspires to strengthen its position as a credible, capable, and sustainable national NGO, recognized for its contribution to climate resilience, green livelihoods, inclusive development, community empowerment, and accountable partnerships.

We aim to connect community priorities with national development objectives and global commitments, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while ensuring that vulnerable communities are active leaders in shaping their futures.

Access the Full Strategic Plan

This webpage provides an overview of GRACE's strategic direction. The complete Strategic Plan 2024–2030 contains further details on the organization's strategic framework, priorities, and implementation commitments.

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A Commitment to Inclusive and Responsible Leadership

GRACE recognizes that effective governance requires integrity, professional competence, collective responsibility, and meaningful accountability. The Executive Board works in coordination with the organization's management and programme structures to support the effective implementation of strategic priorities and the responsible delivery of development initiatives.

Through transparent governance, prudent financial stewardship, and strategic partnership development, GRACE seeks to strengthen institutional credibility and build lasting trust with communities, donors, government agencies, national and international NGOs, and other stakeholders.

Our commitment is to lead responsibly, govern transparently, manage resources accountably, and enable sustainable, community-led development.