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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Debt Relief Development Environment Extreme poverty Food Governance Human Rights Youth Population: International migration Reproduction, family formation and the status of women Social Development: Employment Information and Communications Technologies Social policy Youth Sustainable Development: Agriculture Capacity-building Climate change Education Land management
Geographic scope:	National
Country of activity:	Bangladesh
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	PRAN is a non-profit organization searching development alternative to strengthen people’s initiative by promoting human rights, economic rights, governance, trade justice and sustainable livelihood. PRAN was setup by a group of civil society activist, young researcher and journalists from the costal part of Bangladesh in year of 2003, when the initiators realized that the development situation of greater Noakhali area are lacking research, civil society activism, information technology; rights-base organizations to play essential role in promoting rights to development approach for sustainable livelihoods. The organizers decided to setup a research advocacy and ICT focused organization by grassroots leadership. The board members are also wise and highly experienced in the development sector. They are playing their roll to reduction of social tension in based on the convention that civil society could play a crucial role towards the end.
Year established:	2004
Year of registration:	2005
Organizational structure:	General Body (21 members from working area/ community/ media peoples, civil society activiest)> Executive body (7 members)> CEO > program Coordinator > Program and Project staffs
Number and type of members:	Total 21 (male 11, Female 10) Teacher 2, CBO leader 3, Media people 4, Farmer 3, Researcher 2, Business men 2, local government 1, youth 3, lawyer 1
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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