Project coordination

RAGS projects are managed from London, with the support of two country coordinators based in India and Bangladesh.  The role of the country coordinators is to assist the RAGS Fund Manager in the following tasks and activities:

• Creating a network of RAGS Grant holders in India and Bangladesh
• Collecting case-studies on project lessons and project management for wider dissemination
• Ensuring appropriate collaboration between projects – in particular, to avoid duplication of project scope and work with partners/stakeholders
• Acting as liaison points between DFID country offices and RAGS projects
• Acting as representatives of RAGS within India and Bangladesh, respectively, to field press requests and inform other interested local stakeholders, etc
• Undertaking site visits at the Fund Manager’s request to support monitoring and evaluation of supported projects
• Assisting with the organisation of in-country outreach and dissemination events as part of the RAGS communications strategy.

The two coordinators have been in place since October 2011 and more information about and progress made to date with the RAGS coordination mechanisms in Bangladesh and India can be obtained from the RAGS Fund Manager.