An important goal of the EEP/shiree programme was to deliver the Challenge Fund as a consistent and fully integrated response to eradicating extreme poverty in Bangladesh, rather than a series of single or unrelated interventions. The team’s approach to realising this end was based on the following guiding principles:
- Excellence in programme planning and operational management
- A partnership relationship with implementing NGOs
- A demand driven approach – implying continuous engagement with beneficiary households
- Sustaining the focus on extreme poverty – not allowing programme drift
- Delivery of programme benefits to the poorest and most vulnerable areas of Bangladesh
- Continued focus on “Value for Money and Impact for Money”
- Integration of research and advocacy activities within the broad programme framework – drawing on implementation experience to ensure relevant research and advocacy outputs
- Fostering learning, creativity and innovation
- Zero-tolerance towards corruption based on principles of transparency, equity, competition and accountability
- Teamwork and a commitment to personal development