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LIUPCP Digital Healthcare & Micro Insurance Piloting in NCC

Posted on September 11, 2022

LIUPCP has taken an initiative as a pilot in Narayanganj City Corporation considering the learnings from the COVID19 impact and hardship of accessibility of the urban poor to provide access to primary healthcare (24/7) at fingertips using mobile-enabled digital connectivity. This piloting a comprehensive digital healthcare platform with provision for health insurance coverage that fosters […]


Khulna City Authority documents its inclusive and pro-poor urban development activities for 2018-2021

Posted on March 16, 2022

KCC has published the report on the LIUPC project activities and lessons learnt for the year 2018-2021. PDF version is available on the KCC website (http://www.khulnacity.org/documents/City%20Progress%20Report%20%20(24.02.22)1.pdf). The report documents the project activities funded by FCDO for the year 2018 – 2021 which were carried out by the KCC with technical support of UNDP and leadership of the LGD […]


LIUPCP celebrates International Women’s Day 2022 across the cities

Posted on March 14, 2022

DHAKA, MARCH 8 (2022): Livelihoods Improvement of Urban Poor Communities Project (LIUPCP) has celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) 2022 across different city corporations and paurashavas with festivity and funfair as elsewhere across the globe highlighting women’s rights and equality. The theme for International Women’s Day 2022 was “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow.” The […]


LGD & UNDP’s climate resilient housing for urban poor in Gopalganj

Posted on November 24, 2021

GOPALGANJ, NOVEMBER 23 (2021): The Local Government Division (LGD) and UNDP Bangladesh have initiated a climate-resilient housing project for 336 urban low-income families in Gopalganj Paurashava. Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, MP, formally inaugurated the scheme at a ceremony on Tuesday by laying its foundation stone. The housing scheme is being built in a 3.19 acre […]


336 urban poor families of Gopalganj Paurashava to get low-cost housing

Posted on November 12, 2020

GOPALGANJ, NOVEMBER 12 (2020): Livelihoods Improvement of Urban Poor Communities Project (LIUPCP) of the Local Government Division (LGD) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) today with the Gopalganj Paurashava to construct low-cost housing for 336 urban poor families. Gopalganj Paurashava Mayor Kazi Liakot Ali and Abdul Mannan, Joint Secretary & National Project Director, LIUPCP […]


GoB-FCDO-UNDP launch micro-enterprise development training to tackle COVID-19 impact

Posted on October 27, 2020

DHAKA, 27 OCTOBER, 2020: The Local Government Division (LGD), FCDO and UNDP have jointly begun a specially designed training program targeting around 21,000 young girls and women to build their skills on micro-enterprise development and to help them adapt with the fast-changing employment landscape against the backdrop of large-scale job loss following the COVID-19 pandemic. […]


PSC lauds LIUPCP for COVID-19 emergency response

Posted on September 28, 2020

DHAKA, September 28, 2020: Members of the Project Steering Committee of the Livelihoods Improvement of Urban Poor Communities Project (LIUPCP) have appreciated the progress made by the project in different city corporations and paurashava across the country. They also appreciated the role by the project in COVID-19 emergency response in reaching out to the urban […]


LIUPCP celebrates World Breastfeeding Week 2020 ‘for a healthier planet’

Posted on September 16, 2020

  DHAKA: Livelihoods Improvement of Urban Poor Communities Project’ (LIUPCP) has celebrated World Breastfeeding Week 2020 with series of programmes and events in different city corporations and municipalities across Bangladesh. Observance of the World Breastfeeding Week started as a global campaign in 1991. Celebrated every year from August 1 to 7, this global event encourages breastfeeding […]