After being the onsite project officer in Bangladesh for three and a half years, Akiko Sanada continues to support the project after returning to Japan.Garbage, collected in tricycle carts, is taken to a garbage truck that was donated by Japan, making collection very efficient. Posters are created to show how to recycle, etc.Each safety workshop held for cleaning crews attracts more than 300 participants. [1] Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) website, “Bangladesh Outline,” June 26, 2018.Still today, Ishii is in the field striving to expand the project to places outside Dhaka.27everyone works together. Then in 2010, the Japanese government donated 100 garbage trucks as part of grant aid. “Some of the areas had never had a garbage truck before. Also we instantly established an efficient collection system,” explains Ishii. results accumulated, the project seemed to really generate enthusiasm. The cleaners became more aware of their important role of protecting the healthy life of citizens while the city office began to sense the need to work cooperatively with the cleaners. Meanwhile the citizens’ new-found enthusiasm to participate in keeping their own town clean has led to a continuing momentum through the holding of citizen-led “Clean Dhaka Events.” As a result, the 2015 target of a 65% garbage collection rate was reached ahead of plan in 2014.Ishii says that as “This project also had a positive effect on government policy because the spirit of cooperation influenced how people worked together on not just the garbage problem but other issues as well. The garbage disposal experience seemed to change even the very culture in government offices,” relates Ishii. The Clean Dhaka Project can be considered a “milestone” project that has not only changed the stakeholders’ mindsets with respect to garbage, but also changed the government’s approach to citizens and to carrying out public policy, and, perhaps, it will lead to further development for Bangladesh, whose annual economic growth continues above 7%. [1]
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