---Building Resilience. Advancing Justice. Empowering People.---
Coastal Development Partnership
(CDP) is a national non-governmental organization and a trusted partner for
justice-centered, people-led sustainable development. In 1997, CDP emerged from
the saline, waterlogged coastal fields as a rising tide of people-powered
change—a direct response to the top-down development disaster of the
Khulna-Jessore Drainage Rehabilitation Project (KJDRP), which drowned farmlands
and uprooted lives.
Registered with the RJSC (1999) and the NGOAB (2002), CDP now works at the intersection of climate justice, inclusive governance, and community empowerment. Its work connects grassroots realities with national and global policy transformation, blending activism, campaigns, research, and advocacy.
Over the years, CDP has grown
into a recognized development actor, a collective force
amplifying local wisdom, resisting exploitation, and envisioning a just,
people-led development future.
As an institution, CDP sustains a rare equilibrium of autonomy and accountability, maintaining critical independence while engaging with global actors.. Its long-standing dialectical relationship with donors —being both funded by and critical of the global aid system—defines CDP’s uniqueness as a political actor within development, not merely an implementing organization.
CDP is not a conventional NGO—it is a challenger of systemic inequality, a people’s advocate, a network builder, and a justice platform. Bridging the local people and the global power, CDP stands as both a grassroots mobilizer and a high-level advocate.
Grounded in justice, equity, ecological integrity, and human security, CDP repositions communities as architects of their own futures, reclaiming agency within climate and development governance.
Vision: A just,
inclusive, and progressive society where dignity, rights, and ecological
harmony guide every step.
Mission: Strengthen marginalized communities, grassroots leaders, NGOs & CSOs to challenge injustice, claim rights, and lead transformation.
Goal: Empower people across Bangladesh to defend human rights, advance justice, and build sustainable futures.
Our compass points toward justice, dignity, and sustainability—driven by the people.
Our values are our backbone—shaping every
decision, alliance, and action we take.
True transformation begins when communities reclaim the authority to define their own futures, and CDP’s philosophy is rooted in this conviction—linking integrity with innovation to ensure that resilience today never undermines human security tomorrow. We treat values as method, not ornament, operationalizing them through an approach that unites people, systems, and principles into a coherent practice of change.
At the heart of our philosophy:
For CDP, technology must liberate rather than control, solidarity is lived in action rather than words, and development is a collective journey toward justice and equity.
Slogan: Building
Resilience. Advancing Justice. Empowering People.
🚩 Together with Communities, We RACE to:
R – Resist, A – Advance, C – Challenge, E
– Empower
🟥 Resist
violence, ecological destruction, and development injustice to compose true
resilience.
🟩 Advance participatory governance and climate
justice to achieve lasting peace.
🟪 Challenge dominant discourses and narratives to transform
policy and power.
🟧 Empower marginalized people and grassroots
leaders to build a progressive and just society.
👥 Support Locally-Led Climate
Actions & Nature-Based Solutions
🌾 Protect Human Security, & Civic Space
🏞️
Facilitate Inclusive Governance, Just Development and Civic
Engagement
📢
Reduce Economic and Non-Economic Loss & Damage
🛡️ Promote Climate Sovereignty, Environmental Justice and Intergenerational Resilience
🤝
Build Networks, Social Movements, and Civic Spaces
📣 Connect Local Voices to Global Platforms
⬇ Promote Accountability, Local
Innovation and Low-Emission Pathways
💡Promote
the Fifth Fuel & 100 % Renewable Energy based Just & Equitable
Energy Transition
♀ Empower Women, Youth, and Grassroots Actors to lead systemic change
🎯 Monitor International Financial Institutions, Donors, and State Agencies
We
amplify the voices and leadership of those most affected by
discrimination, exclusion, and climate risk—farmers, landless families,
fisherfolk, and working people.
We nurture inclusive leadership, shared learning, and collective action
to ensure that development is locally rooted, rights-based, and accountable.
Since 1997,
Coastal Development Partnership (CDP) has stood beside the people—amplifying
grassroots leadership, social justice, and ecological rights across Bangladesh
and beyond.
Our Target Groups
Whether you are looking to collaborate, support our mission, or simply learn more about our impact, we'd love to connect with you.
