ADVOCACY AND NETWORKING PROGRAM TO ENSURING THE ACCESSES RIGHTS OF FISHER FOLK SOCIETY ON WATER RESOURCES AT NETRAKONA

A non-profitable and non-government organization, Bangladesh Resource Center for Indigenous Knowledge (BARCIK) works together to established sustainable agricultural in Bangladesh since 2007. From the very beginning of the BARCIK activities in Atapara upazila of Netrakona district, BARCIK advocacy team was trying to resolve the access right of fisher folk society on the beel Karmoil. BARCIK belief that every person has the access rights on natural resources. For the interest of the BARCIK activities performed in local level they were communicate several times with fisher folk society, local government body, elite persons, farmers group, teachers, Imams, Fisheries Officials, and different stakeholder of the project area. They have made different dialogue sessions, advocacy and networking  with different stakeholder and local government body to ensuring the accesses rights of fisher folk society on water resources at Atpara, Netrakona. BARCIK, first time succeeded in this regards in 2007. More than 15 nos. fisher folk household was directly benefited through the advocacy and network process. This report highlights how advocacy and networking can be an effective element of support for development human rights in fisheries sector.