Historical Perspectives
CODEC has been derived and renovated through series of development intervention in the coastal area of Bangladesh. It has been emerging with empirical transformation of Danida Boat Building Project and Boat Rental Scheme in the period 1975-1985, which was mainly propelled with technological support and income enhancement of coastal poor fisherfolk communities. The major learning of these projects was that any technological intervention should first consider the socio-cultural aspects of the people in this case of poor coastal fishing communities; otherwise it would be flatten away. Over the past 25 years, since it’s establishment in 1985 as a people centered development organization, CODEC has been growing and evolving into efficient and effective non-governmental development organization in the coastal and riverine vicinity of Bangladesh especially in the area of Human Rights, Education, Institution Building, Advocacy and Micro-Finance.