Beyond its research and advocacy activities, PPRC has a track record of innovative social action that emphasize the resilience of citizens. These include:
Apodkalin School, 1998
School for displaced children established during 1998 Floods
Lagshoi School, 1999-2001
Community school for a depressed community in peri-urban Dhaka
Sultan-Sofa Pathshala: 1993, 2006
School for street children
Pre-Election Opinion Surveys, 1996 & 2001
Secretariat for Local Government Support Group: 2001- 2004
Secretariat for Shushikkha Andolon (Quality Education Movement), 2003-2006
GHAT: Action research and launch of rural telecentres, 2000-2007
Social mobilization and delivery of support to Cyclones Sidr and Aila victims, 2009-10
Since 2011, Chittagong Research Initiative, focuses on supporting agenda-building and policy formulation for the port city of Chittagong:
PPRC Chairman clad in a cleaner’s vest, shovels a roadside gutter in Chittagong city while campaigning for a livable city.
A cross-sectoral civic platform “Healthy Bangladesh” launched in May 2017 to promote UHC
(accessible, affordable and quality healthcare), Nutrition, Cleanliness and Physical Fitness
Safe Road and Transport Alliance (SROTA), launched in 2016
has a specific mission to improved road safety and safe, accessible, affordable and sustainable transport systems in Bangladesh
“We Care,” an arena formed in 2013
after the Rana Plaza collapse for information and interaction related to the proposals suggested during the Savar Tragedy National Dialogue
