BRAC
BRAC is a development organisation dedicated to alleviate poverty by empowering the poor, and helping them to bring about positive changes in their lives by creating opportunities for the poor.

Their journey began in 1972 in the newly sovereign Bangladesh, and over the course of our evolution, they have been playing a role of recognising and tackling the many different realities of poverty. They believe that there is no single cause of poverty; hence they attempt tackling poverty on multiple fronts.
Thinking local, acting global – Besides Bangladesh, BRAC spreads antipoverty solutions to 10 other developing countries, which are Uganda, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Liberia, Haiti, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.

Unprecedented scale and reach - Today, BRAC reaches an estimated 135 million people with over 100,000 employees worldwide.

The BRAC Family Today * 97,000 community health promoters are providing essential healthcare worldwide, with maternal, neonatal and child health services covering 24.5 million in Bangladesh alone * 1.14 million children are currently enrolled in BRAC’s 38,000 primary and pre-primary schools, and 9.51 million have graduated. BRAC's youth empowerment clubs provide life skills training to more than 260,000 teens from disadvantaged backgrounds * 5.54 million micro-borrowers with a cumulative loan disbursement of USD 9.73 billion * 25 million people have access to clean toilets thanks to BRAC’s sanitation entrepreneurs * More than 600,000 rural poor women being organised through 11,234 Polli Shomaj and 1,217 Union Shomaj; BRAC's 376 popular theatre teams – in Bangladesh only – have reached nearly 4.3 million people. * 101,222 human rights and legal education graduates and 19,252 local community leaders’ workshop participants

Vision
A world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination where everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential.

Goals or Objectives
BRAC’s goal or objective is to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease and social injustice. Its interventions aim to achieve large scale, positive changes through economic and social programmes that enable men and women to realise their potential.

Values
- Innovation- BRAC has been an innovator in the creation of opportunities for the poor to lift themselves out of poverty. They value creativity in programme design and strive to display global leadership in groundbreaking development initiatives.
- Integrity- They value transparency and accountability in all our professional work, with clear policies and procedures, while displaying the utmost level of honesty in their financial dealings. They hold these to be the most essential elements of our work ethic.
- Inclusiveness- They are committed to engaging, supporting and recognising the value of all members of society, regardless of race, religion, gender, nationality, ethnicity, age, physical or mental ability, socioeconomic status and geography.
- Effectiveness- They value efficiency and excellence in all our work, constantly challenging ourselves to perform better, to meet and exceed programme targets, and to improve and deepen the impact of our interventions.

Plans
Focus on Women - BRAC places special emphasis on the social and financial empowerment of women. The vast majority of its microloans go to women, while a gender justice programme addresses discrimination and exploitation.
Grassroots Empowerment - BRAC’s legal rights, community empowerment and advocacy programmes organise the poor at the grassroots level, with ‘barefoot lawyers’ delivering legal services to the doorsteps of the poor.
Health and Education - BRAC provides healthcare and education to millions. Their 97,000 community health workers offer doorstep deliveries of vital medicines and health services to their neighbours. BRAC also runs the world’s largest private, secular education system, with 38,000 schools worldwide.
Empowering Farmers - Operating in eight countries, BRAC’s agriculture programmes work with the governments to achieve and sustain food security. This is ensured by producing, distributing and marketing quality seeds at fair prices, conducting research to develop better varieties, offering credit support to poor farmers and using environmentally sustainable practices.
Inclusive Financial Services - BRAC attempts to alleviate poverty by providing the services of its community empowerment programme and targeting the ultra poor programme. BRAC's cumulative disbursement is of almost 10 billion dollars in microloans annually, augmenting microfinance with additional services like livelihood and financial literacy training. Farmers get access to seasonal loans, high quality seeds and technical assistance. Millions now have the freedom to take control of their lives.
Self-Sustaining Solutions - BRAC’s enterprises and investments generate a financial surplus that is reinvested in various development programmes subjected to poverty alleviation.

Decision Making
In terms of decision making, BRAC follows very specific & systematic process. Before taking any decision regarding its any social action program, BRAC goes through extensive research work to evaluate the program’s efficiency & effectiveness. Here, they keep focus on the key applications & desired goals of the program. If they find it working theoritically, they will go for a pilot testing with a well developed plan. When the pilot testing becomes a success, they start to implement the program at the mass level.

Job Specialization Process
BRAC internal control system is designed to get reasonable assurance about effectiveness and efficiency of operations, reliability of financial data and compliance of applicable rules, regulations and procedures. Management's integrity, attitude, actions, and ethical values help to raise consciousness control among the staff. BRAC management believes that controls are important to achieve the objectives and to communicate its view to staff at all levels. Clear policies and procedures, documentation process, table of authority, segregation of staff duties, supervision and accountability have made the organisation transparent. Considering the internal control a continuous process BRAC periodically reviews and modifies the system in the changing circumstances.
At the top of its control mechanism, there exists the willingness of BRAC governing body to ensure internal control and transparency.

BRAC's affiliate organisations, BRAC USA and BRAC UK, also have their own accountability and governance systems that operate independently of BRAC.

BRAC's human resource division (HRD) has established a qualitative and strategic approach in managing workforce. The key focus areas are procedural justice, transparency, equality, respect for diversity and recognition of human potential. The HR policies and guidelines aim to ensure uninterrupted services to and spontaneous participation of employees, which in turn facilitates achieving the organisational goals, as well as fulfilling individual employee needs.
The HRD published the Human Resource Policies and Procedures (HRPP) in 2011. The HR Line of Sight (LOS) 2012-2013 has been developed to ensure the successful implementation of performance objectives to achieve the organisational goals. BRAC HRD launched e-recruitment system and also introduced web-based information services for the staff on the division’s website (www.brachrd.org).
BRAC HRD follows job specialization process very strictly. They always hire the right people for the right job or task to be done. They recruit specialized people for each & every sector from top to bottom of the organization.
BRAC has the follwing departments: * Human Resource Department * Finance and Audit Department * Advocacy for Social Change Department * Communications Department * Construction & Maintenance Department * ICT Department * Internal Control Department * Investigation Department * Learning Department * Legal and Compliance Department * Monitoring Department * Procurement Department * PSU & Administration Department * BRAC International Department
They believe that each deparment has different types of task & they need to be done by the people who are expert in those tasks. They also provide extensive trainings on a regular basis for each & every department employees, so that they become more specialized regarding the assigned tasks & perform effectively & efficiently for the betterment of the organization.