OUR MISSION

To build a sustainable and successful craft business through community cooperatives which will in
return contribute to positive social transformation.

OUR OBJECTIVES

• Identification, research and design, revival, development, promotion, and marketing of
  handloom and handicraft products of rural communities.
• Organising exhibitions, participating in fairs, awareness of handloom and handicrafts and
  tribal crafts among prospective buyers locally and internationally.
• Providing assistance to the artisans/weavers in the field of design development, quality raw
  materials and development of new Craft Collaborative Products suiting to the contemporary
  market requirement and fashion trends.
• Creating employment opportunity/alternative income opportunity and sustainable income to
  the rural artisans/weavers, especially women.
• Encouraging policy dialogue and implementing the schemes of the Government of
  Bangladesh, practice ethical trade including fair trade and fair wages to benefit the artisan and
  weaver communities.

OUR AIMS

• To bring divers voices into curatorial and craft-design process
• To develop innovative prototype through collective knowledge of crafts-people and design
  participants and collaborations
• To conduct espouse and interactive sessions with local and international designs bringing a
  higher level of excellence to Bengal Craft Society designs and the local producers
• Community development initiatives with strategic partners

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Not only has the partnership with Bengal Craft Society been vital to our cause, but their passion and commitment ensures continued success in our conservation efforts.

— Caesar Rahman, Creative Conservation Alliance