Research, Training and Management International (RTMI) is a woman lead resource organization registered with the Government of Bangladesh (GOB). It provides high quality technical and management support to the institutions/concerns working in development sectors primarily targeting poor and underprivileged people under the overall guidance of a Management Board. RTMI has three major areas of work: Research and Evaluation, Training and Capacity Building, and Program Support and Management. Recent activities of RTMI focused in health, population and nutrition (HPN), education and human resources development sectors for the design, implementation and development activities.

RTMI was established as an independent NGO in 1994 with the name ‘JSI Research and Training Institute, Bangladesh (JSI Bangladesh)’ and as an affiliate of John Snow Incorporated, a leading public health organization incorporated in USA. From July 2004, JSI USA phased out its financial support and JSI Bangladesh changed its name to ‘Research, Training and Management (RTMI) International’ with the approval of its registration authority in Bangladesh. RTMI is currently working as a sustainable entity with ‘business’ linkages and associations with multiple donors, government and private sector institutions. RTMI over the years has built an in-house human resource pool of 60 professionals with diversified background and experience in the development field. Besides it has established a strong working relationship with resources from different development organizations and universities, whose expertise could be availed of at a short notice. The clientele of RTMI include almost all UN bodies working in Bangladesh (UNHCR, UNFPA, UNAIDS, UNICEF, UN Women, IOM, WHO, WFP, FAO), World Bank, USAID and many international organizations namely, Women for Women International, American University in collaboration with Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Warwick Business School (WBS) and University of Cologne, Social Impact (SI), Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), FHI360,  Pathfinder International, Helen Keller International, Australian Council for Educational Research, ICF-Macro, JICA, Micronutrient Initiative, Save the Children, University Research Corporation, Ipas Bangladesh, Rockefeller Foundation, IPPF, Chemonics, PATH, Swisscontact, John Hopkins University (JHU), GIZ, Engender Health, Columbia University, Aberdeen University, JSI, JHPIEGO, and the Government of Bangladesh. A brief summary of RTMI’s key competency areas and activities are presented below:

RTMI’s research unit has conducted over 100 studies during the last ten years for government, NGOs, Private Sector, and International Organizations. During this period RTMI conducted and developed studies including the data collection tools and instruments, as appropriate and finalized them in consultation with the client. Different innovative approaches were also developed for understanding both rural and urban communities of Bangladesh. Some examples of the major study themes/areas are: Nation-wide surveys- e.g. Utilization of Essential Service Delivery (UESD) Survey, Assessing Utilization of Satellite Clinic, Data collection, editing and data entry for Bangladesh Urban Health Survey (BUHS), Baseline studies (e.g. Max Nutri-WASH’ project, Urban Pilot Project on IFA Supplements among Pregnant Women, Food Security 2012 Bangladesh-Ujjibito project of PKSF), KAP studies, formative research, policy research, facility/service surveys, perception studies, Public Expenditure Review, Benefit Incidence Survey, Costing/PROFILE study, program/project evaluation < .... Read More >

Monitoring, third-party review, MIS systems, assessments and evaluation form other forte of RTMI. RTMI worked as a resource organization to design a ‘Monitoring and Evaluation Plan’ of the Bangladesh health sector. It also worked as an external Monitoring Agency (MA) in HIV and AIDS Targeted Intervention (HATI) for UNICEF. In 2011, under a contract with World Bank, RTMI conducted the Third-Party Monitoring and Verification of textbook distribution, from Directorate of Primary Education to the bottom down distribution/monitoring channel to all Primary Schools of the county. RTMI was contracted by Maxwell Stamp, between 2009-10, to carry out the Third-party verification of outputs under ‘Char Livelihood Program’, the < .... Read More >

RTMI has long experience of organizing and conducting trainings and capacity building programs for GO/NGO and Private Sector organizations. As a part of the training activities the organization has assessed the training needs and developed training modules and materials, trainer’s handbook, participant’s handbook, pre and post training evaluation toolkits in relation to those needs. It has provided onsite mentoring and technical support to different organizations and institutions during the last ten years. It has also partnered with different national and international < .... Read More >

RTMI participated in the design of ADB funded (over $100 million) urban primary health care project involving NGOs and local government institutions and the design team was led by the President of RTMI. Since 2007, RTMI is implementing health and education programs for Myanmar refugees in the UNHCR camps at Cox’s Bazar. A large community outreach program with satellite clinics, door to door advocacy and counseling services are made available for the target <.... Read More >

RTMI has expertise in policy advocacy involving government, NGOs and private sector institutions. It has conducted many policy dialogues with stakeholders on issues relating to Population Growth and Development Challenges of MDGs and PRSP; such as Urbanization, Environment and population growth; Violence against women; Legal and social security measures; Interaction between service providers and community leaders and community participation; and Addressing hard-to-reach, remote and < .... Read More >

RTMI has a team of highly skilled professionals able to take the grants management activities of sub recipient local NGOs. The Chief Adviser of RTMI has worked as the Chief of Party of a large USAID funded project in Bangladesh. RTMI managed a large private sector health project involving private sector institutions through the management of 27 sub-contracts < .... Read More>

RTMI, in recent years, has initiated its work in the Nutrition front. Since 2010 it is working very closely with USAID’s FANTA project in nutrition costing and policy advocacy issues. It has conducted a lot of studies and formative research on Zinc, Iron supplement for MI. It has been contracted by NNS for conducting research on the perceived quality of nutrition services and < .... Read More >