INCIDIN Bangladesh launched its program in 1995, as a research organization, conducting Participatory Action Research (PAR) with an ethnic (Garo) community in central Bangladesh. Around the same year two PARs with children had been accomplish. One was about the impact of the "Harkin's Bill" (against child labor) on the working children in Bangladesh and the other one was on the sexually exploited street children of Dhaka city. It is important to mention that in both cases of PAR with children was an unconventional initiative, as the participants were not the "target" of mainstream NGOs in Bangladesh.

      Our guiding values of the organization could be defined as participatory democratic (in the sense that individuals have the right to participate in decisions that affect their lives), collectiveness, consensus, trust and social responsibility. Due to the activist background of the founders the core value concern is not to be bureaucratic and hierarchical.

      Although INCIDIN Bangladesh is a research and advocacy organization with a strong focus professional output, our self-perception goes beyond formal identity. INCIDIN's conceptual position is shaped by the background of its founders, who have come from student activism, engaged in the struggle for a democratic Bangladesh. We identify ourselves as part of a broader movement for overall people's development, as a space for interaction of development activists and exploration of ideas and action towards societal transformation for a pluralistic, democratic Bangladesh.

Our mission is the overall development of the community, with an especial focus on a balanced and sustainable industrial development.

INCIDIN Bangladesh envisions a world based on rights and equity based value structures in Bangladesh following a sustainable strategy of integrated social and economic development.

Action Research and policy advocacy could be defined as our main strategy to understand and address the societal problem. To address the issues we are working with all relevant actors in formal and informal networks, in a concerted way.

We perceive ourselves as facilitator, motivator, advocate of the process, not as a service provider. That means we are seeing ourselves in the role of activists who will address theoretical - conceptual issues to have strategic impact on the life and livelihood of the marginalized people.