Open Discussion on PRSP - BARISAL
A day long open discussion
session on PRSP was
held at the Abdur Rob Serniabat auditorium of Teachers Training
College, Barisal on March 11, 2004. The open discussion
focuses on the poverty reduction strategic planning on
regional basis by integrating the different
groups of people of the society in the region.
Dr. Quazi Mesbah Uddin Ahmed,
Member, Planning Commission attended the inaugural
secession as the chief guest and Mr. Abdul Kuddus, Divisional Commissioner
Barisal Division chaired the opening session. Among others, Mr. Farooq Ahmed,
Secretary, Ministry of Relief and Disaster Management; Dr.
Omar Farooq, Secretary, Ministry of Science and ICT, Mr. Abul Kashem, Secretary, Ministry of Local Government,
Mr. Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Joint Chief, spoke
on the occasion. Dr. M. Asaduzzaman, Research Director,
BIDS and Project Director of SDNP was present in the workshop. The inaugural session was conducted by Mr.
Mustakim Billah Faruqee, PS to Divisional Commissioner,
Barisal.
Thematic Group Discussion was
held under the following groups:
- Communication (Road, Rail,
Inland Water Transport, ICT and Telecommunication)
- Power and Energy
- Good governance (Civil
Service, Judiciary, Law and order, Local Government)
- Health (Population Control,
Nutrition and Sanitation)
- Education (Primary
education, Mass Education, Women Education, Technical and Vocational
Education )
- Rural Development (Food
Security, Disaster Management, Social Security, Micro
Credit, Non-farming Activities
)
- Agriculture (Grain, Special
crops, Forestry, Fisheries, Livestock, Agricultural and
Organic Technology)
- Environment (Forestation,
Biodiversity, Land Improvement and Usage, Safe water)
- Water Management
- Indigenous and disable
(physically, mental and social) People
- Housing
- Women and Children
The Opening Ceremony was
instantly webcasted by the SDNP Bangladesh ( www.sdnpbd.org/prsp/
) team through their Barisal Regional Node situated at the
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society office in Barisal.
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