About SDNP Bangladesh

Background

The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) is the implementing agency for two of the 26 components in SEMP - The Policy Analysis Studies which falls under the Policy and Institutions Sub-Program, and the Sustainable Development Network (SDN) falls under the Awareness and Advocacy Sub-Program.

One of the strategies for promoting Awareness and Advocacy is enabling easy access to information and knowledge. To effectively implement such a strategy, the Sustainable Development Network (SDN) aims to capitalize on the revolution in electronic communications and provide a new set of tools to achieve sustainable human development through a sharing of vital information, experience and expertise both within the country and globally.

To date UNDP has assisted several countries, including China, Indonesia, Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Angola, Chad, Tunisia, Poland, Bolivia, Guatemala, and the Honduras, in setting up pilot SDNs.  

The objective of the Sustainable Development Network Project (SDNP) is to create an appropriate tool - the SDN - for achieving and facilitating exchange of information/knowledge among development partners, academia, policy makers and the civil society, both national and international, in order to design and implement unique plans for sustainable development in Bangladesh.

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Objective

  • Improve participation of Stakeholders

  • Enhancement of awareness and skill in online networking

  • Institutionalize long term sustainability plan.

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Project Area / Target Audience

  • Whole geographical region of Bangladesh and any affairs related to Bangladesh

  • Policy makers

  • Line ministries

  • Development partners

  • community leaders, civil society, official donor communities, local government officials, municipal offices

  • non-government organizations, private sectors, investors, professional bodies, chambers

  • academics and academic institutes, press clubs, medical institutes, public libraries, and individuals.

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Project Activities (Interventions)

  • Web presence

  • Accessible database

  • Access to information

  • Capacity building

  • Training

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Project Outputs

  • Infrastructure development of 26 SIAs and non-SIAs

  • Internet connectivity to 26 SIAs and non-SIAs

  • Web site development of 26 SEMP components and others

  • Observance of national and international days

  • Establishment of 5 Public Access Centres (PACs) in Dhaka

  • Training to 26 SIAs and non-SIAs

  • Establishment of five-six regional nodes and several sub-nodes

  • Collaborational programme on sustainable development issues

  • School programme in 200 schools

  • Establishment of VSAT link to central node

  • Relational database development

  • Establishment of monitoring and evaluation tools

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Major Achievements so far

  • Internet Connectivity to

    • All 26 SIAs,

    • 50 non-SIAs,

    • 60 BIDS users,

    • Steering Committee members and

    • eminent individuals
       

  • Internet Connectivity to Important non-SIAs & Government and Non-Government Organizations like

    • Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF),

    • NPC,

    • Export Promotion Bureau (EPB),

    • MPC,

    • BSMRAU,

    • BRRI,

    • Asiatic Society of Bangladesh,

    • Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon,

    • Bangladesh Telemedicine Association,

    • Bangladesh Health and Environment Journalist's Network
       

  • Web site development for

  • Virtual Library Information System (VLIS)
     VLIS developed by SDNP Bangladesh
    Work Shop on "Implementation of Virtual Library Information System (VLIS)"
    Date: April 05, 2002, Venue: BIDS Conferance Room, Dhaka.
     

  • Established Networking for

    • BIDS,

    • Wasteconcern,

    • IUCN and

    • BTA
       

  • UUCP Email System & server setup for

    • IUCN and

    • Wasteconcern
       

  • MOU singed between BSMRAU for setting up sub-node at Salna; MOU in progress with LEARN Foundation for Sylhet regional node; MOU in preparation for Mymensingh and Khulna regional nodes
     

  • Cyber centre established at

    • BIDS and

    • National Press Club (two more in progress)
       

  • School Programme in progress
     

  • Training given to SDNP and BIDS staff
     

  • Training given to all SIAs in their individual locations and one/two common training in BIDS will be given at end of December 2001
     

  • ComNet Internet Workshop done from November 20-22, 2001 for German Foundation for Population in association with UNFPA

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Project Exit Strategy (Sustainability Plan)

  • Cost recovery strategy

  • Resource generation

  • Alternate resources

  • Long term plan

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Contact Info:
Contact Person: Hakikur Rahman
Project Coordinator
Address: E-17 Agargaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, G.P.O. Box: 3854,
Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
Email: info@sdnbd.org
Phone: 880-2-8126204
Fax: 880-2-9118543
Web:

www.sdnbd.org

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