Johannesburg
Summit 2002 – the World Summit on Sustainable Development – improving
people's lives and conserving our natural resources in a world that is
growing in population, with ever-increasing demands for food, water,
shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic security.
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PEOPLE CONSULTATION WORKSHOP
WSSD 2002 Bangladesh National Report: Peoples'
Consultation Workshop on Sustainable
Development in Barisal today Venue: SERDAP Auditorium Date: March 10, 2002 A daylong workshop on 'People's consultation on sustainable development' will be held at the auditorium of Bangladesh Development Society in Barisal today. Jointly organised by the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Barisal Divisional administration, the Forum of Environmental Journalists of Bangladesh (FEJB) and the civil society, the workshop will begin at 10.00am. Whip of the parliament Mujibur Rahman Sarwar will inaugurate the workshop while Director General of the Department of Environment Hedayetul Islam Chowdhury will preside. Environment Secretary Sabihuddin Ahmed, Prof Sirajul Islam Chowdhury and Prof Ahmed Kamal of Dhaka University, Zahiruddin Swapan MP, Moazzem Hossain Alal MP, Editor of The Daily Star Mahfuz Anam, Dr Salehuddin of PKSF, Prof Ainun Nishat and Barisal Divisional Commissioner Lokman Hakim will attend the workshop as special guests. The main objective of the workshop is to gather people's opinion for outlining the course of action for the next 10 years to achieve sustainable development. The outcome of the workshops will be incorporated in the Country Assessment Report and the government will present it in the upcoming Wold Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). The summit will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from August 26 to September 4. FEJB Chairman Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Environment Dr Mahfuzul Haq and SEMP Coordinator Babar N Kabir will act as facilitators of the workshop. DCs and other high officials of the Barisal division, local educationists, politicians, members of the civil society, local government representatives, women representatives, NGO activists, businessmen, environmentalists and farmers will take part in the consultation. Earlier, similar workshops were held in Sylhet, Khulna,
Rajshahi and Chittagong divisional headquarters. The national level
consultation will be held at CIRDAP auditorium in the city on March 10.
Success in
poverty alleviation depends on high economic growth The daying public consultation workshop on sustainable development was jointly organized by the Rajshahi Divisional administration, Minister of Forest and Environment, Forum of Environmental Journalists of Bangladesh (FEJB) and Nagarrik Samaj. Inauguration the workshop, Rajshahi city mayor Mijanur Rahman Minu stresses the need for regional consensuses sustainable development in the country. Presided over by Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, Chairman of FEJB, the inaugural function was also attended by Mohammad Shajahan, deputy commissioner of Rajshahi, Dr. Mahfuzul Haq deputy secretary of the ministry of forest and environment and Dr. Babar Kabir, Coordinator of SEMP. High district official leaders, university and college teachers, journalists, businessmen, representatives of NGOs, farmers and workers of 16 districts of Rajshahi Division took part in the workshop.
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