UNB, Dhaka :
A two-day international seminar titled “Towards Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Local Government Institutions (LGIs): Learning from South Asia and Beyond” begins on today.
Three other Asian countries – India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines will participate in the event to be held at the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE).
Local Government Division (LGD), Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, with the support from National Institute of Local Government (NILG), Upazila Governance Project (UZGP) and Union Parishad Governance Project (UPGP) will host the seminar.
Representatives from Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) of India, Sri Lanka Institute of Local Governance (SLILG) of Sri Lanka and Asian Institute of Developmental Studies, Inc. (AIDSI) of Philippines are attending the seminar.
The delegates of the participating countries will present papers on existing local government system and good practices from their country perspectives.
A total of nine studies, conducted by UZGP and UPGP, on local governance, decentralization, fiscal decentralization, local service delivery and empowerment of women will be presented in five business sessions of the seminar.
Abdul Malek, Secretary, LGD will inaugurate the seminar as the chief guest while Sudipto Mukerjee, Country Director, UNDP Bangladesh and Peter Bøgh Jensen, Head of Cooperation, DANIDA, Bangladesh will attend as special guests.
At the closing session on Sunday, Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, MP, Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, will attend as the chief guest.
Christian Fotsch, Ambassador of Switzerland to Bangladesh, Nick Beresford, Deputy Country Director, UNDP Bangladesh and Anna Lixi, Counsellor and Governance Team Leader, EU Delegation, will present as special guests.
LG functionaries working at different tiers including elected public representatives, government officials, academicians, LG experts, representatives from development partners and training institutions, CSOs and NGOs will be attending the seminar.
A two-day international seminar titled “Towards Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Local Government Institutions (LGIs): Learning from South Asia and Beyond” begins on today.
Three other Asian countries – India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines will participate in the event to be held at the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE).
Local Government Division (LGD), Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, with the support from National Institute of Local Government (NILG), Upazila Governance Project (UZGP) and Union Parishad Governance Project (UPGP) will host the seminar.
Representatives from Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) of India, Sri Lanka Institute of Local Governance (SLILG) of Sri Lanka and Asian Institute of Developmental Studies, Inc. (AIDSI) of Philippines are attending the seminar.
The delegates of the participating countries will present papers on existing local government system and good practices from their country perspectives.
A total of nine studies, conducted by UZGP and UPGP, on local governance, decentralization, fiscal decentralization, local service delivery and empowerment of women will be presented in five business sessions of the seminar.
Abdul Malek, Secretary, LGD will inaugurate the seminar as the chief guest while Sudipto Mukerjee, Country Director, UNDP Bangladesh and Peter Bøgh Jensen, Head of Cooperation, DANIDA, Bangladesh will attend as special guests.
At the closing session on Sunday, Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, MP, Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, will attend as the chief guest.
Christian Fotsch, Ambassador of Switzerland to Bangladesh, Nick Beresford, Deputy Country Director, UNDP Bangladesh and Anna Lixi, Counsellor and Governance Team Leader, EU Delegation, will present as special guests.
LG functionaries working at different tiers including elected public representatives, government officials, academicians, LG experts, representatives from development partners and training institutions, CSOs and NGOs will be attending the seminar.
