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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
A Roundtable on
Bangladesh
in the 21st Century: Outcome of the Harvard Conference and the Way Forward
Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) is organizing
a roundtable on
Bangladesh
in the 21st Century: Outcome of the Harvard Conference and the Way Forward
to be held on Tuesday, August 05, 2008 from 03:30pm to 5:30pm at the
BEI Conference Room.
The
objective
of the seminar is to disseminate the recommendations made during the ‘Conference
on Bangladesh in the 21st
Century’ co-hosted at Harvard on 13 June to 14 June 2008 by
Bangladesh Development Initiative, Democracy and
Development in Bangladesh
Forum and The Ash Institute
for Democratic Governance & Innovation, John
F.
Kennedy
School of Government,
Harvard
University.
Professor
Saad Andaleeb,
Pennsylvania
State
University, who was one
of the organizers of the conference, will do a power point presentation on the
recommendations adopted by the six working groups at the conference. Professor
Jamilur Reza Choudhury, Vice Chancellor, BRAC University, Professor Rounaq Jahan,
Columbia University, Mr. Matiur Rahman, Editor, Prothom Alo, Mr. Mamun Rashid,
CEO, Citibank NA, Mr. Mahbub Hossain, Executive Director, BRAC
and
Mr. Ifty Islam, Managing Partner, Asian Tigers Capital
Partners are expected to attend the roundtable as discussants.
For further information, Please contact
Mr.
Shahab E. Khan, Project Director or
Md. Azmal Mahmud Khan, Research Assistant at BEI
Monday, August 11-12, 2008
Launching of Training Programme for Civil Service Officials
Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) and BICF are jointly organising a
Training Programme for Civil Service Officials to be
held on Monday and Tuesday , August 11-12, 2008 at Sonargaon Hotel.
Please click here to download the
Programme Schedule.
For further information, please contact
Mr. M. H. Khaleque, Research
Director at BEI.
Saturday, August 30- Sunday, August 31, 2008
A
two-days Seminar on
Impact of
Globalisation and Economic Reforms on the Industry
& Labour Market in Bangladesh: Position and Role of
Trade Unions of Khulna Region
Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) and Bangladesh Institute of Labour
Studies(BILS)
supported by the Royal Danish Embassy are jointly organising
a two-day seminar
on Impact of
Globalisation and Economic Reforms on the Industry & Labour Market in
Bangladesh: Position and Role of Trade Unions under the Leadership
Development Project from
August 30 to August 31, 2008
at Purbanchal Dialogue Centre, 38, Iqbal Nagar, Khulna.
Mr.
Md. Younusur Rahman
,
Divisional Commissioner, Khluna has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest in
the seminar.
Mr. K. G. Moazzem, Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue, will be
the keynote speaker of the seminar.
The objective of the seminar is
to build the capacity of
the trade union leaders of the country and to raise awareness on different
reform agenda affecting the lives of working people, industry and economy of the
country so that they become capable enough to face the challenges of
globalisation.
This will focus on
different reform initiatives undertaken by the Government of Bangladesh
and the best practices in the global arena.
Different trade union and labour leaders of Khulna
Division will be the participants in the seminar.
Please click
here to download the programme agenda.
For further information, please contact
M Masud Hossain Khan, Research
Associate at BEI
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