Development policy centre on Bangladesh launched in US
Friday, 13 March 2009
Center for Development and Governance (CDG), a development policy organisation with the specific goal of promoting governance in Bangladesh has been established in Washington DC recently by a group of Bangladeshi professionals working in the United States.
Dr Mizanur Rahman Miah, Professor and Director of the School of Social Work, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois, and a highly reputed Bangladeshi scholar in the United States, has been elected president of CDG.
The core mission of CDG is to promote development and governance in Bangladesh through knowledge-building, policy research, and programme development and implementation, says a press release.
CDG will focus on capacity-building particularly in seven governance related areas: 1) education, 2) law and justice, 3) health care management, 4) social justice and equity, 5) business and information technology growth; 6) women empowerment, and 7) non-resident Bangladeshis.
For its various activities, CDG will collaborate with development and governance related organisations in Bangladesh and other countries.
CDG's board of directors included some of the distinguished development professionals who have experience of working both in Bangladesh and abroad. The Advisory Council of CDG includes leading governance experts, reputed educationists, IT specialists, ambassadors, and policy specialists from Bangladesh and other countries.
Dr Mizanur Rahman Miah, Professor and Director of the School of Social Work, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois, and a highly reputed Bangladeshi scholar in the United States, has been elected president of CDG.
The core mission of CDG is to promote development and governance in Bangladesh through knowledge-building, policy research, and programme development and implementation, says a press release.
CDG will focus on capacity-building particularly in seven governance related areas: 1) education, 2) law and justice, 3) health care management, 4) social justice and equity, 5) business and information technology growth; 6) women empowerment, and 7) non-resident Bangladeshis.
For its various activities, CDG will collaborate with development and governance related organisations in Bangladesh and other countries.
CDG's board of directors included some of the distinguished development professionals who have experience of working both in Bangladesh and abroad. The Advisory Council of CDG includes leading governance experts, reputed educationists, IT specialists, ambassadors, and policy specialists from Bangladesh and other countries.