A day-long campaign and workshop titled “CSO-NGO Sector with Self-esteem: Campaign on Grand Bargain and Localization” was held in the Mymensingh NGO Forum Auditorium on 8 September 2018. The introductory segment was conducted by Mustafa Kamal Akanda, Assistant Director of the COAST Trust, while the workshop was conducted by Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Executive Director of the COAST Trust.
The chief guest of the program was Mahmud Hasan, Divisional Commissioner of Mymensigh. Also present among the guests were Khondokar Faruk Ahmed, Convener of the executive committee and Managing Director of Trinamool Unnayan Sangstha, Farhana Milki of FMB, and Abdur Rashid, Exectuive Director of ASPADA Paribesh Unnayan Foundation on behalf of CDF.
Khondokar Faruk Ahmed of Trinamool Unnayan Sangstha inaugurated the program and thanked everyone for their participation. He expressed his sincere hope that this workshop would aid the local NGOs in their development endeavors. Farhana Milki pointed out that while a number of important topics were raised and discussed in the conference, this being a devastating time for the NGO sector, everyone needs to coordinate their work and be mindful of their self-esteem as well. Abdur Rashid, Executive Director of ASPADA Paribesh Unnayan Foundation, afirmed the need for NGOs to work along side the state apparatus. If everyone worked in unison with the knowledge and inspiration generated in the workshop, the goal of development will be in our reach, he said. [Click here details report] [Seminar Video]
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