Tonmoy Ahmed, a coordinator of the Bangladesh Awami League’s research wing Centre for Research and Information (CRI), has become the fellow of the Konrad Adenauer School for Young Politicians (KASYP).
German-based KASYP is a training programme for young political leaders in Asia. It is designed to strengthen political parties in Asia and to develop a cadre of accountable and responsible young political leaders.
The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Political Dialogue Asia introduced Tonmoy, after being selected for the 12th batch of the programme, through its facebook page.
“Born and brought up in a small city called Palashbari, Gaibandha district of Bangladesh, Mr. Tonmoy Ahmed was a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology,” it said. “Currently, he is working as a coordinator at the Centre for Research and Information, the research wing of his party, the Bangladesh Awami League.
“Mr. Ahmed believes that politics is actually about empowering the party activists and he is trying to make it possible within his capacity,” Konrad Adenauer said.
“The struggle of our great leader, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for an independent Bangladesh taught me how to connect with the people,” Tonmoy was quoted as saying.
According to the KASYP, over the course of this two-year programme, participants were given the opportunity to learn about the background necessary for the development of mature democracies of local political parties, internal dynamics and its impact on the welfare of their constituencies, exercise of leadership, electoral process and how these can contribute to good governance.
By enhancing the skills and competencies of political parties, the program helped create a cadre of political leaders that will make a difference within their political parties and in their respective countries as well, it said.