A workshop on ‘Good Governance and Social Accountability, was held at a hotel in Khulna city on Saturday. British Council arranged the workshop with the support of Platforms for Dialogue (P4D), a European Union funded project in partnership with the Cabinet Division.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Secretary (Coordination and Reforms) of Cabinet Division inaugurated the workshop as the chief guest.
Sultan Ahmed, Additional Secretary (Reforms Wing) of the Cabinet Division and Project Director of P4D Project, presided over the programme, while Khulna Divisional Commissioner Dr M Anoware Hossen Hawlader addressed the workshop as special guest. Team Leader of P4D Project Arsen Stepanyan presented the keynote paper. Khulna Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Helal Hossain, among others, spoke in the workshop.
BSS adds: Government officers in different levels, Leaders of Civil Society, NGO Personnel and Journalists, about Citizen Charter (CC) and Grievance Redress System (GRS) attended the working session.
On July 15, 2018, ‘Platforms for Dialogue’ was launched through a ceremony in the capital by British Council in association with Cabinet Division.
At the national level, P4D already support government institutions in attaining the targets set in the 7th five year plan and policies centred in the National Integrity Strategy (NIS), the Right to Information Act, 2009, Citizens’ Charter, and the Grievance Redress System.
New tools and policy platforms are being developed both at regional and national levels for effective and transparent government-civil society and citizen engagement on policy matters. The project is expected to be completed by June 2020.