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| Monday, February 15 |
| Inaugural Session |
| 09:30-10:30 |
Inaugural Session: (Chief Guest: Hon’ble Prime Minister) |
| 09:30 |
Arrival of the Hon’ble Prime Minister |
| 09:32 |
Recitation from the Holy Quran |
| 09:35 |
Welcome remarks by Mr. M. Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, Secretary, ERD & Co-Chair, Local Consultative Group |
| 09:40 |
Welcome remarks by Mr. Chris Austin, Country Director, the UK Department for International Development & Co-Chair, Local Consultative Group |
| 09:45 |
Introductory statements by representatives of development partners
- Mr. Kazuo Sunaga, Deputy Director General, International Cooperation
Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
- Mr. Sultan Hafeez Rahman, Director General, South Asia Regional
Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Ms. Isabel Guerrero, Vice-President, South Asia Region, World Bank. |
| 10:00 |
Address by H.E Mr. Abul Maal A Muhith, MP, Hon’ble Finance Minister, Government of Bangladesh |
| 10:10 |
Inaugural address by H.E Sheikh Hasina, MP, Hon’ble Prime Minister of the Government of Bangladesh |
| 10:25 |
Opening of the “Development Fair” by the Hon’ble Prime Minister |
| 11:00-13:30 |
Business Session-I; Development Strategies, Governance and Human Development |
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The main objective of this session is for the Government of Bangladesh to share its development vision, strategy, priorities and discuss with development partners on how to work together to make the vision into real development outcomes. |
| 11:00 |
Presentation on the Vision 2021 and National Strategy for Accelerated Poverty Reduction-II as well as governance and human development by Professor Dr. Shamsul Alam, Member, General Economics Division, Planning Commission. |
| 11:25 |
Comments by designated discussant, Dr. Sadiq Ahmed, Vice Chairman, Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh |
| 11:32 |
Comments from development partners:
- Ms. Renata Desallien, UN Resident Coordinator
- Mr. Dirk Meganck, Director Asia and Central Asia, European Union |
| 11:45 |
Floor discussion on the Development Strategies. |
| 12:05 |
Floor discussion on Governance |
| 12:25 |
Floor discussion on Human Development |
| 12:45 |
Response from the presenter |
| 12:55 |
Remarks by the Guests of Honour
- Dr. Masihur Rahman, Hon’ble Economic Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister
- Air Vice Marshal(Retd.) A K Khandker, BU, MP, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Planning |
| 13:05 |
Final comments from the development partners:
Ms. Ellen Goldstein, Country Director, World Bank |
| 13:15 |
Concluding remarks by the Chair (Hon’ble Minister for Finance) |
| 13:30 |
End of session |
| 14:30-16:00 |
Business Session-II; Energy and Power |
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The main objective of this session is for Government of Bangladesh to share its strategy, reforms and priorities in the energy and power sector and discuss with development partners how to work together to realise the plans. |
| 14:30 |
Presentation on the strategy, priorities and next steps for the energy and power sector by Mr. Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Secretary, Power Division, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources |
| 14:50 |
Comments by designated discussant, Dr. Ijaz Hossain, Professor Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology |
| 14:55 |
Comments from development partners:
Mr Sultan Hafeez Rahman, Director General South Asia Region, ADB |
| 15:00 |
Floor discussion |
| 15:30 |
Response from the presenter |
| 15:35 |
Remarks by the Guests of Honour
- Dr. Towfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, BB, Hon’ble Adviser to the Prime Minister on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources
- Brigadier General (Retd.) Muhammad Enamul Huq, MP, Hon'ble State Minister, Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources |
| 15:45 |
Final comments from the development partners:
H.E. Mr Holger Michael, Ambassador, Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany |
| 15:50 |
Concluding remarks by the Chair (Hon’ble Minister for Finance) |
| 16:00 |
End of Session |
| 16:15-17:45 |
Business Session-III; Agriculture, Food Security and Water Resources |
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The main objective of this session is for Government of Bangladesh to share its strategy, reforms and priorities in the agriculture, food security and water resources sectors and discuss with development partners how to work together to realise the plans. |
| 16:15 |
Presentation on the strategy, priorities and next steps for agriculture, food security and water resource management by Mr. C Q K Mustaq Ahmed, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture. |
| 16:35 |
Comments from by designated discussant,
Dr. Mahabub Hossain Executive Director, BRAC |
| 16:40 |
Comments from development partners:
Mr. Ad Spijkers, Representative, Food and Agriculture Organization |
| 16:45 |
Floor discussion |
| 17:15 |
Response from the presenter |
| 17:20 |
Remarks by the Guests of Honour
- Dr. Mohammad Abdur Razzaque, MP, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Food and Disaster Management.
- Begum Matia Chowdhury, MP, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Agriculture |
| 17:30 |
Final comments from the development partners:
H. E. Mr. James Moriaty, Ambassador of the United States |
| 17:35 |
Concluding remarks by the Chair (Hon’ble Minister for Finance) |
| 17:45 |
End of session |
| 17:45-19:30 |
Visit “Development Fair”- A “Bangladeshi Mela” demonstrating various ongoing development activities and partnerships in Bangladesh. |
| 19:30-21:30 |
Dinner, followed by cultural programme |
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| Tuesday, February 16 |
| 09:00– 10:15 |
Business Session-IV: Environment and Climate Change |
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The objective for this session is for the Government of Bangladesh to share its strategies, reforms and priorities in the area of environment and climate change and discuss with development partners how to work together to realise the plans. |
| 09:00 |
Presentation on the strategy, priorities and next steps on environment and climate change by Dr. Mihir Kanti Majumder, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests. |
| 09:15 |
Comments by designated discussant,
Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, President, Bangladesh Economic Association |
| 09:20 |
Comments from development partners:
Mr. Jim Drummond, Director South Asia, DFID/UK |
| 09:25 |
Floor discussion |
| 09:45 |
Response from the presenter |
| 09:50 |
Remarks by the Guests of Honour
- Dr. Hasan Mahmud, MP, Hon’ble State Minister for Environment and Forests
- Mr. Ramesh Chandra Sen, MP, Hon’ble Minister for Water Resources |
| 10:00 |
Final comments from the development partners:
H.E. Mr. Einar Hebogard Jensen, Ambassador of Denmark |
| 10:05 |
Concluding remarks by the Chair (Hon’ble Minister for Finance) |
| 10:15 |
End of session |
| 10:15 – 11:30 |
Business Session-V: Transport and Communications |
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The objective for this session is for the Government of Bangladesh to share its strategies, reforms and priorities in the transport and communications sectors and discuss with development partners how to work together to realise the plans. |
| 10:15 |
Presentation on the strategy, priorities and next steps on transport and communications by Mr. Md. Mozammel Haque Khan, Secretary, Roads and Railway Division |
| 10:35 |
Comments by designated discussant, Dr. Jamilur Reza Chowdhury, Vice-Chancellor, BRAC University. |
| 10:40 |
Comments from development partners:
H.E. Mr. Tamotsu Shinotsuka, Ambassador, Embassy of Japan |
| 10:45 |
Floor discussion |
| 11:05 |
Response from the presenter |
| 11:10 |
Remarks by the Guest of Honour
Syed Abul Hossain, MP, Hon'ble Minister, Ministry of Communications |
| 11:15 |
Final comments from the development partners:
Mr Paul Heytens, Country Director, Asian Development Bank |
| 11:20 |
Concluding remarks by the Chair (Hon’ble Minister for Finance) |
| 11:30 |
End of session |
| 11:45 – 12:45 |
Business Session-VI: Digital Bangladesh and ICT Development |
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The objective for this session is for the Government of Bangladesh to share its strategies, reforms and priorities on “Digital Bangladesh” and the ICT sector and discuss with development partners how to work together to realise the plans. |
| 11:45 |
Presentation on the strategy, priorities and next steps on achieving Digital Bangladesh and ICT Development by Mr. Md. Abdul Karim, Principal Secretary, Prime Minister's Office. |
| 12:00 |
Comments by designated discussant, Mr. Anir Chowdhury, Policy Adviser, Access to Information Programme Project, PMO |
| 12:05 |
Comments from development partners:
Mr. Stefan Priesner, Country Director, United Nations Development Programme |
| 12:10 |
Floor discussion |
| 12:25 |
Response from the presenter |
| 12:30 |
Remarks by the Guest of Honour
Architect Yeafesh Osman, Hon’ble State Minister, Ministry of Science and Information & Communication Technology |
| 12:35 |
Final comments from the development partners:
Mr Milko van Gool, Head of Cooperation, European Union |
| 12:40 |
Concluding remarks by the Chair (Hon’ble Minister for Finance) |
| 12:45 |
End of session |
| 12:45-13:30 |
Summing-up and Next Steps: |
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The objective of this session is for the Government of Bangladesh to present its ideas for implementing the strategy and sector plans in close collaboration with the development partners as well as to build consensus on key issues. |
| 14:30-15:30 |
Press Briefing by the Hon’ble Finance Minister |
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