Events of 2017

Sl no. Date Events
01 21 January, 2017

The Centre on Geo-informatics Applications in Rural Development

(CGARD) – widely known as GIS center – was set up at CIRDAP and duly
inaugurated
02 21-23 January,
2017		 CIRDAP in collaboration with NIRD&PR organized a training programme
on Geo-informatics Applications in Rural Development during at CIRDAP
ICT Centre.
03 1st February, 2017

Rural Development Report 2016 – An Outlook of Rural Income and

Poverty in Asia and the Pacific
04 6-10 February,
2017		 CIRDAP – AARDO – MARDI collaborative International Round Table on
“Agricultural Insurance – A Climate Change Adaptation Tool
in African, Asian and Pacific Regions”
05 12 – 22 February,

2017

 CIRDAP – NIRD&PR Collaborative International Training Programme on
“Rural Technologies for Inclusive Growth”
06 27 February – 3 March,

2017

 Study Visit of CIRDAP Staff to Barefoot College, Tirona, India
07 2 March 2017

Meeting with (Former) Director General of Bangladesh Academy FOR

Rural Development (BARD)
08 16 March 2017

Meeting with Senior Programme Specialist of SAARC Agricultural Centre

(SAC)
09 14- 23 March,
2017		 IRDAP – NIRD&PR Collaborative International Training Programme on
“Human Resource Development for Rural Development”
10 3-5 May 2017 The 32nd Technical Committee (TC-32) Meeting of CIRDAP was held at
the Bangladesh Academy of Rural Development (BARD), Comilla,
Bangladesh.
11 14 – 20 May 2017

CIRDAP – BIRD – INFRA Collaborative Exposure cum Training Pro gramme

on “Agro processing”
12 28 May 2017 A team led by the Director General of CIRDAP visited the Ayesha Abed
Foundation’s (AAF) Manikgonj project area in Bangladesh – an initiative
of BRAC, the largest NGO in the world
13 08 June 2017

DG CIRDAP had a meeting with H.E. Sonam Tobden Rabgye, Bhutanese

Ambassador to Bangladesh at Embassy of Bhutan in Dhaka.
14 26 June 2017

DG CIRDAP exchanging Eid greetings with H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Hon’ble

Prime Minister, Government of Bangladesh
15 26 June 2017

DG CIRDAP’s Eid greetings with H.E. Mr. Md. Abdul Hamid, Hon’ble

President, Government of Bangladesh.
16 6th July, 2017 CIRDAP Foundation day/Anniversary
17 16 August – 2 October,

2017

 Internship Programme 2017
18 August 2017 – July
2018		 Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development Management (PGDRDM)
14th Batch
19 21-25 August 2017

Regional Workshop on Revitalization of Rural Communities through

Productivity Improvement Initiatives
20 24-26 August 2017 CIRDAP and SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC) organized a Consultative
Meeting on Community-based Non-Wood Forest Products Enterprise: A
Sustainable Business Modelat Thimpu, Bhutan
21 11-15 September,
2017		 Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in
Agriculture
22 17 – 19 September,
2017		 Training Programme on “Geo –Informatics Application in Rural
Development”
23 25–29 September,
2017		 CIRDAP – APO – NIRD&PR Collaborative International Workshop on
“Advanced Farm Mechanization: Crop Sector”
24 09-10 October,
2017		 The Thirty-first Meeting of the CIRDAP Executive Committee (EC-31) was
held during 2017 at Metro Manila, Philippines.
25 13th October 2017

The Twenty-first Meeting of the CIRDAP Governing Council (GC-21) was

held at Metro Manila, Philippines.
26 13 – 22 November,

2017

 CIRDAP – NIRD&PR Collaborative International Training Programme on
“Geospatial Information Management in Rural Development”
27 25 November,
2017		 A Focus Group Discussion was organized via video conference on the
project – “ Livelihood Enhancement of the Small Farmers in SAARC
Region through Small Scale Agro-business focusing on Value Chain
Development”
28 11-15 December,
2017		 CIRDAP – APO Collaborative Programme “Workshop on Cold Chain and
Logistics Management for Agri – food Products”

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