CIRDAP – Enabling Rural Communities
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Financial Markets in general and banking in particular, Financial Inclusion, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, MSMEs, FPOs and corporate governance
CIRDAP has organized a national seminar highlighting the importance of library in the age of internet in collaboration with the Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists (BALID) on Saturday, 23 February 2019 at 2:30 pm at the CIRDAP International Conference Centre (CICC) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Marking the “National Library Day” as declared by the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the seminar explored how internet can be best utilized in library management and information dissemination. The seminar was attended by librarians, information scientists, and documentalists, researchers, scholars and professional in relevant fields from across Bangladesh. Hon’ble Minister of Ministry of Science and Technology, the Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Architect Yeafesh Osman will attend as the Chief guests, while Dr. Omar Jah, Vice-Chancellor, IUT and Mr. Abdullah Al Hasan Chowdhury, Additional Secretary, GoB attended the seminar as Special Guests. Director General of CIRDAP Mr. Tevita G. Boseiwaqa Taginavulau chaired the meeting. Mr. M. Monirul Islam Kanok, Librarian, PM Office and Dr. Md. Nazim Uddin, Senior Manager and Head, icddr,b Library will present papers on the theme. Prof. Dr. Kazi Mostak Gausul Hoq, Chairman, Dept. of ISLM, DU. Dr. M. Moniruzzaman, National Information Offcier, UNIC & Mr. Golam Mustafa, CEO, Hakkani Publication, Dhaka will attend as discussants. Members of BALID including the Chairman Dr. Mirza Mohd Rezaul Islam will also attend the meeting. It is expected that this seminar will help in capacity building of librarians, information scientists, documentalists and others so that libraries can contribute to knowledge drive social development in Bangladesh. The programme started with welcome speech by Dr. Mirza Mohd Rezaul Islam, Chairman, BALID followed by remarks by Dr. Usharani Boruah (Librarian, CIRDAP) who made a presentation on CIRDAP Highlighting the importance of E-library. Dr. Md. Nazim Uddin (Senior Manager and Head, icddr,b Library) presented a keynote presentation on History and chronological development of library from manual to Digital/e-library format. Mr. M. Monirul Islam Kanok (Librarian, PM Office) gave an excellent presentation on “why library is important though we have internet” with some real examples. After keynote presentation there was a question & answer session. Afterword, as discussants Prof. Dr. Kazi Mostak Gausul Hoq (Chairman, Dept. of ISLM, DU) delivered speech on the importance of E-library and spreading out E-library system everywhere. Mr. Abdullah Al Hasan Chowdhury (Add. Secretary, Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Division, Ministry of Educaiton, Bangladesh) & Mr. Muhammad Hossam Haider Chowdhury (Librarian, Independent University Library, Bangladesh) also discussed on the issue. Then, as Chief guests Dr. Omar Jah, Vice-Chancellor, IUT gave speech. He said about authenticity of information and danger of corrupted knowledge with some examples. Finally, the chair of the meeting Mr. Tevita G. Boseiwaqa Taginavulau, DG, CIRDAP delivered his speech where he explored how library and Internet interacts, complement each other. He stressed the importance of library in the age of internet. The programme concluded with vote of thanks by Mr. Md. Humayun Kabir the Deputy Librarian, Independent University Library.
CIRDAP in collaboration with the National Institute for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR is organising an International Training Programme on Decentralized Governance and Delivery of Services- Way to God Governance on 19-28 March 2019 in Hyderabad, India. Nominations are expected from CIRDAP member countries. The participants will be mid and senior-level government officials dealing with the theme of the programme. Official nominations should be come through CIRDAP contact ministry with the prescribed nomination form and sent to training@cirdap.org by 18February 2019. Before starting the application process, kindly read the “Application Procedure” very carefully. Training Code: TF-193-NIRD-2019 Training Title: CIRDAP-NIRD&PR Collaborative International Training Programme on Decentralized Governance and Delivery of Services- Way to God Governance Timing and Duration: 19-28 March 2019 (10 days, excluding arrival and departure) Venue: NIRD&PR, India Download following documents: Application Procedure Nomination Form Training Brief Participant’s Medical form
CIRDAP in collaboration with the National Institute for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR) is organising an International Training Programme on Geospatial Information Management (GIM) in Rural Development to be held on 19-28 March 2019 in Hyderabad, India. Nominations are expected from CIRDAP member countries. The participants will be mid and senior-level government officials dealing with Geo – Spatial Information Management (GIM) or Geographic Information System (GIS) from relevant government or non-government organizations. Official nominations should be come through CIRDAP contact ministry with the prescribed nomination form and sent to training@cirdap.org by 18 February 2019. Before starting the application process, kindly read the “Application Procedure” very carefully. Training Code: TF-192-NIRD-2019 Training Title: CIRDAP-NIRD&PR Collaborative International Training Programme on Geo-spatial Information Management (GIM) in Rural Development Timing and Duration: 19-28 March 2019 (10 days, excluding arrival and departure) Venue: NIRD&PR, Hyderabad, India Download following documents: Application Procedure Nomination Form Training Brief Participant’s Medical form
CIRDAP is organizing a Planning Workshop for the CIRDAP National Coordinators on 11-13 March 2019 in Cumilla, Bangladesh. The Governing Council (GC -21) meeting in Manila, Philippines in 2017, approved CIRDAP’s Strategic Plan 2018-2022, in which the Secretariat was impressed upon the need to strengthen coordination on between CIRDAP, the CMCs, CLIs and development partners. To reinforce its effort to achieve the Strategic Plan and better coordination, each member countries has appointed a CIRDAP National Coordinator to act as focal point of coordination between the above institutions, especially on programme activities. This planning workshop is intended to bring together National Coordinators of all CIRDAP Member Countries to orient and brainstorm on CIRDAP programme activities for better planning. The main purpose of the Workshop is for coordinators – (i) to participate in the planning of the revised 2019 programmes and proposed biannual 2020-2021 programmes; (ii) to communicate with the National Coordinators’ (NC) on the system and processes of CIRDAP; and (iii) to provide the opportunity for NCs’ to share their good practices on selected rural development programme(s). It is expected that this workshop will enhance the capacity of the national coordinator and enable them to contribute for sustainable rural development in their respective countries.
The Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) in collaboration with the National Institute for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR) is organising an International Training Programme on Social Audit in Rural Development Programmes to be held on 19-28 March 2019 in Hyderabad, India. Nominations are expected from CIRDAP member countries. The participants will be mid and senior-level government officials dealing with the theme of the programme. Official nominations should be come through CIRDAP contact ministry with the prescribed nomination form and sent to training@cirdap.org by 18 February 2019. Before starting the application process, kindly read the “Application Procedure” very carefully. Training Code: TF-190-NIRD-2018 Training Title: CIRDAP-NIRD&PR International Training Programme on Social Audit in Rural Development Programmes Timing and Duration: 19-28 March 2019 (10 days, excluding arrival and departure) Venue: NIRD&PR, India Download following documents: Application Procedure Nomination Form Training Brief Participant’s Medical form
The Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) in collaboration with the National Institute for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR) is organising an International Training Programme on Food Waste to Wealth: Post-Harvest to Market. Nominations are expected from CIRDAP member countries. The participants will be mid and senior-level government officials dealing with the theme of the programme. Official nominations should be come through CIRDAP contact ministry with the prescribed nomination form and sent to training@cirdap.org by 15 February 2019. Before starting the application process, kindly read the “Application Procedure” very carefully. Training Title:International Training on Food Waste to Wealth: Post-Harvest to Market Training Code: TF-182-NIRDPR-2018 Timing and Duration: 01-10 March 2019 (10 days, excluding arrival and departure) Venue: Vietnam Download following documents: Application Procedure Nomination Form Training Brief Participant’s Medical form
CIRDAP has organised a 5-day-long exposure visit on Micro Finance in Bangladesh to be held from 27th to 31st January 2019 for a team of Officials from Government of India including from National Bank Staff College (NBSC) and National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) and Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD). The delegates have arrived CIRDAP today and the inaugural program of the exposure visit was held at CIRDAP Headquarter. Mr. Tevita G. Boseiwaqa Taginavulau, the Director General of CIRDAP welcomed the team and emphasized on importance of collaboration to address the growing inequality in the Asia-Pacific region. #CIRDAP #RuralDevelopment #MicroFinance #Bangladesh #IndiaNabard Online
Climate change is negatively affecting agriculture, food production and rural livelihoods in general. CIRDAP Rural Development Report titled Impacts of Climate Change on Rural Livelihoods suggests that climate change change is negatively affecting agriculture, food production and rural livelihoods in general. It may intensify the pressure on available resources and ecosystem and trigger a vicious cycle of poverty, resource degradation, environmental deterioration and social unrest. The report recommends creation of new employment opportunities particularly in non-farm sectors through promotion of agro-processing industries and rural entrepreneurship etc. as way to diversify livelihood.Watch this Video on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2BL0WBr Read the full report: www.cirdap.org/ccrl
CIRDAP in collaboration with Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development (RGNIYD) is organizing an International Training cum Exposure Visit on “Youth Engagement to meet Sustainable Development Goals” on 18-22 February 2019 in Chennai, India for students from CIRDAP member countries. The training is designed to expose the students to social innovation and successful government initiatives relating to SDGs in order to equip them with necessary skills and knowledge required for meaningful youth participation for achievement of SDGs. The programme blends a number of combined sessions including lecture cum demonstration, case studies, audio-visual presentations, group discussions, networking and field visit respectively. Any university students studying in any of the CIRDAP member countries listed below can apply to joint the 5 days long programme. The programme details, content and eligibility criteria is given below: Programme Details Duration: 18-22 February 2019 (5 Days, Excluding arrival and departure)Venue: Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development, IndiaNo of Participants: 20Application Deadline: 20th January 2019 ContentThe tentative topics to be covered as follows:(i) Social Innovation and Practices (Social Harmony and National Unity);(ii) Youth Development Policies, Programmes and Practices;(iii) Create opportunities to prevent internal migration from rural to urban;(iv) Employability through Life Skill, Leadership and Entrepreneurship; and(v) Youth and Community Development (Youth initiated Programme/Project). Expected OutcomeThe Training cum Exposure visit designs a strategic response for aspiring entrants to professional career competently that are pertinent to the emerging developmental needs and desires of the young people in Asia and the Pacific. There are other aspects appended below- The participants will get a platform to share knowledge of skill development for elevating youth productivity. The participant will learn and exchange ideas from different countries of Asia and The Pacific in terms of their own country perspective The participants will identify ways on how they can contribute to SDGs through regional collaboration. Eligibility CriteriaWe value diversity and encourage qualified students from diverse academic and cultural backgrounds to apply for the programme. The eligibility criteria are as follows: 1. Citizen of CIRDAP Member Countries;2. Current studying at University;3. Physically and mentally sound and fit for travel and field work;4. Ability to work in multi-cultural team;5. Proficient in English (Speaking, writing and listening); and6. At least 6-months valid Passport. CIRDAP Member Countries The CIRDAP member countries are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Application Procedure Applicants have to submit online application using the following the online application form with supporting documents, mentioned below within the deadline – Sl Type of documents File Format Rename as 1. Last educational certificate .pdf Applicant’s first name_certificate (e.g. bbx_certificate) 2. Official Recommendation/Nomination Letter from Departmental Head .pdf Applicant’s first name_recommendation (e.g. bbx_recommendation ) 3. Valid passport copy with minimum 6 months validity .pdf Applicant’s first name_passport (e.g. bbx_passport) 4. Financial Statement from Bank (either participants’ or sponsors) .pdf Applicant’s first name_finance (e.g. bbx_finance) 5. Passport Size Photograph .jpeg Applicant’s first name (e.g. bbx) Please note, the total file size of these supporting documents should not exceed 10 MB. Selection ProcedureTo be competitive for the limited number of participants, a combination of the following credentials is highly desirable: • Display a commitment and passion for Youth development;• Possess academic relevance;• Analytical Writing (Strategic perspective and innovative ideas); and• Extracurricular Activities. Financial Arrangements (i) To be borne by CIRDAP and RGNIYD Hospitality (Accommodation and meal) for 7 days; All Logistics and assignment costs; and All expenses for Field Visit. (ii) To be borne by Participants All expenses with regard to Visa fees, taxes and Airfare (Round trip); and All local travel expenditure from Airport in India to Programme Venue (RGNIYD) and vice-versa. Please note that: • Applications received after the deadline and self-nomination will not be accepted;• Failure to submit the incomplete information or without required documents will not be considered;• Upon successful submission of application, selected candidates will be notified of their status prior to three weeks of the programme;• the right to select or reject any application is at the discretion of the CIRDAP; For further query please contact: mahjabin@cirdap.org, training@cirdap.org, or +8801920199917 and +8801557738030