The award of appreciation in recognition of International Institute for Trade and Development (ITD) – Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) cooperation on best practice on integrated rural development, governance, trade and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific between the two organizations was made. This award ceremony was held during the 37th Session of the Technical Committee meeting of CIRDAP (9 – 12 September 2022) at the International Institute for Trade and Development (Public  Organization) – (ITD), Ministry of Commerce in Bangkok, Thailand. In the award ceremony, Dr. Cherdsak Virapat, DG of CIRDAP awarded the plaque of appreciation to the Executive Director of ITD, Mr. Manu Sithiprasasana. The DG of CIRDAP also received the award of plaque of appreciation from the Executive Director of ITD.

NEXT TIEMS – CBI WEBINAR 2023 Tomorrow Thursday 19th January at 1800 CET Smart Cities and the IMPETUS Project Solutions This webinar is presenting the Firearm Detector IMPETUS is a research and innovation project funded by the European Union – Horizon 2020, no. 883286. It is an innovative project to enhance the resilience of smart cities in the face of security threats in public spaces. IMPETUS will provide city authorities with new means to address security issues in public spaces, and so help to protect citizens. The IMPETUS website at https://impetus-project.eu/ gives more details and presents the results of the project in form of a summary of the different outcomes (the tools, the platform, and the Practitioners Guides) developed within the IMPETUS project, use the following link: https://impetus-project.eu/index.php/impetus-outputs/the-impetus-solution During this second of the IMPETUS Solutions webinars we will present and discuss Firearm Detector tool and how it continuously monitors surveillance camera feeds and automatically creates an alert if a firearm is detected in a public space. The presentations is done by Joachim “Joe” Levy, who is the Founder and CEO of AiLert (previously 1702ai), an elite team that provides a real-time weapon detection tool designed to detect firearms using surveillance cameras. Before launching AiLert, Joe spent 10 years at Apple Computers Inc. where he gained his expertise in image processing. Joe also spent time in Hollywood as one of the top motion picture editors whose work received an Oscar nomination. Joe is an alumnus of three prestigious schools: New York Film Academy, Brooklyn College and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Sign up for the webinar and join us live, or watch later with the recording. Speaker 19th January Joe Levy Founder and CEO of AiLert Click to Register for TIEMS – CBI Webinar on the Firearm Detector Click for the Webinar Program, Videos and Presentations from last Year Please, share this message in your network and join us 19th January 1800 CET K. Harald Drager TIEMS President PS: Update your subscription settings We hope that our content is useful to you. If you’d like to continue hearing from us, please update your subscription settings, if you have not already done it. We kindly ask you to follow the below instructions to keep in touch with us. Below in this message you find: Manage Your Subscription Please, click on the link below it and manage your subscription, Thank you! TIEMS Privacy Policy TIEMS Privacy Policy is found at: http://www.tiems.info/index.php/about-us/privacy-policy You may have heard about the new General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), that came into effect May 25, 2018. To help comply with GDPR consent requirements, we need to ensure that you would like to receive content from TIEMS.

Today, we celebrate the World Soil Day at the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP). This year’s theme of the World Soil Day 2022 and its campaign “Soils, where food begins”. CIRDAP has organized a webinar in collaboration with Bangladesh’s Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) for celebrating the World Soil Day entitled “The use of Vetiver Grass for Protection of Soil Erosion in Bangladesh”. The presentation will be given by Prof. Dr. Mohammad Shariful Islam. You can find the abstract of the presentation in the link:  https://cirdap.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Abstract.pdf

The closing ceremony of the 1st Flagship Training Programme on Regional Integrated Rural Development, Governance, Trade, and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific organized by the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) in collaboration with Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development in Cumilla, Bangladesh was held on 24th November (Thursday), 2022. The ceremony of  this training took place at the CIRDAP International Convention Centre (CICC) from 14:00 – 16:00 hrs. The Secretary of Rural Development & Co-operatives Division, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mr. Mashiur Rahman NDC was embraced as the Chief Guest and spoke about the necessity and importance of the training for rural development. Dr. Durga Prasad Paudyal, the course director of the training program, made the closing Address on the accomplishment and achievement of the course. He also highlighted some important features of this training course in particular on the policy formulation and comprehensive implementation, simulationexercise and the roundtable discussion. In the ceremony, the Director General (DG) of CIRDAP Dr. Cherdsak Virapat and the Director General (DG) of BARD Mr. Md. Shahjahan welcomed the participants and addressed the outcome of the training. As collaborative partners, both the director general’s thanked each other for their kind and generous hospitability. A total of 18 participants from Bangladesh, IR Iran, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and AARDO nominated trainee from Zambia completed the training courses successfully. Apart from the certificates of achievement, they also received the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Pins. The course included 39 eminent experts from 10 countries in Asia and the Pacific region and countries around the world. Two of the representatives of the successful trainees Ms. Irin Parvin from Bangladesh and Mr. Trywell Moonga from Zambia come up on stage to give his/her address in appreciation of the training programme on behalf of the cohort 2022. Ms. Meydy DS Malonda, Indonesia also provided a token of appreciation to the Course Director Dr. Durga Prasad Paudyal. The closing ceremony was officially concluded with the special Award Ceremony of the Aziz-Ul Haq Rural Development Medal in 2022. CIRDAP took the initiatives to honor its former Director Generals and the focal ministries of the CIRDAP member countries (CMC)for their outstanding contributions towards the improvement of the organization and to improve the life standards of thousands of the marginalized rural people. The awardees are the first Director General, the late Mr. Aziz-Ul Haq Bangladesh, 1979- 1984; the former Director General the Late Mr. ATM Shamsul Haque, Bangladesh, 1984- 1992; the former Director General Dr. Durga P. Paudyal, Nepal, 2004-2012; and the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, Bangladesh. Hurain Jannat Communication Officer, CIRDAP, Chameli House, 17 Topkhana Road 24th November 2022

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The opening ceremony of the 1st Flagship Training Programme on Regional Integrated Rural Development, Governance, Trade, and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific organized by the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) in collaboration with Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development in Cumilla, Bangladesh was held on 5 th November, 2022. The training will be organized from 5 th November 2022 to 24 th November 2022. The Honorable Minister, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, Local Government Division, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, His Excellency Mr. Md Tazul Islam, MP was embraced as the Chief Guest. The Secretary of Rural Development & Co-operatives Division, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mr. Mashiur Rahman NDC was presented the Special Guest. The former Director General of CIRDAP Dr. Durga Prasad Paudyal was also joined as the course director of the training programme. In the ceremony, honorable Director General (DG) of CIRDAP Dr. Cherdsak Virapat and respected Director General (DG) of BARD Mr. Md. Shahjahan also attended and spoke about the objectives and purposes of organizing such an important flagship training. Please click here to download the News as PDF.