Join our Next webinar to celebrate the International day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste.  The webinar will be held on 27th September, 2023, 11 am Bangladesh time The International Day of awareness of food loss and waste is observed by FAO and UNEP jointly on 29th September every day for the purpose to create awareness at all level about the importance of food loss and waste. It is also an effort and collective action towards sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3. Reducing food losses and waste is essential in a world where the number of people affected by hunger has been slowly on the rise since 2014, and tons and tons of edible food are lost and or wasted every day. There is a huge loss of food and it has been estimated that globally around 13% of food produced is lost between harvest and retail and together about 17% is wasted in house hold, food service and retail. The purpose of the webinar is to prioritize actions and move ahead with innovation to reduce food loss in the system. Please click on the link below and registrar yourselves to join. https://forms.gle/pmE5pFTazQYsV6TN6   (Click here to see the Poster)

Join us to the upcoming Webinar on “the world Humanitarian Day” scheduled on 31th August from 11:00 AM. Your participation would add immense value. Presenter: MS Rakhi Barua Senior Programme Coordinator, Centre for Disability in Development, Bangladesh. Topic: Webinar on the World Humanitarian Day Time: Aug 31, 2023 11:00 AM (Bangladesh Time) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/94288178975?pwd=RGFwQ0dNTFY5b0psc2FSbUtTZnpndz09

Final PROGRAM is Available for TIEMS 2023 Hybrid Annual Conference September 11 – 15, 2023 Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Please Join Us, In Person or Virtually in Beautiful Southeast South Africa TOMORROW! Final Program Registration & Payment Link Please, scroll down to Conference Tickets and select the right catagory for your attendance, and follow the instructions. Please, note that virtual attendance is free, but you have to register to receive a link for connecting virtually! Conference Information Follows Below TIEMS Status and Plans Towards 2030 Authors coming from 30 Countries are Presenting at TIEMS 2023 Hybrid Annual Conference Czech Republic, USA, Iran, France, Nigeria, Turkey, Norway, China, Hong Kong, Ukraine, South Africa, Botswana, India, UK, Italy, Nepal, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Taiwan, Bulgaria, Peru, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Poland, Greece, Australia, Canada & Indonesia. Follow us on: https://www.tiems.info/index.php/tiems-2023-hybrid-annual-conference where you also find more details on: Recommended Accomodation and Visiting Tours before or After the Conference Sponsored by (more sponsors are welcome): Join us in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, South Africa The TIEMS 2023 Annual Conference will take place in a hybrid format at the Rhodes University campus and the Stenden South Africa in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, the Eastern Cape in South Africa, see https://ru.ac.za/ for details. This conference will be accompanied by a set of field trips and workshops on the TIEMS TQCTM & TQACTM International Certification and the emergency management/disaster risk management of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. South African professional organizations will also be supporting the conference, such as the North-West Umbrella Fire Protection Association. The main topic of the 2023 Annual TIEMS Conference is: Crises, Emergencies and Disasters – a Continuum of Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century Local contact for the conference: Roman Tandlich, Rhodes University:  roman.tandlich@gmail.com TIEMS International Secretariat: CALL US             +33 1 78 95 83 39 EMAIL US  secretariat@tiems.info    FIND US       Rue Des Deux Églises 39, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Please, share this message in your network! 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.

Yugraj Singh Yadava, Ph.D. 18 March 1953 to 30 July 2023 It was with great sadness to learn that Dr. Yugraj Singh Yadava, the former Director of the Bay of Bengal Programme – Inter-Governmental Organization (BOPB-IGO) passed away on 30 July 2023. On behalf of the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) and a former Director General of Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA), I would like to express my sincere condolences to his family. Dr. Yugraj Singh Yadava[1] joined as Director of the erstwhile BOBP in 2000 and facilitated its transformation as an Inter-Governmental Organization in 2003, in which he continued as Director till his retirement in 2021. Dr. Yadava started his professional career in 1976 as a Scientist with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Then he went on to serve as Fisheries Development Commissioner to the Government of India during 1994 – 2000. He served as the first Member Secretary of the Aquaculture Authority of India, currently the Coastal Aquaculture Authority of India. Dr. Yadava has made notable contribution to the global agenda on fisheries and aquaculture. As Government of India’s representative to the Twenty-Second Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) in 1997, he proposed the setting up of the COFI Sub-Committee on Aquaculture (SCAQ) and in 2000 he served as the Vice-Chair of the FAO Expert Consultation to frame “Rules of Procedure” for the SCAQ. In 1999, at the Twenty-Third Session of COFI, he contributed as a founding member of the Regional Fisheries Bodies and later became the Vice-Chair of the Regional Fishery Body Secretariats Network at its Fourth Meeting held in Rome on 13 July 2012. Besides extensively working in the BOBP-IGO member countries, Dr. Yadava has also worked in different projects in Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. A cogent and prolific writer and a photographer, he has published about 150 papers in books, research journals, scientific and popular magazines and reports. Dr. Yadava holds a Ph.D. degree in Fisheries Management in Flood plain Lakes. We, the staff of the CIRDAP would like to pay tribute to him for his leadership and invaluable contributions to global sustainable fisheries and aquaculture and to rural development for improving the livelihoods and economic development of rural communities. May he rest in peace. With our deepest condolences, Dr. Cherdsak Virapat Director General Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) Dhaka, Bangladesh 1 August 2023 [1] https://www.bobpigo.org/pages/view/formerdirectors

CIRDAP organized an important webinar titled “Lomani Gau: Community Based Climate Change Adaptation for Gau Island, Fiji” on 27th July, 2023. Professor Dr. Joeli Veitayaki, former the Acting Campus Director at the USP Samoa Campus in Apia, Samoa presented this wonderful community based initiative at the virtual event.  The participants, experts and researchers from Bangladesh, IR Iran, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Philippines etc. joined the webinar. Professor Veitayaki described the rural development processes overtime along with other community based initiatives and solutions such as state of the environment and major threats etc.  At the end of the webinar, there was an interesting and interactive discussions held amongst the participants and experts. For more details, please click on the file below: PDF OF THE PPT

CIRDAP is going to organize a Webinar on 27th July, 2023 at 11 am Bangladesh time. The title of the webinar is “Lomani Gau Initiative: Community-based climate change adaptation for Gau” Zoom Link Topic: Webinar on 27th July, 2023 Time: Jul 27, 2023 11:00 AM Astana, Dhaka Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/97470159482?pwd=eFZldXoyMzBGeWoxVUsxRmhQRmFrUT09 Meeting ID: 974 7015 9482 Passcode: 599738

The Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) celebrated its 44th anniversary on 6 th July, 2023.The event was presided by the Secretary of the Rural Development and Cooperative Division, Mrs. Mosammat Hamida Begum, as a Chief Guest. Among the invited guests were the members of the Technical Committee of CIRDAP, experts team of excellence, former director generals, partner organizations including FAO, BIMSTEC,  SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC), Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation (BSFF), BARD, RDA, diplomatic mission in Dhaka, Centre for Disability in Development (CDD), etc. At the opening ceremony, the DG of CIRDAP Dr. Cherdsak Virapat provided his speech to the distinguished guests by welcoming everyone to the event. He expressed his sincere appreciation to the CIRDAP Chairman of the Governing Council of Thailand and the Government of Bangladesh, host country of CIRDAP, Governing Council members, Executive Committee members, Technical Committee members and relevant partners for their strong support and cooperation for the organization. He called for the celebration on the past achievements and continue to have strong commitments on future actions to improve the quality of life and sustainable development of rural people and their communities. After that the honorable secretary of the Rural Development and Cooperative Division, Mrs. Mosammat Hamida Begum gave her opening address by wishing CIRDAP of its 44 years of journey. In her speech, the secretary stated that the Centre has progressed toward its vision as a Centre of excellence and multi-level platform for cooperation on integrated rural development in Asia and the Pacific Region. There were two presentations on the World Rural Development Day Portal and the Establishment of the CIRDAP Exhibitions and Museum on Integrated Rural Development in Asia-Pacific (CEMIRD) and their applications in the event. Ms. Hurain Jannat, Communication Officer and Coordinator of Expert Team of Excellence presented an overview on the World Rural Development Day Portal. Before her presentation, the DG of CIRDAP launched the portal officially. The second presentation “the Establishment of the CIRDAP Exhibitions and Museum on Integrated Rural Development in Asia-Pacific (CEMIRD) and their applications” was made by Prof. Dr. Mohammed Helal Uddin, Director Research, CIRDAP. There were constructive and interactive discussions held in both the presentations. The Secretary of RDCD inaugurated the CIRDAP Exhibition and Museum on Integrated Rural Development in Asia-Pacific (CEMIRD) by cutting the ribbon. As part of the celebration of the foundation day of CIRDAP, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between CIRDAP and SFIDA (Supporting Funds of Investment Development in Agriculture) of IR Iran on 5 th July, 2023 in a virtual ceremony. On behalf of CIRDAP the DG of CIRDAP, Dr. Cherdsak Virapat provided a speech on the collaboration. Later, on behalf of SFIDA, the Chair and CEO of SFIDA Mr. Hossein Mahdidoust provided his collaborative speech. CIRDAP was founded in 1979 as an Intergovernmental organization. It has been established to promote integrated rural development in Asia and the Pacific region by improving the quality of life of the far-reaching marginalized ruiral people. Th eultimate beneficiaries of CIRDAP are farmers and rural communities. At present, it comprises 15 member countries Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Indonesia, IR Iran, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.

REGISTRATION & PAYMENT is now Open for TIEMS 2023 Hybrid Annual Conference September 11 – 15, 2023 Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Please Join Us, In Person or Virtually in Beautiful Southeast South Africa! Registration & Payment Link Please, scroll down to Conference Tickets and select the right catagory for your attendance, and follow the instructions. Please, note that virtual attendance is free, but you have to register to receive a link for connecting virtually! Conference Information Follows Below TIEMS Status and Plans Towards 2030 List of Approved Submissions 78 Submissions From Authors coming from 29 Countries Czech Republic, USA, Iran, France, Nigeria, Turkey, Norway, China, Hong Kong, Ukraine, South Africa, Botswana, India, UK, Italy, Nepal, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Taiwan, Bulgaria, Peru, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Poland, Greece, Australia, Canada & Indonesia. Follow us on: https://www.tiems.info/index.php/tiems-2023-hybrid-annual-conference where you also find more details on: Recommended Accomodation and Visiting Tours before or After the Conference Sponsored by (more sponsors are welcome): Join us in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, South Africa The TIEMS 2023 Annual Conference will take place in a hybrid format at the Rhodes University campus and the Stenden South Africa in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, the Eastern Cape in South Africa, see https://ru.ac.za/ for details. This conference will be accompanied by a set of field trips and workshops on the TIEMS TQCTM & TQACTM International Certification and the emergency management/disaster risk management of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. South African professional organizations will also be supporting the conference, such as the North-West Umbrella Fire Protection Association. The main topic of the 2023 Annual TIEMS Conference is: Crises, Emergencies and Disasters – a Continuum of Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century Local contact for the conference: Roman Tandlich, Rhodes University:  roman.tandlich@gmail.com TIEMS International Secretariat: CALL US             +33 1 78 95 83 39 EMAIL US  secretariat@tiems.info    FIND US       Rue Des Deux Églises 39, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Please, share this message in your network! 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.

CIRDAP celebrated the World Environment Day 2023 through webinar at its premise. The title and topic of the webinar is “Strategic Environmental Assessment and sustainable regional development in Bangladesh”. As a part of CIRDAP Expert, Dr. SM Zobaidul Kabir. Deputy Secretary, Government of Bangladesh provided the presentation. The researchers, activists, analysts, government officials and students from the Asia-Pacific region joined the webinar. Please click here for the presentation. Here are some snapshot of the event