On the occasion of International Women’s Day, CIRDAP organized a webinar titled “ENHANCING WOMEN’s POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN INDIA THROUGH MAHILA SABHAs (Women’s Forums)”. Dr. N.V. Madhuri, Head, Centre for Gender Studies and Development (CGSD), National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad was graced the occasion as speaker. NIRDPR with the support of UNICEF initiated the project to identify the priorities of Women & Children through the Mahila Sabhas and Bal Sabhas’ and integrate their priorities into Local government level planning. For sustainable economic and social development of any country, it is necessary that people participate in the political process. The 73rd constitutional Amendment Act (1992) in India created space for women in political participation and decision-making at the grass root level by providing that 1/3rd of the seats would be reserved for women in Local Governments all over the country. This paved the way for more women to get elected for leadership positions in the local governments. Effective performance by the women elected representatives delivers positive results, benefiting both the providers (representatives) and the beneficiaries (the community). In order to give voice to women and children at the level of grassroots’ democracy, the Ministry of Local Governance has urged provincial governments to convene separate Mahila Sabhas( Women’s Forums) to ensure enhanced Village Panchayats focus in the welfare of women and children. To check out the presentations, please click the link belowClick Here

TIEMS is in its 31th Year of Operation TIEMS Status and Plans Towards 2030 https://www.tiems.info/images/pdf/TIEMS_2023_Presentation_ver2.pdf UPDATE FROM TIEMS PRESIDENT TIEMS International Certifications TQC & TQAC TIEMS International Certifications – TQC & TQAC, has one new certified expert, Yash Paul Chawla (TQC), from India. Read more about his background and how he experienced the certification process below, and how important he thinks this certification is! Please, consider to be TQC or TQAC certified and join this excellent international group of TQC & TQAC certified experts. You can read more about the certification at the following webpage: https://www.tiems.info/index.php/education You can fill out and send your application at: https://tqcpreview.tiems.info Yash Paul Chawla is TQC Certified Congratulation to Yash Paul who was TQC Certifeied 21.02.2024. Yash Paul’s Brief Bio https://www.tiems.info/images/pdf/TQC_2024_Yash_Paul_Chawla_brief_bio.pdf Read about his experience with being TQC Certified: https://www.tiems.info/images/pdf/TQC__TQAC_2024_Responses_by_Yash_Paul_Chawla.pdf 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.

Enhancing Women’s Political Participation Through Mahila Sabha (Women’s Forum) Join our Webinar on International Women’s Day 2024  “Enhancing women’s political participation through Mahila Sabha (Women’s Forum)”  on 7th March 2024 (Thursday) at 11 am Bangladesh time (10:30 am India time). See the abstract of the webinar topic: See & Download   Kindly register to the link below. https://forms.gle/NoYp6VFLh5SzBE798   Click here to download the Poster.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, and the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) jointly organized a breakfast meeting on the “Declaration of the World Rural Development Day” at the CIRDAP secretariat on 22nd February 2024. Ambassador Mr. Masud Bin Momen, Foreign Secretary (Senior Secretary), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh, presided over the meeting. The Heads of Missions of the High Commissions/Embassies of the Member States of CIRDAP in Dhaka gracefully attended the meeting to discuss the draft resolution titled “Declaration of the World Rural Development Day” to be tabled at the UN General Assembly. Dr. Cherdsak Virapat, the Director General (DG) of CIRDAP, welcomed the distinguished ambassadors, high commissioners, and their representatives and expressed his gratitude toward them. He briefly discussed the importance of a day like World Rural Development Day. In his opening remark, Ambassador Mr. Masud Bin Momen expressed that the proposed UN General Assembly Resolution on the declaration of ‘World Rural Development Day’ can be part of a coordinated strategy to demonstrate the shared commitment to leaving no one behind in our rural areas. He also said that this could be a collective appreciation to CIRDAP by internationally earmarking the date it was established, i.e., 06 July, as the ‘World Rural Development Day.’ Ambassador Mr. Masud Bin Momen requested ambassadors and high commissioners in Dhaka to sensitize the respective Capitals and Permanent Missions in New York about the draft Resolution. He said it would be ideal if all CIRDAP Member States could co-sponsor the draft Resolution and table it as a collective undertaking. At the meeting, Prof. Dr. Mohammed Helal Uddin, Director of Research, CIRDAP, made a Presentation on World Rural Development Day, and Ms. Hurain Jannat, Communication Officer, CIRDAP provided a short presentation along with a quick glimpse on the World Rural Development Day Portal. After the presentations, Mr. Faiyaz Murshid Kazi, Director General (Multilateral Economic Affairs), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh, presented the draft Resolution. The meeting ended with a fruitful and interactive open discussion by the honorable attendees and with the closing remark of Ambassador Mr. Masud Bin Momen. He thanked the ambassadors and high commissioners for their contributions and support. Contact: Ms. Hurain Jannat Communication Officer, CIRDAP Email: communication_officer@cirdap.org

TIEMS Celebrated its 30th Anniversary in 2023 TIEMS Status and Plans Towards 2030 https://www.tiems.info/images/pdf/TIEMS_2023_Presentation_ver2.pdf TIEMS USA Chapter 2024 Hybrid Annual Conference Takes Place February 20 – 22, 2024 Kennesaw State University Center Kennesaw, Georgia TIEMS is pleased to announce the 2024 TIEMS-USA Annual Conference to be held February 20-22, 2024 at the Kennesaw State University Center at 3333 Busbee Drive NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144. Admission is free and no registration is required. The conference will also be streamed at no charge as well. To connect to the stream, you must have a Zoom account (a free account is sufficient). A compact schedule for the three-day event is shown below, and more details is found on TIEMS USA website with links for virtual attaendance. https://tiemsusa.com/ Join us in Atlanta at Kennesaw State University or attend Virtually to know more about TIEMS activities in USA! 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.

International Ocean Institute (IOI) – Canada announced its next online training programme on Ocean governance after COP 28: Problems, Progress & Prospects. The online courses will be held from 18 March to 23rd May, 2024. This free, interdisciplinary course explores the key aspects of ocean and coastal governance in the context of the challenges and opportunities facing the post-COP 28 world. For more information and registration of the course, please visit the link below: https://www.ioinst.org/training/ioi-training-programmes-portfolio/ioi-canada/

Join the next webinar on December 18, 2023 (Monday) with Dr. Nancy Shackell, Senior Research Scientist, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Member of the Independent Group of Scientists (N=15). The webinar will be held on 6:00 pm Bangladesh time (9:00 am in Darthmouth, NS, Canada time). Here is the registration link for the webinar: https://forms.gle/zwx6woCKDWokjHha7 Abstract The Global Sustainable Development Report 2023 “Times of Crisis, Times of Change: Science for Accelerating Transformations to Sustainable Development”, the 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR), finds that at this critical juncture, midway to 2030, incremental and fragmented change is insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the remaining seven years. Implementation of the 2030 Agenda requires the active mobilization of political leadership and ambition for science-based transformations. This must be achieved globally – leaving no country, society or person behind. The report is an invitation to embrace transformations with the urgency needed to accelerate progress towards the SDGs. The GSDR 2023 highlights key transformations needed in different sectors and provides key findings from the literature, practical examples and tools for progress towards the SDGs. It provides a stylized model to help unpack and understand the transformation process over time and outline the roles of different levers in facilitating various stages of transformation through a systematic and structured approach. As history has shown, transformations are inevitable, and this report emphasizes that deliberate and desirable transformations are possible – and, indeed, necessary. Click here to see the pdf.

Webinar onWorld Fisheries Day on “Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture: Impact of Climate Change and Mitigation Measures” CIRDAP organized the webinar to celebrate the World Fisheries Day with a very important and burning issue in the world on 27 November, 2023. The thematic topic was “Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture: Impact of Climate Change and Mitigation Measures”. The speaker was Dr. Grinson George Padinjakara, Principal Scientist & HoD, Marine Biodiversity and Environment Management Division, ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Kochi, Kerala, India. In his presentation, Dr. Grinson briefly talked about the Climate Change Impacts on Ocean and its impact on fisheries; Ocean Acidification; Green fishing; Coral bleaching; Impacts in Aquatic life; Impact on Fisher man with the issue of migration, loss of income and property, Health problems and debt & management; and etc. The presentation covers the more related issues of climate change and huge impact on fisheries and aquaculture. At the end of the webinar presentation, there was a lively Q&A sessions held amongst the participants. To know the details please click on the presentation below: Link of the presentation: Click here to see the presentation