VOICE @ South Asia Social Forum, Dhaka; November 18-22, 2011
VOICE () undertakes a number of programmes during South Asia Social Forum (SASF) to be held on 18-22 November, Dhaka, Bangladesh.These events will jointly be organized with different national and international networks including Aid Accountability Group, Bank Information Centre, Eurodad, NGO Forum on ADB, Privacy International etc, among others. Being one of the organizers in SASF, VOICE is calling global civil society actors,youths, women, human rights activists, political groups, organizations and concerned multi-stakeholders to joinus aiming at building greater solidarity for new economic and social order. The details of the programmes (draft) follow:
WORKSHOP
Governance and Transparency of Climate Financing in Bangladesh: Analyze the World Bank’s Role and Politics in Climate Financing
Date: 17-18 November, Time : 9.30-4:30 pm, Venue : CBCB, Asad Avenue, Mohammadpur, Dhaka
Speaker / Facilitator : Dr. Ahsan Uddin Ahmed, Soummya Dutta, Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Jelson Garcia, Joe Athialy, Matti Cohonen, Ahmed Swapan
PLENARY MEETING
The Crisis of Global Capitalism : How to Build New Economic Order
Date : 19 November, 2011, Time : 10:00 a.m.-1:00p.m., Venue : Dhaka University
Speaker : Prof. Anu Mohammad, Dr. Piash Karim, Saiful Haque, Willy D Costa, Matti Cohonen,Feroz Mehedi, Monower Mostafa, Ahmed Swapan
SEMINAR
Climate FinanceEffectiveness in Bangladesh: Role of Civil Society Oversight
Date : 20 November, 2011, Time : 10:00 a.m.-1:00p.m., Venue : Dhaka University
Speaker : Soummya Dutta, Jelson Garcia, Joe Athialy, Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Mizanur Rahman Bijoy, Ahmed Swapan
PUBLIC DIALOGUE
Privacy, Surveillance and Data Protection
Date : 20 November, 2011, Time : 1:00p.m.- 2:00 p.m., Venue : Dhaka University
Speaker : Justice (Retd) Golam Rabbani, Syed Marghub Morshed, Selim Samad, Akhteruzzaman Manju, Khairuzzaman Kamal, Ahmed Swapan,
WORKSHOP
Accountability of Asian Development Bank in South Asia
Date : 21 November, 2011, Time : 10:00 a.m.-1:00p.m., Venue : Dhaka University
Speaker : Willy D Costa, Dr. Avilash Roul, Matti Cohonen, Ahmed Swapan, Azizul Haque Moni, Saeed Baloch, Hasan Mehedi
CONSULTATION
RoadtoBusan Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness: Procurement, Tied Aid and Use of Country System in Bangladesh
Date : 21 November, 2011, Time : 2:00 a.m.-4:00p.m., Venue : Dhaka University
Speaker: Saiful Haque, Matti Cohonen, Rezaul karim Chowdhury, Jelson Garcia, Abdul Awal, Avilash Roul Uma Chowdhury, Ahmed Swapan
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