Dhaka, Bangladesh, 19 June, 2007 (IUCN) – A focus group meeting titled ‘Capacity Development for Sectoral Planning in Bangladesh’ was held at the Academy for Planning and Development (APD), Nilkhet, Dhaka, on 16th June 2007. The Honorable Secretary of the Planning Division, Ministry of Planning, Mr. Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury graced the session as the Chief Guest. The participants included high-level government officials of the Planning Division. Mr. Larry Maramis, Deputy Country Director of UNDP Bangladesh was also present as the Special Guest. The meeting was exclusively organized for the key planning officials in order to obtain their felt capacity needs for the key development sectors of the country such as environment in general, power and energy, education, forest, communication, IT, water, agriculture, fisheries and livestock.

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