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Program
BFES Conference:
Towards Building a Knowledge Society - The Role of NGOs
16-18 January 2002
Dhaka, Bangladesh
DRAFT
P r o g r a m
Day-1
Wednesday
16 January 2002
02:00 PM ---- Registration on site
Inauguration
6:30 PM --- Welcome Address:
Dr. Mizanur Rahman Shelley, Advisor, BFES & Chairman, CDRB
Remarks: Mr. Gerolf Weigel, Head, MIBD-SDC, Government of
Switzerland & Ms. Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Executive Director, GKP
Secretariat, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Chief Guest: Mr. Reaz Rahman, State Minister for Foreign Affairs,
and Government of Bangladesh
Vote of thanks by Professor Mahmudul Haque, President, BFES
Dinner
Day-2
Thursday
17 January 2002
09:00 AM ------ Session-1
Towards Building a Knowledge Society: the Role of NGOs
Keynote Paper by Dr. A Mushtaque R Chowdhury
Deputy Executive Director & Director Research, BRAC, Bangladesh
Remarks from an International Perspective-
Information Society, Development and Role of the Civil Society
by Mr. Gerolf Weigel
Head, Multilateral Initiatives / Bridging the Digital Divide (MIBD)
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Government of Switzerland
Open Discussion
Chair: Dr. Qazi Faruque Ahmed, Global President, International
Council on Social Welfare (ICSW)) & Chairperson, Association of
Development Agencies in Bangladesh (ADAB)
10:30 ----- Tea Break
11:00 ----- Session-2
The Essence of the Knowledge Society
Mr. Mahfuz Anam, Editor, The Daily Star, Bangladesh
Mr. Mahbub-ul Karim, Senior Vice President, Proshika, Bangladesh
Dr. Deborah Roth, Director, Direct Results, USA
Open Discussion
Chair: Dr. Mizanur Rahman Shelley
Chairman, Center for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB) &
Former Minister for Information, Government of Bangladesh
12:30 ----- Lunch Break
02:00 ----- Session-3
ICT and the Changing Shape of Education
Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim, Director, Center for Mass Education and
Science (CMES), Bangladesh
Mr. Habibullah N Karim, President, Bangladesh Association of
Software & Information Services
Dr. Lim Tock Keng, PsychMetrics International, Singapore
Open Discussion
Chair: Dr. Jamilur Reza Chowdhury
Vice Chancellor
BRAC University, Bangladesh
03:30 ----- Tea Break
03:45 ----- Session-4
Strengthening the Knowledge Base in order to assist
Community-based Development Initiatives
Mr. Mike Webb, Director, Big World, United Kingdom
Mr. Mohiuddin Ahmed, Chairman, Community Development Library,
Bangladesh
Mr. Zehin Ahmed, Executive Director, FIVDB, Bangladesh
Open Discussion
Chair: M Fazlur Rahman (request sent)
Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Government of Bangladesh
Day-3
Friday
18 January 2002
09:00 AM ---- Session-5
Developing Knowledge Network for Knowledge Management
Dr. Ainun Nishat, Country Head, IUCN Bangladesh office
Professor M A Mannan, Dept. of Information Science & Library
Management, Dhaka University
Ms. Jaba Menon, Partnership Manager, One World South Asia, India
Open Discussion
Chair: Mr. Roger Dumelie
Director, International NGO Program, CIDA
10:30 ----- Tea Break
10:45 ----- Concluding Session
Conference Summery Presentation
Facilitator: Ms. Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Executive Director, GKP
Secretariat
Speech by-
Mr. Wijayananda Jayaweera (request sent)
Regional Communication Adviser for Asia
UNESCO, New Delhi
Dr. Masihur Rahman
Former Secretary
Government of Bangladesh
Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud
Former Advisor to the Caretaker Government, Bangladesh
Chief Guest:
Dr. Osman Faruque (request sent)
Minister for Education
Government of Bangladesh
12:30 ----- Vote of thanks
12:35 ----- Lunch
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