2009-2010 - BIDS

Participation in Policy Making
and Other Professional Activities
The BIDS researchers regularly participate in various
activities that contribute to enriching policies and
lead to better implementation of development
programs. It is the institutional endeavor of BIDS
to play a key role in providing support to the
policymakers and other stakeholders in areas
where the Institute has professional advantages.
The following summarizes the participation of
several BIDS researchers in some such processes.
Mustafa K. Mujeri
Director General
Member, Board of Directors, Bangladesh Bank
Convener, Audit Committee, Bangladesh Bank
Member, Board of Directors, National Academy for
Planning and Development
Coordinator, South Asia Network of Economic
Research Institutes (SANEI)
Member, Working Group, Poverty Reduction
Strategy Implementation, Monitoring and
Evaluation, Ministry of Planning, Government of
the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Member, Sub-Committee on Removing Problems
of the Economic Cadre of the Government Civil
Service, Ministry of Planning, Government of the
People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Member, Panel of Economists, Sixth Five Year Plan
(2011-2015) of Bangladesh
Member, Panel of Experts for the Preparation of
the Perspective Plan (2010-2021)
Member, Senate of Chittagong University
Member, Technical Committees, Bangladesh
Bureau of Statistics
Chairman and Executive Editor, Bangladesh
Development Studies
M. Asaduzzaman
Research Director
Attended as part of the government delegation
the climate change talks at Cancun November-
December 2010; Bonn August 2010; Copenhagen
December 2009; Barcelona September 2009;
Bangkok July 2009; Bonn March-April 2009; Poznan
December 2009; Accra August 2008.
Attended as part of the government delegation
the Joint Bangladesh-UK High Level Conference on
Climate Change in London, September 2008.
Chair, Technical Working Group on Agriculture and
WTO matters
Chair, Technical Sub-Committee on Agricultural
Census, BBS
Member, PoE, Indian River Linking Project Impact
Chair, Technical Working Group on Mitigation for
preparation of Bangladesh Bali Action Plan and
subsequent AWGLCA submissions, Ministry of
Environment and Forest.
Trustee, Bangladesh Krishi Gobeshona Endowment
Trust
Director, Bangladesh Krishi Gobeshona Foundation
Member, Drafting Committee on Bangladesh Climate
Change Strategy and Action Plan
Member, Drafting Committee on revision of the
Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan
Quazi Shahabuddin
Research Director
Member, Board of Governors, BARD, Comilla
Member, Board of Management, BARI, Gazipur
Member, Panel of Experts, Sixth Five Year Plan,
Planning Commission
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BIDS Biennial Report 2009-2010