D.Net supported by , and organized a roundtable discussion on ''Use of ICT to Enhance Information, Transparency and Accountability for the Poor: Prospects & Challenges'' on January 31st, 2011 at Meeting Room, BRAC Centre Inn.
Dr Gopakumar K Thampi, Chief Operating Officer, ANSA-South Asia & Global delivered welcome speech and introduced agendas to all. Dr Ananya Raihan, Executive Director, discussed on ''. Mr Naimur Rahman, Director, discussed on and Mr Venkatesh Nayak, Programme Coordinator, Access to Information Programme, discussed about “”.
Dr Gopakumar K Thampi facilitated the “Open discussion and sharing of relevant experiences by participants” session and the “Discussions and brainstorm on concrete possibilities of collaborations, model adoption, engagement of donor community and next steps” session. For details please read the
Mr Fayazuddin Ahmad Advocate, Research Coordinator, A2I, Prime Minister’s Office; Ms Henny de Vries, First Secretary, Embassy of the KIngdom of the Netherlands; Mr Iftekhar Hussain, Deputy Manager, RTI, Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF); Mr Kazi Arfan Ashik, Assistant Programme Officer, Research Initiatives, Bangladesh; Ms Khushi Kabir, Coordinator, Nijera Kori; Mr Barrister Manzoor Hasan, Director, Institute of Governance Studies, BRAC University; Mr Md Nazmul Haider, Senior Programme Officer, Young Power in Social Action (YPSA); Mr Md Shahid Hossain, Advisor, Planning, Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI); Mr Muhammad Lutful Haq, General Secretary, Campaign for RTI; Ms Novara Binte Noor, Manager, VAS & Data, Robi, Mr Omar Khan, Senior Development Advisor, Canadian International Development Agency(CIDA); Ms Rabeya Sultana, Head, Rights and Social Justice Sector, ActionAid, Bangladesh; Mr Rezanur Rahman, PO (Report), Nijera Kori; Mr S M Ashraf Abir, CEO, Multimedia Content and Communications Ltd.(MCC), Ms Sohini Paul, Senior Project Officer, Access to Information Programme , Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI); Ms Stephanie de Chassy, Consultant, World Bank Institute, Mr Syed Kamrul Hasan, Coordinator, Knowledge Management, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication(BNNRC); Mr Syed Tamjid ur Rahman, Chief Executive Officer, ChangeMaker; Ms T.A.M. (Tirza) Theunissen, Policy Advisor, Governance & Gender Programme, Embassy of the KIngdom of the Netherlands; Mr Vashkar Vattacharya, Programme Officer , Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) were in the in event and participated in the open discussion and delivered their opinion for concrete possibilities of collaborations, model adoption, engagement of donor community and next steps.
