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Report: Report on Participation in APRRN 7th Asia Pacific Consultation on Refugee Rights (APCRR7).

Duration: 21 to 25 October, 2018

Place: Bangkok, Thailand.

Participant: Barkat Ullah Maruf

It was a great opportunity to be able to participate in the APRRN’s 7th Asia Pacific Consultation on Refugee Rights (APCRR7) held in Bangkok, Thailand during 21 to 25 October 2018. COAST is a member of APRRN and that’s why we participate in it. Participants from all the member organizations in Asia Pacific countries as well as many refugee participants took part in this great assembly. [Click here full report]

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Report: Report on IMF workshop with CSOs Workshop held in 19-20 June’18 in Manila.

Duration: June 19-20, 2018

Place: Manila, Philippines

Participant: Syed Aminul Haque, Deputy Director

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is committed to being transparent about its work, to explaining itself, and to listening to the people whom are affects, and it engages with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Parliamentarians, Think-Tanks and Youth Leaders through information sharing, dialogue, and consultation at both the global and national level. Apart IMF recently has published it quarterly economic review report on Asia-Pacific region that will be shared in the workshop is one of the objectives.

Following the above objectives, on 19-20 June’ 2018, the IMF has organized a workshop in Manila with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). Topics discussed included revenue mobilization, corruption and inequality. The workshop was held prior to the World Bank-IMF annual conference that will be held in Bali, Indonesia in October 2018.

The workshop was attended by 15 Civil Society Representatives from Bangladesh (01), Nepal (01), Indonesia (02), Cambodia (01) and Philippine (06 representatives from different regional NGOs). There are three representatives of IMF (Bangladesh, Philippine and IMF head office) also participated and shared their respective country performance in the workshop.

The workshop focused on strengthening CSOs understanding of IMF work on governance, inequality, revenue mobilization, debt, social protection and anti-corruption climate change and hearing their views and recommendations for the IMF on these important issues.[Click here full report]

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Seminar title: Observation of 19th August 2017 World Humanitarian Day, Strengthening Civil Society and Promoting Localization Agenda : WHS / Grand Bargain Policy Outcome and Its Implementation in Bangladesh

19th August 2017 at Lakeshore Hotel, La Vita Hall, Road 41, House 46, Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212. 10.30 to 13.30 hours. Contact : Kamal +8801711529792, Tutul +8801713144177.

There will be post seminar supplement in an English daily by next two month of the seminar on key deliberations, outcomes and photos of each of the speakers. This is first event as preparation to go for country wide campaign in this regard.

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CSO Positioning on Bangladesh VNR on SDGs in UN HLPF 2017

Govt. of Bangladesh is going to present Voluntary National Review (VNR) on SDGs in UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) during 10 to 19th July in NY. On the eve of VNR HLPF, 22 farmers, labors, right based civil society organizations and networks have prepared Bangladeshi CSOs positioning on VNR report that already submitted bu GoB to UN HLPF. The positions of CSOs are titled as ” Inequality is priority to act immediately ; Global community must endorse its obligation of global partnership to assist countries fighting poverty, inequality and climate change.”
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Seminar : UN Global Compacts and Climate Displacement : Bangladesh Civil Society Perspective, on 13 May

Date and Time: 13 May 2017  at 10.30am to1.00 pm Venue:  CIRDAP auditorium (old)
1. Seminar outline
2. NGO Consultations Concept Note
3. Global compact for migration Meeting Schedule on Preparatory Process
4. Assessing CC & Migration nexus in South Asia_IoM Report_2016
5. Internal Displacement IDMC Global Report 2016
6. New York Declaration on Migration_2016
7. IOM NGO Consultation Meeting
8. UN Refugee Summit Abstract Discussions in the Face of a Deadly Crisis
9. Global Compact Presentation Text Draft
10. English copy of the campaign material ” The Humanity Passport”
11. Bangla copy of the campaign material ” The Humanity Passport “

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Press conference on SDGs and Bangladesh:

Press conference will be held on 8 April at National Press Club at 11.00am on the SDGs and country process in Bangladesh following the title on “SDG would be Meaningless Without Democracy“. You are all invited and cordially request to participate in express your views and strengthening the solidarity.

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Report: Asian Civil Society Space in Government Process of Implementation SDGs is little and facing barriers; Local, National and Global Coalition and Combine Voices need along with Positive Engagement with Government

Duration: 24-26, February 2017

Place: Thailand

On 24th to 26th February 2017 Regional Workshop on National Implementation of SDGsVoluntary National Review (VNR) of UN High-level Political Forum (HLPF) held at IBIS Bangkok Riverside Hotel, Bangkok. As a representative of EquityBD I participated from Bangladesh. Around 43 participants from 13 Asian countries including representatives of UNDP and CSO from Switzerland and South Africa participated in the workshop. The workshop jointly organized by the Asia Development Alliance (ADA) and Asia Civil Society Partnership for Sustainable Development (APSD). Click here full report

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