India-Bangladesh bilateral meet held on civil service capacity building

Guwahati: A bilateral meeting between Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India V. Srinivas was held with Rectors (Secretaries) of four Capacity Building Institutions and Senior Officials of Ministry of Public Administration of Bangladesh Sukesh Kumar Sarker, Director General (Secretary), National Academy for Planning and Development(NAPD), Bangladesh on Thursday in online mode.

The meeting was attended by Md. Ashraf Uddin, Rector (Secretary), Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC), Dr. Md. Omar Faruque, Rector (Secretary), Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Academy (BCSAA), Dr. Md. Shahidullah, Rector (Secretary), National Academy for Development Administration (NADA), Bangladesh and Additional Secretary Ministry of Public Administration Dr. M. Ziaul Haque.

N.B.S. Rajput, Joint Secretary, DARPG, other senior officials of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, DARPG, National Centre of Good Governance (NCGG) and the High Commission of India to Bangladesh participated in the meeting from the Indian side.

Discussions covered (a) conducting Capacity Building Programs for the Faculty of Capacity Building Institutions of the Ministry of Public Administration (b) the Senior Executive Development Program (c) the Alumni Meet of Bangladesh Civil Servants at NCGG (d) Participation of Bangladesh Civil Servants in the 27th National e-Governance Conference.

Following discussions, it was agreed that NCGG will curate a one-week capacity-building programme in NCGG for senior civil servants of Bangladesh, two two-week capacity-building programs for faculty members of BPATC, BCS Administration Academy, NAPD and NADA of Bangladesh in the month of July and September 2024.

NCGG will organize an alumni meeting covering select alumni from 71 capacity-building programs conducted for the senior civil servants of Bangladesh to enable shared learning experiences.

It was also been decided that the DARPG will invite awarded Bangladesh civil servants as speakers to the 27th National e-Governance Conference.

The National Centre of Good Governance (NCGG) has successfully conducted 71 Capacity Building Programs for 2660 Bangladesh Civil Service Officers from 2014 to 2024.

The two sides have agreed to renew the collaboration for capacity-building programmes for 1500 civil servants for the period 2025-2030.