A view exchange meeting was held at the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) auditorium in the capital on the participation of the private sector in the formulation of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP), organized by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
At the meeting, experts provided views and recommendations on the opportunities and potential impediments for private sector involvement in the NAP process. The workshop was attended by representatives of various governmental and reputed non-governmental organizations.
Speaking as the chief guest at the workshop, Iqbal Abdullah Harun, Additional Secretary (Administration), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said that the government was working relentlessly to involve the concerned private sector in the formulation and implementation of the National Adaptation Plan.
He also called upon the non-governmental organizations concerned with environment and climate change to come forward in climate adaptation activities in the public interest. The workshop was chaired by Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and National Project Director of the NAP Formulation Project Md Mizanul Haque Chowdhury.
Dr Atiq Rahman, Executive Director, Bangladesh Center for Advanced Studies, Amal Krishna Mandal, Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Relations and Syeda Masuma Khanam, Director, Department of Environment spoke as special guests at the event.
