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Govt takes programme to enhance skill of lawmakers: Speaker
DHAKA, Nov 6, 2018 (BSS) – Parliament Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury
today said the government has taken a programme to enhance skill of the
parliament members and the officials of the parliament secretariat.
The Speaker said this at the inaugural session of a two-day workshop titled
‘Leadership Training for Secretariat Officials of Bangladesh Parliament’ at
the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban here.
“As per the instruction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a programme has
been taken to increase expertise of the parliament lawmakers and parliament
secretariat officials,” she told the workshop, jointly organized by
Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad, UNDP and Common Purpose International.
A large team of the 10th parliament officials have been imparted training
at the Indian Lok Shaba, the lower house of the Indian parliament, she added.
Besides, the expertise enhancement training of the officials are also going
on with the Westminster Foundation of the United Kingdom, the speaker told
the function.
The capacity building training already has been imparted to the lawmakers
through the UNDP, Dr Shirin Sharmin noted. “It is very much important to make
the parliament secretariat officials capable through imparting them training
as the role of these officials is important in parliament operation,” she
explained.
Chaired by Parliament Secretariat Senior Secretary Dr M Abdur Rab, the
workshop was also attended, among others, by UNDP Country Director in
Bangladesh Sudipto Mukherjee, UNDP’s Senior consultant and Bangabandhu’s
grandson Radwan Mujib Siddique Bobi, Asia-Pacific Chief Executive of Common
Purpose Adirupa Sengupta.
A total of 30 parliament officials took part in the workshop.
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