Level-11, LGED HQ, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
An
inception workshop on the development of lesson learned and best practices
video documentation organized by the Climate Resilient Local Infrastructure
Centre (CReLIC) under the Climate Resilient Infrastructure Mainstreaming
Project (CRIMP) being implemented by the Local Government Engineering
Department (LGED) was held on Thursday 23 April at the seminar room of the LGED
Headquarters.
The
workshop was chaired by Mr. Md. Azharul Islam, Additional Chief Engineer of
LGED and Director of CReLIC. Mr. Md. Belal Hossain, Chief Engineer of LGED,
attended the event as the Chief Guest. In his address he emphasized that this initiative will not merely
produce a set of videos or printed materials; rather it will create a
structured knowledge-based repository that can serve as a replicable model for
future LGED projects. He further noted that the documentaries and factsheets
will be valuable references for policymakers, development partners, local
government institutions and other relevant stakeholders.
During
the workshop, representatives from the assigned consulting firm Aroni
Advertising Ltd. presented their approach through a PowerPoint presentation.
The presentation was delivered by Team Leader Mr. Pankaj Palit, Planning and
Business Development Manager Didarul Alam and Assistant Manager (Client
Service) Nafis Mohammad.
Among
others present at the workshop were Additional Chief Engineers Ms. Syeda Asma
Khatun, Kazi Saiful Kabir and Md. Wahiduzzaman, former Additional Chief
Engineer Md. Ahsan Habib, Superintending Engineers Md. Anisul Wahab Khan and
Md. Akhter Hossain along with Project Directors, Executive Engineers, Senior
Assistant Engineers from various projects. Also present were CRIMP–CReLIC
Project Director Mr. Md. Abdul Khalek, Executive Engineers Md. Latif Hossain
and Fatema Ismat Ara, Assistant Engineer Arpan Paul and CReLIC expert
consultants Md. Abdul Noor, Md. Shahidul Islam, Md. Sadekur Rahman Bhuiya, Md.
Masudur Rahman and Syed Mahbub Ahsan.