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Consultation on health service on 22nd dec 09

SUPRO organized a national consultation on “Health Service Scenario and Health Policy 2009” in CIRDAP Auditorium, Dhaka on 22 December 2009. Experts, physicians and NGO representatives demanded that the government should ensure people’s right to health services in the national health policy, now at the final stage of its formulation.

Sharing meeting on 13th Dec, 2009

SUPRO shared the findings of the Grassroots Monitoring on Govt. Budget Allocation and Impact on Girls’ Education through a National Consultation meeting held on 13 December 2009, at the Conference hall of National Press Club Dhaka. Members of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Principal Md. Shah Alam and Advocate Biren Sikdar, were present at the meeting as special guests where Professor Sourov Sikdar of Dhaka University and Khawaja Mainuddin, Special Correspondent of the New Age were present as discussants. Representatives of the districts under the said monitoring initiative were also present and shared their experience while doing the field work.

09 Dec 09 MDG

Speakers have demanded in a National Sharing Meeting on MDGs Progress Review & Presentation of Shadow Report today (9 December, 2009) to set country specific target for achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in considering the country context to eradicate poverty and ensure essential services for all citizens organized by SUPRO a national network of grass roots organizations at Press Club, Dhaka. The guest speakers and expert on MDGs Professor Dr. M.S.Akbar, MP & Chairman of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, Abdul Mannan, former state minister for tourism and civil aviation, Mohammad Tarique Ahsan, Assistant Professor, Institute of Education and Research, Dhaka University, Sanjida Akther Nira, Assistant Professor, Women & Gender Development Studies, Dhaka University, Monisha Biswas, National MDGs Advocacy and Communication Expert, UN Millennium Campaign , Bangladesh were present in the national sharing meeting. Among others, MA Quader, Secretary General of SUPRO, Manju Rani Pramanik, Executive Board member of SUPRO, MA Salam, National Council member of SUPRO, Sharifa Khatun, Executive Board member of SUPRO, civil society members, media professionals and district networking members of SUPRO were also present in the national sharing meeting. The round table discussion was moderated by SUPRO’s Chairperson Abdul Awal and the discussion paper was jointly presented by Lawrence Besra and Qumrunnessa Nazly Coordinator of SUPRO. A total of 135 participants have attended at the National Consultation meeting on MDGs.

Climate change human chain on 7th Dec 09.

SUPRO formed a human chain and organized rally on 7 December 2009 in front of National Museum, Shahabag, Dhaka on the eve of Copenhagen Climate Conference demanding compensation from the developed countries for the consequences of climate change to draw the attention of the world leaders and the countries responsible for carbon emission in the climate summit that started at Copenhagen on 7 December 2009.

Ensure Fair Trade

SUPRO has organized a human chain today (1st December, 2009) at Press Club, Dhaka on the occasion of the 7th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference that is going on in Geneva, Switzerland since 30 November 2009 which will be continued up to 2nd December 2009. In order to raise demand from the grass roots civil society actors, SUPRO has demonstrated a human chain program to make the global trade and business fair and also to ensure duty free and quota free market access of all Bangladeshi exportable goods & items to the developed countries.

Countrywide Mobilization

On the occasion of marking the International Poverty Alleviation Day on October 17, this year in 2009, ‘Daridro Birodhi Moncha’* (Anti Poverty platform of 16 Non Government Organizations and Civil Society Networks of Bangladesh) undertook a week long plan of different campaign activities from 12-18 October’09 to create louder voice and put pressure on the policy makers to take action on poverty and to meet and exceed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The week long plan included events  of campaign launching press conference, discussion meetings,human chain, mass gathering followed by discussion meeting and cultural performace on issue of poverty and state responsibility thereon.

International Literacy Day, 2009

SUPRO observed the International Literacy Day on 8 September 2009 in front of National Museum, Shahbag, Dhaka with due respect and cultural manner. SUPRO organized human chain and cultural program to mark the day.
This year’s slogan of the day was “The Power of Literacy”. SUPRO came up with its own slogan according to its ongoing campaign and advocacy “Literacy induces Empowerment, ensure Human Rights”. Education activist, development and political activist, teachers, students, leaders and representatives of SUPRO Dhaka Campaign Group and people from all stake of life were present in human chain.

Press Conference on Debt Cancellation

SUPRO demanded in a press Conference on the eve of UN – ESCAP workshop in Dhaka

Bangladesh’s Foreign Debt must be cancelled to mitigate the Global Financial Crisis

SUPRO a civil society network of grassroots organizations organized a press conference on 26th July 2009 at Dhaka Reporter’s Unity on the eve of UN–ESCAP workshop (27-30 July) in Dhaka on ‘ Strengthening the Responses to the Global Financial Crisis in Asia-Pacific: The Role of  Monetary, Fiscal and External Debt Policies”. As this issue is critically important to address the root causes of poverty, improvement of livelihood of poor and marginalized people in considering remarkable threat of global financial crisis, SUPRO responded on the debt burden of the Bangladesh that is gradually squeezing the budgetary allocation to the basic services like health, education and other essential services.  SUPRO prioritizes the debt burden of Bangladesh as a major constraint of achieving MDGs and extending essential services to the grassroots, poor, disadvantaged and marginalized people.

Meeting with Finance Minister of Bangladesh

Post-Budget Seminar 17th June, 2009

In order to ensure accessibility of poor and marginalized people towards education and health facilities, Primary, Secondary Education and Health Sectors have to be excluded from Public-Private Partnership (PPP). It has been mentioned in the budget for a legal framework of PPP and there should be outlined clear roles and responsibilities of government and private entrepreneurs.  Without having a legal regulatory of framework, there should not be any control of government upon this Public-Private Partnership sector. Today, (17 June 2009) prominent economist of Bangladesh and chief speaker of the round table seminar, Dr. Qazi  Kholiquzzaman Ahmed “National Budget Review 2009-10;Agriculture, Food sovereignty and priority of public service sectors” at VIP lounge of National Press Club, Dhaka Bangladesh. addressed in the round table discussion titled “National Budget Review 2009-10;Agriculture, Food sovereignty and priority of public service sectors” at VIP lounge of National Press Club, Dhaka Bangladesh.