SUPRO Shared its budget demands with the MPs
SUPRO shared its budget demands with the MPs in a Dinner Meeting held on 31 May 2010 at Santoor restaurant, Dhanmondi Dhaka. On the occasion, 10 MPs of different constituencies and SUPRO representatives got together and turned the meeting into an interactive discussion with their opinion and commitment on the budgetary issues raised by SUPRO. The meeting was started by welcome
speech of Uma Chowdhury, Director, SUPRO.
Ensure Decentralization of National Budget May 15, 2010
Sushasoner Jonno Procharavijan (SUPRO) organized a National Discussion Meeting on National Budget 2010-2011: Prioritizing Education, Health and Agriculture Sector at CIRDAP Auditorium on May 15, 2010. The speakers of the meeting addressed on decentralization of National Budget, involvement of Parliamentary standing committee and participation from grassroots people to formulate people centered budget prioritizing education, health and agriculture sectors. The speakers also addressed to formulate district-wise budget based on local government centered development plan.Speakers demand on Asian Day of Action May 04, 2010
Stop Privatization of Essential Services and Natural Resources
To observe the Asian Day of Action against the privatization of essential services and natural resources on May 04, 2010, Sushashoner Jonno Procharavijan-SUPRO organized a human chain in front of National Press Club Dhaka. From the human chain, speakers strongly demanded to ensure effectiveness of public rights of essential services including water & power, education & health and called for boycotting the loan-support from World Bank, IMFs and ADB. They demanded to keep the essential services out of the service related agreement GATS- imposed by World Trade Organization (WTO).
SUPRO observed world health day 2010
7 April 2010, World Health Day. To observe the day Sushashoner Jonny Procharavizan-SUPRO organized various campaign activities in different 45 districts and in Dhaka. This year SUPRO’s theme and slogan on world health day was-Health is my right: Stop commercialization of health sector and enhance competence of the public health sector. SUPRO demands on International Women’s Day on 8, March, 2010
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Sushashoner Jonno Procharavizan (SUPRO) observed the International Women Day-2010 with full enthusiasm and great exertion through a Human Chain and Cultural Program. Moreover, SUPRO as a forum of grassroots NGOs has celebrated the Day together with district committee at 45 districts throughout the country. To observe this historical day, SUPRO organized the human chain event on 08 March 2010 at 11 AM in front of the National Museum, Shahbagh, Dhaka where discussion on the issues, cultural program including songs and street drama on women rights were being displayed. Various like minded NGOs, Dhaka Campaign Group & Students Forum expressed their solidarity through their warm participation at the event.Ceasing Donors’ Interference on 14, February, 2010
Ceasing Donors’ Interference and Ensuring Sovereignty Over
Through a Human Chain organized on 14 February 2010 at Shabag, Dhaka, Sushashoner Jonny Procharavijan (SUPRO), a forum of grassroots NGOs demonstrated its position against the process of formulating second PRSP without any public consultation and its presentation to the donor agencies. SUPRO stood up in
the human chain prior to the meeting of the so-called Bangladesh
Development Forum (BDF),a consortium of donor agencies scheduled to be
held on 15-16 February 2010 where the government is going to submit
PRSP-II made without evaluating the implementation of PRSP-I which was
adopted from Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) funding. In the
human chain
Consultation on health service on 22nd dec 09
Stop Privatization and Commercialization in Health Sector
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
Budget Allocation and Impact on Girls’ Education
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.
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MDGs Progress Review & Presentation of Shadow Report
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.