Public Expenditure & Budget Tracking
Pre-Budget seminar on 20th April 08
In order to make the next budget
2008-09 poor people oriented distinguished speakers have emphasized on food
security, increase allocation and utilization of health and education sectors.
There should a strong congenial coordination between state, market and society.
We need democracy and democratization of the administration as well as
devolution of power for empowering the grassroots people. Speakers urged at a
pre-budget seminar held by SUPRO.
On Sunday, 20 April 2008 , SUPRO (Campaign for Good Governance) has organized a seminar titled “Preference in Agriculture, food security and Public Service sectors in the budget 2008-09” at CIRDAP auditorium, Dhaka .
Dr. Qazi
Kholiquzzaman Ahmed ; Lt. Col. (Rtd) Faruque Khan, ex MP; AKM Jahangir Hossain,
ex MP, and GM Qader, ex MP, Hasanul Hoque Inu, President, JSD, Rokea Kabir,
Executive Director, BNPS, Shirin Akhter, President, Karmojibi Nari, Economist
Dr. Pias Karim were made speech in the seminar. A position paper was presented
by SUPRO Mr. Shahid Ullah, Coordinator, Policy Research in the seminar to
initiate the pre-budget seminar. Mr. Ahmed Swopan Mahmood, Executive Borad
member of SUPRO moderated the seminar.