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Agenda: ECBinter-active Bangladesh

Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka
28-29 February 2012

This conference is the first time that the ECB Project has shared its program and practical learning on humanitarian capacity building with the wider humanitarian sector.
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Day 1

8:15	Registration
*Welcome address*
Mr. Michael McGrath, Country Director, Save the Children in Bangladesh
*Interactive Dialogue*
Dr. M. Aslam Alam Secretary, Disaster Management and Relief Division, Government of Bangladesh Mr. Olivier Brouant ECHO Bangladesh Office Mr. Mohammad Abdul Qayyum Additional Secretary and National Project Director, Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP), Government of Bangladesh Ms. Andrea Stewart ECB Communications Manager Mr. Gareth Price-Jones Country Director, Bangladesh, Oxfam GB Asia *Moderator* Mr. Saidur Rahman Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Center
10:45	*Coffee Break & time to Visit Exhibition Space, Resource Area and Network*
*Parallel Thematic Sessions (Participants will attend 1 of the 2 parallel sessions):*
Humanitarian Advocacy (Venue: Lohori) Oxfam Moderator		National Staff Capacity (Venue: Antara) Caritas Bangladesh & Catholic Relief Services Moderator
13:00-14:00	*Lunch*
*Parallel Thematic Sessions (Participants will attend the session they did not attend in the morning):*
National Staff Capacity (Venue: Lohori) Caritas Bangladesh & Catholic Relief Services Moderator		Humanitarian Advocacy (Venue: Antara) Oxfam Moderator
15:30	*Coffee Break & time to visit Exhibition Space, Resource Area and Network*
*Climate Change and DRR*
Dr. Ahsan Uddin Ahmed, Executive Director, Center for Global Change Mr. Md. Tarik-ul-Islam, Assistant Country Director, Environment, Energy & Climate Mitigation, UNDP Bangladesh-moderator
*Close Day 1*
18:00	Mime Show & Live Folk Song (Gomvira)* on Accountability followed by Dinner*

Day 2

*8:30*	Re-Registration
9:00	Welcome Day 2
*Parallel Sessions: Expanding Learning from other ECB consortia and other actors* *(Participants will attend 1 of the 2 parallel sessions):*
*Session 1* (Venue: Lohori)		*Session 2* (Venue: Antara)
Pakistan’s experiences in Beneficiary Accountability Unified Response in Practice Sphere India Humanitarian Response Collaboration in Bolivia Cyclone Early warning systems in Bangladesh Early warning systems in Niger Disaster Response Engagement Protocol in Indonesia
*Parallel Thematic Sessions (Participants will attend 1 of the 2 parallel sessions):*
Accountability (Venue: Lohori) Concern World Wide Moderator		Joint Needs Assessment (Venue: Antara) Care Moderator
11:30	*Coffee Break & time to visit Exhibition Space, Resource Area and network*
*Parallel Thematic Sessions (Participants will attend the parallel session they did not attend earlier):*
Joint Needs Assessment (Venue: Lohori) Care Moderator		Accountability (Venue: Antara) Concern World Wide Moderator
13:00-14:00	*Lunch*
*Government and NGO coordination in DRR: opportunities and challenges in Bangladesh*
Mr. Ahsan Zakir, Director General, Disaster Management Bureau (DMB), Government of Bangladesh Dr. M. Aminul Islam, Assistant Country Director, Disaster Management and Adaptation, UNDP Bangladesh
15:30	*Coffee Break & time to visit Exhibition Space, Resource Area and network*
*Final session*
Closing Plenary
17:00	*Event End*