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ACHIEVEMENTS
Additional Secretary, Disaster Management and Relief Division (DMRD) briefed on CDMP
On 4th May, Mr. Md. Mushfiqur Rahman, Additional Secretary, Disaster Management and Relief Division, Ministry of Food and
Disaster Management (MoFDM) visited the CDMP office. The main purpose of this visit was to be briefed on the achievement of
Phase I of CDMP and the Expectations/Work Plan for CDMP Phase II. Dr. M Aminul Islam, Assistant Country Director, Climate
Change, Environment and Disaster Management, UNDP was also present. The professionals from CDMP presented the
achievements, lessons learnt from Phase I, and the future scope of work during Phase II. Among the issues discussed were the
1) appointment of National Project Director for Phase II, 2) Approval of CDMP Phase II from the Planning Commission, and 3)
Issues and concerns in relation to capacity building and institutionalization. The Additional Secretary expressed satisfaction on
the progress and informed the professionals on the Ministrys continuing interest and commitment to achieve the desired
outcomes.
The meeting decided that a Technical Report be prepared and submitted with the DG, DMB, reviewing the limitations of the
existing network of Teletalk Bangladesh, and recommendations on how to address these such that the country-wide operation of
Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Message Dissemination to Citizens through Cell Broadcasting System and
Interactive Voice Response. This report will be prepared by Teletalk Bangladesh with support from ICT Specialist of CDMP.
Dr. Mahmudul Islam, Learning and Development Specialist of CDMP attended the Education Cluster meeting
held at Plan International office, and presented CDMP initiatives and progress on disaster management
education.
13th May
Dr. Islam, LDS of CDMP attended a meeting at the Vice Chancellors office of Bangladesh University of
Professionals (BUP) to revise, restructure and update the course content (3 credits) of Disaster Management
of Faculty of Business Studies.
Discussion meeting with IWM on developing ToRs for incremental changes of flood hazards as well as
scenarios on flood/storm surge/cyclone
Discussion meeting with CEGIS on developing ToRs for incremental changes of drought, riverbank erosion as
well as scenarios on droughts and prediction on river bank erosion
12th May
Discussion meeting with IWFM, BUET on developing ToRs for trends of rain fall, temperature, humidity and
sunshine
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Meeting with German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), on CDMP activities and possible areas of
collaboration.
A Meeting with Local Government Support Programme (LGSP) on possible collaboration between
rural risk reduction outcomes of CDMP and LGSP. Otin Dewan, Local Disaster Risk Reduction Fund
(LDRRF) Specialist and Mohammad Mohiuddin, Community Risk Assessment (CRA) Analyst will
participate from CDMP.
STAFF NEWS
With effect from 11th May 2010, Mr. Md. Mushfiqur Rahman, Additional Secretary, Disaster Management and Relief Division
(DMRD), Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, has been assigned as the National Project Director (NPD) for CDMP II.
On 2nd May, Abdul Latif Khan joined as the Disaster Response Management Specialist, Nasimul Haque joined as
Communication Specialist Roushan Ara Begum as Programme Associate with CDMP II.