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1. Key National Sustainable Development Coordination
Mechanism(s)/Council(s).
National Environment Committee
Contact point (Name, Title, Office):
Mr. Ahbab Ahmad, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forest
Telephone: 880 2 404349
Fax: 880 2 869210
e-mail:
Mailing address:
Ministry of Environment and Forest,
Building No. 6, 13th Floor, Bangladesh Secretariat,
Dhaka, 1000-Bangladesh
2. Membership/Composition/Chairperson:
The Prime Minister
is the Chairperson of the Committee and several Ministries are also included as members. Members are
also drawn from different Ministries;
departments; Institutions and NGOs.
2a. List of ministries and agencies involved:
Ministries
of: Agriculture, Water Resources, Finance,
Industry, Power, Energy and Minteral Resources, Education,
Environment and Forest, Planning, Local
Government & Rural Development and Planning Commission.
2b. Names of para-statal bodies and institutions involved, as
well as participation of academic and
private sectors:
All Universities, Forest Department, Department of Environment, NGO
Affairs Bureau, Space Research
and Remote Sensing Organization (SPARRSO), Commission of
Enatomy(?), Department of Weather.
2c. Names of non-governmental organizations:
Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh (ADAB),
Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and
Industries, Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and
Industries, Federation of Union of
Journalists, Environment Reporters Forum, Medical Association,
Engineers Institution of Bangladesh,
Economic Association, Bangladesh Botanical Society, Zoological
Society, Chemist Association.
3. Mandate role of above mechanism/council:
(1) Review of
progress of implementation of the
National Environmental policy and Environment related activities;
(2) Consider and provide guidelines
for fulfilment of Government of Bangladesh obligations under AGenda
21;
(3) Identify problems
impeding implementation of the National Environment policy and
provide
guidelines for solution of those problems.
4. If available, attach a diagram (organization chart) showing
national coordination structure and linkages between
ministries:
Submitted by
(Name): Md. Abdul Malek
Signature: Signed.
Title: Assistant Chief
Date: 26 December 1996
Ministry/Office: Ministry of Environment and Forest,
Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka-1000
Telephone: 880 2 867472
Fax: 880-2-869210
e-mail:
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