Workshop on economic development in Cox’s Bazar

Prabriddhi, a local economic development project funded by Switzerland and Bangladesh, recently organised a capacity development and knowledge exchange workshop that was inaugurated by Muhammad Ibrahim, secretary to the Local Government Division in Cox's Bazar.

The three-day workshop that ended yesterday consisted of group discussions, exercises and presentations, a press release said.

"In recent years, the government's commitment to ensuring decentralisation has achieved momentum. If Switzerland's experience in local economic development is properly utilised, there remains a high scope to ensure development at the local level," Ibrahim said.

Corinne Henchoz Pignani, deputy head of cooperation at the embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh, said the two countries share joint commitments, namely localisation of the sustainable development goals and applying the LED model.

The LED model will help Bangladesh reach the milestone of graduating from least developed country status in the year 2026, he added.

Md Kamal Hossain, joint secretary of Local Government Division and project director of Prabriddhi, Md Sarwar Bari, director general of the monitoring inspection and evaluation wing at LGD, Md Shahidul Islam, joint secretary of the Urban Development Wing, Mujibul Hasan, country director of Swisscontact Bangladesh, and Markus Ehmann, team leader of Prabriddhi, were present.