The board of trustees of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) advised its management to concentrate on issues of current public concerns through research and dialogue activities, the leading private think-tank said in a statement on Monday.
The CPD took the decision at its 51st meeting of the board of trustees, presided over by CPD Chairman Rehman Sobhan, at Brac Centre Inn in Dhaka on Sunday.
The board took note of the CPD's ongoing research on the themes of restructuring in the readymade garment sector, decentralisation, multilevel governance and corruption, and governance challenges in implementing sustainable development goals.
The trustees were informed about a number of important events which the CPD is planning to organise in the coming months including a daylong conference on an RMG study, a youth conference 2018, a regional seminar on South Asian SDGs and the Fourth CPD Anniversary Lecture.
They reviewed the CPD's research, dialogue and publication activities during the ongoing year. The trustees expressed their satisfaction over the CPD's performance in these areas.
The board also approved the CPD's plan for research, dialogue, publication and outreach-related activities for July-December 2018. The meeting also approved the CPD's audit report for 2017 and the revised budget for fiscal 2018-19.
Trustees Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founding chairperson of BRAC; Syed Manzur Elahi, treasurer of the board of trustees of the CPD and chairman of Apex Group; Dr Anisuzzaman, Professor Emeritus of the University of Dhaka; Khushi Kabir, coordinator of Nijera Kori; Rasheda K Choudhury, executive director of the CAMPE; Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, distinguished fellow of the CPD; Dr Fahmida Khatun, executive director of the CPD and member-secretary of the trustee board, and Mustafizur Rahman, distinguished fellow of the CPD, attended the meeting.
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