Center for Participatory Research and Development (CPRD) and Christian Aid jointly organized a workshop titled National Energy Plans and Policies: targets and Prospects of Renewal Sources held on 3 October 2016 at CIRDAP Auditorium, Dhaka.
Dr Hasan Mahmud MP, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) graced the dialogue as Chief Guest and Md. Anwarul Islam Sikder, NDC, Chairman; SREDA was presented as Special Guest. Dr. Ainun Nishat, Advisor, C3ER, BRAC University chaired and facilitated the dialogue.
The dialogue was intended to share and discuss outcomes of a policy study on energy plans and policies of Bangladesh. The objectives of the dialogue were to understand our policy aspirations for ensuring energy security and identify policy spaces for power generation from renewable sources; so that appropriate policy advocacy could be undertaken for a transformation shift from conventional energy to renewable energy.