The inaugural batch of students for the MA in Governance and Development has finished their classes on September 16, 2006. The program started on September 18, 2005 with 26 students. The students continue to work on their dissertation.
BRAC Chairman and President BU Governing Board Mr F H Abed gave a farewell dinner in honour of the outgoing inaugural batch of students at the BRAC Centre Inn on September 11, 2006. All the students and their spouses, faculty, distinguished guests from BRAC, BU and Donor Agencies and dignitaries were present.
Fulbright scholar Dr David Skully joined CGS on September 5, 2006 as Visiting International Faculty. He did his PhD in Economics from George Mason University at Fairfax, Virginia, USA. He has over 20 years of Research and Training experience with the US Department of Agriculture.
External evaluation of the CGS program (MAGD and Research) was conducted by
Professor Jorrit De Jong and his research assistant Peter Karbergen from the Centre for Government Studies, The Hague, Netherlands. They arrived on September 24, 2006 and left on October 2, 2006.
The World Bank and the CGS has signed a partnership agreement to develop research projects on issues of Governance in Bangladesh on September 14,2006. Barrister Manzoor Hasan signed the partnership agreement on behalf of the Centre and World Bank Country Director Ms Christine Wallich signed on behalf of the World Bank.