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Sat, 07/19/2008 - 10:36
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SAARC JICA alumni kicks off in Dhaka
DHAKA,Bangladesh, July 19 (BSS) - The long-awaited alliance among the alumni of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in south
Asia is going to take shape in the city tomorrow, with delegates
meeting from all the eight member states of the South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), organizers said
today.
The SAARC JICA Alumni Association, which intends to work as
a catalyst for regional prosperity, will be formed on the basis
of consensus among the top office bearers of the alumni
associations of the eight countries.
The presidents, general secretaries and representatives of
JICA Alumni Associations of Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Maldives,
Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are expected to arrive today for
sitting with their Bangladesh counters to form the regional forum
at BIAM tomorrow.
The JICA alumni associations comprise members of the cross
section of professionals who once had the opportunity to undergo
training programme in Japan under JICA sponsorship.
More than 30,000 members are now belonging to JICA alumni
associations in south Asia, with nearly 1,500 members of
Bangladesh Alumni playing the most active role in the region.
"JICA would feel proud if it can contribute to help
establish better understanding among the people of SAARC states,"
Resident Representative of JICA Bangladesh Nobuko Suzuki
Kayashima told BSS in an interview earlier.
She said the regional forum is expected to yield a positive
result in enhancing people to people contact and mutual
cooperation in power, transportation and other potential sectors
to cut poverty.
As an observer to SAARC, Nobuko said, Japan wanted to foster
peace and friendly coexistence among the member states of SAARC,
a forum formed with seven south Asian states in 1985 with
Afghanistan joining it last year.
She said the new alumni would act independently like other
country-level alumni associations to reach it's objectives and
JICA would love to support it.
Mohammad Ejar Uddin, general secretary of JICA Alumni
Association Bangladesh and the main organizer for the SAARC
alumni, said the objective behind the SAARC JICA association was
to bring equitable and sustainable development in south Asia,
which covers only three percent of world's land surface but
accommodates around 150 crore people.
"So, we decided to build up a platform to work together in
the spirit of friendship, trust and mutual understanding for
accelerating the process of economic and social development in
SAARC region," Ejar Uddin said.
He said the SAARC JICA would focus on utilizing the expertise
of the alumni, who shown their keen to arrest poverty in south
Asia, where nearly half of the population still live on less than
a dollar a day.
Women and Children, and Primary Education Affairs Adviser
Rasheda K. Chowdhury, Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Masayuki
Inoue and JICA resident representative Nobuko Suzuki Kayashima
are expected to attend the programme.
Asia is going to take shape in the city tomorrow, with delegates
meeting from all the eight member states of the South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), organizers said
today.
The SAARC JICA Alumni Association, which intends to work as
a catalyst for regional prosperity, will be formed on the basis
of consensus among the top office bearers of the alumni
associations of the eight countries.
The presidents, general secretaries and representatives of
JICA Alumni Associations of Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Maldives,
Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are expected to arrive today for
sitting with their Bangladesh counters to form the regional forum
at BIAM tomorrow.
The JICA alumni associations comprise members of the cross
section of professionals who once had the opportunity to undergo
training programme in Japan under JICA sponsorship.
More than 30,000 members are now belonging to JICA alumni
associations in south Asia, with nearly 1,500 members of
Bangladesh Alumni playing the most active role in the region.
"JICA would feel proud if it can contribute to help
establish better understanding among the people of SAARC states,"
Resident Representative of JICA Bangladesh Nobuko Suzuki
Kayashima told BSS in an interview earlier.
She said the regional forum is expected to yield a positive
result in enhancing people to people contact and mutual
cooperation in power, transportation and other potential sectors
to cut poverty.
As an observer to SAARC, Nobuko said, Japan wanted to foster
peace and friendly coexistence among the member states of SAARC,
a forum formed with seven south Asian states in 1985 with
Afghanistan joining it last year.
She said the new alumni would act independently like other
country-level alumni associations to reach it's objectives and
JICA would love to support it.
Mohammad Ejar Uddin, general secretary of JICA Alumni
Association Bangladesh and the main organizer for the SAARC
alumni, said the objective behind the SAARC JICA association was
to bring equitable and sustainable development in south Asia,
which covers only three percent of world's land surface but
accommodates around 150 crore people.
"So, we decided to build up a platform to work together in
the spirit of friendship, trust and mutual understanding for
accelerating the process of economic and social development in
SAARC region," Ejar Uddin said.
He said the SAARC JICA would focus on utilizing the expertise
of the alumni, who shown their keen to arrest poverty in south
Asia, where nearly half of the population still live on less than
a dollar a day.
Women and Children, and Primary Education Affairs Adviser
Rasheda K. Chowdhury, Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Masayuki
Inoue and JICA resident representative Nobuko Suzuki Kayashima
are expected to attend the programme.
