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'Changemaker' is such a word which is influence to makes an activist as a Changemaker. From my previous experiences and successes (described in the following 4th question)I would like to hold the identity of Changemaker. My activities aims to serve the people, ensure of peoples' participation in the development process, protect peoples' rights and promote them.

3 'P': P=Participation, P=Protection, P=Promotion It will be ensured from Button-Top level.

To mitigate conflict and peace building in the society for establishing equal rights and equal opportunity for all.

Career Summary: About 8 years of administrative management, project management, advocacy, networking and partnership building experience. Expertise in NGO Affairs Bureau related activities, Grassroots level Mobilization, Supervision of staffs, Research, Report writing, Evaluation and assessment, Information Management, Conflict resolution, Teaching and Produce of Short Film. Experienced in working with the different types of govt./non-govt. stakeholders and donors. Professional Experiences: Coastal Development Partnership (CDP), a national research and advocacy organization in Bangladesh Partnership Coordinator: (January 2005 to till now) • Coordinator and Head of CDP Khulna office. • Lead and coordinate project teams and other stakeholders concerning the ongoing projects • Ensure motivational activities and promote team spirit among the staff members • Recognize/thank donors and volunteer committee/team members • Managing conflict resolution, team building, or employee skill evaluations • Assist team members in making constructive decision • Communicate with staff and partners on new developments, problems faced • Developing and Managing Positive Relationships and Communication with all Stakeholders and Partners. • Liaise with local and international donor agencies, relevant government (i.e. NGO Affairs Bureau, Ministries and relevant departments etc.) and non-government agencies (i.e. NGOs, Embassies etc.) and their representatives. • Contribute to the preparation of Fundraising and Partnerships strategy • Liaise with staff members and stakeholders in Civil Society capacity building • Representation at various advocacy workshops, briefings and other meetings and provide reports & briefs on the content • Plans for collaboration with other partners, NGOs, other donor projects Safeguarding Coastal Ecosystem from Irresponsible Commercial Shrimp Firming (SECO), Funded by IUCN.NL through Ecosystem Grant Programme EGP). Project Coordinator: (January 2009 to till now) • Manager of the CDP-SECO project. • Supervising of project staffs and partners. • Developing MoU for partners and signing • Maintain regular contact with the IUCN.NL and reporting as well. • Field visiting for understanding the progress of activities. • Developing and Publishing of project related IEC materials. • Coordinating project activities, meeting, training and other campaign program An Initiative to Strengthen Peoples Movements to Ensure Economic Justice, Funded by Action Aid Bangladesh. Project Coordinator: (June to December 2008) • Manager of the CDP-Action Aid partnership projects. • Supervising of project’s staffs and partners. • Maintain regular contact with the Action Aid and reporting as well. • Field visiting for understanding the progress of action research activities. • Media coordinating, Grassroots mobilization and Outreaching of learnings. Capacity Building of Grassroots Partners (CBGP), Funded by Manusher Jonno Resource Center Manager: (November 2003 to December 2004) • Perform overall managerial jobs of the CDP Resource Center (RC) • Establishing a corner for CDP-CBGP project named “Human Rights and Good Governance (HR & G) Information Center” • Establishing of 5 Satellite Information Center (SIC) in the remote areas running by 5 project partners among the total 10 partners. • Providing Training to the SIC managers for well management of information. • Keeping regular contact with the SIC managers and full filling their demands. • Ensuring Distribution of Resource Materials to 1000 addresses. • Supervising of RC staffs and partners. • Reporting to the Project Coordinator and Executive Director as well. Coastal Development Partnership (CDP), Bangladesh Research Associate: (April to October 2003) • Working for publishing the booklet named “River Erosion in the Southwest Region of Bangladesh and its Distressed People” • Collection of related data from the Narail and Gopalgonj District. • Writing of issue based articles for local and national print Medias. Adarshya Academy, a Kinder Garden School in Gopalgonj Assistant Teacher: (September 2001 to March 2003) • Responsible for Science, Bengali and English classes. Education: • MBA (HRM), ASA University Bangladesh (ASAUB), Dhaka, 2009 (recently completed) • MSS (Political Science), National University, Bangladesh, 2004 (2nd Class) • Bachelor of Arts, National University, Bangladesh, 2002 (2nd Division) • H.S.C (Arts), Govt. Bangabandhu College Gopalgonj, Dhaka Board, 2000 (2nd Division) • S.S.C (Arts), Chandradighalia High School, Gopalgonj, Dhaka Board, 1998 (1st Division) Training Attended: • “Capacity Building Training on Ensuring the Access of Poor and Hard core Poor People in Achieving Total Sanitation”, organized by VERC and FANSA-Bangladesh at VERC Training Center, Savar, Dhaka (3 Days Training, 22-24 March 2010) • “Perspectives of Governance and Natural Resource Governance’’, organized by IUCN-Bangladesh at Spectra Convention Center (2 Days Training Workshop, 9-10th March 2010) • Climate Conference of Asian peoples’ Movements, Organized by Peoples’ Action on Climate Change (PACC)-Philippines, Bangkok, Thailand (1 day advocacy workshop, 3 October 2009) • Community Driven Development Training, Organized by Bala Vikasa-India and SOPAR-Canada, Warangal, AP, India (30 days Training, 19 Jan–14 Feb 2009) • Info-Activism Campaign Workshop, Organized by Tactical Technology Collective-UK, Bangalore, India (7 Days Training Workshop, 19-25 Feb 2009) • Video Advocacy Workshop (VAW), Organized by International Accountability Project (IAP), WITNESS and Chiangmai University, Chiangmai, Thailand (14 days training workshop, 15-26 Sep 2008) • Quality Printing and Technique of Publication, Organized by CDP-CARE RVCC Project, Khulna, Bangladesh (2 days Training, 12-13 Sep 2004) • Report Card Methodology, Organized by Action Aid Bangladesh and WAVE Foundation, Chuadanga, Bangladesh (4 days training, 6-9 October 2003) • Website Browsing and Information Management, Organized by CARE-RVCC Project, Khulna, Bangladesh (1 day Training, 2004) • Financial Management Training, Organized by Manusher Jonno, Dhaka, Bangladesh (5 days Training, 2004) Overseas Meeting/Conference Attended: • Participated in the Forum Annual Meeting (FAM)-2008 of NGO Forum on ADB at Philippines on 24-28 March 2008 as a participant • Participated in the Civil Society Organization’s (CSO’S) parallel forum of High Level Forum (HLF)-iii, 31 August - 1 September 2008, Accra of Ghana as a Participant. • Participated in the 2nd International NGO Conference on History and Peace held on 8-12 October at Seoul Korea as a Speaker. • Participated in the “Climate Change Conference” held on 23-24 March 2009, in Bangkok of Thailand as a participant. • Participated in the 42th ADB AGM-2009 held on 2-5 May 2009 in Bali, Indonesia • Participated in the People Action on Climate Change (PACC) held on 27 September-5 October 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand as one of the organizer member of PACC. • Participated in the CSO Open Forum, organized by Ibon International, held on 6-7 November 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand, as one of the country core group member. • Participated in the COP-15 of UNFCCC as an observer, and in the People’s Movement on Climate Change (PMCC) as one of the organizer member held on 7-18 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark. Professional Certification: • Certificate in Computer Application, SIT foundation, GoB ICT Development project, Khulna Bangladesh (90 days Training, May 10 to August 10, 2005) Language: • English – fluent in both written and spoken • Bengali – Mother Tongue Computer Literacy: • Familiar with MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point, Resource Center Management Software operation, Email and Internet using, Blog Writing and Digital Activism. Extra Curricular Activities: 1. Team Leader, Youth Movement for Environmental Governance (YMEG), Bangladesh 2. Founder Member, ASA University Human Resource Network (AUHRN), Bangladesh 3. Member, South Asian Association for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE), Nepal 4. Member, The International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS), USA 5. Member, Youth Social Forum (YSF), Bangladesh 6. Member, Global Transparency Initiative (GTI), South Africa 7. Member, Freshwater Action Network (FAN), UK 8. Member, HUB (Video Advocacy Site), USA 9. Member, International Peace Network. Seoul, Korea 10. Country Focal Point (CFP), Aids Care Watch (ACW), HDN, Chiang Mai, Thailand 11. Member, YouthActionNet, USA 12. Member, IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) 13. Steering Group Member, People Action on Climate Change (PACC), Philippines 14. Steering Group Member, People’s Movement on Climate Change (PMCC), Philippines 15. Core Group Member, CSO Open Forum-Philippines 16. National Advocacy Coordinator of Network for Ensuring Water Security (NEWS); it is a water related national research and advocacy network of more than 62 CSOs, CBO’s and NGO’s. 17. Member Secretary of Better Coastal Livelihood Partnership (BECOLPO); it is a national research and advocacy network in Bangladesh where participated 42 CSOs, CBOs and NGOs. 18. Executive Editor, Upakul Paribesh Barta, A monthly environmental newsletter of CDP. Research and Publications: • Author, Conflict Resolution and Peace Building: The Role of NGOs in Historical Reconciliation and Territorial Issues (2009), Published by Northeast Asian History Foundation-Korea. • Author, Effectiveness and Accountability of ADB Project in South-West Bangladesh (2008), published by CDP. • Author, Rive erosion in the Southwest Region of Bangladesh and its Distressed People (2004), Published by CDP • Research Associate, Reviewing IWRM in Perspective of People’s Wisdom (People’s Traditional Practice on Water Management), Supported by Water for People’s Network (WPN), Philippines (2007) • Research Associate, People’s Alternative Water Resource Management [Case Study: Bangladesh: Tidal River Management People's Initiative to Solve Water logging (Coastal River Basin Management) in the Southwest Coastal Region of Bangladesh], Water for People’s Network (WPN), Philippines (2007) • Research Associate, Living with Climate Change Future at Present Time: The Saga of One Million Water Imprisoned People in the Southwest Coastal Region of Bangladesh (2008) • Associate Editor, Climate Justice, People’s Movement and International Climate Deal. Published by CDP on November 2009, as the campaign book for Countdown to Copenhagen Campaign-Bangladesh • Associate Editor, People’s Protocol on Climate Change, Published by CDP on 6 December 2009. Few Published Articles: • “Leading Role of NGOs in Solving Water Disputes between India and Bangladesh: Farakka Barrage Case”, published in the program book of 2nd international NGO Conference Seoul, Korea both in English and Korean languages (October 2008) • “Shrimp firming in the southwest region of Bangladesh”, Published in the ‘Weekly Bchitra’ on 25 August 2006. • “Bird-eye view of painful life for Women & Children in the Southwest coastal region of Bangladesh”, Published in the ‘Weekly Bchitra’ on 1 April 2005 • “Environment: Problems in Bangladesh”, published in the ‘Weekly Bchitra’ on 6 August 2004 • “Indian River linking Project: the 2nd blow to economical progress in Bangladesh”, published in the Weekly Purnima’ on 22 September 2004 • “Integrated Initiative is needed for reducing Violence against Women”, published in the ‘Weekly Bchitra’ on 1 October 2004 • Flood: Where is the end of this calamity? Published in the ‘Daily Inqilab’ on 20 July 2004. • “River Erosion: The District Gopalgonj is being very adversely affected by the river Modhumoti”, published in the ‘Daily Probarton’ on 12 September 2003 • “Flooded Koyra and few words”, published in the ‘Daily Anirvan’ on 16 October 2003 Advocacy Video: “Tears of the Millions” (DEMANDING URGENT ADB ACTIONS TO SAVE MILLIONS OF WATER IMPRISONED PEOPLE: ADB has created a big disaster by their unplanned and unfair project Khulna-Jessore Drainage Rehabilitation Project (KJDRP) implemented in 1993-2004, where one million people are continuously living with water and virtually in Human Tragedy. The present problems and peoples’ demands have been focused by the video. Duration is 12 Mints. The video film was directed and outreached by me.