NILG holds workshop to strengthen local govt capacity

 
The National Institute of Local Government (NILG) held an orientation workshop on training manuals aimed at strengthening local government institutions and officials in climate-resilient water and waste management in Agargaon, Dhaka on Tuesday.
 
Supported by the Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh, the workshop was organised under the GO4IMPact programme of the WaterAid Bangladesh�"Swisscontact Bangladesh consortium, says a press release. 

Md. Aminul Islam, director general (secretary) of NILG, attended as chief guest, while Azman Ahmed Chowdhury, country director of WaterAid Bangladesh, was the special guest. Md. Kayesuzzaman, director of training and consultancy (joint secretary) at NILG, chaired the workshop and presented the manuals with Monika Mitra, assistant director of NILG.

Speakers highlighted the need to combine local realities with scientific practices and stressed the importance of building institutional capacity for climate-resilient water and waste management.

Participants included government officials, local government representatives, development partners JICA and KOICA, and NGO representatives. They shared field experiences and suggestions on the manuals.