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Annual Thematic Meeting of the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) Striving together for addressing displacement due to slow and sudden-onset disasters Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka, People’s Republic of Bangladesh, 24-25 February 2019 Attendance List No. Organization Name Designation 1 Association of Development Agencies in AKM Jashimuddin Director Bangladesh (ADAB) 2 Australian High Commission Penny Morton Deputy High Commissioner/Counsellor 3 Bangla Tribune Sheikh Shahriar Zaman Special Correspondent 4 Bangladesh Air Force Ishtiaque Mahmud Squadron Leader 5 Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) A. Atiq Rahman Executive Director 6 Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority, Prime Ummay Salma Deputy Manager (Planning) & Minister's Office, Government of Bangladesh Market Research Officer 7 Bangladesh Institute of International and Munshi Faiz Ahmad Chairman Strategic Studies (BIISS) 8 Bangladesh Institute of International and Major General A K M Abdur Director General Strategic Studies (BIISS) Rahman, ndc, psc 9 Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) Shamsuddin Ahmed Director 10 Bangladesh Nari Sangbadik Kendra (BNSK) Sumaiya Islam Executive Director 11 Bangladesh Nari Sangbadik Kendra (BNSK) Dipu Mahmud Director Programme 12 Bangladesh Nari Sangbadik Kendra (BNSK) Khaleda Sarkar Coordinator (Acess to Justice) 13 Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and AHM Bazlur Rahman Chief Executive Officer Communication (BNNRC) 14 Bangladesh Post Mohammad Zakir Hossain Photo Journalist 15 Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Md. Tanzim Anwar Senior Reporter 16 Bangladeshi Ovhibashi Mohila Sramik Basu Maitra PC Association (BOMSA) 17 Bangladeshi Ovhibashi Mohila Sramik Sheikh Rumana General Secretary Association (BOMSA) 18 Barishal University Asif M. Chowdhury 19 BPATC, Ministry of Public Administration, Syed Mizanur Rahman Member Directing Staff (Joint Government of Bangladesh Secretary) 20 BRAC Sajid Iqbal Research and Insights Lead 21 BRAC Nazrul Islam Senior Manager (CCP) 22 Branch & Leaves; Chhaya Institute of Din Muhammad Shibly Managing Director; and Communication & Photography Founding Principal 23 British Council Md. Abul Basar IBP Manager 24 COAST Trust Moqbul Ahmed Assistant Director, DTL-CFTM 25 COAST Trust Md. Abdul Hasan DTL-CFTM 26 COAST Trust Md. Salehin Sarfaraz Advocacy Coordinator 27 COAST Trust Md. Arif Dewan Coordinator- PAC 28 COAST Trust Farha Hadia CME 29 COAST Trust Mustafa Kamal Akanda Assistant Director 30 COAST Trust Abarul Islam Head- ICT 31 COAST Trust Aminul Hoque Deputy Director 32 COAST Trust M. Rezaul Karim Executive Director Chowdhury 33 COAST Trust Md. Faruq Hossain Regional Program Coordinator- Chittagong Region 34 Coastal Development Partnership (CDP) Jahangir H. Masum Executive Director 35 Cultural and Development Society (CDS)/BIPNet- Badhon Areng General Secretary CCBD 36 Daily Ittefaq Mainul Alam Senior Journalist 37 Daily Jai Jai Din Mirza Mosiuzzaman Diplomatic Correspondent 38 Department of Disaster Management, Ministry of Abu Syed Mohammad Director General Disaster Management and Relief, Government of Hashim Bangladesh 39 Department of Law, Independent University, Md. Abdul Awal Khan Associate Professor Bangladesh (IUB) 40 Dhaka Tribune Shahriar Zaman 41 Directorate General of Food, Government of Md Abdul Aziz Mollah Additional Director General Bangladesh 42 Dnet Kazi Lamiyah Daraksha Junior Project Engineer Karim 43 Dnet Debashish Bhowmick Head of Technology 44 Dustha Kallyan Sangstha (DUKS) H M Hasan Al Mamun Executive Director 45 Dwip Unnayan Songstha (DUS) Rafiqul Alam Executive Director 46 Embassy of Brazil in Dhaka, Bangladesh Julio Cesar Consul 47 Embassy of DRP of Korea Pak Kyong Chol DMC & Counsellor 48 Embassy of France in Bangladesh Marie-Annick Bourdin Ambassador 49 Embassy of His Majesty the King of Morocco to Halim Majid Ambassador Bangladesh 50 Embassy of His Majesty the King of Morocco to Boumait Sanir Counselor Bangladesh 51 Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh Christoph Fuchs CDA 52 Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh Anindya Dutta Programme Officer- Migration and Development 53 Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Michael Schultheiss Deputy Head of Mission Bangladesh 54 Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Murni Nyaristi Third Secretary Bangladesh 55 Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Lorensia Brahmana Staff Political Affairs Bangladesh 56 Embassy of the Republic of Maldives in Aishath Shaan Shakir Ambassador Bangladesh 57 Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in LV I. De Guzman CDA Dhaka 58 European Commission Daniela D'Urso Head of Office 59 Federation of NGOs in Bangladesh (FNB) Md. Rafiqul Islam Director 60 Financial Institutions Division, Ministry of Rukhsana Hasin Joint Secretary Finance, Government of Bangladesh 61 Foreign Service Academy Md. Alamgeer Hossain Assistant Secretary 62 Foreign Service Academy Md. Ashfaqur Rahman Assistant Secretary 63 Foreign Service Academy Umma Erinatuz Afroza Assistant Secretary 64 Foreign Service Academy Nabila Noushin Assistant Secretary 65 Foreign Service Academy Masud Parvege Assistant Secretary 66 Foreign Service Academy Md. Iftekhar Rahman Assistant Secretary 67 Foreign Service Academy Zakaria Bin Suyaid Assistant Secretary 68 Foreign Service Academy Shah Md. Ashraful Alam Assistant Secretary Mohon 69 Foreign Service Academy Md. Jannatul Habib Assistant Secretary 70 Forum of Environmental Journalists bangladesh Quamrul Islam Chowdhury Chairman (FEJB) 71 Gram Bikash Shohayak Shangstha (GBSS) Masuda Farouk Ratna Executive Director 72 High Commission of Canada in Bangladesh Benoit Prefontaine High Commissioner 73 High Commission of Canada in Bangladesh Bradley Coates Counsellor (Political) 74 ICT Division, Ministry of Posts, Md. Moynul Haque Bhuiyan Deputy Secretary Telecommunications and Information Technology, Government of Bangladesh 75 Institute of Water Modelling AFM Afzal Hossain Deputy Executive Director (P&D) 76 International Centre for Climate Change and Anna Plowman Visiting researcher Development (ICCCAD) 77 International Centre for Climate Change and Sarder Shafiqul Alam Coordinator Development (ICCCAD) 78 International Centre for Climate Change and Ashraful Haque Program Coordinator Development (ICCCAD) 79 International Centre for Climate Change and Laura Bahlman Visiting researcher Development (ICCCAD) 80 International Centre for Climate Change and Saleemul Huq Director Development (ICCCAD) 81 International Centre for Integrated Mountain Amina Maharjan Livelihoods (Migration) Specialist Development (ICIMOD) 82 International Centre for Integrated Mountain Golam Rasul Chief Economist Development (ICIMOD) 83 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Ezekiel Simperingham Migration and Displacement Crescent Societies (IFRC) Coordinator 84 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Achala Navaratne Country Representative Crescent Societies (IFRC) 85 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Colin Fernandes Urban Resilience Regional Crescent Societies Coordinator, Global Disaster Preparedness Center 86 International Institute for Human Rights, Gopal Siwakoti President Environment and Development (INHURED International) 87 International Organization for Migration (IOM), Patrick Charignon Head- Transition and Recovery Bangladesh Division 88 International Organization for Migration (IOM), Michele Klein Solomon Director (Global Compact for Geneva Migration), Office of the Director General 89 International Organization for Migration (IOM), Soumyadeep Banerjee Regional Migration Specialist Vienna 90 International Organization for Migration (IOM), Disha Sonata Faruque Coordinator- Emergencies & Bangladesh Displacement Unit 91 International Organization for Migration (IOM), Syed Shabab Programme Associate- Bangladesh Emergencies & Displacement Unit 92 International Organization for Migration (IOM), Ashfaqur Rahman Senior Programme Associate- Bangladesh Emergencies & Displacement Unit 93 International Organization for Migration (IOM), Peppi Siddiq Manager- Emergencies & Bangladesh Displacement Unit 94 International Organization for Migration (IOM), Daria Mokhnacheva Regional Migration, Environment Geneva and Climate Change Officer 95 International Union for Conservation of Nature Raquibul Amin Programme Coordinator (IUCN), Bangladesh 96 Joint Peace Fund Kelly Flynn Head of Programmes 97 Maleya Foundation/BIPNet-CCBD Mrinal Kanti Tripura Director 98 Migration Policy Unit, Ministry of Interior, Enrique Filloy Ramos Government of Mexico 99 Minority Self-Empowerment Foundation (MSEF) Haragobinda Baidya Executive Director 100 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Mahbub Uz Zaman Secretary-Bilateral (Asia & Bangladesh Pacific) 101 Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, Md. Mohsin Additional Secretary Government of Bangladesh 102 Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, Md. Shah Kamal Senior Secretary Government of Bangladesh 103 Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, Shabbir Sammad Deputy Secretary Government of Bangladesh 104 Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Khorsheda Yasmeen Joint Secretary Change, Government of Bangladesh 105 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Nahida Rahman Shumona Director General (RO) Bangladesh 106 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Masudur Rahman Director General Bangladesh 107 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Md. Biplob Tarafder Assistant Secretary Bangladesh 108 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Datta Sree Rajib Kuman Assistant Secretary Bangladesh 109 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Md. Warishul
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