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Can the Science of Learning Drive Education Reform?

December 7, 2024

The science of learning provides groundbreaking insights into how people acquire knowledge and develop skills. Yet, these advancements often fail to inform education reform, leaving policymakers and educators without the…

Youth Policy Summit 2024 to Amplify Youth Contributions in Bangladesh’s Reform Agenda

December 4, 2024

The Youth Policy Summit 2024, organized by Youth for Policy and IID, will take place in Dhaka on December 21-22, 2024. This initiative seeks to engage youth as pivotal stakeholders…

Advancing Grassroots Initiatives Through Policy Action Award 2024

November 25, 2024

Aiming to scale up grassroots initiatives for a broader impact on their respective areas and communities, IID has introduced the “Policy Action Award 2024” this year. As part of this…

Empowering Youth Advocates to Shape the Future of Policy

November 23, 2024

To advance an inclusive society, youth play a pivotal role in driving policy advocacy to bring about meaningful change. Effective advocacy demands foundational knowledge and skills, including evidence collection, contextualizing…

Call for Stronger Collaboration with CSOs in Rebuilding a New Bangladesh

October 19, 2024

Stakeholders from civil society, the private sector, and political leadership called for stronger collaboration with CSOs to rebuild a more inclusive Bangladesh at a national consultation on October 19, 2024.…

A Framework for Youth Participation in Public Policy

October 17, 2024

This supplement was originally published in Prothom Alo on October 17, 2024. “Young people who led the revolution must have a lasting role, both in action and in decision-making, to…

Informed Discussion for Confronting Divisions and Promoting Unity on the Chittagong Hill Tracts Issue

October 3, 2024

“To understand the recent crisis in the CHT, we must look beyond immediate triggers, tracing its roots through history and structural issues,” stated Dr. Anurug Chakma, Research Fellow at Australian…

IID’s Social Accountability Model: Empowering Stakeholders for Transformative Change

October 2, 2024

Social accountability encourages citizens and civil society to engage in holding public institutions responsible for their actions. The Institute of Informatics and Development (IID) has created a social accountability model…

Empowering Youth is Key to Rebuild a Discrimination-Free Bangladesh

September 18, 2024

To prevent further bloodshed and ensure meaningful youth engagement, establishing a platform for youth participation is crucial in efforts to rebuild a discrimination-free Bangladesh, where the voices of young leaders…

How has the pandemic affected children’s learning in South Asia?

September 17, 2024

The International Common Assessment of Numeracy (ICAN) 2022-23 South Asia Report was launched in the PAL Network’s webinar on September 17, 2024, where the effects of COVID 19 on children’s…

Youth Leaders Voiced 11-point demand in their Youth Manifesto to Shape a Non-discriminatory Bangladesh

September 17, 2024

Youth leaders from across Bangladesh recently gathered in Dhaka for a dialogue on “Discrimination Free Bangladesh: Youth Manifesto’24.” Organized by Youth for Policy, the event prominently featured their 11-point demand,…

Empowering Changemakers: Youth for Policy Trains Young Leaders in Social Accountability

September 16, 2024

In an effort to cultivate the next generation of changemakers, 22 passionate young leaders from 10 districts gathered for an intensive training on Social Accountability, focusing on stakeholder analysis and…