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Political participation should go beyond voting

May 7, 2015

Free and fair election and proportionate representation is a pre requisite to ensure political participation. However, political participation should not be limited to voting— discussed participants at the 3rd Policy…

Unheard Youth Voices Raised through IID’s Youth Manifesto Initiative

April 21, 2015

Ensuring participation of people from all walks of life in the policy discourse has been an important objective of IID. Originating from here, IID undertook a Youth Manifesto project with Asia…

DCC North candidates debate on Youth Manifesto issues

April 20, 2015

Just like the DCC South Debate, IID provided research support to DCC North debate as well, with a view to promote ‘informed debate’. The town hall style debate was organized…

IID Promotes ‘Informed Debate’ among DCC South Candidates

April 20, 2015

Amidst all the rhetorical talkshows, IID promoted informed and focused debate among mayoral candidates in partnership with Dhaka Tribune and ATN News. The town-hall style debate took place on 20…

IID CEO won ‘Australian Alumni Excellence Award 2015 for Community service’

April 7, 2015

Founder and CEO of IID, and an Australian Alumni Syeed Ahamed has been awarded the ‘Australian Alumni Excellence Award 2015′ by the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade). He was selected in…

Should regional connectivity be Bangladesh’s foreign policy priority?

April 2, 2015

IID held its second Policy Breakfast on 2 April 2015 on the Future Direction of Bangladesh’s Foreign Policy, in partnership with National Democratic Institute (NDI). It aimed to contribute to an…

Meeting held with Steering Committee of “Library Landscape Assessment of Bangladesh”

March 19, 2015

IID conducted a meeting with the Steering Committee for the Library Landscape Assessment on 19th March 2015 at British Council. Representatives from the Ministry of ICT, Ministry of Cultural Affairs,…

IID-BCC-JICA Workshop on IT Engineers Examination

March 16, 2015

IID, in partnership with Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organised a workshop on IT Engineers Examination (ITEE) on 16 March 2015 at BCC in Dhaka.…

Demand-driven campaign for the mayoral elections

March 5, 2015

The National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the Institute of Informatics and Development (IID) have begun the Policy Breakfast series that will provide a unique insight into emerging issues where participants…

From Hebdo to PK

February 9, 2015

This Op-ed was published in Dhaka Tribune on 9th February 2015 Author: Aurin Huq While freedom of expression has to be maintained at any cost, that expression has to be…

Primary education for children remains costly for the parents

December 11, 2014

Although primary education has been made free in Bangladesh, indirect education expenses remains significant. From a survey on students, teachers, parents and school committees covering 55 government and newly nationalized…

“Financing for Education Research: Government should take responsibility”- Stated Education Activists at a Workshop on Education Financing

October 22, 2014

Education research, infrastructure development in hard to reach areas, recreational better financial package for teachers and education professionals came out to be the most important areas to be considered for…