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The High Commissioner of Bangladesh Visits IDPM
IDPM was recently graced by an official visit by the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the UK, H.E. Dr. M. Sayeedur Rahman Khan.
The High Commissioner visited the Institute on Tuesday 6 October and met fellow nationals currently taking part in MATT2, an IDPM continuing professional development programme aimed at developing capacity for public sector reform in Bangladesh.
Welcoming the High Commissioner on behalf of the School of Environment and Development and IDPM, Prof David Hulme stressed how the MATT2 course was a welcome addition to the ongoing activities that have historically linked IDPM with Bangladesh for the past few decades, which have traditionally focused on microfinance, poverty reduction and corporate social responsibility.
Prof Hulme said: "We are very pleased to have the High Commissioner with us today. It signals the importance of IDPM's work and of the MATT2 course in relation to the overall goal of reducing poverty and improving the lives of everybody in Bangladesh."
On his part, H.E. Dr. Khan thanked IDPM and the School of Environment and Development for their continuing cooperation with Bangladesh in relation to development issues, and pointed out how many Bangladeshi top civil servants, intellectuals and academics were alumni of the University of Manchester.
Upon meeting MATT2 participants, the High Commissioner also said: "All of you will become future policymakers and planners for the development of Bangladesh. The training you are undergoing here at the University of Manchester and IDPM will provide you with new ideas and new strategies for the 21st century, and you will play a greater role in the development of our country."
The High Commissioner also expressed the wish that programmes like MATT2 continue also in the years to come.
7 October 2009