সর্ব-শেষ হাল-নাগাদ: ১st অক্টোবর ২০২১
United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh visits PPP Authority
প্রকাশন তারিখ
: 2020-12-22
The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh, Ms. Mia Seppo made a courtesy visit to Ms. Sultana Afroz, Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh and Chief Executive Officer of the Public Private Partnership Authority, Prime Minister’s Office on 22nd December 2020.
Ms. Mia Seppo reiterated United Nation’s commitment to supporting the development aspirations of the Bangladeshi people and discussed the importance of public private partnerships in advancing the 2030 Agenda. Referring to the cost of financing the SDGs, she highlighted the role and potential of public-private partnerships in bridging these financing gaps. In particular she referred to the potential of PPPs to contribute to clean, green recovery, to building back better from the COVID19 crisis, mitigating the effects of climate change, gender and youth development and discovering partnerships which have substantial impact on development.
Ms. Sultana Afroz discussed about current PPP Authority initiatives in PPP project implementation and capacity building. She emphasized importance of small sized social and economic infrastructure project to meet the SDG target and particularly focused on projects in food and agriculture sector. She highlighted on selected projects that are in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as dialysis centers, hospitals, urban water supply and waste water treatment, which are already in the PPP pipeline.
Office of the UNRC and PPP Authority showed their commitment in forming strong partnership for overcoming the SDGs related PPP implementation challenges.
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Muhammad Rafiqul Islam has been promoted to the rank of Secretary and appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Public Private Partnership (PPP) Authority under the Chief Adviser’s Office on 3rd December 2024. Before his new assignment, he served as an Additional Secretary in the Power Division, Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources, Government of Bangladesh. As a member of the 13th batch of the prestigious BCS Administration Cadre Mr. Islam has more than 30 years of professional experience across diverse public sectors including Field Administrations, Anti Corruption Commission, Ministry of Industries, local governance, land reforms and energy and power. He made significant contributions in implementing local government policies and programs as the Chief Executive Officer (in-charge) of three Zila Parishads. Along with his current responsibility as the Secretary, Mr. Islam is also the Chairman of Dhaka Electric Supply Company (DESCO) board of directors.
He possesses a robust and diverse academic background. Throughout his school years at the renowned Garuria high school of Barishal district, he maintained the topmost position in his class and later on completed higher secondary degree from Patuakhali Govt. College. Afterwards, he completed his bachelor and achieved B.Sc. in Agriculture (Hons), from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU). He was awarded National Science and Technology (NST) fellowship from the Ministry of Science and Technology. Under the fellowship, Mr. Rafiqul completed his Masters in Agricultural Extension Education also from BAU concentrating on the role of agricultural education in agricultural development. In addition, he earned another post-graduate degree in Governance and Development with a focus on institutional reforms and sustainable governance from BRAC University funded through a scholarship provided by the Royal Dutch Emabssy in Dhaka. Finally, he went on to earn another MSc in Sustainable Futures from Greenwich University, London under the scholarship provided by the Ministry of Public Administration of the Government of Bangladesh where he acquired expertise in addressing global sustainability challenges. He authored two books titled “In Quest of Sustainable Futures” and “Measuring Your Carbon Footprints”.
During his long years in civil service, Mr. Islam travelled many foreign countries including China, Malaysia, Singapore, India, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Egypt and Turkey for the purpose of academic and professional development. He underwent a one-month long training on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) organized by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce in 2007. He is married to Professor Shuvra Alam of BCS Education Cadre and father of two daughters. He was born in the village of Guria under the district of Barishal.
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মুহাম্মদ রফিকুল ইসলাম
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