Bangladesh Social Security Conference 2018

About the Event:

“Social Security Conference

2018” is a three day conference
and fair held in BICC, Dhaka
which was organized by the
“Social Security Policy Support
(SPSS)” and “Cabinet Division
and General Economic Division”
of government of Bangladesh. In the three days event there were conference and
fair on social protection where recent issues and achievement of different social
protection implementing agencies of GoB and NGOs were showcased and
discussed. Hon’ble Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament Dr. Shirin Sharmin
Chaudhury, MP has kindly graced the ceremony as the Chief Guest, while Mr.
Muhammad Abdul Mannan, MP, Hon’ble State Minister of Ministry of Finance
and Ministry of Planning were also there as special guest. H.E. Ms. Julia Niblett,
High Commissioner, Australian High Commission in Dhaka, Mr. Jim McAlpine,
Country Representative of DFID in Bangladesh, and Mr. Sudipto Mukerjee,
Country Director, UNDP Bangladesh attended the ceremony as guests of honor.
Mr. Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Cabinet Secretary of the Government of
Bangladesh chaired the ceremony.
My Experience:

There were many stalls from different ministries such as Ministry of Social
Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry
of Women and Children Affairs, Ministry of Housing and Public works, Ministry
of Mass Education, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, Ministry of
Land, Ministry of Food, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change,
Care Bangladesh, Save the Children, TMSS etc. I visited most of the stalls among
them but the ones that really caught my sight are mentioned and discussed below:

Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief:

The concerned ministry is responsible for taking

primitive and post incident safety measures for the poor
and unprivileged portion of the society from the effects
of natural, environmental and human induced hazards to
a manageable and acceptable humanitarian level and to
have in place an efficient emergency response
management system. Their goal is to ensure all the
necessary precautions that can reduce the impact of the
disaster and to bring a paradigm shift in disaster
management from conventional response and relief to a more comprehensive risk
reduction culture and to promote food security as an important factor in ensuring
the resilience of the community to hazards.
Food Security for CHT People: