IID & a2i – Access to Information signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) to bring mass-scale service to the youth in Bangladesh through e-Learning and other initiatives.
The MoU was signed today, 14th July, 2019 between IID and a2i at a2i’s office in Dhaka. CEO of IID Syeed Ahamed and Joint Secretary of a2i Dr. Md. Abdul Mannan, PAA, signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organizations.
The agreement includes building partnership on capacity building initiatives, policy discussion and publications for national education, e-Learning initiatives (IID’s Youth for Policy Learning videos and a2i’s ‘Muktopaath’ e-Learning platform).
It also includes, exploring possible collaboration on youth employment at home and abroad, including possible collaboration between IID’s migration related initiatives (e.g. IID’s ‘Bibhui’ mobile app) and a2i’s dissemination channel like the Union Digital Centers (UDCs) for promoting ‘Bibhui’ through UDCs at union level and exploring possible areas of collaboration for engaging youth in public policy & development, in which IID’s countrywide youth network, Youth for Policy, will be instrumental.