On 26 May 2025, NDB’s Independent Evaluation Office, Internal Audit Department (IAD) and the Ethics and Investigation Division (EID) will join up with the Bangladesh Ministry of Finance to organise a learning seminar on, “Transforming Development: Building a culture of accountability through evaluation, auditing, and ethics”. The event will be supported by the Bangladesh Evaluation Society. Notably, the event will feature a special lecture from Professor Abhijit Banerjee, Economics Nobel Laureate (2019) and a keynote speech from H.E Dr. Rania A. Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation of Egypt.
Bangladesh became a member of NDB in 2021, and with the pipeline of projects in the country set to grow over the coming years, the seminar is an opportunity for the Bank and government to come together and promote cross-fertilisation of experiences, good practices, lessons and dialogue on topics of mutual interest and explore opportunities for future partnership in knowledge-sharing, south-south cooperation, audit, human resources, and evaluation capacity development.
The concept note, agenda and other documentation will be shared in due course.