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PIC meeting of AVCB

The 9th Project Implementation Committee (PIC) meeting of Activating Village Courts in Bangladesh (AVCB) project was held on March 24, 2014 in Dhaka. Mr. K M Mozammel Hoq, NPD of AVCB Project & Additional Secretary of LGD presided over the meeting. Sarder M. Asaduzzaman, Project Coordinator, AVCB Project updated the PIC members with the progress of the activities together with follow up on the last PIC decisions.

Along with endorsement of the Annual Work Plan (AWP) 2014, the meeting discussed possible implementation strategy of web-based Village Courts Management Information System (VCMIS) and contract extension of the hired staff in Research and Process Development area. Besides, the meeting endorsed the plan of distributing one set of VC forms to all UPs around the country. PIC Members appreciated the on-going progress of the project activities and further recommended to disseminate the message more widely among the target audiences and in doing so developing a facebook page for the AVCB Project. 

Among others, Joint Secretary of LGD, Ms Shamima Nargis; Deputy Secretary of LGD, Mr. Abu Tahir Md. Zaber; Deputy Secretary Ministry of Law, Ms. Ummey Kulsum; Deputy Secretary, ERD, Md. Shafiqul Islam; Joint Chief (PPH-1), Planning Commission, Md. Mohsin Ali Khandaker; Assistant Director, IMED, Md. Wahid Hossain, and Programme Analyst UNDP, Mr. Salahuddin Khan, attended the meeting.