Nat�l Youth Summit at Britsh Council
British Council Bangladesh, in partnership with civil society organisations, arranged a National Youth Summit under one of its youth focused projects called PRODIGY (Promoting Democratic Inclusion and Governance through Youth) at the Bangla Academy in the capital yesterday, says a press release.
Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique, vice-chancellor, University of Dhaka, was present at the event as chief guest. Barbara Wickham, Director, British Council Bangladesh, was also present among other eminent personalities. Osama Bin Noor, winner of 2016 Queens Young Leaders and member of Active Citizens, shared his story in the session. PRODIGY has developed the knowledge and skills of 540 young people to engage the wider community through volunteer activities including youth club activities, theatre performances, internships with local government, community radio programmes and public dialogues, creating platforms and channels to ensure that the wider community has access to government information. PRODIGY also supports innovative and creative ways to ensure that marginalised communities receive the information and guidance they need to enable participation in, and contribution to, social change.
The National Summit of PRODIGY invited around 500 young people from PRODIGY network in Dhaka to provide them a platform to showcase their brilliant work in the community to increase peoples access government information and services.
