British Council holds LEAD Bangladesh Leadership Symposium

British Council holds LEAD Bangladesh Leadership Symposium

The British Council, in partnership with Civil Society organizations, has recently organized a Leadership Symposium under its Leadership for Advancing Development in Bangladesh (LEAD Bangladesh) project.
LEAD Bangladesh aims to empower young people in Bangladesh as leaders in their communities to identify innovative, sustainable solutions to local and global challenges. The project is being implemented in Bangladesh in Dhaka, Chattogram, Chuadanga, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Sylhet in partnership with the Centre for Communication and Development, Institute of Development Affairs (IDEA), Shushilan, The Hunger Project, WAVE Foundation, and Young Power in Social Action. Common Purpose is our UK-based partner in this project to implement the diaspora leadership component.
The LEAD Bangladesh project focuses on increasing youth engagement, voice, agency, and participation in policy development in Bangladesh and developing future change-makers with a global perspective. The LEAD Bangladesh project has developed the knowledge and skills of 3000 young people directly and more than 1400 like-minded youth indirectly to affect change in their communities through 240 Social Action Projects (SAPs) in three critical areas of Bangladesh development linked to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) entrepreneurship, Climate Change and Civic engagement and democratic inclusion. 40 Experienced professionals and leaders from the Bangladeshi diaspora community in the UK have volunteered their time to this programme.