ORIENTATION OFMPPG PROGRAM2009CHANGEMANAGEMENTTRAINING:ACOLLABORATIVEPROGRAM OF MPPG

SEMINAR ON"BRANDING ANDBANGLADESHDIPLOMACY"

SEMINAR ON POST-

• NPM REFORMS

SEMINAR ON GLOBAL

• ECONOMICRECESSION

• FIREGIN FACULTYMEMBERS VISITMPPG PROGRAM

CULTURAL PROGRAIVIBY MPPG STUDENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

• launching of ChangeManagement Training

• Series of SeminarsHeld

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• Cultural EveningOrganized by the

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The MPPG family welcomeseveryone to a changed world within thepublic administration and governanceparadigm. We always hope that this programwill continue to run smoothly. Join us, bewith us and enjoy the stay! •n _

ORIENTATION OF MPPG PROGRAM 2009

The Master in Public Policy &Governance (MPPG) Program of NorthSouth University has stepped into thesecond year of its journey. The path had notbeen smooth, but yet; enjoyable andfruitful.

The program started with a vision tocater the academic and professional needs ofmid level working professionals of thepublic bureaucracy, developmentexecutives/ managers ofNGOs and differentnational and international agencies.

Attracting the students from bothhome and abroad, the program now has atotal of 44 students in two batches

compnsmg students from Bangladesh,Nepal and Sri Lanka.

This newsletter documents theglorious events and activities of Fall 2009semester and a part of the Spring 2010semester. It also records the upcoming eventsas well as flashing news of the programwhich might interest you to participateyourself in or recommend someone to jointhe program.

Deputy Head of Mission mentioned that.developing countries need to formulatepolicies which would be compatible to local.environments and hoped that NSU throughthis program would make significantcontributions towards policies and goodgovernance. Mr. M.A. Kashem, theChairman, Board of Governors, NSUFoundation, remarked, "Policies and Practiceneed to go hand-in-hand and reiterated thecrucial need to establish trust in the peoplethrough good governance ". The ViceChancellor Dr. Siddiqi thanked the studentsfor taking a wise decision by enrolling hereand assured them of the High-qualityeducation which had been designed to suitlocal-needs in light of regional context. Boththe old and new students expressed their keeninterest in the MPPG Program.

The Department of General &Continuing Education at North' SouthUniversity (NSU) held "OrientationCeremony for 2nd Batch of Students inMaster in Public Policy 'and Governance"(MPPG) on 10 August in NSU's own campusat Bashundhara. H.E. Ingebjorg Stofring,Ambassador, the Royal Norwegian Embassywas the Chief Guest, while Mr. H.M.T.D.Herath, Deputy Head of Mission, the HighCommission of the Democratic SocialistRepublic .of Srilanka and Mr. M.A. Kashem,Chairman, Board of Governors, NSUFoundation were the Special Guests. Dr.Hafiz G.A. Siddiqi, Vice Chancellor of NSUChaired the session. ProfessorKhaliquzzaman M. Elias Chair, Departmentof GCE and Coordinator, NOMA-MPPGProgram, Professor Salahuddin M.Aminuzzaman, Director of NOMA-MPPGProgram were present among others.

The Chief Guest H.E. IngebjorgStofring, Ammbassador, the RoyalNorwegian Embassy, in her deliberations saidthat Norway was one of the poorest countriesin Europe but strong investment in educationhad turned it into one of the rich countries in

.the world. She concluded by remarking thatthis Masters Program can be a pillar ofCapacity Building both nationally andRegionally. Mr. Herath, the SriLankan

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CHANGE MANAGEMENT TRAINING : A COLLABORATIVEPROGRAM OF MPPG WITH UNDP BANGLADESH AND MINISTRYOF ESTABLISHMENT, GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH

MPPG Program of the Department of General andContinuing Education (GCE) at North South University(NSU) signed a.project contract on "Training on ChangeManagement" with the United Nations DevelopmentProgram (UNDP) Bangladesh on 26 August 2009. Prof.Hafiz G.A. Siddiqi, the Vice Chancellor of NSU signedthe contract for NSU whereas Mr. Stefan Priesner,Country Director, UNDP Bangladesh, signed it forUNDP.

The MPPG program of GCE department got thisproject through an open international bidding. TheChange Management Training project is one of its kindwhere . the Government of Bangladesh, UNDP

.Bangladesh and a Private University is working inpartnership for capacity development of the governmentofficials of Bangladesh. This is an eight month duration

• training project funded by UNDP to train a total oftwenty (20) mid-level (mostly senior assistant secretary)

• government officials of People's Republic of Bangladeshon "Change Management" in two batches of three

• months each. The training program provides with all theclass room' facilities, logistic supports, food (snacks andlunch) during the training sessions, transportationfacilities and accommodation facilities for the onescoming from outside of Dhaka.

The training program started on 25 October 2009at NSU and the Inauguration Ceremony of the ChangeManagement Training Program was held on 16November 2009 at North South University premises.

SEMINAR ON "BRANDING AND BANGLADESH DIPLOMACY"

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Department of General and Continuing Educationorganized a seminar, "Branding and BangladeshDiplomacy" 0rt 22 November, 2009 at 3:00pm in NAC415.The seminar was presided over by Dr. Khaliquzzaman MElias, Chairman, GCE Department. Mr. MohammadMijarul Quayes, Secretary, Ministry of ForeignAffairs ,Government of the People's Republic ofBangladesh, presented the keynote paper followed by alively discussion and questions by students and faculty ofthe university.

Meanwhile, the training of the first batch (8 participants)was successfully completed on 21 January 2010. All theparticipants had class room training sessions including 10modules as well as local field visits of best practice sitesand a foreign visit in the Civil Service College,Singapore to get hand-on experience in addition to theclass room training sessions. The second batch of thetraining started on 1 February 2010. It has a total numberof 12 participants.

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5 E M I N A RON "P 0 5 T - N P M RE FOR M S: THE WHO L E - 0 F -GOVERNMENT & THE NEO-WEBERIAN APPROACH"

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Public Policy and Governance Program in theDepartment of General and Continuing Education (GCE) ofNorth South University organized a seminar on "Post-NPM

•• Reforms: The Whole-of-Government & the Neo-WeberianApproach" on 15 October 2009 at North South University

• premises. The keynote speaker of the seminar was ProfessorPer Leegreid, Visiting Faculty Member from University of

• Bergen, Norway. Dr. Lsegreid, in his presentation, focusedon the nature of New Public Management, the state ofWhole-of-Government with arguments, dynamics andlessons followed by a lively discussion on the Neo-

Public Policy and Governance Program in theDepartment of General and Continuing Education (GeE)and School of Business of North South University jointlyorganized a seminar on "Global Economic Recession:Response of Bangladesh" on 11 November 2009 at NorthSouth University premises. The keynote speaker of theseminar was Dr. Atiur Rahman, Governor, BangladeshBank. Dr. Rahman, in his presentation, focused on theimpacts of the recession on Bangladesh and the initiativestaken by tlfe Government of Bangladesh and the BangladeshBank in upholding the public demand followed by long termpolicy initiatives.

Professor Hafiz G. A. Siddiqi, the Vice Chancellor ofNorth South University, Professor Khaliquzzaman M. Elias,Chairman of the Department of General and ContinuingEducation (GCE) and Coordinator of the NOMA-MPPGprogram, Professor Salahuddin M. Aminuzzaman, Director,NOMA-MPPG program, Professor Abdul HannanChowdhury, Director, BBA Program, other faculty members

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Weberianism as a new trend along with their implications ingovernance.

Professor Khaliquzzaman M. Elias, Chairman of theDepartment of General and Continuing Education (GCE)and Coordinator of the NOMA-MPPG program, ProfessorSalahuddin M. Aminuzzaman, Director, NOMA-MPPGprogram, Dr. Sk. Tawfique M. Haque, Deputy Director,NOMA-MPPG program, Dr. Ishtiaq Jamil, VisitingProfessor from University of Bergen, Norway, Dr. VladimirD. Momcilovic, International Project Manager, UNDP

.Bangladesh and Mr. Peter van de Pol, International ChangeManagement expert, UNDP Bangladesh were presentamongst others.

from the GCE Department and School of Business werepresent at the seminar along with a colossal audiencecomprising master and undergraduate students.

FOREIGN FACULTY MEMBERS VISIT MPPG PROGRAMTwo foreign faculty members -

Dr. Judith Johnston and Dr. Ishtiaq Jamilvisited the MPPG Program in Fall 2009.Both of them gave a few lectures on 2MPPG courses and had lecture sessionsfor the Change Management Training aswell.

for the training.

Dr. Ishtiaq Jamil started his careeras a civil servant in Bangladesh. Hecompleted his Ph.D. on AdministrativeCulture in Public Administration ofBangladesh. Currently he is teaching atthe Department of Administration andOrganization Theory at the University ofBergen and acting as the coordinator ofMPA program as well as the Norwegiancoordinator of MPPG program of NorthSouth University. Both these graduateprograms train the civil servants fromAfrica, Latin America, East Europe andSouth and South East Asia. Dr. Jamil hasvast experience of developing coursecurriculum and training module for civilservants. He lectured on QuantitativeResearch Methodology for the MPPGstudents and on Preparing the CM teamand leadership for the trainingparticipants.

IUPCOMING EVENTS

• MPPG Students Visit BARD inthe end of March

• Change Management TrainingParticipants Visit SingaporeCivil Service College in rnid-April

• Change Management TrainingCertificate giving ceremony inlate April

• MPPG 2010 intake admissionTest 7 May 2010

• CULTURAL PROGRAM BY MPPG STUDENTS

The MPPG students• organized a Cultural Evening on

17 October 2009 at NSUpremises. The program includedchorus songs, solo songs of bothstudents and their familymembers, recitation of poem,telling jokes, a small skit anddances. The audience includingthe Chair of GCE, Director,Deputy Director, Foreign andnational faculty members, staffand students of the MPPGprogram enjoyed the evening tothe fullest.

Dr. Judith is an AssociateProfessor of School of Management atUniversity of Technology in Sydney,Australia. She has been one of theinternational experts in formulating theinitial Change Management Program ofUNDP Bangladesh. She is an expert onChange Management, Governance ofPublic-Private Partnership, PerformanceMeasurement, Strategic Management,Strategic Public Governance, NewPublic Management etc. She lectured onOrganization Theory and Behavior forthe MPPG students and sessions on

• Resistance to Change Management Plan

NOMA-MPPG Program OfficeNorth South UniversityRoom: 1074 and 1076, Level 10, North Academic Building (NAC)Plot - IS, Block - B, Bashundhara, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh

Phone: +880-2-8852000, Extn: 2163 and 2162E-mail: mppg@northsouth.edu.noma.mppg@gmail.com

A GOOD NEWS!- Mr. Sheikh Noor Mohammad,a student of MPPG program, hasbecome the, proud father of adaughter in November 2009. Wecongratulate the parents andwish the newborn a healthy life.

- Ms. Rehana Begum, a studentof MPPG program got marriedin October 2009. The MPPGfamily congratulates her andwishes her a happy married life!

- We mourn the loss of Mr.Faroha Suhrawardy's mother andMr. Rownak Jahan's mother andpray for the departed souls.

EDITORIAL BOARD

CHAIRMAN

Prof. Khaliquzzaman M. Elias

MEMBERS

Prof. Salahuddin M. AminuzzamanDr. Sk. Tawfique M. Haque

EDITOR

Ms. Sabrina Islam

LAYOUT AND DESIGN

Ms. Sabrina Islam

PUBLISHED BYDepartmentof General& ContinuingEducation(GCE)NOMA-MPPGProgramOffice,North SouthUniversity

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