আমার আমি
I am an environmental and human rights activist working for Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network (CLEAN) as its Chief Executive since 2010. Before joining CLEAN, I left Humanitywatch after working for more than 18 years as Chief Executive of that organization. I have completed my Masters of Political Science in 1999 from Govt. BL University College, Khulna under the National University of Bangladesh.
Later, I obtained a number of training from national and international institutions on the issues related with Campaign and Advocacy; Child Rights; Community Development; Digital Campaign; Environmental Impact Assessment; Environmental Rights and Law; Fiscal Management; Forest Rights; Gender and Development (GAD); Human Rigths; International Financial Institutions (IFIs); Monitoring and Supervision; Organizational Management; Participatory Evaluation; Participatory Action and Research (PAR); Participatory Learning and Action (PLA); Project Proposal Writing; Real-time Monitoring; Report Writing; Right Based Approach; Strategic Planning; Sustainable Development and Training of Trainers (TOT).
Later, I obtained a number of training from national and international institutions on the issues related with Campaign and Advocacy; Child Rights; Community Development; Digital Campaign; Environmental Impact Assessment; Environmental Rights and Law; Fiscal Management; Forest Rights; Gender and Development (GAD); Human Rigths; International Financial Institutions (IFIs); Monitoring and Supervision; Organizational Management; Participatory Evaluation; Participatory Action and Research (PAR); Participatory Learning and Action (PLA); Project Proposal Writing; Real-time Monitoring; Report Writing; Right Based Approach; Strategic Planning; Sustainable Development and Training of Trainers (TOT).
Professional Attachment
Chief Executive: Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network (CLEAN)Member Secretary: Bangladesh Working Group on External Debt (BWGED)
Editor: Mangropedia (a quarterly journal and online encyclopedia on mangroves)
SECTORS OF WORK
Agriculture and Marginal Producers | Climate Migration and Resilience | Energy and Power | Environmental Education | Fiscal Governance and Debt | Forest and Forest People | Mangrove Conservation
EXPERTISE
Campaign and Policy Advocacy | Capacity Building | Humanitarian Advocacy | Participatory Evaluation | Participatory Research | Project Management | Project Planning | Policy Analysis and Report Writing.
ACHIEVEMENTS
2018: Complements of Excellent Teaching: Development Studies Discipline, Khulna University
2012: NGO Organizer Award: Asian Marine Conservation Assocation (AMCA)
2010: Honorary Citizenship: Bozeman City, Montana, United States
ORGANIZATIONS I WORKED WITH
Actionaid Bangladesh; Bangladesh Food Security Network (KHANI); Both Ends; Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL); Center for Education and Culture (CEC); Christian Commission for Development of Bangladesh (CCDB); Coast Foundation; Democratic Budget Movement (DBM); Equity and Justice Working Group Bangladesh (EquityBD); Forest Peoples Programme (FPP); Gonoshajajjo Sangstha (GSS); International Accountability Project (IAP); Mangrove Action Project (MAP); Mangroves and Reefs Education Association (MREA); NGO Forum on ADB; Oxfam; Participatory Research and Action Network (PRAN); Recourse; Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB); Urgewald; Unnayan Dhara and Uttaran
ALLIANCES & NETWORKS I INVOLVED WITH
01. International Committee (IC) Member: NGO Forum on ADB
02. Executive Committee Member: Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL)
03. Member Secretary: Bangladesh Working Group on External Debt (BWGED)
Editor: Mangropedia (a quarterly journal and online encyclopedia on mangroves)
SECTORS OF WORK
Agriculture and Marginal Producers | Climate Migration and Resilience | Energy and Power | Environmental Education | Fiscal Governance and Debt | Forest and Forest People | Mangrove Conservation
EXPERTISE
Campaign and Policy Advocacy | Capacity Building | Humanitarian Advocacy | Participatory Evaluation | Participatory Research | Project Management | Project Planning | Policy Analysis and Report Writing.
ACHIEVEMENTS
2018: Complements of Excellent Teaching: Development Studies Discipline, Khulna University
2012: NGO Organizer Award: Asian Marine Conservation Assocation (AMCA)
2010: Honorary Citizenship: Bozeman City, Montana, United States
ORGANIZATIONS I WORKED WITH
Actionaid Bangladesh; Bangladesh Food Security Network (KHANI); Both Ends; Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL); Center for Education and Culture (CEC); Christian Commission for Development of Bangladesh (CCDB); Coast Foundation; Democratic Budget Movement (DBM); Equity and Justice Working Group Bangladesh (EquityBD); Forest Peoples Programme (FPP); Gonoshajajjo Sangstha (GSS); International Accountability Project (IAP); Mangrove Action Project (MAP); Mangroves and Reefs Education Association (MREA); NGO Forum on ADB; Oxfam; Participatory Research and Action Network (PRAN); Recourse; Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB); Urgewald; Unnayan Dhara and Uttaran
ALLIANCES & NETWORKS I INVOLVED WITH
01. International Committee (IC) Member: NGO Forum on ADB
02. Executive Committee Member: Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL)
03. Member Secretary: Bangladesh Working Group on External Debt (BWGED)
04. Member, Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA)
05. Focal Point: Sundarbans Watch Group
06. Member: Democratic Budget Movement
07. Member: Equality Forum, Bangladesh
08. Member: Equity and Justice Working Group Bangladesh (EquityBD)
09. Member: Food Security Network of Bangladesh (KHANI)
10. Member: Water Logging Advocacy Platform (WLAP): Member
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
2019 July: Annual Meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
2019 May: Regional Meeting of Asia Energy Network (AEN), Quezon City, Philippines
2019 January: Study on ADB financed Kolkata Environmental Improvement Investment Program (KEIIP), Kolkata, India
2018 December: Dialogue with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Beijing, China
2018 October: Annual Meeting of World Bank and IMF, Bali, Indonesia
2018 September: Asia Europe Peoples Forum (AEPF12), Ghent, Belgium
2018 June: Annual Meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Peoples Conference on IFI and Infrastructure: Mumbai, India
2018 May: Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Forum Annual Meeting of NGO Forum on ADB: Manila, Philippines
2018 April: Study Tour on Environmental Management, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2018 April: South Asia Workshop of Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt (CADTM), Colombo, Sri Lanka
2018 February: South Asian Dialogue with AIIB on PPI and PPM: Dhaka, Bangladesh
2017 November: UNFCCC COP-13: Bonn, Germany
2017 June: Annual Meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Workshop on Fossil Fuel Financing and Asian Banks organized by NGO Forum on ADB and Asia-Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD): Jeju, South Korea
2017 May: Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB): Yokohama, Japan
2017 April: Peoples Assembly in Immunity of ADB and Forum Annual Meeting of NGO Forum on ADB: Quezon City, Philippines
2017 March: South Asia Workshop of Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt (CADTM), Dhaka, Bangladesh
2016 October: Workshop on Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and One Belt One Road (OBOR), Bangkok, Thailand
2016 June: Forum Annual Meeting of NGO Forum on ADB: Bangkok, Thailand
2016 March: Nansen International Conference on Displacement, Khulna, Bangladesh
2015 October: Workshop on Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB): Peoples perspective and safeguard: Manila, Philippines
2015 July: Forum Annual Meeting of NGO Forum on ADB: Bangkok, Thailand
2015 November: Seminar on "Common Issues Related with Water, Environment and Natural Resources": Kolkata, India
2015 September: Workshop on Marvellous Mangroves Curriculum: Odisha, India
2015 August: Seminar on Communalism in South Asia: Kolkata, India
2014 November: Summit of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC): Kathmandu, Nepal
2014 May: Forum Annual Meeting of NGO Forum on ADB: Manila, Philippines
2014 April: Workshop on Low Carbon Development in BRICSAM Countries: New Delhi, India
2013 July: South Asia Strategic Planning Workshop, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2013 October: Strategic Planning Workshop of NGO Forum on ADB, Silang, Philippines
2013 July: Asia Pacific Climate Integrity Talk, Bangkok, Thailand
2013 May: Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB), CSO Dialogue on Climate Change and ADB and Annual Strategic Meeting of NGO Forum on ADB: Greater Noida, India
2012 December: Workshop on Community Action Guide on Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Strategic Planning of NGO Forum on ADB, Bangkok, Thailand
2012 May: Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Forum Annual Meeting (FAM) of NGO Forum on ADB: Manila Philippines
2012 April: Annual General Meeting of Asian Marine Conservation Association (AMCA), India
2012 February: Training on Environmental Impact Assessment: Manila, Philippines
2011 November: South Asia Social Forum: Dhaka, Bangladesh
2010 April: International Volunteers Learning Program (IVLP): United States of America
2009 April: Conference on Sundarbans, Khulna, Bangladesh
2008 February: Global Economic Forum, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2007 February: Economic Justice Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh
PUBLICATIONS
05. Focal Point: Sundarbans Watch Group
06. Member: Democratic Budget Movement
07. Member: Equality Forum, Bangladesh
08. Member: Equity and Justice Working Group Bangladesh (EquityBD)
09. Member: Food Security Network of Bangladesh (KHANI)
10. Member: Water Logging Advocacy Platform (WLAP): Member
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
2019 July: Annual Meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
2019 May: Regional Meeting of Asia Energy Network (AEN), Quezon City, Philippines
2019 January: Study on ADB financed Kolkata Environmental Improvement Investment Program (KEIIP), Kolkata, India
2018 December: Dialogue with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Beijing, China
2018 October: Annual Meeting of World Bank and IMF, Bali, Indonesia
2018 September: Asia Europe Peoples Forum (AEPF12), Ghent, Belgium
2018 June: Annual Meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Peoples Conference on IFI and Infrastructure: Mumbai, India
2018 May: Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Forum Annual Meeting of NGO Forum on ADB: Manila, Philippines
2018 April: Study Tour on Environmental Management, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2018 April: South Asia Workshop of Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt (CADTM), Colombo, Sri Lanka
2018 February: South Asian Dialogue with AIIB on PPI and PPM: Dhaka, Bangladesh
2017 November: UNFCCC COP-13: Bonn, Germany
2017 June: Annual Meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Workshop on Fossil Fuel Financing and Asian Banks organized by NGO Forum on ADB and Asia-Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD): Jeju, South Korea
2017 May: Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB): Yokohama, Japan
2017 April: Peoples Assembly in Immunity of ADB and Forum Annual Meeting of NGO Forum on ADB: Quezon City, Philippines
2017 March: South Asia Workshop of Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt (CADTM), Dhaka, Bangladesh
2016 October: Workshop on Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and One Belt One Road (OBOR), Bangkok, Thailand
2016 June: Forum Annual Meeting of NGO Forum on ADB: Bangkok, Thailand
2016 March: Nansen International Conference on Displacement, Khulna, Bangladesh
2015 October: Workshop on Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB): Peoples perspective and safeguard: Manila, Philippines
2015 July: Forum Annual Meeting of NGO Forum on ADB: Bangkok, Thailand
2015 November: Seminar on "Common Issues Related with Water, Environment and Natural Resources": Kolkata, India
2015 September: Workshop on Marvellous Mangroves Curriculum: Odisha, India
2015 August: Seminar on Communalism in South Asia: Kolkata, India
2014 November: Summit of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC): Kathmandu, Nepal
2014 May: Forum Annual Meeting of NGO Forum on ADB: Manila, Philippines
2014 April: Workshop on Low Carbon Development in BRICSAM Countries: New Delhi, India
2013 July: South Asia Strategic Planning Workshop, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2013 October: Strategic Planning Workshop of NGO Forum on ADB, Silang, Philippines
2013 July: Asia Pacific Climate Integrity Talk, Bangkok, Thailand
2013 May: Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB), CSO Dialogue on Climate Change and ADB and Annual Strategic Meeting of NGO Forum on ADB: Greater Noida, India
2012 December: Workshop on Community Action Guide on Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Strategic Planning of NGO Forum on ADB, Bangkok, Thailand
2012 May: Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Forum Annual Meeting (FAM) of NGO Forum on ADB: Manila Philippines
2012 April: Annual General Meeting of Asian Marine Conservation Association (AMCA), India
2012 February: Training on Environmental Impact Assessment: Manila, Philippines
2011 November: South Asia Social Forum: Dhaka, Bangladesh
2010 April: International Volunteers Learning Program (IVLP): United States of America
2009 April: Conference on Sundarbans, Khulna, Bangladesh
2008 February: Global Economic Forum, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2007 February: Economic Justice Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Booklets
2018 September: Lead Author, Bhola Integrated Power Plant (Bhola IPP) and its Impact on Local Communities: Voices from the Ground: A Civil Society Study Report published by CLEAN (Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network), Bangladesh Working Group on External Debt (BWGED) and NGO Forum on ADB, Manila, The Philippines. Link: https://bit.ly/2NCOmJZ
2018 February: Author, “Tale of Hilsa (ইলিশকথা)” published by Yukta, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2015 December: Author, "Employment and Health Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশে প্রতিবন্ধী ব্যক্তিদের কর্মসংস্থান ও স্বাস্থ্য বিষয়ক অধিকার)" published by Actionaid Bangladesh
2015 November: Translator, "Intended Nationally Determined Contribution of Bangladesh (জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন মোকাবেলায় জাতীয়ভাবে নির্ধারিত অবদান)", published by CLEAN (Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network), CCDB (Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh), CSRL (Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods), Act Now, Act Alliance and Bread for the World (BROT): Dhaka. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4908.1681
2015 September: Co-Author, "A Tale from Climate Ground Zero: Climate Change, Land and People of Bangladesh" published by Coast Trust and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh: Dhaka. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2649.4165
2015 February: Research Report on "Participatory Study on Oil Spillage Disaster in the Sundarbans: Impact on Biodiversity and Peoples Livelihood" published by CLEAN (Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network), Sundarbans Watch Group (SWG) and Oxfam in Bangladesh: Dhaka. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4759.7285
2014 November: Co-Author, "Marvellous Mangroves Curriculum of Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশের অপরূপ বাদাবন)" with Kushal Roy et. al. published by CLEAN (Coastal Livelihoods and Environmental Action Network), Mangrove Action Project (MAP) and Mangroves and Reefs Education Association (MREA). Khulna
2013 November: Author, "Climate Induced Migration: Political and Institutional Framework" published by Equitybd Bangladesh. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2425.7764
2012 September: Co-Author, "Peoples Perspective on Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (বাংলাদেশ জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন বিষয়ক কৌশলপত্র ও কর্মপরিকল্পনা : জন-অভিমত)" with Syed Aminul Hoque, published by Equitybd and CLEAN (Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network): Khulna
2011 November: Co-Author, "Political Economy of Climate Change (জলবায়ু পরিবর্তনের রাজনৈতিক অর্থনীতি)" in Bangla with Syed Aminul Hoque and Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, published by Equity and Justice Working Group (Equitybd) and Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL): Dhaka
2010 September: Translator, "Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan 2009 (বাংলাদেশ জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন কৌশলপত্র ও কর্মপরিকল্পনা)" published by CLEAN and CSRL: Khulna
2010 January: Co-Author, "Socioeconomic analysis of Aila Refugee in Khulna City (শেকড়হীন মানুষের কথা : ঘূর্ণিঝড় আইলায় বাস্তুচ্যুত জনগোষ্ঠীর আর্থসামাজিক অবস্থা)" in Bangla published by CLEAN and CSRL: Khulna
2009 December: Translator, "Copenhagen Accord" (কোপেনহেগেন সন্ধি : প্রত্যাশার পর্বতের পর প্রসবিত মূসিক) in Bangla published by Humanitywatch and LEDARS, December 2009
2009 December: Co-Author "Climate Change: Voice of Victims from Bangladesh Coast (জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন : উপকূলীয় ক্ষতিগ্রস্তদের কণ্ঠস্বর)" in Bangla and English with Gouranga Nandy, published by Humanitywatch, Uttaran and CSRL: Khulna
2009 October: Translator, "United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (জাতিসঙ্ঘ জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন বিষয়ক কর্মকাঠামো সনদ)" in Bangla published by Participatory Research and Action Network (PRAN): Noakhali
2008 March: Translator, "United Nations Declaration of the Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities Rights (জাতিসঙ্ঘ জাতি বা সম্প্রদায়গত, ধর্মীয় ও ভাষাগত সংখ্যালঘু অধিকারের ঘোষণাপত্র)" in Bangla published by Humanitywatch and CEC: Khulna, March 2008
2007 December: Author, "State of Women Rights Situation in Greater Khulna (বৃহত্তর খুলনার মানবাধিকার পরিস্থিতি ২০০৭)" in Bangla published by Combined Human Rights Committee (CHRC): Khulna
