British Council

Community ownership a must for future libraries

July 22, 2017British Council, h3, ICT4D, Participation, policies4libraries, Policy Breakfast

Community engagement and community ownership of libraries need to be emphasized for the sustainability of any library movement, mentioned participants at the policy breakfast held in Dhaka on 22 July...

Partners meet for policy advocacy on fairer labour migration

January 26, 2017BOMSA, British Council, Migration, PROKAS, RMMRU, WARBE, YPSA

IID hosted an experience sharing meeting with the partners of its policy advocacy initiative for fairer labour migration. The partner meeting was held on Thursday the 26 January 2017 at...

Education alone is not enough to fix high youth unemployment

July 23, 2016ActionAid Bangladesh, British Council, Education, Research, ULAB

The Next Generation Report 2015 showed that the youth most commonly identify quality education (85 percent) and job experience (53 percent) as factors for finding a job. However, in terms...

Optimistic youth prefers democracy over economic growth

September 9, 2015ActionAid Bangladesh, British Council, Research, ULAB

The Next Generation report 2015 reveals that 60 percent of the youth believe Bangladesh is heading in the right direction, and 82 percent believe democracy is more important than economic...

Library landscape report presented

May 12, 2015British Council, ICT4D, Library Landscape Assessment, policies4libraries, Policy Analysis, Research, RTI

It is the most comprehensive and in-depth study of library and information services ever undertaken in Bangladesh. The survey identifies the challenges faced by libraries and offers a vision for...

Majority believes libraries are essential

May 11, 2015Brief Report, British Council, ICT4D, Library Landscape Assessment, Policy Analysis, Publication, Research

About 99 percent of the library users find the role of libraries to be essential for the society, though only 6 percent people uses the benefits—reveals a nationwide survey. At...

Meeting held with Steering Committee of “Library Landscape Assessment of Bangladesh”

March 19, 2015British Council, ICT4D, Library Landscape Assessment, Policy Analysis, Research, RTI

IID conducted a meeting with the Steering Committee for the Library Landscape Assessment on 19th March 2015 at British Council. Representatives from the Ministry of ICT, Ministry of Cultural Affairs,...

Assessing Bangladesh’s Library Landscape

September 11, 2014British Council, ICT4D, Library Landscape Assessment, Policy Analysis, Research, RTI

IID is partnering with British Council to carry out a Library Landscape Assessment throughout Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s library and information system has reached a crossroad where further development should depend on…

Evaluation of “Connecting Schools” Program of British Council

April 7, 2013British Council, Education, Program Evaluation, Research

British council’s “Connecting Classrooms” program links Bangladeshi schools with schools in UK to facilitate partnership and learning. IID has evaluated this program through a sample audit to measure and compare…

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