Bangladesh Bank (BB) today started a two day workshop on "Strategic Planning and Management Strengthening Workshop-2011" at Brac CDMA in Savar in order to evaluate the achievement and success of different strategies taken by the central bank last year as well as to take correction and expansion initiatives following contemporary issues. The Central Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman in his welcome address at the workshop called upon all officials of the BB to evaluate the last year's achievement and to set up the future work plan through correcting the past mistakes with a view to effectively implementing the strategic plan for the year 2010 to 2014.

He urged the officials of the bank to emphasize on various continuous steps after setting up the vision and strategy. The steps are--communicating the changed vision, establishing a sense of urgency, empowering the broad based action, creating the guiding coalition, generating short term wins, consolidating gains and producing more change and anchoring new approaches in the culture. The governor called upon the bank's officials to carry out effective and fruitful roles in national economy through ensuring proper implementation of the strategic planning.

Among others, BB Deputy Governor Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui, BB Senior Consultant Allah Malik Kazemi and all executive directors and general managers of the BB along with other high officials were present at the function.

News: The Independent/Bangladesh/12 Feb 2011