Transparency to be ensured in climate projects: Shahab Uddin

Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Minister Md Shahab Uddin on Thursday said transparency and quality will be ensured while implementing the projects funded by Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF).
“Monitoring and supervision activities will be intensified aiming to complete the ongoing climate projects within the stipulated timeframe,” he told the 53rd trustee board meeting of Bangladesh Climate Change Trust through videoconferencing here.
The minister said initiatives have been taken to evaluate the projects, financed by BCCTF through outsourcing, a ministry press release said. As the first country, Bangladesh formed the BCCTF with its own funding under the special initiative of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, which is a unique example in the world, he said.
Shahab Uddin said about 789 projects have so far been taken with the funding of the BCCTF. The successful implementation of these projects will help enable the country to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change, he added.
Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, State Minister for Water Resources Zaheed Farooque, State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Begum Fazilatun Nesa, Deputy Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Begum Habibun Nahar, Environment, Forests and Climate Change Secretary Ziaul Hasan, Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) Chairman Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad and secretaries of various ministries also spoke at the meeting.
The meeting approved the revised proposals for inter-sectoral coordination of 18 ongoing projects and application for extension of timeframe for 40 projects.