Md. Ashadul Islam
Senior Secretary, Financial Institutions Division, Ministry of Finance.
Member of the Bangladesh Civil Service (Administration) cadre, 1984 batch.
Academic Background:
Masters in Sociology, University of Dhaka and Master in Government Financial Management, University of Ulster, UK.
Professional development courses:
Certificate Course on Occupational Health and Safety, City of Bristol College, UK
Managing at the Top, University of Bradford, UK
Public policy, service delivery and negotiation, Duke University, USA.
Experience:
Management of field administration; implementation of annual development programme (ADP) including social safety net; local level planning, budgeting and delivering public services. Policy works at different ministries such as Housing and Public Works, Communication, Finance, Planning, Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment; management of development assistance at Economic Relations Division and overseeing NGO (national and international) activities at NGO Affairs Bureau under Prime Minister’s office.
Professional experience:
Financial management, public policy, project/programme management, development administration, negotiation, presentation, IT, stress management, occupational health and safety and First Aid
Special skills:
Swimming, promoting diversity and research work.
Publications:
ADP and Poor People’s Rights – an action research on tracking ADP allocation reaching to the upazila and union level.
Climate Finance and Bangladesh: a reality check – an article published by the ‘Dhaka Tribune’.
SDGs Implementation: The Role of Social Enterprises - an article published by the 'Financial Express'
Time to take sports seriously: prioritizing sports in national budget and development policy – an article published by the Daily Star.