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Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU)
of the University of Dhaka arranged a day-long Training of Trainers
entitled ‘Better Management of Migrant’s Remittances: 2nd TOT for Capacity
Building of Bank Officials’, with the support of Manusher Jonno Foundation
on 27 October 2007.The training was organized for the district level bank
officials. Dr. Tasneem Siddiqui, Professor, Dept. of Political Science,
University of Dhaka presented the key note paper on the overall migration
scenario in Bangladesh and the contribution of remittance to the economy
of Bangladesh.
The training highlighted the remitting experiences of the migrants through
banks at both sending and receiving ends. Through participatory process
problems that constrained the remittances transaction, including wrong
names in the form, name of branch, account name and number were discussed.
Dr C R Abrar, Coordinator RMMRU, highlighted the need for customer
friendly services to the remittance receiving families. Ms. Valery McNevin,
Remittance and Payments Partnership (RPP) Legal Advisor and Mr. Shahrear
Md. Zamil, Relationship Manager, Secured Remittance Service, BRAC Bank
Ltd. highlighted new methods that will have impact on future remittance
transfer flow, such as – Instant Cash, Door-to-door services,
Mobile-to-mobile services, etc.
The participants of the workshop comprised of 40 District level Bank
Officials from Dhaka and Tangail. Mr. Md Nazrul Islam, AGM, F/C Management
Division, Agrani Bank, Mr. A K M Mosharraf Hossain, AGM International
Department of Bangladesh Krishi Bank and Mr. Mohd. Nazir Hossain Senior
Principal Officer, Janata Bank Training Institute were among the other
resource persons to conduct the training sessions.
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