Dhaka Institute of Cultural Affairs

Welcome Note  by Dhaka Institute of Cultural Affairs


Dhaka Institute of Cultural Affairs is the national ICA in Bangladesh, shortly addressed as ICA Bangladesh. It is a not-for-profit, non-government and autonomous organization established as a chapter organization of ICA International (ICAI) headquartered in Brussels, Belgium currently relocated to Montreal, Canada.
Dhaka ICA is a registered member of ICA International. ICA International has Category II Consultative Status with United Nations Economic and Social Council, Liaison Status with FAO, Working Relation Status with WHO, and Consultative Status with UNICEF.  It is a member of CIVICUS and has served on the NGO Consultative Group of IFAD.

Dhaka Institute of Cultural Affairs is registered to the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms, Ministry of Finance under the Societies Registration Act 1860. It has already applied for registration under the Foreign Donations (Voluntary Activities) Act and it will be one of the enlisted NGO of the Bureau of NGO Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh.

Facilitation, training, and community empowerment are main focus of ICA work worldwide. The ICA has, for over 35 years, been developing a set of participatory methods called the Technology of Participation (ToP) which can be used in any group setting to create group solutions and facilitate strategic planning Dhaka ICA wishes to bring about substantial changes in the lives of millions of poor in Bangladesh applying ICA’s philosophy such as lifelong learning, participation and sustainable development in the field of training, facilitation, research and community development.

I am very pleased to see your interest in ICA and I hope through this website we will be able to update you about the activities of ICA Bangladesh.


Have a good day!

 

Mohamamd Azizur Rahman
ICA Bangladesh Group


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