Dhaka, Broadcasting News Corporation: A decision has been made to develop a database to enhance the coordination of activities among international development partners. This database will include information on the current activities of development partners and their areas of interest for future projects. To avoid duplication or overlap of work and increase efficiency, thematic area-based working groups will be formed. A special workshop will be organized soon to coordinate the activities of the Bangladesh Climate Development Partnership. This decision was made at a meeting of the Local Consultative Group (LCG) on Climate Change and Environment (CCE) held on Thursday in the meeting room of the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change at the Bangladesh Secretariat, chaired by Secretary Dr. Farhina Ahmed. The meeting discussed avoiding duplication of activities of the Bangladesh Climate Development Partnership and the LCG’s working groups to maximize the use of the country’s limited resources by working together. It was also discussed that the LCG group would provide full support to the BCDP board in all future activities. In her speech, Secretary Dr. Farhina Ahmed said that immediate support from our development partners is needed to increase the capacity of officials and for various tasks, including international conferences. The government has taken initiatives to strengthen relationships with international development partners, non-governmental development organizations, and civil society organizations. If development partners and the government work together, we can achieve success in many areas. The meeting was attended by Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Iqbal Abdullah Harun, Md. Mosharraf Hossain, Tapan Kumar Biswas and Dr. Fahmida Khanom, newly elected Vice-President of the LCG and First Secretary and Deputy Head of Cooperation of the Swedish Embassy, Nayoka Martinez Backstrom, and representatives from various ministries and 33 development partner organizations, including the EU, UN Women, IOM, ADB, USAID, UNICEF, UNCDF, JICA, GIZ, and the US, Danish, and Swedish Embassies.