Online Desk:  Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury said that the latest smart technology will be used in providing all public services to make his ministry a people-friendly ministry.

Institutional memory, capacity building of officials, key performance indicators for their evaluation, project implementation dashboard technology will be used to increase the capacity of the ministry.  The environmental clearance Certification process will be completely smart and software based.  To make the Ministry smart, work will be done in coordination with the Ministry of ICT, according to a press release.

The environment minister was speaking as the chair at the view exchange meeting held with the officials of the ICT department under the leadership of Zunaid Ahmed Palak, the state minister of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, to turn the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change into a smart ministry on Monday.

Palak said the ICT Division will work together to improve the quality of public services provided by the Ministry of Environment.  Maximum efforts will be made in the digitalization of the Ministry of Environment, international cooperation will be welcome if necessary.  In this case, A2i will act as a knowledge partner.

Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr.  Farhina Ahmed, Secretary of Information and Communication Technology Division, Md. Samsul Arefin and senior officials of the two ministries were present in the meeting.

The meeting discussed about increasing coordination and cooperation between the two ministries in building a smart ministry.  Also, information management and processing as a smart ministry and use of ICT in public service delivery are discussed in detail.  It was decided to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two ministries in this regard.