On 11 December 2012, English in Action organised a Strategy Meeting for EIA partners and stakeholders in Dhaka. The agenda for the yearly scheduled meeting was “Institutionalisation and Sustainability of English in Action”.

Team members from BMB Mott MacDonald, The Open University, UK, and BBC Media Action presented their plans and goals for institutionalisation to the DFID Bangladesh office and the wider group present at the session.

Marc van der Stouwe, Project Director to English in Action, in his introductory speech welcomed and thanked all the partners for their endless support to the project which has illustrated impacts across schools and media platforms in Bangladesh.
Fahmida Shabnam, Education Adviser to DFID Bangladesh was pleased with the plans for institutionalisation and assured all possible support from DFID in achieving the set goals.

Pieter Feenstra, Team Leader, EIA, Daniel Nti, Director of International Development, The Open University, UK and Faisal Ahmed, Deputy Country Director of BBC Media Action were present amongst others in the session.