๐ข ๐ข๐ป ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐, a powerful ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐๐ฒ held at Bishwo Sahitto Kendro, Dhaka brought ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ตโ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐. Organized by ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ, the dialogue called on political parties to make coastal resilience plan a top priority in their election manifestos ahead of the ๐ญ๐ฏ๐๐ต ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐ค ๐ ๐ผ๐ต๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น, ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ, highlighted the harsh realities faced by more than ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ โacute drinking water scarcity, serious health risks for women, climate-induced displacement, fragile embankments, rising salinity, and shrinking livelihoods. He emphasized that ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ-๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ.
โ ๏ธ Despite decades of development initiatives, the long-standing challenges of coastal communities remain largely unresolved. Clear plans and accountable commitments are still missing, even after persistent advocacy by civil society and development organizations. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒโ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐. Sustainable development cannot be achieved by leaving coastal people behind. LEDARS continue to work from ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น to bring these issues to the attention of policy actors.
๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐, ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด:
โ๏ธ Establishment of a ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ
โ๏ธ Recognition of ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐
โ๏ธ Access ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
โ๏ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด and ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐
โ๏ธ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด, improved ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, and ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ-๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ
๐ค Leaders from ๐๐ก๐ฃ, ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐-๐ฒ-๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ, ๐ก๐๐ฃ, ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ป, along with civil society and development actors, participated in constructive discussionsโ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ to be placed at the core of national political priorities. Member ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, representatives from ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ attend the meeting.
