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About Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) The Sustainable Development Networking Program (SDNP) is a global catalytic initiative launched by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in response to Agenda 21, which articulated the need for improved information dissemination to support sustainable development. The program is geared towards facilitating communication between users and suppliers of sustainable development information in developing countries. The Internet and the widespread use of IT tools provide Developing Countries (DCs) with a golden opportunity not only to promote Sustainable Development in a systematic manner but also to put forward themselves well into the 21st century. However, it is now evident that this process will not occur by itself or in an automatic manner. In the recent years the impact of the Internet in DCs has been already substantial. Multiple ongoing initiatives funded by bi-lateral and multi-lateral organizations promoting the expansion of the Internet in DCs and the extensive use of IT on productive capacities and governance of the State. Finally, the private sector has entered into the picture and is investing in many DCs primarily on infrastructure and networking technologies - whereas so far most governments have shied away from this. Bangladesh is overwhelmingly dependent on environmental and natural resources, but the economic and societal forces at work coupled with other natural and technical factors, may have already seriously eroded the natural resource base of the country which could have serious adverse impact on output, income and employment. Efforts are being made to address these issues by the Government, donors, political parties, NGOs and other advocacy groups. The Government has been giving some attention to this sector. Among others it has approved the National Environment Management Action Plan (NEMAP) in 1996. To assist in the establishment of the SDN, UNDP has provided Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) with a starter kit comprising computer hardware and software, key databases management and training tools, decision support tools, and other resources which will meet individual needs and ensure long-term compatibility with SDNs operating in other developing countries. At the national context, SDNP is a one of the 26 components of the Sustainable Environment Management Programme (SEMP). SEMP is among one of the activity of the National Environment Management Action Plan (NEMAP) which has been under taken by the Bangladesh Government in 1996. NEMAP is a follow up of Rio Earth Summit 1992. The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) is the implementing agency for two of the components of SEMP - The Policy Analysis Studies which falls under the Policy and Institutions Sub-Program, and the Sustainable Development Network (SDN) falls under the Awareness and Advocacy Sub-Program. One of the strategies for promoting Awareness and Advocacy is enabling easy access to information and knowledge. To effectively implement such a strategy, the Sustainable Development Network (SDN) aims to capitalize on the revolution in electronic and data communications and provide a new set of tools to achieve sustainable human development through a sharing of vital information, experience and expertise both within the country and globally. The objective of the Sustainable Development Network Project (SDNP) is to create an appropriate tool - the SDN - for achieving and facilitating exchange of information and knowledge among development partners, academia, policy makers and the civil society, at local, national and international level, in order to design and implement unique plans for sustainable development in Bangladesh. The methodology for achieving the aims of SDNP in a sustainable way, is to consider a model where SDNP would be a not-for-profit Internet service provider (ISP) and Database management service provider with a central hub in Dhaka city at the BIDS and several regional nodes in cities such as Barisal, Chittagong, Khulna, Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet, have one or more interlinked web sites and data links to be used as the portal for information exchange. Furthermore, the SDNP is also providing services to other corporate users wishing to access its databases and standard Internet services. Such users include national and regional press clubs, academic and research institutions, public libraries and individuals. The target is to provide the Database and Internet services to the remotest communities of the country. Objectives:
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