He was addressing as the chief guest the opening session of the national level consultation workshop on the 7th Global Forum organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) funded project 'Developing Civil Service Capacity for 21st Century Administration' at a hotel in the city.

Cabinet Secretary Ali Imam Majumder, Secretary of the Chief Adviser's Office Kazi M Aminul Islam and UNDP Resident Coordinator Renata Lok Dessallien also spoke.

Quadri expressed his dismay that he had to witness the erosion in the governance in the post-1990 as secretary during different political governments and regretted that people lost their confidence in their political leaders.

He emphasised the need for building trust in government by practising a transparent governance in the forms of political, economic and social decisions for ensuring the quality of governance.

The adviser for education attached importance to the role of the civil society and information and communications to safeguard democracy.

Cabinet Secretary Majumder favoured building trust in the institutions of democracy and said confidence of the people could be raised by including all sectors of society in the political process.

UNDP's Renata pointed out that Bangladesh is well known for its creativity and innovation and said now is the right time to rebuild trust in the country's government.

Kazi Amin asserted that the present caretaker government is building trust in the government by bringing in drastic reforms in the judiciary, executive and legislative branches of the government.

Through the participation of government officials, business leaders, civil society representatives and other stakeholders, starting from the local to national level, he said, the government has reached the concluding stage to finalise the Bangladesh Country Paper, which will be presented in the 7th Global Forum at the United Nations Headquarters in Vienna from June 26-29 on the theme "Building Trust in Government".

Earlier, the project organised three consultation workshops in the divisional headquarters in Sylhet, Rajshahi and Khulna. In line with the 7th Global Forum, the objective of the country consultation workshops was to sensitise the people on the need for sound governance and pro-poor public administration in Bangladesh.

The 7th Global Forum will offer plenary sessions and a series of parallel capacity development workshops on different aspects of revitalising governance and public administration to build trust in government.

Its participants will include ministers, senior government officials, parliamentarians, mayors, civil society representatives, and the private sector from all over the world.

The first-ever global conference on reinventing government was organised in Washington in 1999 to bring together officials who understand the vital link between efficient government and a prosperous economy and are eager to share ideas and effective practices for improving government services.

Since then every two years, the Global Forum on Reinventing Government offers senior public officials from around the world an opportunity to meet with experts, receive training and exchange strategies for improving public administration and governance.

Since the 2nd Global Forum, UN organisations have become the key partner organisations in organising the Global Forums. Moreover, in its 57th session, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on public administration and development and asked the United Nations Secretariat to provide support for the global forum.