Planning Forum

The BUP, through its Planning Forum, organizes policy debates, seminars, workshops, symposia, and discussion meetings on pertinent socio-economic, technological, environmental and other issues relating to development with national, regional, and international perspectives are all debated. These activities are participated in by leading professionals, planners, policy-makers, development practitioners, administrators, intellectuals, public representatives, journalists, and others involved in the process of policy formulation, programme/project implementation, and opinion formation. In relevant cases, participants from other countries join these activities.

Conferences/seminars/workshops are a continuous process with BUP. The main purpose is to disseminate research findings and bring together people from various walks of life to debate policy options and development alternatives, keeping in sharp focus acceleration of development at desirable rates, its sustainability, and equity in its distribution.