Secretariat

OCHRC Secretariat provides cohesion for all the OCHRC activities, ensuring coordination through frequent exchange of information among various parts of OCHRC. It is essentially the operational arm of the network.

 

The Global Forum for Health Research (GFHR) hosted the secretariat for the first two years. It was then shifted to ICDDR,B in Bangladesh which has been the host institution from June 2004 to the present. This current tenure of the OCHRC secretariat at ICDDR,B will come to an end on December 2009.

 

The Secretariat is responsible for implementing the visions laid out by the board through maintaining operational, financial, communications and administrative support. The Secretariat is responsible for making proposals to the board concerning strategies and policies, analyzing policy issues, making recommendations, managing the foundation’s administration and finances, preparing and implementing the annual work plan and budget, and supporting the Chair and the board especially for advocacy and fundraising. Dr. Shams El Arifeen is the current Executive Director and Dr. Tanvir Mahmudul Huda is the Coordinator of the Secretariat.