Category: Allgemein

Representatives of the project team of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and Institute for Social-Ecological Research went on the kick-off trip to Bangladesh at the end of September. The main purpose was the official kick-off meeting with institutional and political partners at the large auditorium of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology on September 24^th where the different local project teams finally met physically.

In the following days, the project delegation met with the various implementing and political partners in the region around Khulna to consolidate cooperation and coordinate the further course of the project.

Joint excursions and workshops gave the international project partners the opportunity to get to know each other better and to intensively extend the work in the working groups on site, which up to now has mainly been coordinated online. Part of the project team from Weimar then continued their journey to Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology to take part in official SCIP Plastics kick-off events and meet local partners.

On 22^nd August 2022, Department of Civil Engineering, CUET inaugurated the SCIP Plastics Project’s office in the presence of vice-chancellor Prof. Dr. Mohammad Rafiqul Alam who attended the program as the chief guest, along with special guests’ faculty of Civil Engineering’s dean Prof. Dr. Md Mainul Islam and head Prof. Dr. Asiful Haque. During the program, Prof. Dr. Farzana Rahman Zuthi, Scientific director and Prof. Dr. Sudeep Kumar Pal, scientific expert discuss about the project objectives and outcomes to the audience. SCIP members from BUW, KUET, and ISOE were connected to this program via online. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eckhard Kraft, George Biastoch, Prof. Dr. Muhammed Alamgir, Prof. Dr. Md. Rafizul Islam and Abir Ul Jabbar sent their special video messages for the program.

Today, a significant milestone has been achieved. The project consortium has officially formed itself as a managing body known as the Board of Directors. The consortium includes the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, the Institute for Social Ecological Research, the Kuet University of Engineering, the Chittagong University of Engineering, and the Khulna City Corporation. Together, they constitute a comprehensive entity that not only oversees and guides the technical direction of the developed content but also represents these contents externally. This approach establishes a professional authority within the project framework, assuming the role of the primary contact for the knowledge transfer hubs. The board convenes every six months to deliberate, evaluate, and make decisions concerning the SCIP Plastics project and the expansion of the Knowledge Transfer Hub’s waste management expertise.

The members of the Board of Directors are:

Project Lead:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eckhard Kraft, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

Prof. Dr. Md. Rafizul Islam, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology

Prof. Dr. Mst Farzana Rahman Zuthi, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology

Mr. Abir Ul Jabbar, Khulna City Corporation

Supervisory Board:

Prof. Dr. Muhammed Alamgir, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology

Prof. Dr. Quazi Hamidul Bari, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology

Prof. Dr. Kh. Mahbub Hassan, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology

Prof. Dr. Asiful Hoque, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology

Prof. Dr. Sudip Kumar Pal, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology

Ms. Nurunnahar Anne, Khulna City Corporation

The project teams in KUET, CUET and KCC are filling with life and the working groups are being formed. Today ther first all hands meeting of all the new and familiar faces involved in the project took place. Preparations are underway, soon the working groups will be confirmed and the Board of Directors will be constituted. An exciting and challenging task waits and to work with such a large team of motivated people is delighting. The meeting today created a sense of confidence, and the forthcoming inaugural assembly in Bangladesh is eagerly anticipated. Welcome on Bord, everyone!

The German partners of SCIP Plastics came together in Weimar May 12^th to officially kick-off their partnership in the project. The meeting was used to address both sides’ expectations as well as administrative procedures, communication strategies and aspects of the upcoming collaborative workflow.

Approximately 480 tonnes of waste end up of the streets of Khulna, the largest city in the densely populated Ganges Delta, every day. This waste includes huge quantities of plastic, which then makes it way into the ocean via the adjacent waterways. If nothing is done to stop this, ocean contamination will continue to increase. The goal of this joint project is to establish a sustainable waste management system in Khulna to reduce plastic pollution and to protect marine ecosystems. The project, which is being funded with nearly four million euros, will be implemented under the leadership of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar until 2024.

Read more: Official press release BUW