- LCG WG – WASH&U
About Us
The LCG Working Group on Water Supply and Sanitation and Urban (LCG WG – WASH&U) is an interactive and broad communication and information sharing platform for development partners and groups representatives in Bangladesh. It is the forum of the representative of Government, Development Partners, NGOs, academia, and Civil Societies working on WASH and urban development.
- Objective
Our Objective
The overall objective of the LCG Working Group on Water Supply and Sanitation and Urban is to contribute towards effective and coordinated implementation of National Policies, Strategies, Plans and Programmes on urban development and WASH in rural and urban areas of Bangladesh with an emphasis on reaching the poorest citizens and achieving the SDG.
Md. Rezaul Maksud Jahedi
Profile of the Chair
Md. Rezaul Maksud Jahedi is serving as Secretary, Local Government Division, Ministry of Local Government Rural Development & Cooperatives. He has joined in this portfolio on 07 April, 2025. Prior to this, he served as Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. As a member of BCS Administrative service, He joined this service as Assistant Commissioner and Magistrate in 1994. Mr. Jahedi has long been serving in different capacities at field administration as well as Central Government. During his service, he has a wide range of experiences in field administration as Assistant Commissioner, Senior Assistant Commission, Nezarot Deputy Collector, Land Administration as Assistant Commissioner (Land) and RDC, Magistracy, Local Government Organizations as Upazilla Nirbahi Officer and Municipal Administrator, Project Management as Project Director, and Innovation and Creative activities.
As part of his career, he served as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Public Administration, Director General (Additional Secretary) of Water Resources Planning Organization (WARPO) under Ministry of Water Resources, Additional Director General of Department of ICT, ICT Division, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and IT. Before that, he served as Deputy Director in Bangladesh Public Service Commission and Deputy Secretary under Road Transport & Highways Division, Ministry of Road Transport & Bridge from 2009 to 2016. As a Professional Civil Servant, he has a long-cherished dream to realize fulfilling the public interest. His areas of interest are evolutionary process of technological advancement of Bangladesh as well as world scenarios, policy formulation, public administration, disaster management, project management, digital economy leading to smart Bangladesh.
Mr. Jahedi has achieved various national and foreign degrees during his professional life. Specifically, he acquired Master of Public Administration from Sun Yat Sen University in Republic of China with distinction, and Post Graduate Diploma in Project Management from University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. He has achieved M.Sc. in Disaster Management from University of Dhaka with the collaboration of Swiss Development Cooperation. He studied at IBA in Dhaka University. He was also awarded with Director General’s Medal from BCS Administration Academy as the best Trainee Officer of the Law and Administration Course. He also secured the 2nd Position in Advanced Course on Administration & Development (ACAD) from Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre.
He has visited many destinations of the world for the purposes of training, seminars, workshops, negotiations and professional advancement. Mr. Jahedi widely toured USA, European countries like UK, France, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey, Denmark etc., Asia and the Pacific countries, and SAARC countries.
Mr. Jahedi was born in Mymensingh in 1969. He is married and blessed with two daughters and one son. His wife, Dr. Mahbuba Jahan Lotus, is working as Associate Professor in Dhaka Medical College and an eminent sonologist.
Mr. Peter Maes
Profile of the Co-Chair
A graduate of Bio Engineering as well as Water Resources Engineering studies, Mr. Maes served as Chief of WASH in the UNICEF Kinshasa, Democratic Rep. of Congo before joining UNICEF Bangladesh. Earlier that he has been concurrently the Leader of the WASH Working Group of MSF International, Vector Control expert in the Malaria Working Group of MSF International, Coordinator of the Environmental Health Unit of MSF-OCB based in Brussels, Belgium. Mr. Peter Maes has extensive experience in Project Conceptualization, Program and HR Management, Operational Research and Infectious Diseases Control in a variety of contextsvv
What We Do
Scope of Work
- Advocate for adequate sector financing to achieve the goals and targets set by GoB and allocate a separate budget code for WASH.
- Integrate adaptation measures for WASH and urban development interventions and infrastructures to ensure resilience against the effects of disaster and Climate Change.
- Emphasize operation and maintenance of infrastructures with separate allocation of funding for Operation & Maintenance (O&M)
- Work towards surface and ground water protection and pollution control, hygiene promotion, safe sanitation, gender, and social inclusion for sustainable development.
- Sustainable urban development (Preparation & Implementation of Master Plan) giving emphasis on waste management, primary health care, communication infrastructure, environment, climate resilient housing and equitable social harmony development.