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3rd June 2009. Based on the experiences of relief and rescue activities aftermath of cyclone Aila, EquityBD and COAST jointly organized a press conference titled “ Need to change mind set and long term planning for disaster risk reduction” in Dhaka Reporters Unity. In this press conference organizers shared their experiences on first 7 days relief and rescue operation what they carried out in the southern part of Bhola island. They urged the government and other agencies to introduce ‘cash for work’ instead of relief distribution. Although relief distribution is indispensable during the initial days of disasters but long term relief operation would make local market and trading system dysfunctional. People are found running after relief; none showed interest to get involved with emergency activities like draining-out the saline and dirty water form the ponds, reconstruction of roads, and cleaning of environment even they are offered good wages. These emergency works could be done through food/cash for work; this approach also would support income generation and revamping of local market and production system. 
l budget for 2009-2010, EquityBD organized a seminar titled “Our learning from global crisis: long term development philosophy and reform in national budget process” at CIRDAP auditorium, Dhaka. Speakers at the seminar said that poverty reduction is not possible without setting long term philosophy in economic development and reform in existing centralized budget making process, which is vastly controlled by bureaucracy. Speaking about long term development philosophy, the key-note speaker discussed existing crisis of global economy that has been created by so called “Wall Street Economy”.; alongside he proposed and focused “Main Street Economy” as an alternative, and called national as well as global leaders to adopt financial policies of Main Street Economy. The Main Street Economy mainly emphasizes state control and balanced distribution of resources. 
25th April 2009: EquityBD organized a press conference criticizing appointment of several controversial climate experts in the preparation of Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan for the country. In this press conference EquityBD argued that most of the consultants appointed for this job have been involved implementing donor’s agenda in the country since long years. They termed these experts as ‘donor darling’ consultants. EquityBD also urged the government to prepare the Climate Action Plan in a transparent way, avoiding ‘donor darling’ consultants who love to serve the donors instead of the country people. In this press conference EquityBD proposed several recommendations to the government policy makers to prepare an effective and pro poor climate change strategy and action plan for the country. 
mate change induced migrants who are incorrectly termed as ‘climate refugees’ or ‘internally displaced persons’. EquityBD launched this campaign through a press conference at Dhaka National Press Club, while they demanded dignified status for the climate change induced forced migrants and called global leaders to ensure social, economic and cultural rights of the climate migrants and recognize them as “Universal Natural Persons”. They also demanded preparation of a new Protocol under the UNFCCC where climate change induced migrants would enjoy all sorts of human rights defined in different UN charters.