Dr. Sultan Hafeez Rahman, Executive Director, Dr. Shanawez Hossain, Research Fellow and Harun-Or-Rashid, Research Associate, of BIGD, BRAC University attended the Seminar on National Governance Assessment Framework (NGAF), held on 16 November 16, 2015, jointly organised by Governance Innovation Unit (GIU) of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and ARENA project of UNDP. The seminar was arranged for giving importance to developing governance assessment framework, reports agencies. A wide range of representatives from different ministries and members of the working group attended the event. PM's International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi was also present at the event. BIGD is one of the working group members with the Department of Public Administration and the Department of Development Studies of the University of Dhaka. As the process of finalising the framework progresses, the aim of organising the workshop is to consult with the field level government and non government stakeholders to get more comprehensive feedback and also to create a sense of ownership among them.