RTM has expertise in policy advocacy involving government, NGOs and private sector institutions. It has conducted many policy dialogues with stakeholders on issues relating to Population Growth and Development Challenges of MDGs and PRSP; such as Urbanization, Environment and population growth; Violence against women; Legal and social security measures; Interaction between service providers and community leaders and community participation; and Addressing hard-to-reach, remote and low-performing areas to reduce fertility. The policy dialogues identified the long-term policy implications for government and helped reinforce the ongoing efforts towards development and poverty reduction.RTM International supported the MoHFW on policy advocacy issues that impede private sector from offering high quality nursing, midwifery, health technicians and paramedics programs. RTM was able to conduct the advocacy programs as it has developed working relationship with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Nursing Council of Bangladesh, Technical Education Board, Nursing Training Institute, Paramedics Training Institutes, Hospitals, Mass Media, Private Medical Institutions, Private Universities and Medical Colleges. In addition, RTM staff worked with the MOHFW in drafting policy guideline for GOB for offering B.Sc. course in Nursing in private sector. A team from RTM worked with USAID’s global flagship program Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA) since 2010 for developing the PROFILES estimates and costing for Nutrition program in Bangladesh. With the findings, the team advocated with parliamentarians, policy makers, politicians and CSOs for developing Champions in Nutrition for taking the Nutrition agenda forward. RTM has also conducted many events for World Bank, UNICEF, UNFPA, etc. involving key policy makers of the country and worked very closely with the print and electronic media through round table discussions. In 2009, the President of RTM was nominated in the WHO’s Advocacy Advisory Committee (AAC) of the Global Stop TB Partnership. Research, Training and Management (RTM) International worked in the field of maternal and child health and in collaboration with Food and Nutrition Technical Assistant (FANTA) Project, advocated for a common platform for coordinated action on nutrition by targeting policy makers, parliamentarians, politicians and NGOs to kick-start a movement. The RTM-FANTA initiative identified potential nutrition champions (Key policy makers, parliamentarians and politicians) to create movement towards increased resource and mainstreaming nutrition services. RTM in collaboration with FANTA held a series of advocacy meetings with parliamentarians, policy makers and politicians with a view to orient them or nutrition situation in Bangladesh, bringing out its problems and challenges and ensuring their commitment to nutrition in their own political manifestos.