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IV. Relevant Primary and Secondary data collected during the field work<br />

Documents<br />

Annual Progress Report<br />

Events Report<br />

Annual Audit Report<br />

Organizational Brochure<br />

Organizational Constitution and policy<br />

Meeting Minutes<br />

AGM Report<br />

Papers on Election Procedures.<br />

Interviews and Focus Groups<br />

Focus group discussion with BSSF Executive Committee Members (seven) includes Tofazzal Hossain<br />

Bagu, president, Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, secretary general, Sultan Alam Mallik, vice president,<br />

Shamsul Alam Zulfiquar, joint secretary, and Ahsanul Karim Chowdhury, vice president, Ali Reja<br />

Haider, Treasurer etc. to get general information of the organization. It was almost a half-day<br />

participatory discussion.<br />

Semi-structured interview with Mr. Ali Reza Haider, President, Garments Workers Association to gain<br />

information face to face using a series of broad questions to guide conversations, but allowing for new<br />

questions to arise as a result of the discussion. It took almost one and half hour.<br />

Focus group discussion with the general members of BSSF (twenty), participants includes presidenttransport<br />

workers union, secretary- handloom workers union, president- public employees union,<br />

president-garments workers union, general secretary-transport workers union, president-metal trade<br />

union, general secretary-agri trade union, convenor-fishermen association, organizing secretaryconstruction<br />

workers and president-clerical workers union. It was an almost half-day participatory<br />

discussion to check or clarify information and gather opinions about the issues from a small group of<br />

selected people who represent different view points.<br />

Observation of on going events- Training on Traffic Rules for Transport Workers and Discussion<br />

Meeting of Garments Workers on World Human Rights Day.<br />

Visited field areas (Sonargaon of Narayangonj District) of BSTS (<strong>Bangladesh</strong> Sanjukta Tanti Samitymember<br />

organization of BSSF) and met and discuss with the leaders and general members. Visited<br />

their income generating project activities (e. g micro-credit for small handloom weavers). It was a day<br />

visit.<br />

Meeting and discussion with Dr. Tariquzzaman, Coordinator, WSM-<strong>Bangladesh</strong> in order to about the<br />

project, their priorities and role to support BSSF. It was a participatory discussion meeting of one and<br />

half hour.<br />

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