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Citizens’ Voice and Accountability Evaluation – Bangladesh Country Case Study
Table 2.1
Selected CV & A case studies
Intervention
name
Government
Programmes
1. Reaching Out
of School
Children (ROSC)
2. Rural
Development
Programmes of
the Local
Government
Engineering
Department
(LGED)
3. Financial
Management
Reform Project
(FMRP)
NGO
Programmes
4. Mass-line
Media Centre
(MMC)
5. Campaign for
Popular
Education
(CAMPE) acting
as secretariat /coordinator
for
Education Watch
6. Oxfam ‘We
Can’
Brief description
A government programme funded by WB/SDC under which Centre Management
Committees are established through community mobilisation which select service
providers and manage funds for non-formal education for children who are not
accessing the formal system
http://www.mopme.gov.bd/About_ROSC.htm
Age: on paper since 2004 but only just rolling out
LGED has integrated participatory approaches within its RDP projects for many years,
including village level planning, community supervision and open contracting for local
roads and market development. LGED is regarded as a leader in public engagement.
RIIDP 2 (the latest RDP) is funded by GTZ and DFID (with ADB/KfW)
http://www.lged.gov.bd
Age: RDPs since 80s with strong participatory element since 1992
The goal of FMRP is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the allocation of
Government resources and to achieve more equitable and improved public service
delivery through the development of accountable and transparent institutional
management and operational arrangements for aggregate fiscal discipline, strategic
prioritisation of expenditure and improved performance during budget execution. It is a
13 year intervention which has significantly improved technical capacity and is now
challenged in the new phase to enhance public engagement. Website: www.fmrp.org
Age: started in 2003 but built on RIBEC (Reforms in Budgeting and Expenditure Control
funded by DFID)
MMC is a local NGO established in1995 and working for the promotion of human rights
and democratic values through professionalism in media, particularly journalism. MMC
was previously funded by Danida. Manusher Jonno (DFID intermediary) funds ‘Ensuring
Access to Information to Promote Governance for Better Livelihood’ to raise awareness
and create demand for information among grassroots groups. The project is being
implemented through 21 information centres in 21 districts. Website: http://www.massline.org
Age: DFID funded project 2006-2009
CAMPE is a national coalition of NGOs working in the field of literacy and education,
committed to develop and promote quality products and innovative literacy models for
its partner organizations and agencies. Education Watch Bangladesh, set up in 1998,
has established an independent, research-based monitoring mechanism which
conducts periodic independent review of the state of primary and basic education
through research, surveys and studies and publish annually a report on aspects of
basic and primary education, disseminates findings and engages in advocacy in
support of Education for All. Website www.campebd.org
Age: Education Watch supported since 1998
Oxfam is an international NGO which supports the South Asia regional ‘We Can’ End all
Violence Against Women campaign which aims to change some of the attitudes,
practices and behaviours that perpetuate violence against women in Bangladesh.
Oxfam’s advocacy and lobbying work with its partners on violence against women in
Bangladesh was successful in getting the Government of Bangladesh to pass the Acid
Crimes Control Act, 2002 against acid violence
www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/countries/bangladesh
Age: launched 2004
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