Not easy to be govern organize into same way ...same vision...and very tough to push people about 7,000 persons direct forward in same benefit and high profile 's benefit ...for people 's benefit..not only thier own 's!!!!!!!!!!!!! high creative vision...same best practice ..it is more and more better suddenly or daily standard..but MUST BE best of the best into future ...and maybe next life!!..That 's mean next generation of our people must be stay recognize about WHY CDD PERSONEL move thier realization into sustainable life of top nation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
ยากเหมือนกันนะเนี่ย ไม่นึกว่ามันจะต้องมีตัววัดสารพัด คำถามประหลาดมากมายมาเป็นเกณฑ์ เพื่ออยากจะรู้ว่า มันใช้อะไรทำให้คนเยอะเกือบหมื่นทำงานเพื่อประชาชน โกงน้อย และเห็นแก่ตัวน้อยลง การบริหารจัดการที่ดีสำหรับสังคมประเทศกำลังพัฒนา ถ้าได้เกณฑระดับนี้ก็ดีแล้ว อย่าไปเทียบกับพวกบริหารจัดการบ้านเมืองในประเทศที่เจริญมากเลย อาจต้องใช้เวลา
sugar and WUT still surpriize about why our CDD on top award of our Thailand in GOOD GOVERNANCE...BEST PMQA ORGANiZE OF THAILAND department!!!!!
Good Governance in Bangladesh: Role of Parliament
Md.Awal Hossain Mollah
Lecturer
Dept. Of Public Administration
University of Rajshahi
Bangladesh.
awalhossain76@yahoo.com
Introduction
Recently the terms 'governance' and 'good governance' are being increasing
used in development literature. A dramatic change has come in public
administration and the paradigm shift towards good governance and
sustainable developments. Day by day, the intellectuals, bureaucrats and
civil society members are accepting the sprit of the concept and
conceptualizing it in their own experience and environment. In Bangladesh,
all the internal and external actors of politics, administration and
development are emphasizing on the need for good governance. Today it is
not only academic issue rather it is being discussed in aid forum and
executive meeting and discussions. But actual picture of governance in our
country dose not prove to be good and satisfactory. Accountability of
government and administration is at bay. Rule of law, a sound judicial
system has not yet been ensured. Democratization and human right are being
disrupted in many ways.
This paper is a presentation of the concept governance, good governance,
elements of good governance, good governance in Bangladesh and Role of
Parliament in ensuring good governance in Bangladesh. The paper is based
on secondary information, which includes recent publications, journals,
books, and research reports. Relevant literature has also collected through
Internet browsing. It is expected that the findings of the study would be
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helpful for concerned organizations for creating awareness and undertaking
active programs to improve governance.
Governance
The concept of "governance" is not new. It is old as human civilization.
Simply put 'governance' means the process of decision are implemented (or
not implemented)1. Governance can be used in several contexts such as
corporate governance, international governance, national governance and
local governance.
In recent years there have been numerous attempts to define the term, but
these efforts have not resulted in any universal consensus as to the precise
meaning of governance. In general sense governance means exercising
political power to manage a nation affair. Today governance is seen as a
reflection of the role of the state in giving direction to the development, a
country and political regime. According to land-ell-Mills and Serageldin,
governance may by taken to denote "how people are ruled how the affairs of
a state are administered and regulated; it refers to a nation's system of
politics and how this functions in relation to public administration and law."2
According to World Bank booklet reports, governance as the "manner in
which power is exercised in the management of a countries economic and
social resources for development".3 Governance can be viewed both in
positive and negative terms.4 Good governance and poor or bad governance.
For better understanding of good governance, we should known what is poor
governance. Because it has been claimed that bad governance is regarded as
one of the root causes of all evil within societies.5
A World Bank booklet cogently summarized the major symptoms of poor
governance. 6 These are:
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1. Failure to make a clear separation between what is public and what is
private hence a tendency to direct public resources for private gain;
2. Failure to establish a predictable frame work of law and government
behavior conducive to development or arbitrariness in the application of
rules and laws;
3.Executive rules, regulations, licensing requirements and so froth, which
impede, functioning of markets and encourage rent seeking;
4. Priorities, inconsistent with development, resulting in a misallocation of
resources;
5.Excessively narrowly based or non-transparent decision making.
The other symptoms of poor governance are "excessive costs, poor service
to the public and failure to achieve the aims of policy (The British Council,
1991).7
Good Governance
Since 1978, due to un-international standardized management, i.e. especially
of some countries in Latin America and Africa, the super state, World Bank
has then proposed a political term called good governance.
In general sense good governance means an ideal governing system that is
inevitable for political, economic, social and cultural development of a
country. Ideal governing system means the ideal orientation of a state that
works best to achieve self-reliance, sustainable development and social
justice and the ideal functioning of government that operate most efficiently.
According to V.K. Chopra, we define good governance as "a system of
governance that is able to unambiguously identify the basic values of the
society where values are economic, political and socio-cultural issues
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including human rights, and pursue these values through an accountable and
honest administration."8
When we talk about good governance we infact refer to the working relation
among the three organs of the state and actions of the executive branch of
the state. In operational terms these refer to enjoyment of fundamental
human rights, independence of judiciary, abiding by the rule of law, policy
based administrative dispension, transparency, accountability, predictability,
effectiveness and efficiency of the government.9
Realizing the difficulties of define good governance the overwhelming
tendency has been to delineate aspects of good governance.10
The Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization of
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has highlighted several
aspects of good governance. 11 Some of these include:
the promotion of democracy and open pluralistic societies;
the Strengthening of transparent, accountable, efficient and effective
national and local government;
the promotion of respect for human right;
the reinforcement of rule of law, including fair and accessible legal and
judicial systems;
the promotion of independent media and the dissemination of
information;
anti-corruption initiatives; and
efforts to reduce excessive military expenditure.
Actually there is no complete and universal recognized satisfactory
definition of good governance. In this respect we should discussed the
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elements of good governance for better and comprehensive idea of good
governance.
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BANGLADESH: Implement RTI law properly for good governance
Speakers at organized event say government should inform the public about their right of access to information so Right to Information Law can be beneficial
The Daily StarSaturday, August 15, 2009
Rajshahi --- Speakers at a view exchange meeting in Rajshahi yesterday said a culture of seeking information should be developed in society, especially for the grassroots-level people, for effective implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) law.
RTI law would not leave any benefit unless it is properly implemented through creating awareness among mass people about their right of access to information, they added.
Once RTI is properly implemented, the speakers said, it would take the country a step forward to ensure good governance as well as administrative transparency and accountability.
They stressed the need for a strong role of the media in educating common people on appropriate methods of exercising their right.
Campaign for Right to Information (CFRTI) and local vernacular daily the Mukto Chetona jointly organised the meeting on "RTI law and role of media" in association with Asian Foundation at a city restaurant.
Fazle Hossain Badsha MP attended the meeting as the chief guest, while Liakat Ali Liku, chairman of the editorial board of the daily, was in the chair.
The lawmaker in his speech said the government is committed to implementing the RTI law, however challenging the task may be. He sought cooperation from all circles related to RTI.
"RTI is quite new to us when we are still fighting for the basic rights of ethnic groups... implementing a law is far more difficult than enacting it. Yet, if all concerned work together, we can well share the power with common people through implementing RTI."
CFRTI General Secretary Muhammad Lutful Haque presented a written paper on right to information and RTI laws while Staff Correspondent of The Daily Star Anwar Ali spoke on the role of media men in implementing RTI law.
CFRTI President Khondoker Iqbal Hossain and Mir Mostaque Ahmed of Asia Foundation were present at the programme as the special guests.
Editor of the Mukto Chetona M Sadrul Islam, News Editor Golam Sarwar, former president of Rajshahi Union of Journalists (RUJ) Mustafijur Rahman Khan Alam, RUJ General Secretary and Rajshahi bureau chief of the Shamakal Shibli Noman, Metropolitan Press Club Vice President Kazi Gias, General Secretary Anisuzzaman, BSS bureau chief Dr Aynal Haque and journalist Mahtab Uddin also spoke.
The speakers thanked the government for turning the RTI ordinance into a law, saying that lack of political will, culture of secrecy and lack of knowledge about RTI among general public are the main obstacles to implementing the law.
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]Bangladesh Chapter of Transparency International, an international organisation concerned with issues of good governance and corruption
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Village broadcasting to ensure good governance in Bangladesh
Village radio or television is changing the face of broadcasting to people in rural Bangladesh, whereby more people have access to the broadcast programs. Photo by Adittya Shahin.
Among all development issues currently being discussed in the developing countries, good governance is the most talked about not only in the government departments but also in the non-government lobbies in preparation to face out challenges of development in the 21st century.
Broadcasting free flowing and exchanging of information is very important in establishing good governance because in a closed and hidden environment no transparency, accountability and or participation is possible.
Hence village broadcasting can play a great role to ensure good governance in Bangladesh.
Existing broadcasting system and people in rural area
In the existing broadcasting system there are some government patronized institutions like Bangladesh Television (BTV) and Radio Bangladesh and on the other hand, Channel I, ATN Bangla, NTV Radio Metrowave, VOA and BBC FM that are patronized by non-government bodies. If we assess the broadcast programs we may realize how these programs satisfy the demands or desires of the rural people.The level of choice and the level of feedback are very important factor in relation to the access of rural people in information. Unfortunately the media monitoring system in our country is very poor. There is no statistical information about the participation of the rural people in media. The rural people are virtually looked over from the sector of production, decision-making and planning level in the name of participation.
It is to say that, a decentralized broadcasting management is necessary to ensure the participation of the entire rural population in the central broadcasting. Because so nearer to the rural people the broadcasting media would be established so much access and participation would be ensured. For an example, the Government of Sri Lanka has established successfully an entire rural participation and access in Kothmale and Mohavelly. People are making both programs and decisions in full-fledged there.
The central broadcasting authority hardly interferes them except only the central news broadcasting. The villagers are having the necessary information about agricultural management, current and new technologies, and insect controlling management in agriculture, diseases and market prices through the radio there.
Due to the lack of central broadcasting system, the contents of the programs can not satisfy the daily needs of the villagers in our country. We should go for the village broadcasting system as soon as possible by assessing what impacts of the programs are there on the villagers for whom these are produced in the finance some vested interest people.
The role of print media in village livelihood
The strength of the print media in our country is that they are now able to publish news in free and independent environment. But the weakness is that the literacy of the population is only 40.3 now, as a result the 60 percent of the population are not able to participate in this media. Besides, due to the developed technology a great deal of changes comes to the printing media day by day but along with this the price of the newspapers is increasing, therefore, it is difficult for the villagers to buy it.As the result, it fails to make an appeal to the extensive illiterate people of villages. Besides, while the owners of the newspapers are not in the same class and moreover due to the economic interest they are not ready to fix the price within the effort of the rural population though it is possible. What impact comes by the central broadcasting system or the print media may a matter of research but it is clear that in view of present days these media are not capable of playing an effective role.
Villagers can not read newspapers due to the illiteracy and besides, literate villagers can not read newspapers due to the high price, therefore, village broadcasting especially Radio and TV can influence the illiterate people very much effectively.
Bangaladesh farmers like this one now are able to hear and see their stories due to the newly introduced village broadcasting system. Photo by Adittya Shahin.
Introducing community broadcasting system
People are deprived of the access to information due to the centralized broadcasting system. Community radio and television can strengthen village broadcasting and it indicates an open and free flowing of information in the free and independent society, which is very important for establishing good governance.The central broadcasting system is government or individual ownership centered and the impact and control of these deprives people especially the illiterates from the information about the ill deeds of the government and the national or international profit seekers.
Village Broadcasting is recent in our country. Generally it runs for people’s interest as it is corresponded by the people comes from various professions and classes.
Here are some recommendations for the village broadcasting system:
• To establish broadcasting centers at the rural level by the government initiative. It would be village radio or village television so that peoples around 30-50 miles may enjoy the broadcast programs.
• To make opportunity to promote community radio and television at the rural level by non-government initiative.
• To compose village broadcasting guideline but it would not be profit making. Community broadcasting would be facilitated on the basis of neither profit making nor loosing concern.
How village broadcast enhance good governance
At the end good governance actually indicates the environment in which people may have all the information continuously from the government or non-government sources. Good governance and transparency is in the same way where no expenditure needs for per hour.The quick implementation of the two is possible only in the political well wishing. In the village broadcasting system community radio and television may facilitate the government regarding non-government information to the people regularly as well as the people may express their opinion and point of view through it.
Therefore, the village broadcasting may play the effective role to ensure this, both way information flowing by which it will support to achieve the good governance, desired economic, social and political concerns.
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By Jahangir Alam Akash: In Bangladesh crime against humanity is very popular form. Especially, the crime has been happening on the minorities. Almost every day minority peoples are going to our neighbor country India. Women and young women of minorities are always feared for their security.
Peace, good governance, rule of law and actual democracy is a golden dear in Bangladesh. Almost every day perpetrators are getting impunity from the state. As a result, day by day has increasing all kinds of bad activity in my dear Bangladesh. In the same time, increase communalism very speedily. And our religious minorities are sufferings very badly.
Majority Muslims are occupying their land, torturing them and rape minority women. It is common practice. Everything has been happening in front of the eyes of government. Though, our present ruling party men al times telling that, they are non communal. But, they felt to stop the minority oppression. Still in Bangladesh has happening minority torture.
We see from the media that, ruling party men are grabbed land of minority’s. The peoples of Bangladesh have not forgotten the minority oppression after the general election of 2001. It is true that, grievous troubled was faced our minority peoples in BNP-Jammat-E-Islam alliance government regime from 2001 to 2006. In that period of BNP-Jammat ruling political party men were made violence, killings, gang rapes and destruction on the minorities.
After nine months freedom fight was born Bangladesh. And then confirmed four main components for the nation name democracy nationalism, secularism and socialism. With an almost good constitution Bangladesh had started go to in front way. Though, that constitution was not recognizing our indigenous community. Still indigenous peoples are not recognizing by the constitution.
But, within four years was breakdown and to stooped our first constitution by the national and international conspiracies with the help of anti liberation force. Present government has owned by absolute majority. If they want then it’s no matter for reestablish of the 1972 constitution. But the government has passed seven months; still they don’t have taken any measure.
The minorities of Bangladesh have witnessed large-scale violence, cultural genocide and discrimination and bias at the hands of all the successive governments in perpetual order. Having lost 30 million people, 2 and half million acres of land, hundreds of homicides, vandalisation of more than 25,000 units of minority property, scores of organized gang rapes, state sponsored violence against women and children of the minority community have been witnessed in the state of Bangladesh.
Under the gross plane of Islamization the preamble of the constitution of Bangladesh has been amended with the words “pledging that the high ideals of absolute trust and faith in the Almighty Allah…” and in the process the word “secularism” has been dropped. The constitution, in fact, makes its beginning with the words Bismillah-ar-rahman-ar-rahim. In Bangladesh, everywhere has completing Islamization. So, always minorities are target by majority Muslim.
In thie situation, we demand that the unconstitutional provision as to the state religion which is vocative of the fundamental principle of the Constitution of Bangladesh shall have to repeal. Bengali nationalism and secularism shall have to be re-established all activities of discrimination, disparity, arrests, torture, detention and oppression on the member of the religious minorities as well as general peoples shall have to be stopped.
We want repeal 5th and 8th amendments of the Constitution. We don’t want a religious state, we want a secular state. We want the re-establishment of a secular and democratic state bereft of all disparities on the basis of Bengali Nationalism in the light of the four fundamental state principles which constitute the basic consciousness of the War of Liberation. And it was a great dream of father of the nation Bangabondhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. We want equal rights in all spheres of life including defense, foreign affairs, government administration, government controlled institutions, state policy making bodies, industries and commerce. We believe that after all, without equal and balance and with inequality as a Bangalee we never can say that we are civilized nation. So, in the state everywhere should established accountability, rule of law, good governance, and actual practice of democracy.
We want more that fulfill all the legitimate demands of the aboriginal and tribal communities including preservation of their own culture and heritage and implement CHT peace Treaty. Implement vested property return act with the provision of inheritance. We want resist communalism, fundamentalism and fanaticism, should stop all kinds of religious discrimination, deprivation atrocities, persecution and harassment.
Lastly we want to say and we want demand that government immediately form a public enquiry committee for investigate of all kinds of minority oppression, harassment, loot-grabbing, rape, gang rape and also all kinds of human rights violation since independence. And only investigate is not enough, we think that those who are involved with minority oppression and human rights violation should give exemplary punishment to them. Otherwise never could to establish rule of law. If government want to do these then firstly should want re-established of our constitution 1972. Secondly immediately should finish the trial of war criminal, jail murder case and Bangabondhu murder case and should give punished to the accused. As well as, should need to stop strictly to the Islamic militant. Otherwise we have no alternative in front of us for establishing to peace and happiness. 2.8.2009
Writer: Jahangir Alam Akash, Editor of the Human Rights Today, Bangladesh
By Jahangir Alam Akash: In Bangladesh crime against humanity is very popular form. Especially, the crime has been happening on the minorities. Almost every day minority peoples are going to our neighbor country India. Women and young women of minorities are always feared for their security.
Peace, good governance, rule of law and actual democracy is a golden dear in Bangladesh. Almost every day perpetrators are getting impunity from the state. As a result, day by day has increasing all kinds of bad activity in my dear Bangladesh. In the same time, increase communalism very speedily. And our religious minorities are sufferings very badly.
Majority Muslims are occupying their land, torturing them and rape minority women. It is common practice. Everything has been happening in front of the eyes of government. Though, our present ruling party men al times telling that, they are non communal. But, they felt to stop the minority oppression. Still in Bangladesh has happening minority torture.
We see from the media that, ruling party men are grabbed land of minority’s. The peoples of Bangladesh have not forgotten the minority oppression after the general election of 2001. It is true that, grievous troubled was faced our minority peoples in BNP-Jammat-E-Islam alliance government regime from 2001 to 2006. In that period of BNP-Jammat ruling political party men were made violence, killings, gang rapes and destruction on the minorities.
After nine months freedom fight was born Bangladesh. And then confirmed four main components for the nation name democracy nationalism, secularism and socialism. With an almost good constitution Bangladesh had started go to in front way. Though, that constitution was not recognizing our indigenous community. Still indigenous peoples are not recognizing by the constitution.
But, within four years was breakdown and to stooped our first constitution by the national and international conspiracies with the help of anti liberation force. Present government has owned by absolute majority. If they want then it’s no matter for reestablish of the 1972 constitution. But the government has passed seven months; still they don’t have taken any measure.
The minorities of Bangladesh have witnessed large-scale violence, cultural genocide and discrimination and bias at the hands of all the successive governments in perpetual order. Having lost 30 million people, 2 and half million acres of land, hundreds of homicides, vandalisation of more than 25,000 units of minority property, scores of organized gang rapes, state sponsored violence against women and children of the minority community have been witnessed in the state of Bangladesh.
Under the gross plane of Islamization the preamble of the constitution of Bangladesh has been amended with the words “pledging that the high ideals of absolute trust and faith in the Almighty Allah…” and in the process the word “secularism” has been dropped. The constitution, in fact, makes its beginning with the words Bismillah-ar-rahman-ar-rahim. In Bangladesh, everywhere has completing Islamization. So, always minorities are target by majority Muslim.
In thie situation, we demand that the unconstitutional provision as to the state religion which is vocative of the fundamental principle of the Constitution of Bangladesh shall have to repeal. Bengali nationalism and secularism shall have to be re-established all activities of discrimination, disparity, arrests, torture, detention and oppression on the member of the religious minorities as well as general peoples shall have to be stopped.
We want repeal 5th and 8th amendments of the Constitution. We don’t want a religious state, we want a secular state. We want the re-establishment of a secular and democratic state bereft of all disparities on the basis of Bengali Nationalism in the light of the four fundamental state principles which constitute the basic consciousness of the War of Liberation. And it was a great dream of father of the nation Bangabondhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. We want equal rights in all spheres of life including defense, foreign affairs, government administration, government controlled institutions, state policy making bodies, industries and commerce. We believe that after all, without equal and balance and with inequality as a Bangalee we never can say that we are civilized nation. So, in the state everywhere should established accountability, rule of law, good governance, and actual practice of democracy.
We want more that fulfill all the legitimate demands of the aboriginal and tribal communities including preservation of their own culture and heritage and implement CHT peace Treaty. Implement vested property return act with the provision of inheritance. We want resist communalism, fundamentalism and fanaticism, should stop all kinds of religious discrimination, deprivation atrocities, persecution and harassment.
Lastly we want to say and we want demand that government immediately form a public enquiry committee for investigate of all kinds of minority oppression, harassment, loot-grabbing, rape, gang rape and also all kinds of human rights violation since independence. And only investigate is not enough, we think that those who are involved with minority oppression and human rights violation should give exemplary punishment to them. Otherwise never could to establish rule of law. If government want to do these then firstly should want re-established of our constitution 1972. Secondly immediately should finish the trial of war criminal, jail murder case and Bangabondhu murder case and should give punished to the accused. As well as, should need to stop strictly to the Islamic militant. Otherwise we have no alternative in front of us for establishing to peace and happiness. 2.8.2009
Writer: Jahangir Alam Akash, Editor of the Human Rights Today, Bangladesh
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Growth and development of information and communication technologies in Bangladesh
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Anwarul Islam, Anisur Rahman
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the present status of information and communication technology (ICT) in Bangladesh and to represent the scenario of growth and development of ICT in relation to the evolution of the information explosion with the aim of providing better library and information services in Bangladesh.
Design/methodology/approach – Documentary sources and direct observation are the major methods of this article.
Findings – To achieve the millennium development goal and to face the information revolution, Bangladesh needs a special information infrastructure. There is also an immediate need to make a dedicated decision to ensure an appropriate electronic-communication environment in the country to facilitate the use of ICT to disseminate information, building communication, marketing products and publications, and earn revenue through e-commerce.
Originality/value – The paper will be of value to researchers on Bangladesh who wish to learn more about the state of ICT in the country, as well as to librarians wishing to improve their services.
Design/methodology/approach – Documentary sources and direct observation are the major methods of this article.
Findings – To achieve the millennium development goal and to face the information revolution, Bangladesh needs a special information infrastructure. There is also an immediate need to make a dedicated decision to ensure an appropriate electronic-communication environment in the country to facilitate the use of ICT to disseminate information, building communication, marketing products and publications, and earn revenue through e-commerce.
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