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The first in-house meeting of the project took place on 4th June 2003 at 1:30 pm.
The following decisions
have been made with immediate effect: ![]() ![]() ![]() Ms. Zohora Zafar has been assigned to take minutes of the meetings. |
- Tracking, scanning, and filing of news on Local Government issues have been completed from 1st May to 13th May 2003. - Filing of published
news and articles from 14th May till the 28th is under process. - Basic information
on Pourashava (Municipality) and City corporation has been rounded up.
- Survey methodology
has been developed and some tools have been prepared to assist the content
analysis of Local Government issues. - A draft outline
has been drawn up for the Journalists' Training Manual. - Tangail Pourashava,
Dhaka City Corporation, and in terms of Union Parishad, Mymensingh Upazila
have been selected for the project interventions. Initially, three unions
have been selected. They are:
- Two sessions (one with NGOs and another one with the UP people) have been conducted during Mymensingh visit on Thursday, 5th June 2003. First Meeting
at Democracywatch, Mymensingh office. Second meeting
at Dapunia. |
- Monthly media report
on Local Government issues. - Prepare tools and
questionnaire for content analysis regarding the survey. - Fieldwork is starting
this week for the content analysis survey. - Liaising with the
projected Union Parishads, Tangail Pourashava and the Dhaka City Corporation
officials is starting this week. - Develop a database
of the elected UP, Municipality and City Corporation representatives of
the target area. - Identify MPs who
are in favor of local government system and establish liaison with them. |