In order to provide quality training we are determined to keep the class size small. We would only invite those people to join who have finished their formal education (graduation/Masters). Besides, we would be interested in someone who has a lot of time, commitment, sincerity and flexibility. We try to organize an open day prior to enrollment where interested people can come and find out more about the course before they decide to join in. Finally, we assess the level of interest in students through interviews. Sometimes if we feel necessary we arrange for written tests to be taken.

In order to make the course self-sustained in the end, we intend to charge a minimum fee of Tk. 4500. The target students will be university/college graduates, NGO workers. They may be former students of HRD or new entrants.

The course is accredited. During the training period the students will conduct an opinion poll or a social survey on an issue close to home. Each student has to hand in the report of her/his work at the end of 2½ months of training. . They will be evaluated on the basis of the report. Besides, during the class time they will get opportunities to evaluate their own development through filling out self- audit grids.

Moreover, through out the internship period the students have to record their experiences in a process diary. We will only consider they have successfully completed the internship programme when they submit the diary to GGTP department at the end of the internship period.

On completion of the training they will receive a certificate from Democracywatch and a recommendation letter from the institution where they will be placed for internship.

After 2½ months of training the students will be discharged for internship, which will last for 1½ months. They will work as interns either in our projects or be placed with other NGOs, companies or the parliament house. During this time they will record their development or experiences in a process diary.

Democracywatch is in the process of developing a coalition on good governance with a few other partners. For your information, Transparency International Bangladesh, ActionAid Bangladesh, Khan Foundation, BELA, BLAST, FEMA and COAST are the core group of the coalition. Previously, our students have been placed in BELA and Proshika other than Democracywatch. We are also working on including companies in the internship curriculum. Besides, we have designed a project where the best of our students will work inside the parliament house with important MPs. The project is in the process of development but hopefully the 2nd batch will be able to take advantage of it.

However, it should be clarified that the students will not receive any salary or allowance during this period. But those who are nominated to work as interns to MPs will receive some spending money.

The department will regularly maintain a register. This is to provide evidence that you have satisfactorily completed the prescribed programme of study. Each student is expected to have at least 75% of attendance. This is a requirement to be considered for a certificate. If you are unable to attend through illness or for some other unavoidable reason, please do your best to let your tutors know in advance.

GGTP has its own library. It has valuable books, journals, newsletters on democracy, good governance, human rights, environment. It is a developing library. Every month we are buying new books on the basis of the needs of our students. The students of GGTP can also use the HRD library. It has a good collection of books on how to improve your English, learn computing and also interesting storybooks for relaxation. However, most of the books in GGTP library are reference copies. We do not want to charge students for the use of this library but they have to pay for photocopying pages from these books. But anyone who is not a member cannot borrow books from the HRD library. Membership fee of the HRD library for the course period is Tk. 100.
Moreover, our library has the status of a corporate member with the British Council Library. We can bring a number of books and videos from there. If you need to borrow a book related to your course from the British Council Library you could place a request in our library with the signature of your GGTP course tutor.

 

It is a forum of ex-students. It organizes many interesting activities, trips, events for the members. The membership fee for a year is tk. 100. During this time members enjoy free membership of the library.
 

Students can use the photocopier in the library. Most of the books in GGTP library are reference copies. Therefore students might have to use our photocopying services to photocopy pages from reference books and handouts. For each page the library charges Tk 1.00.
 

There is a computer in the library especially allocated for the use of GGTP students. Since there is only one computer for 10 students it is better to book sessions beforehand to avoid misunderstanding, especially during rush period i.e. when it is time to hand in reports at the end of the training.