Election
Monitoring
Elections plays a vital role to ensure democracy and good governance
in a democratic state. Our ultimate goal is to establish good
governance, fair trial for all, and a humanist nation.
We have been
monitoring elections since 1996. We have produced a strong election
monitoring team that monitors the pre and post election environment.
Over the last parliamentary elections in 2001 we have deployed
more than 10,000 election observer to observe the election throughout
the country.
ED of Democracywatch observes election in Denmark
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We also
observe the local government body's election.
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Media
Monitoring
Mediawatch unit of Democracywatch monitors media specially electronic
media like state owned and private TV channels focusing the political
coverage gives to the ruling and the opposition parties in their
news time. We produce report base on the study.
Democracy
Festival
It is an another popular event of Democracywatch to disseminate
information and aware local people about democracy and democratic
norms and culture.
Commerce
Minister visits stall at Chittagong Democracy Festival
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It includes
exhibitions, seminars, open speech, discussions, debate etc. Embassies
of the matured democratic countries, UN bodies working here in
Bangladesh,
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EU
member states and many more local and international organizations
usually take part in the festival for providing information about
their mission and functioning.
Local
Government
Initiatives
Creating awareness
and demand amongst constituencies on the role and functions of
local government and initiate policy debates/deliberations through
MPs to accelerate the process of establishing a responsive and
effective local government system in Bangladesh.
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