City Desk :
Bangladesh has drafted the national governance assessment framework through extensive discussion and consultation in the wake of the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The framework will clearly identify challenges and opportunities to improve the quality of governance in the country. It will also identify specific markers for the government and civil society to intervene, and set benchmarks for SDG16 monitoring.
The observations came yesterday in a regional workshop titled “National Governance Assessment Framework (NGAF)” held in Circuit House conference hall in Rajshahi.
Governance Innovation Unit (GIU) of the Prime Minister’s Office and Commissioner Office of Rajshahi division jointly organized the workshop in association with UNDP.
With Divisional Commissioner Abdul Hannan in the chair, Abdul Halim, Director General of GIU, addressed the workshop as chief guest. Member of Human Rights Commission Prof Dr Akter Hossain and Prof Dr Mobasser Monem from Department of Public Administration in Dhaka University spoke as resource persons.
More than 30 persons comprising government and non-government officials concerned, civil society representatives, media personnel, educationists and public representatives attended the workshop.
Taking part in group discussions on five thematic areas covering Rule of Law; Transparency, Accountability and Corruption; Institutional Effectiveness; Participation and Responsiveness; and Equity, the participants put forward a set of recommendations on how to make the themes more effective and meaningful.
They also deliberated on the types of data and the data management systems required populating the assessment framework.
Discussions also conceptually clarified the relationship between the national governance assessment framework and related efforts to measure progress and performance, such as reporting and monitoring of the 7th Five Year Plan and SDG commitments.
Chief Guest Abdul Halim reaffirmed the commitment of the Government as well, underlining that every structure of the government was willing and ready to take the NGAF towards its logical conclusion.
He also said the framework will be prepared in consultation with more other government officials, civil society and academicians.
Bangladesh has drafted the national governance assessment framework through extensive discussion and consultation in the wake of the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The framework will clearly identify challenges and opportunities to improve the quality of governance in the country. It will also identify specific markers for the government and civil society to intervene, and set benchmarks for SDG16 monitoring.
The observations came yesterday in a regional workshop titled “National Governance Assessment Framework (NGAF)” held in Circuit House conference hall in Rajshahi.
Governance Innovation Unit (GIU) of the Prime Minister’s Office and Commissioner Office of Rajshahi division jointly organized the workshop in association with UNDP.
With Divisional Commissioner Abdul Hannan in the chair, Abdul Halim, Director General of GIU, addressed the workshop as chief guest. Member of Human Rights Commission Prof Dr Akter Hossain and Prof Dr Mobasser Monem from Department of Public Administration in Dhaka University spoke as resource persons.
More than 30 persons comprising government and non-government officials concerned, civil society representatives, media personnel, educationists and public representatives attended the workshop.
Taking part in group discussions on five thematic areas covering Rule of Law; Transparency, Accountability and Corruption; Institutional Effectiveness; Participation and Responsiveness; and Equity, the participants put forward a set of recommendations on how to make the themes more effective and meaningful.
They also deliberated on the types of data and the data management systems required populating the assessment framework.
Discussions also conceptually clarified the relationship between the national governance assessment framework and related efforts to measure progress and performance, such as reporting and monitoring of the 7th Five Year Plan and SDG commitments.
Chief Guest Abdul Halim reaffirmed the commitment of the Government as well, underlining that every structure of the government was willing and ready to take the NGAF towards its logical conclusion.
He also said the framework will be prepared in consultation with more other government officials, civil society and academicians.
