About Our Project

The UN Democracy Fund is supporting The Hunger Project-Bangladesh (THP) to implement a  project titled: ‘ MDG Unions: Building Participatory Democracy From the Bottom Up in Rural Bangladesh’ in partnership with BRAC, which is a comprehensive strategy to build capacity, document and demonstrate the impact of ten Union Parishads who are empowered to achieve all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). …

Open Budget Discussion held at Aloya Union Parishad

In significant step forward in making Union Parishad (UP) transparent and accountable, Aloya Union Parishad, with the support from UNDEF funded MDG Union project implemented by The Hunger Project, for the first time announced its Budget  for FY 2013 – 2014 through an ‘Open Budget Discussion’ at UP auditorium on 19 June, 2013. More than 150 participants form elected public …

MoU Signing Ceremony between THP and Aloya Union Parishad

On 8th June 2013 the Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony between The Hunger Project Bangladesh and Aloya Union Parishad was held at Aloya Union Parishad auditorium. The MoU reaffirm the commitments of THP and Aloya UP to strengthen local governance through building the capacity of both the elected local government bodies, GO functionaries and grassroots civil society to work together …

Project Orientation

A daylong orientation programme for staff of the project of ‘MDG Unions: Building Participatory Democracy From the Bottom Up in Rural Bangladesh’ was held in Democracy International, Amirabad, Mymonsingh on 25th May 2013. The objective of the orientation was to familiarize the staff with the project goals and objectives, expected output, outcomes, results and intervention framework. The MDG Unions project, …

People’s Empowerment, Poverty Eradication and Good Governance: A Vision for Development Strategy for Bangladesh

People’s Empowerment, Poverty Eradication and Good Governance: A Vision for Development Strategy for Bangladesh1 Afreen Alam Master degree Candidate, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University August 2004 To critique any country’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), one must first and foremost concede to and understand one fundamental point: it is a strategy paper that does not envision eradication …