SDSD Project has been working for establishing good governance since April 2004. Objective of the project is to make the Local Government transparent and accountable and to regain the people’s confidence in the governance simultaneously. The SDSD project is going forward efficiently with some practical programmes to achieve the proposed goal. “Dialogue Session” is one of the significant programmes that have been playing an important role towards achieving that goal. The “Dialogue Session” is held between UP and the community on the Union’s development. The implementation of the plan moves forward smoothly through coordination of all opinions and active participation of all stakeholders.
Development plan of the local government or UP is prepared in a participatory manner. The process starts from village level and ends with the implementation and evaluation of a coordinated development plan prepared at the Union level. Partner NGOs (PNGOs) help the Community Based Organisations (CBOs) in developing the community plan that finally changes into the Ward Plan through compilation with the help of the Ward Members. Then the Ward Plan is added to the ‘Union Development Plan’ and makes a significant contribution to the development of the area. The method is termed as ‘participatory development process’ in this project. Notably, CBOs identify their own needs during the primary stage of the development plan. As a result, villagers become able to contribute to the development of their villages actively. It can be safely said that the village and ward plan are the reflections of the needs of the villagers.
However, “Dialogue Session” has been implemented since the inception of the project and it has been reviewed over the time to meet the contemporary demands. This is the 3rd edition of the ‘Dialogue Session”. Continuous changes in the activities bear the evidence of dynamism. The approach of the dialogue session has been changed. Now it is done more spontaneously. The steps followed while editing this version, as done with the 1st and 2nd edition, are: 1) Study of old and relevant documents; 2) Organise sharing meetings with the involved staff; 3) Develop the draft of the dialogue session; 4) Field testing; 5) Dry run after incorporating the findings from the field test; 6) Organise sharing meeting with staff and prepare the final draft manual. Through this process, the dialogue session is made effective to contribute significantly in ensuring good governance in the local System. The local government is also supposed to make every process participatory to ensure transparency and accountabilit
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