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.