Citizens for Good Governance (SHUJAN)
Citizens for Good Governance (SHUJAN) is an organization in Bangladesh. The word SHUJAN, is a Bengali word. It came from an sentence "Shushanar Janniya Nagorik - SHUJAN". The headquarter of this organization located in Mohammadpur, Dhaka.[1] SHUJAN was founded in 2002.[2]
Goals and objectives
SHUJAN's goals and objectives are to create a good government around the country.[3] It focuses mainly for creating a democratic country.[1] Often, they arrange some meetings, press conference for gaining their goals and drawing attention.[4] They try to show the lacking of election system in the country. And also they give suggestions to election commission or authority for creating a pure democratic country.[5] Not only SHUJAN tries to create good government but also it tries to solve social issues.[6] They often work with other organizations.[2]
Structure
There are four parts of SHUJAN. They are central, district, upazila and union. Central committee plays an important role by taking decisions, work plan and future initiatives.[1] The Current secretary of SHUJAN is Badiul Alam Majumdar.[5][7] Current central coordinator of this organization is Dilip Kumar Sharkar.[8]
References
- "Guiding Principles of SHUJAN". shujan.org. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- "Government Accountability in Bangladesh". thp.org.
- Ahmed, Nizam (1 July 2016). Public Policy and Governance in Bangladesh: Forty Years of Experience. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-21877-7.
- "Shujan calls for 'no vote', army for polls". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- "There will be dire consequences for the country if we have another controversial polls". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- "ASK, Shujan concerned over NSU teacher missing". The Daily Star. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- "Dire consequences if polls controversial: Shujan". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- "Zila parishad polls spoil electoral system: Shujan". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 18 January 2017.