Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum has a General Body (GB), an Executive Board, and a Secretariat to carry out its mandate and activities. Presently, 263 NGOs are members of the general body. Any Bangladeshi NGO working and engaged in child rights activities is eligible for membership of Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum’s general body. The general body meets at least once a year to review Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum activities of the past year and approve plans and budget for the coming year, among others.
An eleven member Executive Board (EB) is elected at the Annual General Meeting for a period of two years. The Director and chief executive of the Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum Secretariat works as the ex-officio Member-Secretary of the Executive Board (EB). It is mandatory for the EB to meet four times a year. It can also meet sooner than or as often as needed. The EB formulates policies, approve action plans, monitors project activities, mobilize resources and review the coalitions overall activities. The EB is accountable to the general body.
Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum has two Advisory Committees. One is the Children Advisory Committee with nine members, constituted with representatives of participants of programs of General Body members, who are under 14 years of age. The Committee actively participates in the formulation of Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum action plans. The second nine-member Advisory Committee is formed by the EB with prominent non-partisan personalities, child rights activist and outstanding professionals, has a life of two years and meets at least twice a year. The Committee is consulted and gives opinion on Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum plan of action and program strategies.
An Advocacy Group comprising parliamentarians, representatives of International NGOs, civil society members, opinion leaders and academics, also exists. Its objectives are to raise awareness about the child rights issues and implement the CRC in their respective fields of work. This group also works as a pressure group.
The forum regularly collaborates with the relevant government agencies, UN and bilateral agencies, and international NGOs working and dealing with child rights.
Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum has a secretariat comprising a director and seven-eight staff members. For effective discharge of the functions the secretariat’s work is divided into the following units:
i) advocacy training cell, ii) support services, iii) information/documentation & research and iv) Program, policy and monitoring.
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An eleven member Executive Board (EB) is elected at the Annual General Meeting for a period of two years. The Director and chief executive of the Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum Secretariat works as the ex-officio Member-Secretary of the Executive Board (EB). It is mandatory for the EB to meet four times a year. It can also meet sooner than or as often as needed. The EB formulates policies, approve action plans, monitors project activities, mobilize resources and review the coalitions overall activities. The EB is accountable to the general body.
Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum has two Advisory Committees. One is the Children Advisory Committee with nine members, constituted with representatives of participants of programs of General Body members, who are under 14 years of age. The Committee actively participates in the formulation of Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum action plans. The second nine-member Advisory Committee is formed by the EB with prominent non-partisan personalities, child rights activist and outstanding professionals, has a life of two years and meets at least twice a year. The Committee is consulted and gives opinion on Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum plan of action and program strategies.
An Advocacy Group comprising parliamentarians, representatives of International NGOs, civil society members, opinion leaders and academics, also exists. Its objectives are to raise awareness about the child rights issues and implement the CRC in their respective fields of work. This group also works as a pressure group.
The forum regularly collaborates with the relevant government agencies, UN and bilateral agencies, and international NGOs working and dealing with child rights.
Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum has a secretariat comprising a director and seven-eight staff members. For effective discharge of the functions the secretariat’s work is divided into the following units:
i) advocacy training cell, ii) support services, iii) information/documentation & research and iv) Program, policy and monitoring.
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