Grameen Alo is a lead/focal point of USAID funded “DAI’s PROGATI (Promoting Governance, Accountability, Transparency and Integrity) project-Strengthening Civil Society Coalitions to Support and Promote Transparency and Accountability at the Local Level”. Through direct supervision of Grameen Alo, 35 nos. of PNGOs form Bogra, Joypurhat, Rajshahi, Lalmonirhat, Dinajpur, Sirajgonj and Panchgarh districts.

During this period, Grameen Alo received technical and financial supports from DAI and successfully (i) built 53 nos. of specialized Citizens Forums as third party monitoring team to monitor government services; (ii) used community scorecard process to generate field level information; (iii) developed action plans through interference meetings with service providers and users; (iv) developed Citizen Charters and (v) arranged dialogues for national budget oversight and anti-corruption campaigns. This civic engagement mechanism for service specific accountability issues has succeeded to build a sustainable partnership between service providers and users. The organization has completed all of its assigned responsibility in a timely manner with skill and honesty.

Grameen Alo accomplished the following as a lead of the project- , I. 46,500 posters; 12,000 leaflets 33,000 sticker design, printing and delivery to PNGOs, ii. Technical supports, iii. Monitoring, IV. 61 nos. of event progress reports, v. Fund management.

Grameen Alo has “Entrepreneurship Development Network” for sustainable development and market linkage of women entrepreneur in Bogra District. We have been performing as Focal NGO with strong network with DOORBAR in Bangladesh. We have specialization on Citizen Forum & Adolescent Forum Approach. Through this forum we have been trying to enhance transparency and accountability in different service provider in Union Level, as well as providing different awareness program like i. Nutrition, ii. Sexual Rights & Reproductive Health, iii Stop Violence Against women at School & Group level.

Vision:
To establish a society where every people feel free to access their rights.

Mission:
To enhance knowledge based skill development of backward people by different program implementation and help to increase transparency and accountability of service providing agencies by people’s participation so that they become able to establish themselves as earnable and dignified citizen by secure their rights.

Goal:
The Goal of the organization is to empower disadvantaged group of people with skill and knowledge so that they can protect their rights and develop themselves as respected and productive citizen.

Objective:
To build up backward people as self- reliant, by involving them in economic activities and their livelihood development besides ensuring their rights.

Special Objective:

• To empower women with knowledge and skill which are necessary for their empowerment
• Involve women in income generating activities by developing them as women entrepreneurs so that they become economically and socially empowered.
• To create/strengthen local women leaders so that can participate in the movement of reducing violence against women
• Empowerment of Women & Girls to Promote and access Information & Communication Technology.
• To develop a system so that the tortured women & girls feel free to access legal supports
• To reduce Gender inequality in the family as well as in the society
• To ensure that the person with disability have the opportunity to reach full potentiality
• Develop capacity of local people so that they can ensure quality services in their area.
• Beside ensuring people’s rights involving them into rights based activities
• Play a vital role to increase transparency and accountability of service providing agencies.
• Ensure dignity and empowerment of women by reducing discrimination between male and female.
• To empower local civil societies so that they can combat local level corruption practices
• Strengthening local GoB through Ensuring citizen’s participation.

By the constitution of Grameen Alo, the organization is running under the following two types of committee

General Committee of the Organization:

This committee is formed by the founder members of the organization. She/he always looks after for organization betterment and play role for communication with donors. Liaison with different ministry level and also with NGOAB has been regularized and followed by this committee. The General committee also look after the wings of the organization that is working effectively or not so that the member‘s are sit with the focal person of every project quarterly based and get update result of ongoing programs. The committee also look after of formation of Executive Committee; Constitutional Amendment/reforms; Ensure Accountability of EC members.

Executive Committee:

This committee is formed by the vote of General members of the organization. It is a 09 members committee, which have the following functions: Approve of Projects/Programs, Approve of recruitment of employee, Prepare yearly Income & expenditures Budget, prepare Strategic Plan for the Organization. They also follow up monitoring and evaluation team for have attention of program.

Members of the Executive Committee:

SL	Name	Designation	Qualification	Profession	Photo
01	Asrafun Nahar	Chairman	LLB	Coordinator (BLAST)
02	Md. Azizul Haque	Vice Chairman	M.S.S	Professor
03	Ms. Ferdoushi Begum	General Secretary	M.A	Social Worker
04	Md. Sajedul Islam	Asst. General Secretary	B.A	Social Worker & Ex. Army Officer
05	Sabina Yesmin Swety	Treasurer	M.A	Retired NOG worker (TMSS)
06	Bedana Khatun	Women Affairs Secretary	MSS	School Teacher (BRAC)
07	Mst. Shamima Akter	Publication Secretary	BA	NGO worker (GBS)
08	Sultana Razia	Member	BA	Retired NOG worker (Proshika)
09	Mst. Tanvina Islam Tania	Member	HSC	Women Entrepreneur

• Association of Developing Agencies in Bangladesh (ADAB)
• National Forum of Organizations Working with Disabled (NFOWD)
• Doorbar Network (NARIPOKKHO)
• Disadvantaged Adolescents Working NGOS forum (DAWN)
• SPEED Network
• SAJAGG Network

• Global Fund For Women
• Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
• Mannusher Janno Foundation (MJF)
• Action Aid Bangladesh (AAB)
• USAID-PROGATI (DAI)
• Center for Disabilities in Development (CDD)
• NGO Forum For Public Health
• Relief International (RI)
• South Asia Partnership (SAP) Bangladesh
• Bangladesh NGO Foundation (BNF)
• Human Development Foundation (HDF)
• USC Canada-Bangladesh
• Department of Women Affairs (DWA)

Our working approach aims that the focal target people will actively participate in the decision making process and this is done through their REFLECT Circles. The REFLECT Circles are the forums where the beneficiaries gathered weekly and discuss all the issues which affect their lives, share their concerns and makes collective decision to solve the issues. Finally, they setup their future activities for a month following the issues. Thus the capacity of women as leader is incising and they are learning about the principles of human rights. Also Grameen Alo involves community people and local administration in addressing the situations peoples who need care and protection.

Strategies

• Listening to the community people and our work be guided by their views, suggestions and feeling;
• Encouraging women to involve in Income Generating Activities;
• Entrepreneurship development through forming specific IGA based women’s Associations;
• Encouraging women to participate in the movement of reducing violence against women
• Involve print media, legal support providers agencies, GO/NGOs and community people to stop women rights in the country;
• Self Help Group Development;
• Networking/Linkage build up with other organizations concerned with development and human rights in the country;
• Information dissemination through Dialogues/Campaigns;

Grameen Alo has developed its financial system from the beginning of the organization. Now the financial system is running under the Financial Policy of the organization, the organization updates its policy, if necessary.

To ensure a transparent and accountable financial system the financial policy has the following item:

1. Every project will have separate Bank Account;
2. Computerized accounting system;
3. Staff salary will be paid through their own Bank Account;
4. 03 members purchase committee will be formed by the EC;
5. Every purchase of above Taka 20,000/- will be made by Quotation from at least 03 vendors;
6. Every purchase of above Taka 20,000/- will be made by account Payee Cheque;
7. Quarterly Financial report must be submitted to the EC;
8. Internal Auditor will audit the transactions;
9. Yearly External Audit should be confirmed by any authorized audit farm; etc.

Overall Management of Grameen Alo
By the constitution of Grameen Alo, the organization is running under the following two types of committee.

General Committee:
This committee is formed by the founder members of the organization. The roles of the committee are:

1. Formation of Executive Committee;
2. Constitutional Amendment/reforms;
3. Ensure Accountability of EC;

Executive Committee:
This committee is formed by the vote of General members of the organization. It is a 09 members committee, which have the following functions:

1. Approve of Projects/Programs;
2. Approve of recruitment of employee
3. Prepare yearly Income & expenditures Budget
4. prepare Strategic Plan for the Organization

The organization has a monitoring and evaluation system. Under the system every activities is monitored by a monitoring team. The monitoring team reports to the Executive Director with necessary suggestions. The organization ensures accountability of the staffs through the monitoring system. Finally, every projects/programs are evaluated at the end of every fiscal year. Depending on the monitoring & evaluation report the organization takes necessary actions to achieve the objective project/program.