Bamunia Union has announced the open budget for the financial year 2020-2021. An open budget announcement ceremony was held in the Union Parishad hall maintaining social distance to prevent the spread of corona across the country on 4 June 2020,. Union Parishad Chairman Waheduzzaman Bullet presided over the open budget announcement ceremony in collaboration with Udayankur Seba Sangstha (USS) and ActionAid Bangladesh. UP Secretary Mst. Ashika Tanbin announces the budget of Union Parishad for the financial year 2020-2021. In the open budget session facilitated by Ripon Islam, President of Arpan Youth Organization of the Union, Bonya Rani Roy, a member of the youth organization, presented the youth budget ideas at the beginning. He presents expectations and recommendations for youth and women-friendly budget formulation.
“Budget Thoughts of Youth" an online survey conducted by Activista that’s results are reported. In his speech, the President said that the initiative taken by the youth organizations to make the budget activities of the Union Parishad participatory during the Corona period is very commendable. He pledged to include the demands of the youth in the project and to involve more youth organizations in the development activities of the union.
Prepared by: Nirmal Ray, Project Coordinator, Action for Impact (A4I) Project, Udayankur Seba Sangstha (USS), Nilphamari