Public Hearings - How to do it? A note for all involved in regulatory government agencies
We hope that these government and semi-government agencies would start delivering their promise, instead of dhappa-bajiing that they are doing talking (mostly unnecessary) things in front of TV cameras stealing prime-time exposures. Get the exposure, no problem, but give something concrete to the societies. Hold public hearings - if you want to do that, the following might be helpful for you!
There is not much to say here, we would only repeat something that we have been saying for long.
Let public a forum or forums to express them in a orderly fashion. You will be surprised to find out how energy from the street becomes constructive and engaging.
As long as these type of exposure outlet is absent for the general public, politicians of the past will continue to put words in the mouth of public, they will do things in the name of public, without meaning any good for the public.
Spend a day or two reading these links or find out similar documents that are more relevant to your situation. Say for example, we have not given any example here about how to do hearing on regulatory reforms. That would have been useful for Dr. Akbar Ali Khan, the Regulatory Reforms Commission. However, since he seemed to be an expert in every subject imaginable, we thought he at least knows how to use the google or some other search engines :):)
We hope that some of you heed to these words.
Hearings and Information Sessions (see how things are scheduled upfront. Why can you also do this?)
Oral Hearing Format Under the Agricultural Operations Practices Act
The Health Canada Policy Toolkit for Public Involvement in Decision Making
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/pubs/public-consult/2000decision/index_e.html
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2006-8
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2006/n2006-8.htm
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/transcripts/2007/tb1211.htm
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Transcripts 2007 http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/transcripts/2007/index.htm
Truckee Community Development Department Public Hearing Information Sheet
http://www.townoftruckee.com/pdfforms/pubhear.pdf
The Role and Practice of Legislative Hearings in Democracies: Examples from Germany and the United States
http://www.iknowpolitics.org/files/NDI%20-%20Role%20and%20Practice%20of%20Legislative%20Hearings%20in%20Democraci.pdf
Links for Public Hearings in Canadian Election Commission
http://www.elections.ca/loi/com/Redistribution/red04_e.html
UK Electoral Commission - Consultation summaries http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/toolkit/documents.cfm/60
An item from the Changemakers.net:
Anti-corruption initiatives carried out through citizen empowerment (Civil Society Anti-corruption Project)
http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/node/829
An Example of Public Hearing the Local Government Level (Can be replicated in District or lower Level)
LAKE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Boards_And_Commissions/LAFCO/Public_Hearing_Notices.htm
Another two examples for local governemnt
Planning Commission Public Notices - City of Malibu
http://www.ci.malibu.ca.us/index.cfm?fuseaction=nav&navid=388
PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE VACATION OF EXCESS RIGHT-OF-WAY AT 540-544 VICTORIA STREET
If you thought some of the ideas are worth of your reading time, please forward it to others. If you have an ear to the columnists in regular traditional media, please forward it to them. If you have an ear to the journalists and news editors of the electronic media, discuss it with them. Hope they would look at the suggestions and give due diligence.
Thanks for your time,
Innovation Line
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Dear readers, also, if you thought the article was important enough so it should come under attention of the head of the government please forward the message to them. Email address for the Chief Advisor: feeedback@pmo.gov.bd_ or at http://www.cao.gov.bd/feedback/comments.php . The more of you forward it to them, the less will be the need to go back to street agitation. Use ICT to practice democracy. It is already proven that this government responds to the feedback.
Send to these Commissions (some of these commissions may not yet exists, still we mention them anyway to stress a point)
A. BSTI: info@bsti.gov.bd_
B. PSC: Secretary@bpsc.gov.bd_
C. UGC: ehaque@ugc.gov.bd_
chairman@yahoo.com_
D. BTRC : btrc@btrc.gov.bd_
E. Energy Commission: Telephone 880-2-8627434 (No email found)
F. Privatization Commission: pc@bdonline.com_ (They have one of the worst govt. website that we have seen!)
G. Election Commission: becs.info@gmail.com_
H. Press Institute: (Seems like they have a website address which has expired its registration?!!!)
http://www.pib.gov.bd/
http://www.moi.gov.bd/PIB.htm
I. Competition Commission (newly proposed?)
J. Consumer Rights Commission (newly proposed)
K. Local Government Commission (newly proposed?)
L. National Housing Commission (newly proposed?)
M. Private Sector Employee Rights Commission (newly proposed?)
N. National Media Commission (newly proposed?)
O. Commission to Enable Digital Economy (newly proposed?)
P. Transportation Commission (newly proposed?)
Also send to your favourtie TV channel:
Channel i: http://www.channel-i-tv.com/contact.html
ATN Bangla: mtplive@atnbangla.tv_
NTV: info@ntvbd.com_
RTV: info@rtvbd.tv_
BTV: info@btv.gov.bd_
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