The Governance and its Structure:
While ETU foundation formed and formally got government registration, since then it has two structure of governance. One is generally committee (GC) and another is high powered executive committee (EC) that formed by general committee members’ through democratic voting system. The executive committee represents and reportable to the general committee. The governance structure of ETU Foundation will answer to the interested stakeholders and will realize them how a system leads the ETU foundation as NGO to operate different program project with accountable manner. The executive committee seats on quarterly basis for planning, approving and develop policies and decision making different activities along with financial transaction that was undertaken by ETU foundation. The general committee members’ seats once in a year where executive committee presents their all required approving issues. The general secretary on behalf of the EC presents all subjective issues in GC meeting for approval with making a resolution where all members should have to put their sign of consent of decision and approval. ETU Foundation has a seven members’ executive committee and twenty one members general committee of whom responsible to protect the ETU foundation and its all type of resources with an obligatory matter. The list of EC has been furnished in annexure-2.
Project Beneficiaries, Participants and Communities:
ETU Foundation has been committed to work directly with vulnerable and destitute individual women, men, children, girls and boys youths, girls and boys adolescents, disabled and differently skilled individuals, risk communities for changing their economic conditions and social position with a view to enhance empowerment and diversified leadership that enable them to raise collective voices for enjoying their rights and entitlement of services. Moreover, sometimes individual beneficiaries and communities selection process is being followed through selection criteria of which usually was described in the project proposal(s) where donor(s) are committed to provide funding support for the implementation of project interventions.
Geographical coverage:
ETU Foundation started to work with communities initially in Patherghata of Jhaudanga of Satkhira. But now they are committed and enthusiastic to work especially in hard to reach areas, vulnerable and risk areas in Satkhira district where peoples are very deprived in all respect in having services to improve their livelihoods, employment, food security other needs for improvement of quality of live index. Moreover, FTU foundation is also interested to work in other parts of the Bangladesh in following the vulnerable individual and communities selection criteria while donor’s financial support would be sufficiently available.