Ubinig Information

UBINIG is a policy and action research organization in Bangladesh, formed in 1984 by a group of activists to support peoples' movement for social, economic, political and cultural transformation. It satrted as a study circles searching for alternatives to the mainstream development intervention. The objective was to make policy making oriented to people and the process more transparent and inclusive serving the interest of the majority of the people. For us the re-search is a form of social activity that we use to achieve collective objective, and not to represent the 'other' as an object of study. We implement our observations, analysis and ideas in various community programmes. We are involved in our communities, in many different ways to transform the present for a positive future. In bangla, such engagement is known as creating conditions for the samaj to arrive. The 'samaj' literally means a community where every person develops equallly and harmoniosly with others. In short, our development practice is to resolve the contradiction and anatagonism our communities are facing in a globalised world.