| Open budget session | One open pre-budget and one final budget meeting in a year by incorporating local people; meeting: 60 days before the financial year | Major functions are to discuss and debate budgetary priorities; and prepare a budget for the next year and approve previous budget |
| Ward Shava | A Ward Shava consists of each ward with all the voters; The respective UP member and female member will act as chairman and adviser, respectively; each ward to organize at least two meetings annually; and the quorum: five percent of the total voters of that ward | Among 7 functions and 4 responsibilities: reviewing all the development activities and providing necessary support; facilitating development planning; preparing and transferring final lists of SSNP beneficiaries and overseeing the progress of schemes; and uniting people of the ward, building organizations and social awareness programs and arranging sports and cultural programs |
| Village court | A court consists of a chairman and four members: of four members, two members from community people out of UP; and meeting: at least once in a week | A court can deal with cases of criminal and civil natures, where the amount sought for compensation falls below or equal BDT 75,000 (US$900) |
| Standing committees and others | 13 standing committees on specific functional matters lead by a UP member with five to seven members and other co-opt person; and organize meeting at least bi-monthly | Monitoring the activities of service providers and giving feedback to the general people; give planning support to the service provider and monitor the implementing process; and provide regular reports to the UP |
| Local election | UP election held after every five year interval | Direct avenues to make the representative accountable |
| Access to information | Every citizen has the right to obtain information from the UP in any time | Provide the information upon the citizen’s request; and UP publishes the Citizen’s Charter |