Justice Sector Facility Project (JSF) - Justice Sector Business Process Mapping, Bangladesh

To undertake a comprehensive process mapping exercise from the end to end of criminal justice cases (from police to prisons) in Bangladesh. To analyze the existing formal and informal practices and make a series of practical recommendations for future initiatives. More specifically the objectives were to:

• Better understand how the administration of justice is being managed in pilot districts (Comilla and Pabna);

• Map the formal processes, and in particular, to identify the major barriers and blockages in the administration of justice;

• Identify the informal processes that cause delay or distort the intent of formal procedures;

• Develop recommendations to improve coordination, cooperation and communication between the justice sector agencies where possible through recommendations for streamlined processes.

• Based on the findings and recommendations develop terms of reference for the design of basic systems to share case-file information that can be tested in pilot locations

• Involve government partners in a practical, results based, inter-agency process.