the goan I network
MARGAO
As part of its ‘Making Democracy Work’ Campaign, GOACAN has launched an initiative to mobilise young voters to attend and participate in the gram sabha meetings of the village panchayats of Goa.
In a first effort, GOACAN volunteers from various Civic and Consumer Forums will approach sarpanchas to issue Welcome Letters to all youth from the village who receive their Voter Cards as new young voters.
This initiative being launched by GOACAN on January 25, National Voters Day will focus on distributing draft Welcome Letters to the sarpanch of the village panchayats with an appeal to issue the same to all the new young voters.
The welcome letter informs the youth that being on the electoral roll as a voter automatically makes them members of the Village Panchayat Gram Sabha. This entitles the youth to attend and actively participate in the 4 ordinary meetings of the gram sabha being held in April, July, October and January during the financial year April 2019 to March 2020.
The youth can also attend and actively participate in the 4 special meetings of the Gram Sabha being held on August 15, October 2, December 19 and January 26.
This 60-day initiative of GOACAN will carry on till the convening of the first gram sabha meeting in April for 2019-20 and will monitor the attendance and participation of the new young voters in various village panchayats in the 12 talukas of Goa.
