CDMP Project forcing NGOs to Corruption?
Greeting from ADAB Chittagong Chapter! As we are well-known the Bangladesh Government under the MoFDM has been implementing Comprehensive Disaster Management Project (CDMP) in different coastal districts of Bangladesh. Before they are accused and have criticisms to NGO recruitment by the CDMP for CRA project. Now CDMP has open another window to justify the NGOs in corruption and accordingly CDMP invites EOI from Union Disaster Management Committee (UDMCs) on last 29.8.2008 at daily Prothom Alo. In the advertisement CDMP says each UDMC submit 02 projects and recruit NGO as technical partner of the project. After onward NGOs are going to mange UDMCs by any how and maintain unfair business to getting chance. Some corporate NGOs are trying to manage all the UDMCs and there is competition for unfair business.. What will be happen if the policy is implement, NGOs will creak-down to link the Union Parishads and their bad practices, 10% services charges will provide by UP to NGOs. We know from the independent of our country UPs are corrupted with out money nobody works here, but now NGOs are getting contract under UP. Is it really suitable for NGOs? Or NGOs forcing to link with UPs corruption? Many corporate & Dhaka based NGOs who have close contact with CDMP PIU's consultants are making lobby for getting chance to work as technical partner of UDMCs. At the same way many NGOs were selected as partner of CDMP CRA activities before. After end of the project period most of them turn-back and all the services goes under water and now they are trying to get fresh contract. Many criticism about the NGO recruitment under CDMP project and their irregularities and have conducted few investigations from the Government, but the result is same. Because who are main culprits till now in position. It is noted last year 11 NGOs selected for CRA activities in Cox's Bazar only 01 NGO from Chittagong and rest 10 was recruited by the consultant team from Dhaka.
Now we have clear concern about NGO technical partner should be recruited by the CDMP PIU not under the UDMCs and they will reports to CDMP. If we do so, then it will be get more benefit for the project, otherwise NGOs will link with the present UP's corruption process and Government and donors will blame the whole NGOs are corrupted? If the recruitment process is corruption oriented, how we can got the pure result. Besides it also very much familiar with large NGOs who has multistoried building & maintained unfair business. Few selected NGOs who have close contact with PMU will get priority and make syndicate.. CDMP is a humanitarian services for the vulnerable disaster victims in coastal areas. I was proved any disaster mitigation participation of local people is most important, if we select corporate NGOs from Dhaka involve of local people become bar, few corporate NGOs will handle and control the entire fund and that will be encourage the unfair business. As per point of local NGOs, ADAB would like to express our anxiety to reconstitute this clause and NGOs technical partner should be selected under CDMP and local NGOs based in the working location will be given preference.
S M Nazer Hossain Chairperson ADAB Chittagong Chapter Email: adab.chittagong@yahoo.com Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh(ADAB) Chittagong Chapter House # 11 Road # 01, Block-B Chandgaon R/A, Chittagong-4212 Tel: 880-31-670302, 01713-110054 (chair) E-mail: adab.chittagong@yahoo.com |
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