Mr. Rafiqul Alam Executive Director, DUS has been taken charges as Acting Director of Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh (ADAB). The decision was taken on the EC meeting held on last September 23, 2008. ADAB is the national apex body of NGOs in Bangladesh and it has been serving as a coordinating body for NGOs verses GOB, NGO-donors and NGO-CSOs. ADAB plays important roles in coordinating NGOs, GOs and other CSOs in sustainable development movement in Bangladesh. It has been works as spokesmen for local and international NGOs in Bangladesh in terms of coordination and provides technical supports. ADAB has been playing vital role in NGO to NGO and NGO to GO, NGO & donors, NGOs sectoral network, NGO and CSOs communication and coordination. ADAB represents various committees at national and local level from NGOs and trying to make coordination and liaison. Besides Mr. Rafique is devoted NGO & human rights activist and contributed a lots in NGO sector in Bangladesh and he is also serving as Chairperson of Bangladesh NGO Network of Radio and Communication (BNNRC) and HIV AIDS Alliance Bangladesh(HASAB).
Sorry to say, ADAB was blacklisted for unknown political reasons by the last ruling Government. The activities were restrained and cut off due to refrain to received foreign funds. The DG NGO Affairs Bureau was issued a letter in April 2003 not to function ADAB as representative for NGOs. ADAB was filed suit to High Court against it and it also submits another suit to release its foreign fund from NGOAB. The High Court issues order to release it's fund and stop the action of the letter of NGOAB. But the NGOAB has no action to release fund of ADAB and other innocent NGOs. As a result there was a big crisis in NGO sectors in Bangladesh . A number of national and local NGOs faced blockade to received foreign fund and even government fund is also restricted for them. Few NGOs who are closed to the immediate past government made syndicate to hold most of the government and foreign fund and deprived the others and made division in NGO sector. They are trying to establish another apex body i.e FNB as their supporter, but it is not able to represent in NGO sector. As a result ADAB and other right-based NGOs fall funding crisis and corporate NGOs promoted by government and donors. In absence of ADAB as legal coordinating body for NGOs some corporate NGOs abusing the NGOs sector and they use this opportunity and occupying all resources from local and abroad.
Bangladeshi NGOs are passing hardship to receiving foreign funds, getting government approval for new projects, all NGO related government projects channel through few syndicates NGOs. As a result lots of NGOs workers become jobless, poor and victims are not getting services from NGOs, non functioning of people voice, deadlocked grass roots level social & economic progress, threats by fundamentalists, unethical disbursement of NGOs fund and NGO selection of government departments, NGO-GO coordination totally ceased, 2-3 big NGOs handing all funds (government and foreign) and non-NGO personnel (ex GOB officials, businessmen) occupying the NGOs leadership. Finally small NGOs are depriving and going to shut down their offices.
S M Nazer Hossain Chairperson, ADAB Chittagong Chapter |
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