Congratulations the Grand Alliance ruling Government for successful finishing the 6 months tenure. Present Government has many success, progress and has taken many initiatives in different areas of the country but the NGO sectors remain unchanged. Some of the areas are deteriorated. It was described earlier last ruling Government BNP-Jamat alliance government has created many dark stories in NGO sector in Bangladesh. They have created division in NGO sector and developed opportunists groups and promoted corporate NGOs in Bangladesh. As a result few NGOs holding and occupying the most of the Government and donor channel funds and NGOs are criticized by the civil society and others. But nobody not gone through why this situation arisen? If you gone through the process you must find out the reason why NGOs become unmanageable. The last ruling government is created this situation. As we are across the last resume and the elected democratic Government taken charges. However till now the agents of last ruling BNP-Jamat jute Government's now exist in NGO Affairs Bureau, Office of the Prime Minister and other parts of the Government. This was also alarming for us some of them has been sitting over last 07 years and has created many obstacles for progressive NGOs and promoted fundamentalist and corporate NGOs. They are created bar to progressive NGOs to getting registration, renewal of FD registration and project approval from NGO Affairs Bureau and also advice other Government departments to develop policies which makes barrier and criteria to small and right based NGOs to get Government fund also. They introduced many new formula and set up criteria which is not familiar to small NGOs and encourage the large and corporate NGOs. They are now still in NGOAB and pushing new ideas and thought how the NGOs become corrupt and giving wrong information to Government. These groups were played important role to dived NGO sector and blacklist ADAB as NGO coordinating body. Till now they are active in old game? You can get a clear picture about the present the BNP-Jamat backed NGOs are promoted by the present Government officials. You can read the news from the link below. Where government approved Tk.150 crow to 5 NGO for Social Nutrition Progarmme. But what are background of selected NGOs. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=90766. Is the NGO syndication and monopoly are exist and going smoothly right now? Are the people changes covers to become progressive and doing old game? If it is going ahead safely, this will be great loss for us. The Government and other policy makers should think it seriously? As we know Government has public procurement act which is also applicable for non profit sector. The business sector make profit from the contract but the non profit what they are gain and the same procedure maintaining both the sector. It is not realistic and justice.
After finishing of the 6 months of the present Government, the Government has no taken any initiatives to reorganized NGO sector in Bangladesh, restore ADAB as coordinating body for NGOs, not cancel the letter of NGOAB Ref. ¯§viK bs-gcwe/gvmvcÖ/8(2)/145(540) Ges bs-Gwee¨y/mc-2/ GWve/190/2002-1228 dated 19 April and 6th April 2003. Even Government has not follows the instructions of High Court regarding the issues. Government has no initiatives to re-functioning the Government NGO Consultative Council-GNCC. Some of the opportunist NGOs who are become NGO crowd-puller during the last Government resume are trying to manage present government. Finally 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, lots of NGOs workers become jobless, poor and victims are not getting services from NGOs, non functioning of peoples voice, deadlocked grass roots level social & economic growth, 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.
What we have seen, many opportunists are trying to manage the ruling party men by anyhow and become friends of ruling party men but the ruling party people must consider the background and previous history of these people. If they got incentives none will be considerable. This is terrible for all of us. These may be considers in next election. Government has to must identify who are their friends and well-wisher. At present AL has so many friends, but before 6 months who are with them, that should be considerable. Otherwise dangerous situation may be arisen, which may not be recoverable. S M Nazer Hossain, EC Member, Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh(ADAB) 1/E(1st floor) Uttar Adabor, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh Tel: 880-2-9126358, Fax: 880-2-8117756, 01713110054, 01726757788(Director) |
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