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Saturday, April 17, 2010

[chottala.com] Who led Bangladeshi NGO sector? Bangladesh NGO Foundation run by BNP-jamat!



Present Government has much 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 formulas and set up criteria, which is not familiar to small NGOs and encourage the large and corporate NGOs. They are now still in important post in different ministries and other position and pushing new ideas and thought how the NGOs become corrupt and giving wrong information to Government and as well as media. These groups were played important role to dived NGO sector and blacklist ADAB as NGO's coordinating body. Till now they are active in old game?

 

After 1.5 years of the present Government, the Government has not 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 order 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.

 

When raised the question, many of them are differ with me. But now I will give information, which is also important for Bangladesh NGOs. Government has set up Bangladesh NGO Foundation. Till now the FNB who is backed by last BNP-jamat jote is running the foundation, which is sanctioning grants to NGOs for social development works. If the pro BNP-jamat policy makers led the NGO foundation who will benefit from it. The FNB founder Chairman, Vice Chairman, present Chairman and some others in the Governing body member who are closed with BNP-jamat is governing the foundation. These types of situation are also remain in other Government policy making bodies including PKSF, Grihan tahabil, MRA, SDF etc. Please kindly visit the website, www.ngofoundation.org.bd. You can also visit the partner list; most of them are newly born in last Government resume or supporter of them. What we expect from them?   

 

This also learning for us, many opportunists are trying to managed 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 peoples. 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 was their friends and well-wisher. At present AL has so many friends, but is has to consider before forming Government who was with them? that should be considerable. Otherwise dangerous situation may be arisen, which is not recoverable.

S M Nazer Hossain,
Central 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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