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Madhesh, NGOs/CSOs, Critical Mass and Development

Madhesh, NGOs/CSOs, Critical Mass and Development. Anirudh Pd Sah Programme Coordinator Nepal Madhesh Foundation (NEMAF). Donors/INGOs’ Perspective. Mr. Robert Piper, UN Ambassador : Need of transparent, system based operated CSOs/NGOs Question of credibility on Madhesh based NGOs

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Madhesh, NGOs/CSOs, Critical Mass and Development

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  1. Madhesh, NGOs/CSOs, Critical Mass and Development Anirudh Pd Sah Programme Coordinator Nepal Madhesh Foundation (NEMAF)

  2. Donors/INGOs’ Perspective • Mr. Robert Piper, UN Ambassador : • Need of transparent, system based operated CSOs/NGOs • Question of credibility on Madhesh based NGOs • Effective implementation of the project/programme by Madhesh based NGOs

  3. Perspective cond…. • Dr. Spachis, Ambassador, European Union Delegation to Nepal: • Advocacy is must for developing Madhesh • Monitoring and Evaluation is inevitable

  4. Perspective cond…. • Mr. Upadhaya, a delegate from World Bank: • Perception of the state and other regarding the depth of CORRUPTON in Madhesh.

  5. What is at ground? • BLACK BUDDHA: • Ignored Hospitals • Empty colleges • Locales not get tired of blaming the leaders • Funds/Aids do not reach to actual beneficiaries

  6. What is at ……….. Cond • According to The Economist, the misuse of developmental Fund (60 to 90%) • At DDC, NGOs/CSOs and Users’ group pay commissions of up to 50%. • Rest of the fund is misused at VDC Level

  7. What is at ……….. Cond • Misuse of developmental Fund (65 to 85%) • At DDC, NGOs/CSOs and Users’ group pay commissions of up to 40%. • Rest of the fund is misused at VDC Level

  8. Why in Madhesh only ?? • Lack of proper development activities • Lawlessness • Lack of Madheshis voice in the media • Lack of political concentration towards the real issues of Madhesh • Worse situation of Water and Sanitation • Corruption in Management Committee of School • State and stakeholders not accountable to & responsible towards community

  9. Absence of Critical Mass • This critical mass nowadays simply called as Civil Society • If there is vibrant and critical mass of civil society in place, there will be less chance of existence of malpractices in the society

  10. What Does Civil Society Do? • civil society raises : • questions, • prescribes constructive suggestions and • exerts pressure on the concerned stakeholders to be accountable to people • Recent Anna Hazare civil society movement is an example.

  11. Civil Society in Madhesh?? • Few and mainly Kathmandu Centric • Almost void of vibrant and critical mass of civil society at local level in Madhesh

  12. What can be done then? • Need to create mass of vibrant and critical civil society • Strengthen them with proper information and • Train them for proper act of activism

  13. How the void can be filled? • Strengthen the local NGOs by • Enabling their offices SYSTEM BASED OPERATED • Financial Administration Regulation/policy • Staff Management Regulation/policy • Institutional Good Governance Policy • Monitoring and Evaluation Framework • Other related policies that help to run organization smoothly

  14. How the void ………..contd • Training them to manage organization as well as programme effectively and efficiently • Engaging them in civil society strengthening activities (FOCUSING YOUTH OF MADHESH) at local level

  15. Challenges • Reluctance of Madhesh led NGOs and Madheshis to change • Presence of same old genre of political local leaders in all party mechanism • Very low turn out at awareness and such programmes • Reluctance to own the public infrastructure • Low level of understanding about their rights and at the same time their strengths to be in group • Want to have prompt gain • The strengthening process will be very slow but GRADUAL

  16. Flow Process

  17. Thank you for your patience

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