09/25/2024

In a meeting held by TSDO at Balkh province, the problems of non-Emirate organizations collected in the previous meetings were shared face-to-face with the officials of Emirate through panel.
In this panel, besides, the representative of the Balkh province, representatives of various sectors (Directorate of Education, Director of Amr-e-Bil Maruf, the Deputy of Public Health, the Deputy of Directorate of Economy, Representative of Immigration department, Representative of Industry and Commerce, Representative of Information & Culture, Representatives of Agriculture and Tribal Affairs) participated.
The aim of the above panel was to address the issues and concerns of NGOs, and for the betterment of coordination and collaboration of sectorial departments, in which the NGOs shared their concerns and issues face-to-face with the related sectors.
First, the TSDO’s Balkh office Provincial Coordinator Mr. Jalal Sherzad and Finance Assistant welcomed the participants of the panel, then, Khalil-u-Rahman Rahmani delivered the opening speech, and presented comprehensive information about the mentioned panel. In addition to that, the representatives of the ACBAR talked on the obstacles and challenges that the NGOs are facing, and asked the Emirate Agencies for better coordination.
The representatives of the Emirate Agencies one by one talked on the important role that NGOs are playing, and assured the Non-Emirate Agencies of their cooperation and coordination, and asked the NGOs to design their project according to the needs of the society and coordination of related sectors. So that, during signing the MoU, your project and activities don’t face with delay or problems.
During this panel, the participants raised questions, they asked: when we are conducting the first survey assessment (baseline), we face several issues and challenges. The DFAs are not cooperating as is needed.
The participant appreciated this panel and thanked the TSDO’s representatives. They said, that this kind of meetings can help in improving relationship among Emirate and Non-Emirate Agencies.
At the end the conclusion of the pane was shared with participants. And the sectorial departments representatives asked that NGOs are welcomed to share their issues and concerns with us in our monthly meetings.
In this meeting they talked on the capacity building need of new and local NGOs. At the end, the Directorate of the Economy and TSDO jointly agreed that they will continue to work together in capacity building with these local NGOs.