In furtherance of
the determination of the Buhari administration to bring relief, restoration and
rehabilitation back to Internally Displaced Persons in the North-East, a 2-Day
Engagement Forum with local and international stakeholders will be holding next
week in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The forum which
ensure an efficient coordination and create synergy of purpose in the
humanitarian intervention efforts for the North-East, between Federal
Government and Non-Governmental Organizations, a 2-Day “North-East
Humanitarian Multi-Stakeholder Engagement, themed Coordination, Communication and
Cooperation is being convened by the Presidency and the National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA) .
The engagement
forum will hold next week Tuesday October 27, 2015 at the Multi-Purpose Hall in
the Borno State Government House.
The
forum is expected
to establish a framework for coordination by bringing key stakeholders together
to produce a blueprint for best practices and ensure an articulated response to emergencies and
humanitarian challenges like the present situation in the three most affected
states of the North East; Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe States.
This interactive
forum with relevant international and local NGOs, development partners, aid & donor
agencies will create an enabling platform to discuss the most efficient
approaches to adopt towards complementing efforts of the Federal and State
Governments with specialized services in the affected areas and thereby ensure
a sustained and coherent system for social services delivery in the region.
It will put in
focus, the desirability for complementary, results-driven, goals-targeted
collaboration of efforts among the Federal and State Governments, Non
Governmental Organizations’ and other stakeholders within the framework of the
Federal Government’s plan in both the short and long term.
The forum will also
strengthen stakeholders' coordination and management efforts, in order to
ensure that NGOs are provided with adequate capacity for optimal service
delivery as well as services provided by these NGOs having the widest impact in
target areas.
Stakeholders are
expected to deliberate on a workable draft that harmonizes the joint efforts
concerned with the Internally Displaced and Nigerian refugees in general.
This engagement
forum with the active involvement of NEMA and other developmental partners is
expected to achieve improvement in the coordination of relevant stakeholders,
harmonized channels for supporting humanitarian assistance, mapping and endorsing sound protocol for
sharing information between stakeholders and the public.
Participating
NGOs will be eligible for the grants programme of the Presidential Initiative for the North
East (PINE), a program designed to run
for 12 months with the goal of increasing the impact of NGO activities in the
North East.
They will also
benefit from a 6-month training program by PINE aimed at building their
capacities in project reporting, monitoring, alternative dispute resolution and
financial management. Participants that require specialized programme training
will also be catered for.
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