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.
This development is made known in a statement released by Laoulu Akande, the
Senior Special Assistant – Media and publicity to the office of the Vice
President on Sunday October 18 2015.
According
to the release, 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.
Interested participants are enjoined to access www.nema.gov.ng/nehmse for better details
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