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Seminar on the role of NGOs held

Dependence on foreign funds should be curbed
Proper coordination and understanding between the Stale. Local Governments and NGOs was stressed for sustain able rural development tn a day long seminar yesterday held under the auspices of Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) here, re ports BSS
The seminar, on the role of NGOs In rural development, held al the BIBM auditorium, also observed that dependence on foreign funds should be curbed tn this regard to ensure the king term sustainability in
BIBM Director General A H M Nurul Islam Chowdhury, who conducted the seminar said, a recent trend has been observed among Ihe country's commercial banks to withdraw branches from the rural areas and enhance their activities In Industrial or commercial centres to earn more profits.
He urged all concerned to find out ways and means to ensure necessary fundings for the development of the masses in rural areas.
Dr Hossain Zlllur Rahman of
BIDS said around 10,000 NGOs arc presently registered with the social welfare department of which 300 are effectively working in different fields. Among these limited NGOs only 50 are working with much talked credit disbursement among Ihe rural people, he said
Referring to the BIDS studies he said the rural people who were benefitted by the NGO assistances 1n 8O » could not. maintain their economic status soon after the NGOs withdrew their programme in those areas. The Issue of sustainability is the most serious challenge to the NGOs in their rural development efforts, he said
Rahman Identified dependence on foreign funds as the main weakness of the NGOs and emphasised local resource mobilisation to attain sclf-de-pcndcncy for effective development.
A Q Siddiqui. Director of BRAC said. the NGOs in no coneclvublc way. ran substitute the government. The ultimate responsibility for rural devel-
opment and poverty alleviation Iles with the government, he said But he opined that the government structures often had not functioned tn the de sired manner due to lack of motivation, training and efficiency
He stressed the need for cooperation between NGOs themselves as well as govern ment organisation and NGOs for a healthy development pro-
Dr Shahidur Rahman Bhuiyan. eonsullant of ILO, said no government can give up the authority of rural development and poverty alleviation to the NGOs alone and neither the Issue could be sub contracted' to the donor agencies. The NGOs have to work as the auxiliary forces for rural development However, their activities should be transparent to the government and the people, he felt.
Dr Bhuiyan also observed the credit programme alone Is not enough for sustainable rural development unless other relevant assistances were ensured.