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Sharing of experience in social uplift stressed

By Staff Correspondent
RAJENDRAPUR Moydev-pur). Oct 29. A number of Asi an luminaries. winners of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, have suggested sprea ding the fruits of innovations in social advancement among a larger number of people, par Ocularly the poor
There is the need for sharing the experience of one country with another so that their peoples dould benefit from the new. successful ideas, they told a press conference here yesterday.
The press conference was held after a two-day seminar attended by Magsaysay Award recipients that dwelt on "How to spread the benefits of unique individual or organisational initiatives across Asia and explore avenues for sharing those
Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundat-on (RMAF). a Manila based hast that awards the prize Icy year, organised the semi»u fat the BRAC's Rajen-drapd Centre for Development Mqiagement
Seven award recipients from S< ath Asia took part in the seminar together with senior government officials from Bangladesh. NGO leaders, scholars, researchers, repre-sentath » from a number of donor agencies and journalists.
Briefing newsmen. RMAF ('hairman Deograclas N. Vistan said the search for excellent development ideas must continue and Asian countries should go'for increased sharing of their experience in the social advancement efforts.
'For example. Bangladesh should share its magnificent NGO experience in poverty alleviation with other countries tor the benefit of the poor in Asia, he said.
There is also the need for mobilising people into community participation and replication of the successful development models. Vistan added.
The seminar, the first one
tn Bangladesh attended by the Magsaysay winners of South Asia, dikcusaed Issues like charting the role of the NGOs in social development efforts, sustainability of development programmes, training of the development workerw and en hancing cooperation between the private sector and the government
Discussions on the ways t^> remove the existing barrier to development initiatives also featured prominently in the seminar, according to the participants.
When asked, the participants Identified politicisation _ of development efforts, organ- ' ised political campaign against the NGOs. and absence of close ties between the NGOs and the governments as some of the major impediments to the development.
Replying to a question on more responsible role of the NGOs and their accountability. Father Timm said that the conntry's NGOs maintained strict accountability to the government in planning and funding different programmes.
The seminar approved 12 projects for funding in India, the Philippines. Korea. Thailand and China.
The recipients of the Magsaysay award include six Bangladeshis: Fazle Hasan Abed of BRAC. Dr Mohammad Yunus of Grameen Bank. Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury of Gonoshath'ya Kendro, M Yeasin of Deedar Cooperative Society in Comilla, Father Richard W Timm CSC of Notre Dame College, and Taherunessa A Abdullah for social work.
RMAF Executive Trustee Nona B Javier. Treasurer Doreen G Fernandez, and senior BRAC officials wete present at the press conference.
Members of the RMAF Board of Trustees and Rockefeller Brothers Fund representative were also present.