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HUAMAN APPEAL to international Communities to Activate ADAB as Coordinating body for NGOs.

 

Respected Sir/Ma'am,

Greeting from ADAB Chittagong Chapter!

As you are well aware Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh (ADAB) is the national apex body of NGOs in Bangladesh. It has been serving as a coordinating body for NGOs verses GOB, NGO-donors and NGO-CSOs. ADAB plays important roles in coordinating NGOs, GOs and other CSOs in sustainable development movement in Bangladesh. It has been works as spokesmen for local and international NGOs in Bangladesh in terms of coordination and provides technical supports. ADAB has been playing vital role in NGO to NGO and NGO to GO, NGO & donors, NGOs sectoral network, NGO and CSOs communication and coordination since inception 1974.

 

Sorry to say, ADAB was blacklisted for unknown political reasons by the last ruling Government. The activities were restrained and cut off due to refrain to received foreign fund. The DG NGO Bureau was issued a letter in April 2003 not to function ADAB as representative for NGOs. ADAB was filed suit to High Court against it and it also submits another suit to release its foreign fund from NGOAB. The High Court issues order to release it fund and stop the action of the letter of NGOAB. But the NGOAB has no action to release fund of ADAB and other innocent NGOs. As a result there was a big crisis in NGO sectors in Bangladesh. A number of national and local NGOs faced blockade to received foreign fund and even government fund is also restricted for them. Few NGOs who are closed to the immediate past government made syndicate to hold most of the government and foreign fund and deprived the others and made division in NGO sector. They are trying to establish another apex body i.e FNB but it is not able to represent in NGO sector. As a result ADAB and other right based NGOs fall funding crisis and business oriented NGOs promoted by government and donors. The rights based NGOs and along with ADAB staff and programme was cut off. ADAB was not able to work as coordinating body for NGOs. Till now ADAB, PROSHIKA & others are not able to released fund from NGOAB which were committed in 2001. But as per the findings of donor initiated "consultant groups" strongly marked ADAB is the principal coordinating body of Bangladeshi NGOs.    

 

As you know, cyclone SIDR affected 15 district of Bangladesh. The Head of Government asked NGOs to come forward to response cyclone victims. Peoples are demanding a coordinated relief operation in the affected areas. We appreciate the government appeal. ADAB would like to play its role to coordinate NGOs in relief operation. As you know ADAB has long experience and successful examples to coordinate relief operation from NGOs sites. Last land slide in June 11, 2007 in Chittagong ADAB was acted as coordinator NGOs.

 

So now we are appeals to our Caretaker Government through you, please kindly withdraw the letter of NGOAB not to function as coordinating body for NGOs and urgently release the fund for ADAB, Proshika and others and create positive situation for NGOs relief operation.

 

Thank you very much for your continuous cooperation and support.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

S M Nazer Hossain

Chairperson

ADAB Chittagong Chapter

Email: adab.chittagong@yahoo.com

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