The Fatherland Front and mass organizations need to strongly demonstrate their role in criticizing and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of union members.

Implement many practical activities

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee chaired the meeting. Photo: Mai Hoa

On the afternoon of July 25, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee held a meeting with the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations at the provincial level to evaluate the results of task implementation in the second quarter and deploy key tasks in the third quarter of 2022. Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee chaired the meeting.

Attending were leaders of the Party Building Committee, the Provincial Party Committee Office, the Fatherland Front Committee, and provincial-level socio-political organizations.

In the second quarter, the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations, based on their functions and tasks, while closely following the local political tasks and the situation of all classes of people, organized in-depth patriotic emulation activities and movements, contributing to the results of implementing the province's general political tasks.

The focus is to continue to propagate and mobilize people from all walks of life to join hands in building new rural areas and civilized urban areas; associated with taking the lead in building and replicating many practical models.

Such as the model of "Clear roads, airy sidewalks, civilized villages and blocks"; self-managed and model roads, "Bright - green - clean - beautiful - safe" residential areas, "solidarity" flag roads; "Farmer trees thank Uncle Ho"; model of "New rural standard garden", "Farmer model garden", groups of households adjacent to clean houses - beautiful gardens; waste collection and classification.

Comrade Hoang Dinh Tuan - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission reported on the performance of the Fatherland Front and mass organizations in the second quarter of 2022. Photo: Mai Hoa

Another focus is for the Fatherland Front and organizations to propagate, mobilize, receive and allocate funds, and promote social security activities, such as supporting livelihood models, supporting the poor in medical treatment, building "great solidarity" houses, "union shelters", and "love shelters".

In the first 6 months of 2022, the whole province mobilized more than 136 billion VND from the Fund for the Poor and allocated and disbursed to build 240 solidarity houses, supported more than 1,000 poor households with livelihood models, more than 1,200 poor people with medical treatment; supported 30 tractors for poor households...

Comrade Le Van Ngoc - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province presented a plan to implement digital transformation and improve the activities of the Front. Photo: Mai Hoa

Implementing the "Godmother" program in all levels of the Women's Union with 546 orphans in difficult circumstances being adopted; or supporting "Union savings books" for orphans by the Provincial Labor Federation.

In the second quarter, the Fatherland Front and mass organizations also proactively promoted activities related to digital transformation to innovate and improve the quality of activities, such as building a database of poor households, digitizing union member data, etc.

Comrade Hoang Thanh Minh - Vice President of the Provincial Women's Union asked for direction from the Provincial Party Standing Committee on the program "Godmothers connect love". Photo: Mai Hoa

Monitoring and criticism activities continue to receive attention from the Fatherland Front and mass organizations. During the quarter, the Provincial Fatherland Front provided comments on 56 draft documents of the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People's Committee and sectors; organized 3 social criticism conferences; and supervised Regulation 124-QD/TW of the Secretariat in a number of districts.

The Provincial Farmers' Association inspected the establishment of the association fund, the management of the fund to support farmers, the work of receiving the Social Policy Bank's entrustment to lend capital to farmers, completed 2 supervision sessions, 1 conference to review Regulation 217-QD/TW; associations at all levels established 37 supervision teams, coordinated 447 supervision sessions.

Comrade Pham Thuy Vinh - Vice President of the Provincial Literature and Arts Association reported on the preparation of activities to honor poetess Ho Xuan Huong and the progress of changing the operating model of Song Lam Magazine. Photo: Mai Hoa

In addition to the efforts, the meeting also frankly pointed out some limitations and shortcomings in some areas with special difficulties in mobilizing and gathering union members and youth to participate in union and association activities. Information and propaganda work and grasping the situation of the people sometimes and in some places are still lacking in initiative.

Some opinions also raised some difficulties and problems; at the same time, they asked for the direction of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee regarding the arrangement and assignment of over-age grassroots union secretaries; the arrangement of Youth Volunteer Teams; the operating model of Song Lam Magazine; and the promotion of people's foreign affairs activities...

Comrade Ho Dang Tai - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Department spoke to clarify some proposed contents of the association related to the organizational apparatus. Photo: Mai Hoa

4 key tasks

Speaking at the meeting, Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee highly appreciated the role and activities of the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations that have closely followed the policies and guidelines of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee on socio-economic development and Party building to implement effectively and practically; contributing to the strong recovery of socio-economic activities after the Covid-19 pandemic, creating momentum to promote development in the next stage.

The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee also noted that the Fatherland Front and mass organizations continue to closely follow the policies, directives and resolutions of the Party, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee on socio-economic development, Party building and the political system to build specific plans for each organization and implement them effectively; focus on coordination between organizations in the bloc and between organizations with the Party Building Committees and the Provincial Party Committee Office to promptly resolve and remove difficulties and obstacles in terms of organization, operation, policies and mechanisms, etc.

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee emphasized 4 key tasks for the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations. Photo: Mai Hoa

Regarding the key tasks in the second quarter, comrade Nguyen Van Thong emphasized 4 groups of tasks that need to be focused on. Including promoting the dissemination of policies, guidelines, Directives, and Resolutions of the Party, the Provincial Party Committee, and the Provincial People's Committee on socio-economic development and Party building; focusing on building new rural areas, developing agricultural economy, resolutely implementing socio-economic targets in 2022, budget collection, etc.

In conjunction with propaganda so that all levels of staff, union members and members correctly and accurately understand the policies and orientations, the Front and unions must also focus on selecting and organizing activities and movements suitable for each locality on economic development, especially rural economy, focusing on developing agricultural economy to become the "pillar" of the economy, developing agriculture in a modern direction associated with processing and consumption; green, safe agriculture, agriculture associated with rural development; ensuring food security...; on ensuring security and order, rural peace; on building new rural areas, civilized urban areas...

Leaders of the Party Building Committees and the Provincial Party Committee Office attended the meeting. Photo: Mai Hoa

The Fatherland Front and mass organizations continue to pay attention to strengthening the implementation of the functions of social supervision and criticism; at the same time, more clearly and strongly demonstrate the role of representing the legitimate rights and interests of union members, association members, and the People.

“The Fatherland Front and mass organizations need to affirm their image, role, professionalism, critical thinking skills, and role in representing the legitimate rights and interests of union members, association members, and the People; only then will union members, association members, and the People see their role, need them, and come to them. On the contrary, their image will not only not shine but also disappear in the hearts of the People,” the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee emphasized.

The Fatherland Front and mass organizations continue to pay attention to innovating the content and forms of activities to attract and gather union members; strengthening the organization, especially through holding congresses at all levels and establishing new organizations in the organizations that are being deployed.

The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee also answered a number of proposals from the Fatherland Front and organizations, including those related to funding for implementing digital transformation goals. While there is no funding source yet, organizations are encouraged to proactively invest in some contents to improve the efficiency of their operations.

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong also requested that the Party Committees of district-level units be resolute and have a reasonable arrangement plan for the current over-age commune Youth Union secretaries, and at the same time assigned the Provincial Party Committee's Organizing Committee to guide the localities...