Nghe An has 57 foreign non-governmental organizations operating in the area.

Chairing the conference from Hanoi was comrade Phan Anh Son - Permanent Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Organizations and Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and relevant ministries and branches.

Chairing the conference from Nghe An bridge was comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee. Also attending were representatives of departments and branches who are members of the working group on non-governmental organizations.

Overview of the online conference at Nghe An bridge. Photo: Nguyen Hai

In 2020, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, only 112 out of 227 projects were implemented nationwide, nearly 50% behind schedule; 46/227 projects were difficult to implement or could not operate.

Similarly, the disbursement situation is slow, reaching only 40.6% (99/227 cases), 25/227 cases (11.6%) are difficult to disburse and 17/227 cases (7.59%) cannot be disbursed. Nationwide, 115 organizations support about 6.5 million USD to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic; 45 organizations support flood relief of nearly 9 million USD. In addition, the workNGO aidand the registration and reporting regime has a number of issues to note.

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the conference from Nghe An bridge. Photo: Nguyen Hai

At the conference, Nghe An Department of Foreign Affairs informed that from non-governmental funding sources, the province has carried out a number of meaningful social security programs such as giving bicycles and scholarships to poor but studious children, building classrooms for children in mountainous areas, and sponsoring the Program.smile surgeryfor children with cleft palates, support climate change projects, protect wildlife...

In 2020, Nghe An received aid from 34 foreign programs, projects and non-projects with a total committed capital of 3.76 million USD, equal to 81.46% compared to the same period in 2019. Of which, 6 projects and 18 new non-projects were approved in 2020 with a total committed aid capital of 898 thousand USD, equal to 107.16% compared to the same period in 2019.

Currently, Nghe An has 57 foreign non-governmental organizations operating in the area, 5 organizations are waiting for additional operating locations in Nghe An and 4 organizations have certificates of registration to operate in Vietnam and do not have a location in Nghe An but have funding activities for the province.

Nghe An Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to a number of non-governmental organizations with outstanding contributions to the province's social security work in the 2015-2020 period. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Based on the draft direction and tasks of non-governmental work in 2021, representatives of a number of provinces, ministries and branches spoke to share information on non-governmental activities related to political security, an overview of Decree 80/2020/ND-CP on foreign affairs and non-governmental aid; and proposed a number of solutions to better perform tasks in the coming time.

The Operation Smile program is mainly conducted for children with non-governmental funding. Photo: Document

Contributing to the conference, representatives of Nghe An Department of Foreign Affairs synthesized and proposed a number of orientations on foreign non-governmental work in 2021; at the same time, they collected opinions from departments and branches to submit to the Provincial People's Committee for approval of the Program to enhance cooperation and mobilize foreign non-governmental aid in Nghe An province for the period 2021 - 2025.

Concluding the conference, the representative of the Committee on Foreign Organizations and Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) respectfully acknowledged the opinions of ministries, branches and localities and will continue to perfect coordination guidelines to effectively implement the Government's regulations on foreign aid and non-governmental aid in the coming time./.