Civil society meets with the PM

THE challenges facing civil society were discussed, when a delegation from the Namibia Non-governmental Forum (Nangof) met with Prime Minister Nahas Angula on Wednesday.

Both parties expressed concern about individuals working towards self-enrichment instead of assisting the communities whose interests they were appointed to protect. They were equally concerned about the financial inequalities in the country.The main objective of the meeting was to brief the Prime Minister about the strategic plans of civil society organisations for the next three years and to discuss issues of common concern in the development sector.The delegation also wanted to introduce the new National Executive of Nangof, which is chaired by Norman Tjombe.Nelago Kondombolo is the Vice Chairperson.Besides talking about civil society’s challenges, such as networking, Nangof members urged the Prime Minister to ensure that a policy document about Government’s relationship with civil society organisations would be signed by Cabinet.The document has been on the table for the last three years.The last draft was made October last year.Nangof has 85 member organisations.Its aims are to help consolidate democracy in Namibia, by providing opportunities for communication in different areas, promote partnership between organisations, undertake joint efforts, facilitate participation of women, build the necessary local capacity, strengthen the institutional capacity of the NGO community, assist in making public administration more accountable and mobilise resources to strengthen partnerships between Government, private sector, civil society and the wider community.They were equally concerned about the financial inequalities in the country.The main objective of the meeting was to brief the Prime Minister about the strategic plans of civil society organisations for the next three years and to discuss issues of common concern in the development sector.The delegation also wanted to introduce the new National Executive of Nangof, which is chaired by Norman Tjombe.Nelago Kondombolo is the Vice Chairperson.Besides talking about civil society’s challenges, such as networking, Nangof members urged the Prime Minister to ensure that a policy document about Government’s relationship with civil society organisations would be signed by Cabinet.The document has been on the table for the last three years.The last draft was made October last year.Nangof has 85 member organisations.Its aims are to help consolidate democracy in Namibia, by providing opportunities for communication in different areas, promote partnership between organisations, undertake joint efforts, facilitate participation of women, build the necessary local capacity, strengthen the institutional capacity of the NGO community, assist in making public administration more accountable and mobilise resources to strengthen partnerships between Government, private sector, civil society and the wider community.