(HBO) - The standing board of the provincial Party Committee on August 29 issued Directive 36-CT/TU on strengthening the Party’s leadership of foreign non-governmental organization (NGO) affairs in Hoa Binh (Directive 36). The implementation of the document has helped enhance the awareness and knowledge of officials and Party members as well as locals in the province on the viewpoint and policy of the Party, and laws of the State on the issue.
ChildFund organization holds training
courses on rattan weaving for communes in Kim Boi district covered by its
project.
Over the
years, the mobilization of assistance from foreign NGOs in the province has
been implemented in line with the law and directing documents of the Party and
Government.
In the
2015-2019 period, the province launched 134 programmes and projects funded by
50 foreign NGOs and international cooperation agencies, with total committed
investment of over 28.5 million USD. They comprised 117 programmes and projects
funded by NGOs worth 28.2 million USD, and 17 non-project aid packages valued
at 386,235 USD.
Among the
134 programmes and projects, 102 were under the management of the provincial
People’s Committee, and 32 others by central agencies. Total disbursement in
the 2014-2019 period reached 14.3 million USD, including 14.1 million USD for
foreign NGO-funded projects.
Although the
value of foreign NGO-funded projects is not high, the projects have proved high
efficiency in enhancing the living conditions of locals in localities with
difficult socio-economic conditions thanks to their direct approach to the
people and essential sectors such as education, health care, clean water,
environmental sanitation, livelihood, gender equality and children’s rights, as
well as social matters.
Foreign
NGOs have operated in line with orientations. The province has issued
publications and programmes to provide information on foreign NGOs’ operation
in the locality, as well as the province’s needs and prioritized sectors, thus
helping foreign NGO update themselves during the process of surveying, designing
and making project’s documents as well as during the projects’ implementation, thus
improving the living conditions of locals in project sites, while contributing
to strengthening and expanding the friendship and cooperation between the
province and foreign friends./.
On March 14th, the Party Committee of the Provincial Agencies Bloc coordinated with the Provincial Employees' Trade Union to organize the contest "Family meal - warm and loving”. The activity aims to celebrate the International Day of Happiness, March 20th, and the 66th anniversary of the founding of the Provincial Agencies’ Party Committee (March 27th, 1958 - March 27th, 2024).
Over the past years, Mai Chau district has concretised policies, mobilised resources, and integrated the State’s investment and support programmes into its socio-economic development, aiming to help ethnic minority groups improve their living standards.
As many as 79,988 locals joined compulsory social security scheme as of February, accounting for 93.76% of the annual plan and up 1.5% from the same time last year. There were 71,830 people covered with unemployment insurance, a year-on-year increase of 2.6%. Meanwhile, 796,322 held health insurance cards, or 90% of the population.
Toan Son commune in Da Bac district, with 70% of its population being ethnic minority people, has mobilised resources and created favourable conditions for local residents to access concessional loans to develop production. Thanks to the efforts, local livelihoods have seen positive changes.
Last year, the provincial health sector stepped up patriotic movements, encouraging its staff to improve their professional knowledge and skills, contributing to raising the quality of medical check-up and treatment.