Monday, December 7, 2009

NGO and Donor Coordination to Speeds up Reconstruction and Avoid NGO Competition

This paper was presented on 4th Anual International Workshop & Expo on Sumatra Tsunami and Recovery . Banda Aceh November 24, 2009.

During 2005-2006, in cities like Banda Aceh, Meulaboh and other parts in West Coast, the presence of Non Government Organizations (NGOs) made these places feel small. These places were crowded of organizations. Nearly everyone was in a high spirit to run their program. Bad things happened when NGOs persuaded beneficiaries to receive someone's program and in the same time reject others.

Conflicting programs amongst NGOs was another problem as a result of the lack of NGO or donor coordination. The presence of one program affected the quality and delivery schedule of other program. When it getting worse the size of the program reduced and impeded. And at the end it created bad attitudes amongst the beneficiaries. There should be a way on strengthening NGO coordination otherwise there will be a hard competition amongst NGO.

Keyword: tsunami, reconstruction, NGO, competition, coordination

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Arwin Soelaksono - Disaster Response and reConstruction