On February 2, 2024, at the Conference on the deployment of
people-to-people diplomacy tasks in 2024 organized by Dong Nai province Union
of Friendship Organizations, during the discussion session, Mr. Luong Thanh
Tung - Member of the Standing Committee, Deputy Head of the Division of Foreign
Non-Governmental Affairs (NGO affairs), Dong Nai province Union of Friendship
Organizations informed about the results of NGO affairs in 2023 and shared some
experiences on this affairs.
Accordingly, the Division
of foreign non-governmental affairs, with the role of a specialized division on
foreign non-governmental aid mobilization affairs, in 2023, has advised the Dong
Nai province Union of Friendship Organizations to implement foreign non-governmental
affairs in the province and achieved outstanding results, with a total funding
commitment value of more than 109,841 billion dongs; compared to the same
period in 2022, an increase of 70.8%, reaching 158% of the planned target.
Delegates
attending the Conference on the deployment of people-to-people diplomacy tasks
in 2024 posing for a group photo
These achievements are thanks to the close leadership and direction of the
Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Committee with many
detailed guiding documents, creating unified and favorable mechanisms and
policies for the foreign non-governmental affairs. The Provincial Party
Committee and the Provincial People's Committee soon issued the Circular and
Plan to implement Directive 12 of the Central Party Secretariat and implemented
specifically and drasticly people-to-people diplomacy affairs, which demonstrates
high determination to raise awareness and boosts actions of party committees,
authorities, sectors and organizations towards people-to-people diplomacy. In
foreign non-governmental affairs, in addition to the Program on foreign
non-governmental aid mobilization ansd cooperation promotion in Dong Nai
province for the period of 2019 – 2025 (the Program), every year, the
Provincial People's Committee approves the plan of DUFO and grants funds for
implementing the Program. In the seminars on NGO affairs, there are close attention,
attendance and guilding instructions of provincial leaders at all levels.
Vice
Chairman of Dong Nai province People’s Committee Vo Van Phi awarding the
Emulation Flag of Provincial People’s Committee in 2023 to the foreign
non-governmental affairs division, Dong Nai province Union of Friendship
Organizations.
In addition, the close coordination of departments, sectors, unions and
localities and beneficiaries plays a very important role, bringing many
benefits and practical meaning in implementing people-to-people diplomacy affairs,
in cooperation, mobilization, receipt and deployment of NGO aid. The agencies
have increased their responsibility and proactiveness in maintaining
coordination plans between DUFO and many departments and sectors (especially,
the coordination plan between DUFO and the Department of Planning and
Investment, Dong Nai Industrial Zones Authority is one of the important
activities contributing to the successful implementation of the Program on
foreign non-governmental aid mobilization ansd cooperation promotion in Dong
Nai province). In recent times, many businesses have participated in social
responsibility in the form of lists and projects calling for NGO cooperation
and sponsorship in each specific field and area, not only creating favorable
conditions for them to contribute to sustainable development in the community,
but also diversifying sources of NGO aid in the province, promoting cultural
exchanges, people-to-people exchanges, and building solidarity and friendship among
the people of other countries and the people of Dong Nai province.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tri - Chairman of Dong Nai province
Union of Friendship Organizations speaking at the Conference
In addition, the initiative, flexibility and
creativity of the specialized human resource has promptly advised DUFO’s
leaders to submit to the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial People's
Committee to issue guiding documents in implementation of Directives, Resolutions
on people-to-people diplomacy and NGO affairs. For non-governmental organizations,
the division regularly contacts, exchanges, provides information and introduces
aid mobilization needs to non-governmental organizations and donors in many
forms, helping foreign non-governmental organizations understand and implement
projects in accordance with the sponsor's plan.
To implement the projects effectively,
the foreign non-governmental affairs division organizes delegations to work,
directly exchange with localities, NGOs, FDI enterprises; deploys training
courses on people-to-people diplomacy and NGO aid mobilization, NGO aid
promotion meetings to listen and remove difficulties in the implementation of projects
in localities. As a result, many projects have been deployed quickly, many NGOs
always accompany and maintain regular cooperation with the province.
Closing the year 2023, people-to-people diplomacy and
NGO aid mobilization in Dong Nai province have achieved many positive results,
the value of funding commitments increased significantly compared to 2022. This
shows the attention of the provincial leaders, the close coordination of relevant
agencies and departments; the initiative, flexibility and creativity of DUFO's
specialized divisions that have focused on synchronously and effectively
implementing the solutions for NGO aid mobilization and cooperation promotion, strengthening
fiendship exchange activities; creating a positive impression, trust for many
NGOs to continue to pay more attention to giving priority to Dong Nai and improving
the effectiveness of NGO aid resources being implemented in the localities.