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7th NGO Week and 17th Annual
General Meeteing 4th – 8th December, 2006! |
Lesotho Council of NGOs
will hold its 7th NGO Week and 17th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at
the Lesotho Cooperative College in Maseru from the 4th -8th
December, 2006.
Each year the Lesotho Council of NGOs organises Lesotho NGO week,
where NGOs are invited throughout the country to take part in
workshops, discussions and debates on issues of national importance.
This year the theme for the NGO week is “Overcoming hurdles of 40
years of slow public policy implementation: Challenges facing civil
society organisations”. At this event, the NGOs are expected to
explore the major issues related to Lesotho’s development, economic
growth and poverty reduction strategies.
During the past year more than one hundred and fifty (150) NGOs
throughout Lesotho attended the 6th NGO Week, and the Council
expects representatives of at least two hundred (200) Civil Society
Organisation to participate this year. The civil society fraternity
considers the NGO Week as a great opportunity for Basotho involved
in development work to meet and continuously forge ways of
overcoming numerous problems encountered during implementation of
development activities as well as a time to re- dedicate ourselves
to the service of humanity.
The NGO Week is a gathering where Lesotho Council of NGOs reflects
on its own progress during 2005 and looking forward to the future.
Last year’s theme was “Getting to Good Governance: Overcoming
hurdles of Poverty, HIV/AIDS and Weak Governance”.
This thematic issues will be dealt with in depth, The trends of
Lesotho’s economic growth and social development over 40 years,
Leading an HIV/AIDS Competent Lesotho, Enhancing Civil society and
government collaboration to protect and reclaim Lesotho’s Soil,
Understanding lack of effective public policy implementation in
Lesotho geared towards poverty reduction, Enhancing the role of
Civil Society in the Decentralisation Process, Enhancing Development
aid Coordination and effectiveness in lesotho, What are the
campaigning issues for 2007 elections?, Towards a corruption free
society and Enhancing civil society legal frameworks in lesotho.
Thandiwe Solwandle
Information Communications Officer
Lesotho Council of NGOs
Tel: 22317205/22325798
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