NGO Humanitarian Coordination no.12

MINUTES

of the 12th meeting
Skopje, October 9th 2001


Present


Igor Nikovski - Milosrdie; Danica Jovanova - SOZM; Ahmet Jasarovski - Drom; Memedali Rahmani - Mesecina; Vegim Etemi - El hilal; Dragi Zmijanac - PDAS "Medzasi"; Gazmend Saiti - Natyra; Dilbera Kamberovska - ROZM "Daja"; Aleksandar Krzalovski, Emina Nuredinoska - MCIC

Absent

SAZM, OOZM, Klasje na dobrinata

The meeting was chaired by Dilbera kamberovska, "Daja".

Minutes person: Emina Nuredinoska.

The participants determined the following


AGENDA

Record from the 12th meeting of NGO humanitarian coordination.

1. Reports for humanitarian activities
a) Reports from the organizations for last week's activities
b) Report from the 12th meeting of NHC


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a) The participants in the meeting submitted short oral reports, as well as written ones, on the activities carried out in the previous week.

Food / non-food products

El hilal distributed 18 trucks with food items, hygiene supplies and parcels with construction materials in the villages of Brodec, Matejce, Lipkovo, Drenovec, Bozovce, Vesala, Sipkovica, Gajre, Lisec, Selce and for displaced persons settled in Cair, Skopje.

Milosrdie provided 706 food parcels (14.120 kg) for 698 families or 2.448 displaced persons settled in the collective centres in Skopje.

Natura in cooperation with MCIC distributed food, hygiene supplies and food for cattle in the villages of Vaksince and Matejce.

Coordination

The regional coordination bodies in Kumanovo and Gostivar regularly realised their current activities. The reports from the meetings were distributed to the participants.

Psychosocial support

Medzasi, SAZM, OOZM and ROZM "Daja" continually work on providing psychosocial support to displaced children and women.

other activities

Medzasi takes activities in action "Child's week".

b) Emina Nuredinoska, MCIC, made introduction. The record from the 12th meeting of NHC was distributed to the organizations.

Rahmani Memedali, Mesecina noticed that the requests from NGO humanitarian coordination were not properly quoted in the meeting of NHC.


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Rahmani Memedali, Mesecina, re-emphasised the problem with the villages from Gorna Reka (94 families are displaced in Gostivar, while 54 are still in the villages), for which food and hygiene supplies aid is necessary. The access to these villages is still not permitted.

Gazmend Saiti, Natira, said that the displaced persons from Lipkovo area insist to return to their homes. The Governmental Body for Crisis Management officially forbids the return.
Dragi Zmijanac, Megasi, asked about the tax exemption procedures and the possibility of providing accreditation cards for the organizations members of NGO Humanitarian Coordination.

Follow-up activities on issues from the previous meeting

1. Aleksandar Krzalovski, MCIC, explained that the applications for reconstruction of objects of UNHCR can be obtained from their office and delivered to OXFAM. The maximum amount of the grants is $30.000.

2. MCIC representatives took part on the meeting with local NGOs organized by the mayor of Tetovo. The local NGOs from Tetovo should be involved in the NGO Humanitarian Coordination.

After the discussions were resumed the following

Conclusions

1. Initiating meeting with UNHCR.
It is necessary to organize meeting with UNHCR representatives in order to clarify the possibilities of the announcement for quick impact projects.

2. Acceptance of a member from the Regional Coordination Body from Tetovo.
After establishing coordination body in Tetovo, a representative elected by this body will participate on the NGO Humanitarian Coordination activities. His/her mandate will be confirmed on the next meeting of the NGO Humanitarian Coordination.

Previous Coordination Reports

  • 11th Coordinative meeting [1 Oct 2001]
  • 10th Coordinative meeting [25 Sep 2001]
  • 9th Coordinative meeting [18 Sep 2001]
  • 8th Coordinative meeting [11 Sep 2001]
  • 7th Coordinative meeting [4 Sep 2001]
  • 6th Coordinative meeting [28 Aug 2001]
  • 5th Coordinative meeting [21 Aug 2001]
  • 4th Coordinative meeting [14 Aug 2001]
  • 3rd Coordinative meeting [1 Aug 2001]
  • 2nd Coordinative meeting [25 Jul 2001]
  • 1st Coordinative meeting [18 Jul 2001]

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