NGO Humanitarian Coordination no.8

MINUTES

of the 8th meeting
Skopje, 11.09.2001

Present

Ahmed Jasarovski - DROM; Bajram Sulejmani - Natyra; Zija Abdiu - Klasje na dobrinata; Guner Nebiu - SAZM; Svetlana Janeva - SOZM; Dragi Zmijanac - FCEW "Medzasi"; Evka Topuzovska - OOZM; Abdurauf Prusi, Vegim Etemi - El hilal; Aleksandar Krzalovski, Emina Nuredinoska - MCIC.

Absent

Milosrdie, ROZM 'Daja", Mesecina

Ahmed Jasarovski,DROM, chaired the meeting.
Minutes person: Emina Nuredinoska


AGENDA

  • Record from the 7th meeting of NGO humanitarian coordination.
  1. Reports for humanitarian activities
    a) Report from the 8th meeting of NHC
    b) Reports from the organizations for last week's activities

  2. Problems and issues to be considered and solved

Introduction to the record of the 7nd NGO humanitarian coordination meeting made Ahmed Jasarovski, DROM. The record from the 7th meeting was accepted.

Ad. 1.

a) Abdurauf Prusi, El hilal made introduction. The record from the 8th meeting was distributed to the organizations.

b) The organization' representatives submitted short written and oral reports for their last week's activities.

Food/non food products

El Hilal, distributed food and hygienic supplies in Lipkovo (2 trucks), in Germo and Neprosteno (2 trucks), Aracinovo (1 truck), and Radusa (1 truck).

Natyra in cooperation with other local NGOs, was organized convoy with food and hygienic supplies for Lipkovo region.

Mesecina in cooperation with Inter Ethnic Program, provided food and hygienic supplies for 260 families.

Klasje na dobrinata, distributed humanitarian aid for 1070 families.

MCIC in cooperation with Internationale Italiana, provided humanitarian aid in Vratnica and Orasje.

Education

According to Natyra information in Kumanovo, 1560 displaced children are attending in primary school.

Two children from Medzasi shelter, are attending in primary school (first class)
Klasje na dobrinata provided 1.000 school bags and 4.000 notebook

Training

MCIC in cooperation with World Church Service organized Emergency Management Training. The training was held in Skopje from 5th to 9th of September. The participants were representatives from domestic NGOs and Macedonian Red Cross. The training was guided by two trainers from Disaster Management Center from University of Wisconsin, USA.

Other activities

Representatives from Natyra, in Lipkovo region made assessment of destroyed objects.


Ad.2

Bajram Sulejmani, said that they regularly face problems while distributing aid in the crisis areas. According to him, problems occur at the police checkpoints, even when permission has been obtained from the Government Coordination Body. Another problem is incorrect behaviour of employees in Red Cross from Kumanovo to displaced persons.

Zija Abdiu, Klasje na dobrinata, said that it is necessary to provide more humanitarian aid for displaced persons settled in Skopje (about 9.000). Also he requested up-date information from Macedonian Red Cross about distributed humanitarian aid.

Ahmed Jasarovski, Drom, informed that in cooperation with other local NGOs from Kumanovo a project for humanitarian aid for displaced persons has been proposed to USAID, but it was refused. He requested from donors more available funds.

Aleksandar Krzalovski, MCIC, explained that situation in our country is different than Kosovo crisis and we can expect more humanitarian aid from donors after the implementation of the Peace Agreement. Macedonian Government and UNHCR during this week will define the standards for reconstruction of destroyed objects.

After the discussion, the participants reached the following

Conclusions

  1. Access to IDP's homes in crisis regions.
    Participants from NGO humanitarian coordination to make the contacts with relevant institutions to make the access of IDPs to their homes in Lipkovo regions possible.

  2. Notice to Milosrdie.
    To contact representives from Milosrdie and to notice their absence from the meeting.


Previous Coordination Reports

  • 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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