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Nepal: Donors contaminating culture and religion in Madhesh

It isn’t justifiable, accountable and inclusive to provide only one percent support to the community that covers 33%. Their slogans of social inclusiveness haven’t turned into practice rather they are only a blend. The cause for this is the high class mentality of bureaucracy which is quite preoccupied and prejudiced .The agencies want only to fulfill their petty interests, when they saw no clue of getting their interest fulfilled, they started alienating the Madhesh from their support. Therefore there is a policy error of donor agencies regarding Madhesh. There is almost no presence of Madhesi people in significant post in DFID’s enabling program ‘State Enabling Program (E.S.P), Right Democracy and Inclusion Fund (RDIF) funded jointly by DFID, SDC, AusAID and Danida-HUGOU, including other donor agencies. This is due to the discriminating attitude of high cast hilly people and their leverage in bureaucracy .The donor agencies as well The agencies have shown the undeclared embargo for the development of Madhesh. The agencies are centered only on Hill and mountain and have neglected the Terai/Madhesh .The Madhesi Community can’t accept the way the agencies are intending to influence the religion and culture in Madhesh. If their vested interest is to contaminate our religion and culture,they should be ready to face offence from Madhesh .If their intention is to support a poor country, the Madhesh should be The way the federation has raised the issue of Madhesh development is really appreciable, said Mr. Dev. The donor agencies should be invited in such type of program so that they would be aware about the reality of Madhesh and its development. The donor agencies have neglected the Madhesh and Madhesi people. The donor agencies resources and means must be inclusive. The bureaucratic formulation of the donor agencies is terrifically discriminatory which has victimized the Madhesi community. Therefore this sort of bias formation should be reformed without any delay into inclusiveness. The agencies shouldn’t implement their plans only. They should make their policies Madhesh friendly instead. They are expected to fulfill the need of Madhesh without any religious, cultural and political interest .Otherwise any development programs which leave the Madhesh behind, can’t be accepted by our party.

Danida creates platform for Ghanaian, Danish businesses

A fair dubbed: “Techchange fair 2009,” opened in Accra on Tuesday with the aim of providing a platform for Ghanaian and Danish companies to interact and share business experiences as well as upgrade skills and technologies of Ghanaian entrepreneurs.

The fair codenamed Danida’s Business-to-Business (B2B) programme is a project by the Danish Development Cooperation with the objective of reducing poverty by promoting economic growth and social development in developing countries like Ghana.

On the theme: “Creating a Green and Healthy Ghana through Partnership,” the fair brought together Ghanaian entrepreneurs working in the water, sanitation and waste management, agriculture and renewable energy sector and counterparts from Denmark, who are expected to create partnership with the Ghanaians and help transfer technological know-how in those sectors.

Ms Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, who commended the Danish government for providing such a platform in Ghana, urged participants to dialogue more on renewable energy.

“In the wake of climate change, challenges across the globe… part of the solution is renewable energy and am happy most of the companies gathered here are looking for energy efficient methods in their productive and joint venture activities.”

Ms Ayittey said industries in Ghana, which were energy intensive, played a critical role within the economy hence the Ministry’s decision to promote sound environmental practices in the area of energy, agriculture, water and housing and to ensure that the sectors remained key players in the socio-economic growth and development of the country.

The Minister also recommended further investment into research and development in all the sectors participating in the fair and said her Ministry was working closely with the private sector to reduce the demand for electricity and create a healthy environment.

Ms Ayittey announced that the government had demarcated areas for pilot projects in strong wind and solar energy, expressing hope that with the availability of other sources of energy, Ghana would be the right place to do business.

Mr Stig Barlyng, Danish Ambassador to Ghana, who referred to Ghana as a potentially rich country, said there was the need for strong political and policy leadership on the part of government to create conducive business environment.

“There should be good governance with the focus on fighting corruption, ensuring strong judiciary and strong public participation in decision-making and oversight.

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