Bam Seminar - Goals and Objectives
Bam and Beyond: Building Alliances Between Iranian and Iranian Diaspora NGOs, Universities, and Private Sectors
Seminar Participants
NGOs in Iran
Iranian disapora NGOs involved in Bam
University Scholars
Goals
- To better acquaint the Iranian diaspora NGOs and local/national NGOs with each other
-
To create a forum for open discussion regarding cooperation and partnership between NGOs in Iran and the Iranian diaspora
-
To create an opportunity for networking, support, and partnership between diaspora and national/local NGOs
-
To create a forum in which exchange of ideas, information, and expertise can take place
Objectives
- Identify
mechanisms and structures of cooperation and coordination among local,
national, international, and Iranian diaspora NGOs, and the private
sector.
- Review and analyze problems and challenges in the reconstruction of Bam and provide alternative strategies to achieve reconstruction goals through cooperation with Iranian diaspora NGOs.
- Use the capacitates of national, international, and Iranian diaspora NGOs in the fields of management; defining goals and priorities for projects; developing operational strategies; and, monitoring, implementing, and evaluating joint projects in Bam.
- Review and select areas of cooperation based on the needs and capacities in Bam and enlist partners and solid supporters for such projects.
Issues to Be Discussed
- Report on situation in Bam today
- Report on work of national/local NGOs
o Include outline of how national/local NGOs work and needs that they are addressing (this should include background information for Iranian diaspora NGOs who may not know this information) - Report and analysis on support and financial
power of Iranian diaspora community:
o Statistics on relief aid raised by Iranian diaspora communities
- Breakdown of who this money given to (INGOs, Iranian diapsora NGOs, etc)
- How was this financial assistance used?
- Was financial support for initial relief, or has it continued? If continued, in what manner and for what projects? Useful?
o Activities of Iranian diaspora NGOs today in Bam
o Examples of Iranian diaspora NGOs working in partnership with national/local NGOs
- Rate success/failure of partnership---how can it be made better?
- Room for partnerships? Mechanisms to use to create/strengthen partnerships
Possible Mechanisms and Ideas for Cooperation
- Setting up a coordination body for cooperation and collaboration of local, national, international, and Iranian diaspora NGOs
- Benefiting from local NGOs to carry out needs assessments using the financial support and expertise of national, international, and Iranian diaspora NGOs
- Creating access to modern technology, especially IT
- Providing financial support for reconstruction
- Providing financial support for projects
- Carrying out projects with transparency
- Using useful information of local, national, international, and Iranian diaspora NGOs regarding employment generation for women
- Setting up a comprehensive databank and information center on drug addiction
- Financial and technical cooperation of international and Iranian diaspora NGOs with national and local NGOS, while observing the laws of the country
- Inviting international and Iranian diaspora NGOs to consultation meetings in order to benefit from their knowledge and experiences
- Developing innovative ways to engage and teach the youth (through research of innovative lesson planning in other countries)
- Establishing a center for exchange of information among local, national, international, and Iranian diaspora NGOs
- Facilitating close cooperation between local,
national, international, and Iranian diaspora NGOs, and building mutual
trust and confidence