FAO-NGO Collaboration: Survey Results

Country

NGO Collaboration initiated in (year)

Broad areas of collaboration

Constraints

Potentials

Bangladesh

1972-73

· Information exchange
· Dialogue
· Technical Collaboration

· Financial
· Communication channels and platforms

In the areas of nutrition and rural development

Cambodia

1979

· Information exchange
· Technical collaboration

· Communication channels and platforms

Rural credit, rural development

China

NA

· Information exchange
· Dialogue

· Lack of policy guidelines and framework
· Financial
· Communication channels and platforms

National projects in rural development

India

1960s

· Information exchange
· Dialogue
· Technical collaboration(limited)

· Lack of policy guidelines and framework
· technical resources
· financial
· Wide gap between NGO requirements and FAO understanding

Indonesia

Status report awaited

Laos

Status report awaited

Nepal

Status report awaited

Pakistan

1996

· Information exchange
· Dialogue

· Lack of policy guidelines and framework
· Financial
· communication channels and platforms

Rural development

Philippines

NA

· Information exchange
· Dialogue
· Technical collaboration

· Lack of policy guidelines and framework
· Financial
· Communication channels and platforms

Sri Lanka

1979

· Information exchange
· Dialogue
· Technical collaboration

· Financial

National projects on nutrition and rural development (Mothers combat Movement to malnutrition/Vocational Training for Women)

Vietnam

Status report awaited

Western Samoa

Status report awaited