The directives reiterate that support should be provided in cash to the Prime Minister's Disaster Relief Fund. NGOs and INGOs can build projects and hand over the same to the government on turn key basis. Such support should conform to the criteria for reconstruction work and the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) Report.According to the directives, NGOs and INGOs are to only carry out their programs and activities in compliance with norms and standards and as per the geographical areas specifed by line ministries. The 17-point directives also say that such support should not be duplicated and should abide by international principles concerning humanitarian aid.
NGOs and INGOs interested in providing support and contributing in the rebuilding have to sign an agreement with the government. The directives include an annex according to which the NGOs and INGOs have to declare all particulars of their projects and programs, including the project costs and timeframe for project execution. They also have to start work within a week of signing the agreement with the government agencies concerned. Any breaching of the agreement will automatically terminate the agreement. All projects should eventually be handed over to the government within a set period.
The government has barred the NGOs and INGOs from concentrating their work in a particular community, religous community or region and they cannot fundraise locally. They also have to make public the support for any construction work they carry out, including work type and donor information, through local FM radio.
NGOs and INGOs cannot mobilize funds or carry out any programs and projects that harm national integrity, sovereignty, national security or religious, ethnicity and social harmony, the directives further state.
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