Government has commended the European Union (EU) for its continued partnership and support in empowering local communities in the country through various interventions.
Western Province Agriculture Coordinator, Rodwell Muntanga, noted that the government is keen in partnering with the private sectors to accelerate meaningful development in various sectors such as agriculture, education and infrastructure among others.
Mr Muntanga stated that the three-year Civil Society Organisations (CSO) Leads Project being implemented by the People In Need (PIN) and Jesuit Center for Theological Reflection (JCTR) will improve service delivery and uplift people’s welfare in various communities in the province.
He urged the EU through PIN and JCTR to continue supporting CSO action plans in order to achieve the set targets and ensure the successful implementation of the project.
Mr Muntanga was speaking at the PIN, JCTR and CSOs stakeholders’ engagement meeting on the CSO Leads project in Kaoma District.
“Government appreciates the role of (CSOs) as partners in development. The policy direction of the government if you are aware now is the promotion of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) in various development sectors such as Agriculture, Health, Education and Infrastructure. In this regard, the government Jesuit Center for Theological Reflection (JCTR)and People In Need (PIN) appreciates the European Union for implementing the Leads project which brings together the CSOs and government departments to form this partnership that will provide service delivery in the communities”, he noted.
Meanwhile, PIN Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Innocent Ngonga assured PIN and JCTR’s of its commitment on the project in strengthen the existing CSOs through capacity development support, mentorship, sharing of best practices peer to peer learning and to enhance their networking skills as well as form new partnerships collusions.
PIN in partnership with JCTR and with financial support from the European Union is implementing a three years’ action CSO- Leads project aimed at building empowered resilient civil society actors to enhance good governance and sustainable development in the country.
The project is being implemented in five provinces namely, Western Southern, Lusaka, Luapula and North-Western.
Kaoma, Nkeyema and Luampa Districts are the beneficiaries of the project in Western Province.
