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Forum NGO Timor Leste (Fongtil) was founded in 1998 with the initiatives of 2 organisations, Yayasan HAK and Biahula and had 14 NGOs as members. After the 1999 referendum and East Timor become and independent nation, Fongtil was became an independence institution and as umbrella organization for all NGOs in East Timor.
Since then fongtil exists with great support (both material and financial) from International Organizations such as OCHA (Office of Coordination for Humanitarian Aid) and Oxfam. In emergency period, Fongtil was also got big financial support from different donor institutions. After the emergency period, Fongtil performed its first Annual General Meeting (AGM) in 2000. The result out the meeting, Fongtil gained trust as Umbrella Organization for all NGOs working in East Timor (Both National and International NGOs).
In the other side, the democratic government of RDTL gives opportunity (wide public) to all components included NGO to be actively involved in all sectors of national development process such as economy, politic, health and education. This policy is clearly written in RDTL’s constitution that guarantee the freedom of association and organization/ group that could become a development partner of government. It was clearly shown in the concrete action on the beginning of independence restoration of RDTL government even before the government was formed), the role of NGOs in supporting government to provide public services (that should be the role of government) was a significant prove of NGO’s roles. Indirectly NGOs are real potential as government’s partner in the development process.
Nowadays, there are more than 500 NGOs and 400 of them are FONGTIL’s member. (The East Timor NGO Forum) As written in the history above, Fongtil was founded in 1998, at that time Fongtil’s role was to monitor crimes against Human Rights that happened but were perfectly hidden by Indonesian government. In other words, to advocate and speak out loudly about crimes against human rights in Timor-Leste.
After referendum, in 2000 Fongtil was legalized by existing NGOs as an umbrella institution to all National and International NGOs in Timor-Leste.
Forum ONG Timor Leste (FONGTIL) is an umbrella institution as a shade to Local NGOs, National and International NGOs that are operating in Timor-Leste. The important role of NGOs is to Serve and Enhance the Capacity of Community to live in Democracy environment, Family Economical Development, Develop Critical Awareness and Empowering Community to do advocacy themselves to all political decisions that are not giving positive impact and benefits to their daily life.
So, the role of FONGTIL to its NGO members is to facilitate ‘ Coordination, Capacity Empowerment and Advocacy”. The total number of NGOs registered in FONGTIL’s database as of August 2008; there are 315 National NGOs and 98 International NGOs.
Up to date, Fongtil plays important role in national development of Timor-Leste; in the previous crisis 2006-2007, Fongtil took initiative to cooperate with WFP-UN agencies to provide food distribution to IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) because the crisis caused hunger in all district.
Fongtil always represent NGOs in Timor-Leste in National and International level such as Donors Meeting, Evaluation Committee to PNTL, National Election Watch Commission (CNE), Petroleum Fund Watch Commission and Committee of NGO’s Proposal Selection from donor agencies. Current situation that is more important in Fongtil is the recognition of RDTL government to the existence of Fongtil as umbrella organization in Timor-Leste, trusted by international agencies in Timor and abroad.
Fongtil is also trusted by its NGO members in membership services.
Example: when an NGO want to create bank account, the bank requires recommendation letter from Fongtil to certify that the organization is registered in Fongtil with registration number provided by Fongtil; the same thing if NGOs want to access grants/ funding from government and donor agencies, recommendation letter from Fongtil is one of determinant criteria in the proposal forms. Action points to be improved from Fongtil:
a. Finance System: currently we are still using excel (manual) and it’s now in transition process of finance system to new system
b. Communication (Language skill)
c. Capacity of Fongtil’s staff Fongtil’s services to its members:
a. Provide recommendation letter to NGOs to facilitate opening of bank account, donor, government (approximately there are 2000 recommendation letters issued by Fongtil. The objective is to facilitate NGO in accessing opportunities offered by donors, international agencies, bank, and government in implementing NGO’s programs. Beause one of the criteria/ requirement by bank, donor, and government is the recommendation letter from FONGTIL/ have you registered in FONGTIL, to prove that this organization is non profit/ NGO.
b. Provide capacity building to NGO members by facilitating trainings as required by members
Objective: Improve professionalism of member in program implementation
c. Database of NGO members
Objective: to record concrete data about number of NGOs in Timor-Leste and facilitate and provide contact information for all institution that want to establish cooperation/ partnership with NGOs in capital and districts.
d. Computer Service & Internet
Objective: To facilitate members in accessing information from and to donors and other information related to their programs.
e. Adocacy: Provide suport to existing working group and establish new working group in districts to response NGO needs at district level.
Objective: Members are able to do advocacy action to issues that affect the stability of local community
Communication method:
- Dialog
- Statement writing
- Training
- Workshop
- Press Conference & Press Release No, because politically Fongtil does not involve in political decision making of government yet we are as a development partner to government. All government decision is absolutely government’s rights. As social control if there are any government decisions that victimize people, we will criticize those decisions. As explained above, Fongtil as social control, we don’t involve in decision making of government, if government change/implement any program, we will do monitoring to ensure whether the programs benefit people.
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Legal base of our platform is the RDTL Constitution and Statute. We have already registered in Minister of Justice and Minister of Finance.
Law that regulate NGOs in Timor-Leste are:
1. RDTL Constitution
2. Regulation of Association
3. Regulation of Foundation
(These two regulations need to be revised because the criteria for Association and Foundation is very high, all national associations and foundations are not able to register because do not meet the criteria stated in the regulation, and not all NGOs are Association or Foundation).
My position in Fongtil is Executive Director. I am a decision maker in executive body.
Every three years Fongtil conducts General Meeting where all Board Members elected in previous three years must report what have been implemented by Board member during three years that was in the implementation run by Executive Body.
At the same time, NGO members will elect New Board Member through Election for the next three years with new mandates. The new elected Board Member has assignment to recruit Executive Director to run daily administrative of Executive Body.
Every three months, the Executive Body has to report to Board Member about programs and activities implemented during three months, and Board Member will report to NGO Members on Annual General Meeting.
All activities of Executive Body are decided by Executive Director and inform Board Member for their information.
Things that strengthen the relation of Fongtil and its NGO members are:
A.Recommendation Letter for Fongtil required by donor, government and bank
B.Membership Fee
c. Members involved in the working groups such as Land Reform, Hasatil (Network of Agriculture NGOs), RMDH (Network of Human Rights NGOs) and Rede Feto (Network of Women NGOs)
Do you have international institutions as members (associations, NGO movements)?
ouiYes, Fongtil always provides information to members about organizational structure of international organizations that are located in Timor and or abroad that want to establish partnership with FOngtil’s NGO members.
Fongtil tries to establish a linkage between NGO members with international organizations that work in the same area/programs to cooperate in developing Timor-Leste.
Example: all members operate in capacity building program have good relation with international NGOs such as USC Satunama-Indonesia and SEACA Bangkok.
Members of Fongtil always receive information of Fongtil’s activities through monthly regular meeting organized by Fongtil with all members in Capital and districts (district level organized by Fongtil’s District Liaison Officer). Fongtil also disseminate information through monthly newsletter of Fongtil, Fongtil’s website and Annual General Meeting.
Example: Fongtil had just conducted General Meeting on April 2008 to report Fongtil’s work during a year from 2007-2008.
Fongtil has four divisions: Division of Advocacy, Division of District Liaison Officer, Division of Membership Service and Internal Division. Those divisions were established to response and implement member’s mandates to be implemented by Executive Body.
From those mandates, Executive Body will redesign in strategy planning for three years and will be revised accordingly (situation & member needs) every year.
Job of Each Division:
A. Advocacy Division:
1. National alliance for International Tribunal, is a network formed by numbers of NGOs at 2 July 2001 to respond the justice situation expected by the specially by the victims and East Timorese community in general. As a part of the network, NGO Forum Advocacy Division playing its role to assist, facilitate, coordinate and support the Alliance activity process, to struggle for justice for the East Timorese people. For example, when Alliance team were doing their action, lobby, or district visits, Advocacy Forum always accompanied to support this activity. At the moment, Fongtil take part as facilitator in facilitating the Alliance Secretariat for East Timor.
2. Timor Sea Issue
One of the struggles to be faced by East Timor in its independence is struggle for rights on its maritime border as a nation. Oil and gas resources in the Timor Sea belong to east Timorese people, which are now in already in the exploration phase. Look at the facts that incomes from the exploration of oil and gas in the Timor Sea has potential to develop the nation and reduce the poverty in this nation, then it is very important for monitoring and advocacy to this natural resources, so this natural resources can give great benefits to Timorese people.
Fongtil is also involving CSO – civil society organization to mobilize solidarity movement in the country and outside the country to support the struggle of Timorese people both moral support to government in negotiating it according to International law or technical legal support. In advocacy it is also important to fight for Transparence, and Accountability Management of the Exploration Results.
3. Land Reform Issue
Land and Property issue is a potential issue that can create in this new nation. Many issues related to the Land and Property, such as, traditional land or communal land issue, ignored land (careless or not in use), certified and not certified lands. Related to this issue, many of Timorese have face those who claim their self as landlord, which most of them are not East Timorese origin bloodline. This issue was warmly debated in last few years from parliament level, NGOs and community from national to village level. Land and Property Department, which is under the Ministry of Justice already implemented Regulation of Move and un-move property but still not responding land issue in East Timor.
In this few years, Fongtil as umbrella organization and secretariat for Agrarian Reform working group had tried many ways to organize and to lobby the parliament, attending public hearing in parliament, base discussion to increase the awareness of community to solve the issue through dialog. For that reason, this program is still relevant to be looked at in the future.
5. Cooperation with the Government
The purpose of cooperation with the government is to coordinate, especially with the related departments and parliament to follow directly the information development. It is also important for Fongtil to contribute in preventing production of regulation that create social injustice that leads to conflict and disintegration of community and government itself.
One of the success activity of Advocacy Division was forming of alliance that consist of; National and International NGOs, Activists, Academicians, Victims of Violence, Family of Victims and also Individual. This alliance also formed expert commission to identify Adhoc Tribunal justice process in Jakarta, Indonesia.
For Timor Sea activity, Advocacy Division succeeds to;
- Form MKOTT (Movimentu Kontra Okupasaun Tasi Timor) to press the Australian government to finalize the maritime border before exploring the natural resources in it.
- Form a consultative committee (komite konsultativo fundo petrolifer) to monitor the use of funds from Timor Sea Exploration
- For land reform, Advocacy Division is preparing a recommendation to the government regarding the equal and justice sharing of land to prevent the conflict among community.
B. District Liaison Officer (DLO) Division
District Liaison Officer (DLO) is Fongtil representative in district. There are four functions of DLO: (i) to do the external coordination with government or other civil society, (ii) to disseminate information to the NGOs members, (iii) to perform training as part of members capacity building and (iv) to perform advocacy and monitoring NGOs members both new or old members.
Human resources for this unit are 8 persons based on 9 districts; (i) Oecussi for Oecussi region, (ii) Suai fo Suai dan Aileu area, (iii) Maliana for Maliana and Ermera district, (iv) Maubisse for Ainaro and Same, (v) Baucau for Baucau and Viqueque area, (vi) Lospalos for Lospalos and Manatuto, (vii) Liquisa for Liquisa and Dili and a District Development Officer (DDO) person in Dili who is also become DLO Team Leader.
The successes reached by the DLO activities are (i) increasing NGOs access in districts on information, (ii) Increasing the capacity of NGOs in district through training and mentoring, (iii) raising the actual issues in districts and (iv) building up cooperation between NGOs and NGOs also between NGOs and Local Government in district through regular meeting in district level.
To increase the role of the district outreach program (DLO), FONGTIL will create a good monitoring mechanism to the DLO’s in the districts in order to improve the service particularly to the second site of DLO’s area of operation. DLO’s will also maintain relationship with the government in the districts as part of partnership.
C. Administration Division
This unit is the hearth of Fongtil. The work of this unit is very significant for the internal or external of Fongtil. Administration Management Fongtil will be recovered and improved to deliver a better service to Fongtil staff and NGOs members. This unit handles Fongtil operational system, such as, personal management, communication, security, cleaning service. This team also does fundraising activity, financial management, service for registration of new member and performing members meetings. Human resources for this unit are 9 persons including security and cleaner.
With the existence of administration division will facilitate and guarantee all activities of Fongtil and serving NGOs members.
D. Members service division
The main purpose of this unit is to create opportunities of training in building up NGOs capacity to respond the members’ needs and to develop their organizations to deliver a better service to the community.
In the last five years, this division had facilitated training such as; Organizational Management, Financial Management, Advocacy, TOT (training of trainers), proposal writing, computer Training (Hardware, Software, Internet), internet café service to the members and also English courses to members and Tetum courses for International Organizations. This division’s services are not only in Dili but also in district level.
The results of those activities are skill improvement for NGOs members to strengthen their organization. Access to the information through internet and training opportunity for capacity building for the NGOs members are essential needs. But at the moment, its special division Information and Technology Unit (IT) could not perform their service as implication of East Timor recent crisis, where IT Unit lost all facilities in supporting their activities.
In the past, NGO’s have attended different trainings provided by FONGTIL, in the future FONGTIL will identify the local facilitators and promote them to implement trainings related to institutional capacity in the districts, IT will focus on serving FONGTIL members, and women will be the priority of any training opportunity and will improve the quantity of the training.
Main roles of paticipants/members in General Meeting are:
- Legalize the report of Board Member that was implemented by Executive Body
- Elect Board Member for the the period of next three years
- Formulate issues and recommend to Executive Body
- Approve new member and terminate old members if violate Fongtil’s Statue, code of conduct of Non Partisan, Non Profit and Non Sectarian.
Yes, the main role of other institution is as a funding provider and Fongtil’s partner.
Donor agencies coordinate with Fongtil to be involved in NGO’s proposal selection panel, and coordination in the program implementation to listen to Fongtil’s view about ongoing programs; Fongtil also involved in working group such as Civic Education, etc.
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History and tasks of the ngo national platform
Since then fongtil exists with great support (both material and financial) from International Organizations such as OCHA (Office of Coordination for Humanitarian Aid) and Oxfam. In emergency period, Fongtil was also got big financial support from different donor institutions. After the emergency period, Fongtil performed its first Annual General Meeting (AGM) in 2000. The result out the meeting, Fongtil gained trust as Umbrella Organization for all NGOs working in East Timor (Both National and International NGOs).
In the other side, the democratic government of RDTL gives opportunity (wide public) to all components included NGO to be actively involved in all sectors of national development process such as economy, politic, health and education. This policy is clearly written in RDTL’s constitution that guarantee the freedom of association and organization/ group that could become a development partner of government. It was clearly shown in the concrete action on the beginning of independence restoration of RDTL government even before the government was formed), the role of NGOs in supporting government to provide public services (that should be the role of government) was a significant prove of NGO’s roles. Indirectly NGOs are real potential as government’s partner in the development process.
Nowadays, there are more than 500 NGOs and 400 of them are FONGTIL’s member. (The East Timor NGO Forum)
After referendum, in 2000 Fongtil was legalized by existing NGOs as an umbrella institution to all National and International NGOs in Timor-Leste.
Forum ONG Timor Leste (FONGTIL) is an umbrella institution as a shade to Local NGOs, National and International NGOs that are operating in Timor-Leste. The important role of NGOs is to Serve and Enhance the Capacity of Community to live in Democracy environment, Family Economical Development, Develop Critical Awareness and Empowering Community to do advocacy themselves to all political decisions that are not giving positive impact and benefits to their daily life.
So, the role of FONGTIL to its NGO members is to facilitate ‘ Coordination, Capacity Empowerment and Advocacy”. The total number of NGOs registered in FONGTIL’s database as of August 2008; there are 315 National NGOs and 98 International NGOs.
Up to date, Fongtil plays important role in national development of Timor-Leste; in the previous crisis 2006-2007, Fongtil took initiative to cooperate with WFP-UN agencies to provide food distribution to IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) because the crisis caused hunger in all district.
Fongtil always represent NGOs in Timor-Leste in National and International level such as Donors Meeting, Evaluation Committee to PNTL, National Election Watch Commission (CNE), Petroleum Fund Watch Commission and Committee of NGO’s Proposal Selection from donor agencies.
Fongtil is also trusted by its NGO members in membership services.
Example: when an NGO want to create bank account, the bank requires recommendation letter from Fongtil to certify that the organization is registered in Fongtil with registration number provided by Fongtil; the same thing if NGOs want to access grants/ funding from government and donor agencies, recommendation letter from Fongtil is one of determinant criteria in the proposal forms.
a. Finance System: currently we are still using excel (manual) and it’s now in transition process of finance system to new system
b. Communication (Language skill)
c. Capacity of Fongtil’s staff
Missions of the NGO national platform
a. Provide recommendation letter to NGOs to facilitate opening of bank account, donor, government (approximately there are 2000 recommendation letters issued by Fongtil. The objective is to facilitate NGO in accessing opportunities offered by donors, international agencies, bank, and government in implementing NGO’s programs. Beause one of the criteria/ requirement by bank, donor, and government is the recommendation letter from FONGTIL/ have you registered in FONGTIL, to prove that this organization is non profit/ NGO.
b. Provide capacity building to NGO members by facilitating trainings as required by members
Objective: Improve professionalism of member in program implementation
c. Database of NGO members
Objective: to record concrete data about number of NGOs in Timor-Leste and facilitate and provide contact information for all institution that want to establish cooperation/ partnership with NGOs in capital and districts.
d. Computer Service & Internet
Objective: To facilitate members in accessing information from and to donors and other information related to their programs.
e. Adocacy: Provide suport to existing working group and establish new working group in districts to response NGO needs at district level.
Objective: Members are able to do advocacy action to issues that affect the stability of local community
Communication method:
- Dialog
- Statement writing
- Training
- Workshop
- Press Conference & Press Release
Functioning and governing of the NGO national platform
Law that regulate NGOs in Timor-Leste are:
1. RDTL Constitution
2. Regulation of Association
3. Regulation of Foundation
(These two regulations need to be revised because the criteria for Association and Foundation is very high, all national associations and foundations are not able to register because do not meet the criteria stated in the regulation, and not all NGOs are Association or Foundation).
Every three years Fongtil conducts General Meeting where all Board Members elected in previous three years must report what have been implemented by Board member during three years that was in the implementation run by Executive Body.
At the same time, NGO members will elect New Board Member through Election for the next three years with new mandates. The new elected Board Member has assignment to recruit Executive Director to run daily administrative of Executive Body.
Every three months, the Executive Body has to report to Board Member about programs and activities implemented during three months, and Board Member will report to NGO Members on Annual General Meeting.
All activities of Executive Body are decided by Executive Director and inform Board Member for their information.
Internal rules and ethics
Does your NPF have internal rules?
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Does your NPF have code of ethics or other similar documents?
Fongtil has internal policy and for previous five years, Fongtil used internal policy to regulate staffs that run programs in executive body. Fongtil always revises internal policy annually to review the relevance of internal policy with actual situation.
Have you changed the code of ethics or internal rules in the last 5 years?
A.Recommendation Letter for Fongtil required by donor, government and bank
B.Membership Fee
c. Members involved in the working groups such as Land Reform, Hasatil (Network of Agriculture NGOs), RMDH (Network of Human Rights NGOs) and Rede Feto (Network of Women NGOs)
Do you have international institutions as members (associations, NGO movements)?
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Fongtil tries to establish a linkage between NGO members with international organizations that work in the same area/programs to cooperate in developing Timor-Leste.
Example: all members operate in capacity building program have good relation with international NGOs such as USC Satunama-Indonesia and SEACA Bangkok.
Example: Fongtil had just conducted General Meeting on April 2008 to report Fongtil’s work during a year from 2007-2008.
Governing of the ngo platform
From those mandates, Executive Body will redesign in strategy planning for three years and will be revised accordingly (situation & member needs) every year.
Job of Each Division:
A. Advocacy Division:
1. National alliance for International Tribunal, is a network formed by numbers of NGOs at 2 July 2001 to respond the justice situation expected by the specially by the victims and East Timorese community in general. As a part of the network, NGO Forum Advocacy Division playing its role to assist, facilitate, coordinate and support the Alliance activity process, to struggle for justice for the East Timorese people. For example, when Alliance team were doing their action, lobby, or district visits, Advocacy Forum always accompanied to support this activity. At the moment, Fongtil take part as facilitator in facilitating the Alliance Secretariat for East Timor.
2. Timor Sea Issue
One of the struggles to be faced by East Timor in its independence is struggle for rights on its maritime border as a nation. Oil and gas resources in the Timor Sea belong to east Timorese people, which are now in already in the exploration phase. Look at the facts that incomes from the exploration of oil and gas in the Timor Sea has potential to develop the nation and reduce the poverty in this nation, then it is very important for monitoring and advocacy to this natural resources, so this natural resources can give great benefits to Timorese people.
Fongtil is also involving CSO – civil society organization to mobilize solidarity movement in the country and outside the country to support the struggle of Timorese people both moral support to government in negotiating it according to International law or technical legal support. In advocacy it is also important to fight for Transparence, and Accountability Management of the Exploration Results.
3. Land Reform Issue
Land and Property issue is a potential issue that can create in this new nation. Many issues related to the Land and Property, such as, traditional land or communal land issue, ignored land (careless or not in use), certified and not certified lands. Related to this issue, many of Timorese have face those who claim their self as landlord, which most of them are not East Timorese origin bloodline. This issue was warmly debated in last few years from parliament level, NGOs and community from national to village level. Land and Property Department, which is under the Ministry of Justice already implemented Regulation of Move and un-move property but still not responding land issue in East Timor.
In this few years, Fongtil as umbrella organization and secretariat for Agrarian Reform working group had tried many ways to organize and to lobby the parliament, attending public hearing in parliament, base discussion to increase the awareness of community to solve the issue through dialog. For that reason, this program is still relevant to be looked at in the future.
5. Cooperation with the Government
The purpose of cooperation with the government is to coordinate, especially with the related departments and parliament to follow directly the information development. It is also important for Fongtil to contribute in preventing production of regulation that create social injustice that leads to conflict and disintegration of community and government itself.
One of the success activity of Advocacy Division was forming of alliance that consist of; National and International NGOs, Activists, Academicians, Victims of Violence, Family of Victims and also Individual. This alliance also formed expert commission to identify Adhoc Tribunal justice process in Jakarta, Indonesia.
For Timor Sea activity, Advocacy Division succeeds to;
- Form MKOTT (Movimentu Kontra Okupasaun Tasi Timor) to press the Australian government to finalize the maritime border before exploring the natural resources in it.
- Form a consultative committee (komite konsultativo fundo petrolifer) to monitor the use of funds from Timor Sea Exploration
- For land reform, Advocacy Division is preparing a recommendation to the government regarding the equal and justice sharing of land to prevent the conflict among community.
B. District Liaison Officer (DLO) Division
District Liaison Officer (DLO) is Fongtil representative in district. There are four functions of DLO: (i) to do the external coordination with government or other civil society, (ii) to disseminate information to the NGOs members, (iii) to perform training as part of members capacity building and (iv) to perform advocacy and monitoring NGOs members both new or old members.
Human resources for this unit are 8 persons based on 9 districts; (i) Oecussi for Oecussi region, (ii) Suai fo Suai dan Aileu area, (iii) Maliana for Maliana and Ermera district, (iv) Maubisse for Ainaro and Same, (v) Baucau for Baucau and Viqueque area, (vi) Lospalos for Lospalos and Manatuto, (vii) Liquisa for Liquisa and Dili and a District Development Officer (DDO) person in Dili who is also become DLO Team Leader.
The successes reached by the DLO activities are (i) increasing NGOs access in districts on information, (ii) Increasing the capacity of NGOs in district through training and mentoring, (iii) raising the actual issues in districts and (iv) building up cooperation between NGOs and NGOs also between NGOs and Local Government in district through regular meeting in district level.
To increase the role of the district outreach program (DLO), FONGTIL will create a good monitoring mechanism to the DLO’s in the districts in order to improve the service particularly to the second site of DLO’s area of operation. DLO’s will also maintain relationship with the government in the districts as part of partnership.
C. Administration Division
This unit is the hearth of Fongtil. The work of this unit is very significant for the internal or external of Fongtil. Administration Management Fongtil will be recovered and improved to deliver a better service to Fongtil staff and NGOs members. This unit handles Fongtil operational system, such as, personal management, communication, security, cleaning service. This team also does fundraising activity, financial management, service for registration of new member and performing members meetings. Human resources for this unit are 9 persons including security and cleaner.
With the existence of administration division will facilitate and guarantee all activities of Fongtil and serving NGOs members.
D. Members service division
The main purpose of this unit is to create opportunities of training in building up NGOs capacity to respond the members’ needs and to develop their organizations to deliver a better service to the community.
In the last five years, this division had facilitated training such as; Organizational Management, Financial Management, Advocacy, TOT (training of trainers), proposal writing, computer Training (Hardware, Software, Internet), internet café service to the members and also English courses to members and Tetum courses for International Organizations. This division’s services are not only in Dili but also in district level.
The results of those activities are skill improvement for NGOs members to strengthen their organization. Access to the information through internet and training opportunity for capacity building for the NGOs members are essential needs. But at the moment, its special division Information and Technology Unit (IT) could not perform their service as implication of East Timor recent crisis, where IT Unit lost all facilities in supporting their activities.
In the past, NGO’s have attended different trainings provided by FONGTIL, in the future FONGTIL will identify the local facilitators and promote them to implement trainings related to institutional capacity in the districts, IT will focus on serving FONGTIL members, and women will be the priority of any training opportunity and will improve the quantity of the training.
- Legalize the report of Board Member that was implemented by Executive Body
- Elect Board Member for the the period of next three years
- Formulate issues and recommend to Executive Body
- Approve new member and terminate old members if violate Fongtil’s Statue, code of conduct of Non Partisan, Non Profit and Non Sectarian.
Are there other governing bodies in your NPF?
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Donor agencies coordinate with Fongtil to be involved in NGO’s proposal selection panel, and coordination in the program implementation to listen to Fongtil’s view about ongoing programs; Fongtil also involved in working group such as Civic Education, etc.
Relationship with the members
Do you have work groups or thematic commissions?
ouiYes, we have working group on following themes/ sectors:
a. Working Group of Youth and Children: focus on street children/ abandoned children and how to promote/support their self development in their group
b. Gender Working Group(Women Network): Struggle and Promote Gender Equity and Eliminate Discrimination againts women.
c. Land Reform Working Group: Struggle for the rights of people to the land and property because up to date there are no policy to regulate the land rights.
d. Core Group: Monitor the usage of Petroleum Fund.
e. Working Groups in six districts: more focus on issues at district level and together solve /find out the solution.
g. Working Group of Human Rights: to monitor the implementation of Human Rights in Timor-Leste
h. Peace Building Working Group
i. Asosiasi Micro Credit Timor-Leste
j. Peace Centre Working Group
k. Hasatil (Agricultura Working Group) Yes, annually we always conduct evaluation through NGO Needs Assessment, because through assessment we are able to know what services that members need from Fongtil according to mandates from General Meeting.
Yes, our government always involves NGOs in national development such as consultation of government’s programs, invite Fongtil or NGO’s representation in government working groups, invites NGOs to attend/ give speech in workshop, seminar and training that are organized by government.
Fongtil is funded by several international organizations such as:
a. Irish Aid: provided funding support to Fongtil since 2003 up to date
b. Cafod (Catholic Organization from England): provided funding support since 2001 up to date, Cafod focused on advocacy division
c. Caritas New Zealand : provided funding support since 2005 up to date: focused on advocacy dan Capacity Building divisions
d. Oxfam Australia: provided funding support since 2001 up to date: focused on division of capacity building and membership service (Database of NGOs)
e. Concern: provided funding support since 2005 up to date, focused on Division of District Liaison Officer (provide support and capacity building to members in district level)
f. Trocaire: provided funding support since 2005 up to date, focused on IT Division (Computer service to members, internet distribution and hardware & software training)
g. Caritas Australia: provided funding support for members and staffs to attend training in USC Satunama Indonesia
Donors mentioned above are not just providing funding support yet they also give inputs and suggestions to Fongtil related to programs implemented by Fongtil, assist Fongtil in writing statement in Donor’s Meeting and advocating issues raised by Fongtil.
Steps used by Fongtil in approaching donor agencies:
a. Proposal Submission
b. Further discussion about submitted proposal
c. Personal Approach (non formal discussion)
d. Always informs donor when encountere problems (opened)
e. Invite donor to monitor activities directly when implementing
f. Always invite donor in Annual Internal Evaluation to participate directly
g. Consultation
h. Invites all stakeholders to attend External Evaluation every three years, included NGO member’s delegations
Yes, we also have relation with NGO platform from other country such as CPLP Forum, SEACA (South East Asia Commission of Advocacy), NGO Forum of Indonesia and PIANGO.
Other remarks on your ngo national platform
Do you have work groups or thematic commissions?
oui
a. Working Group of Youth and Children: focus on street children/ abandoned children and how to promote/support their self development in their group
b. Gender Working Group(Women Network): Struggle and Promote Gender Equity and Eliminate Discrimination againts women.
c. Land Reform Working Group: Struggle for the rights of people to the land and property because up to date there are no policy to regulate the land rights.
d. Core Group: Monitor the usage of Petroleum Fund.
e. Working Groups in six districts: more focus on issues at district level and together solve /find out the solution.
g. Working Group of Human Rights: to monitor the implementation of Human Rights in Timor-Leste
h. Peace Building Working Group
i. Asosiasi Micro Credit Timor-Leste
j. Peace Centre Working Group
k. Hasatil (Agricultura Working Group)
Do you assess the expectations or needs of your members?
oui
Relation with sponsors
Does your government provide reinforcement policies for NGOs?
oui
Is there a specific financial system to reinforce the NGOs in your country (example: funds, special donations)? - If yes, what kind of capabilities do they support? What are the strengths and weaknesses of these funds? - Else, how does the NGO fund its capability-reinforcement program (staff training, research, strategic plans, organizational diagnosis…)?
oui
Yes, in our country there are lots of funding/grants offered by donor such as funding/grants for programs, comparative study to NGOs in other country, NGO’s staff capacity building such as send staf to attend trainings abroad, invite international facilitators to provide training on management of organization, finance management, strategy planning, advocacy research, agriculture, environmental, tourism etc.
a. Irish Aid: provided funding support to Fongtil since 2003 up to date
b. Cafod (Catholic Organization from England): provided funding support since 2001 up to date, Cafod focused on advocacy division
c. Caritas New Zealand : provided funding support since 2005 up to date: focused on advocacy dan Capacity Building divisions
d. Oxfam Australia: provided funding support since 2001 up to date: focused on division of capacity building and membership service (Database of NGOs)
e. Concern: provided funding support since 2005 up to date, focused on Division of District Liaison Officer (provide support and capacity building to members in district level)
f. Trocaire: provided funding support since 2005 up to date, focused on IT Division (Computer service to members, internet distribution and hardware & software training)
g. Caritas Australia: provided funding support for members and staffs to attend training in USC Satunama Indonesia
Donors mentioned above are not just providing funding support yet they also give inputs and suggestions to Fongtil related to programs implemented by Fongtil, assist Fongtil in writing statement in Donor’s Meeting and advocating issues raised by Fongtil.
a. Proposal Submission
b. Further discussion about submitted proposal
c. Personal Approach (non formal discussion)
d. Always informs donor when encountere problems (opened)
e. Invite donor to monitor activities directly when implementing
f. Always invite donor in Annual Internal Evaluation to participate directly
g. Consultation
h. Invites all stakeholders to attend External Evaluation every three years, included NGO member’s delegations
Relation with other associations, ngos
Do you work with international NGOs, international networks, and national NGO platforms from countries other than yours?
oui
Are there other NPFs or national NGO networks in your country?
non
Do you work with these NPFs and/or national NGO networks?
Legal framework is not available
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East Timor
Capital: Dili
Population: 1,108,777
Area: 15,007 sq km