Organization of Fast Relief and Development (OFRD) Community Based Monitoring Meeting (CBM) was held on Monday 17, 2020 at the Directorate of Mining and Petroleum hall of Panjshir province, 25 participants both males and female took part in mentioned Community Based Monitoring Meeting (CBM), who were introduced by the Directorate of Youth Affairs (DoYA), Directorate of Women Affairs (DoWA), Directorate of Mining and Petroleum (DoMP), CSOs and Community People.
The OFRD representatives welcomed the participants and officially inaugurated the meeting with explaining the meeting objectives and the agenda to the participants. Likewise, having a counter discussion and the curiosity of the participants touched the challenges, solutions, clarifications, and ways to the engagement of people to increase people’s awareness and advocacy initiatives in mining and extractive sector. In the session, there was an open dialogue among the participants, the converse over among the participants made the discussion more remarkable and valuable. Participants have given better concepts and views on different rights of people and how much people know about their rights and their involvement in decision making process.
The Community Based Monitoring Meeting (CBM) also included group work sessions, participants worked in groups discussing key recommendations on how to increase people’s awareness level, what advocacy initiatives need to strengthen, and what steps government and CSOs shall take to support each other in making things better related to extractives.