Organization of Fast Relief and Development (OFRD) Round Table Meeting was held on Sunday, August 23, 2020 at the Organization of Fast Relief and Development (OFRD) hall, 16 participants both 8 males and 8 female took part in mentioned Round Table Meeting, who were introduced by the Deputy Ministry of Youth Affairs (DMoYA), Ministry of Women Affairs (MoWA), Ministry of Mining and Petroleum, 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 Round Table Meeting 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.