Theme:
National Policy on
Voluntary Sector & 11th Five Year Plan
Greetings
from VANI!
This is
to invite you to VANI�s Annual National
Convention. The convention will be
held in Kolkata on 17th & 18th December 2007 and would be
based on the recently announced "National Policy on Voluntary
Sector and the 11th Five
Year Plan".
The
year 2007 has been special for the voluntary sector for two
reasons. Firstly, the Union
Cabinet has formally approved the long-awaited National Policy on the
Voluntary Sector on May 17, 2007. Secondly, the year marks the beginning of
the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012), which promises to encourage
partnerships between Civil Society Organizations and the government.
The
National Convention 2007 aims to engage the debate along these
two themes, taking into
account the need to operationalise the National Policy on the Voluntary
Sector which is committed to "encourage, enable and empower an
independent, creative and effective voluntary sector, with diversity in form
and function, so that it can contribute to the social, cultural and
economic advancement of the people of India". Further it looks at
integration of the 11th Five Year Plan with the policy, recognizing
the important role that the voluntary sector has to play in various areas
and affirming the growing need for collaboration with the voluntary sector by
the government, as well by the private sector, at the local, provincial
and national levels.
Your
presence at the convention will give encouragement and strength
to VANI and its
efforts in creating conducive environment for civil society organizations. We
trust you will block these dates in your schedule and be a part of this
change making process/initiative. May we also request you to nominate your
colleagues from your organization and other NGO's for participation in
this convention, in order to benefit from this flagship event?
A draft
programme schedule along with the details of venue and accommodation
follows in our next communication. To confirm your participation,
kindly send the enclosed registration form duly filled back to Ms.
Sakina Mushtaq, Programme Manager- Networking, latest by Tuesday,
27th November 2007 through E-mail at info@vaniindia.org or Fax at 011 -41435535
or by Post at BB - 5, Greater Kailash Enclave -II, New Delhi
-110048, INDIA
Facilities
of on-the-spot registration will also be available. However, VANI will not be
able to provide accommodation to those registering on the spot. Therefore
participants seeking residential facilities (2 nights - 16th & 17th
December 2007) do register with us by or before 16th November 2007. In case you
will be arriving in Kolkata on 17th morning then subsequently, the
accommodation facilities (2 nights) would be provided for 17th & 18th
December 2007.
Looking
forward to hearing from you. Best
regards, Sincerely, Paresh
Tewary Chief
Executive Officer
