NGOs fail to file reports on funds

NGOs fail to file reports on funds

JAKARTA: More than 90 percent of 1,650 local non-governmental
organizations (NGO) failed to file accountability reports of
donations allocated by the ministry of social affairs during the
period of 2001 and 2002.

"We have requested for every NGO to file the accountability
reports as we have to submit another report to the Supreme Audit
Agency (BPK)," said Minister of Social Affairs Bachtiar Chamsyah
on Thursday.

He added that under the current regulations, every NGO must
submit an accountability report within 60 days after the funds
were allocated.

"However, there are still many NGOs that have not filed the
reports for more than one year," he said.

Thus far, the minister said that he had ordered the Inspector
General in the ministry ordering every NGO to submit their
reports immediately.

The total amount of donations reached Rp 113 billion (US$12.7
million) of which Rp 94.2 billion was used to help the victims of
natural disasters and NGOs nationwide. The outstanding balance of
the fund is now Rp 18.8 billion. -- Antara