A
collection of recent reports and articles on the need for greater levels
of appropriate funding of reconstruction.
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Up-Dated: Jan 18, 2002
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Main Contents: BD:
Financing Reconstruction in East Timor
Jan
17 Lee, McKinley King, Shaw: Asbestos problem in East Timor
Report added Jan 18
"The removal of asbestos using Australian
NOHSC standard must be made a top priority. The East
Timor Constituent Assembly can and is in a unique position to make
UNTAET accept this fact and act on it. The cleaning up of the asbestos
will be a huge task which will require additional funding from donor
countries as well as additional assistance from abroad. Many organisations
including trade unions in Australia would be more than happy to provide
the assistance ... Finally, the clean up of the asbestos would require
the importation of large quantities of disposable asbestos overalls and
masks. These items could be manufactured in East Timor as a cottage industry
to provide local employment." HT Lee, Julian McKinley King & Andrea
Shaw
Portuguese:
Out
15 OTL: Saúde - a retirada das organizações internacionais
começou Report added Nov 1
"O sector da saúde é um
dos que mais beneficiou da ajuda internacional de urgência: pessoal
técnico qualificado e relativamente abundante e elevado financiamento
exterior, em particular no quadro do Trust Fund; mas essa situação
chega ao fim."
Observatório Timor
Leste
Oct
15 ETO: Health - international agencies withdrawing already
Report added Oct 30
"The health sector is one of the areas
that most benefited from international emergency aid: qualified specialist
workers and relatively abundant international funding, especially from
the Trust Fund. However, all this is beginning to be phased out." East
Timor Observatory
Sep
3 IFET Preliminary Election Observations Report added
Sep 4
"There is much that can be done to improve
the working conditions and training for local staff, many who worked more
than 10 hours without a break or food on election day ... Bearing in mind
the total funds allocated for the election, training for East Timorese
IEC [Independent Electoral Commission, UN] staff should have been better.
IFET is particularly concerned that the people of East Timor had few opportunities
to learn how to organize future elections on their own."
International
Federation for East Timor (IFET)
Jun
13 ET NGO: Donors’ Conference: Health Paper added June
15
"Budgetary constraints are recognised
as a reality, however innovative strategies are needed to effective address
the critical health issues while maintaining the goal of a financially
sustainable health system. The result may require additional funding in
the shorter period to ensure a longer term financial sustainability." Forum
Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e / The East Timor National NGO Forum