EU Assures NGOs Of Financial Backing

Speaking at the Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (BOCONGO) 14th Annual General Meeting (AGM), which coincided with the launch of a website at the Oasis Motel in Tlokweng, Ambassador Malin said that even though some donors had decided to pull out, the EU was willing to continue financing Botswana's NGOs.

"Even if some European member states have reduced or ended their co-operation programme the EU, as a whole, remains committed to complementing our macro-level assistance to government in education, training and health by supporting non-governmental organisations at grassroots level to respond to development needs," he said.