DUSHANBE, May 14, Asia-Plus  -- The first two-day national forum of Tajik NGOs opened at the Dushanbe Hotel in Dushanbe today.

According to the monitoring service within the National Association of Independent Media of Tajikistan (Nansmit), the forum has brought together more than 40 delegates from all regions of the country.

The forum participants are discussing the national program for development of NGOs in Tajikistan and the code of the main principles of activities of NGOs in the country.  

These documents have been worked out within the framework of long- and medium-term programs of the government such as national development strategy for 2006-2015 and the poverty reduction strategy for 2006-2008 and are dedicated to provide transparency of authorities’ activities and create conditions for eradicating corruption, lawlessness and abuse of office, as well as promote improvement of living conditions of the population in Tajikistan and observance of rights and freedoms of citizens guaranteed by the Constitution, the source said  

The forum has been staged by Tajikistan Development Foundation under financial support of the Civil Society Program of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).