EBrussels, nge-27 kaFebruwari 2024 - Ngomhla we-World NGO Day, i-European External Action Service (EEAS), ekhokelwa nguMmeli oPhezulu / u-Vice-President uJosep Borrell, uye waqinisekisa inkxaso yayo engagungqiyo kwimibutho yoluntu (CSOs) emhlabeni jikelele. Phakathi kwendlela eyothusayo yehlabathi yokuhla kweendawo zokuhlala kunye nokwanda kobutshaba kubasebenzi be-NGO, abakhuseli bamalungelo oluntu, kunye neentatheli, I-EU ithathe amanyathelo okukhusela kunye nokuxhobisa ezi ntsika zibalulekileyo zedemokhrasi.
Uluntu, oluhlala lilizwi labona bantu basesichengeni, lujongene nemingeni engazange ibonwe ngaphambili. Ukusuka ekubhalweni njenge "iiarhente zangaphandle” ukujongana nezigalo ezigqithisileyo ngexesha loqhanqalazo olunoxolo, imekobume yee-NGOs kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba boluntu iya isiba yimiqathango. Ngenxa yale mingeni, ukugxeka kwe-EU ekuhlaselweni kwenkululeko yokudibanisa kunye nokuhlanganisana ngoxolo akuzange kube yinto efanelekileyo.
Ukulwa nezi zinto zinxulumene neentsingiselo, i-EU isebenzisa zonke izixhobo ezinazo, kuquka nenkxaso yemali eninzi. Inyathelo eliphawulekayo yiNkqubo ye-EU yoBume beNdawo (i-EU SEE), eyasungulwa ngo-2023 kunye ne-50 yezigidi zebhajethi. Le nkqubo ye-groundbreaking ijolise ekubekeni iliso kunye nokukhuthaza indawo yokuhlala kumazwe angama-86 amaqabane, idibanisa i-EU SEE Monitoring Index, indlela yokulumkisa kwangaphambili, kunye nenkxaso ekhawulezayo neguquguqukayo (FSM). Ezi zixhobo ziyilelwe ukuqinisa ukomelela koluntu kunye nokusabela ngokukhawuleza kuko nakuphi na ukuwohloka okanye uphuhliso oluhle kwinkululeko yoluntu.
Ukuzinikela kwe-EU kunabela ngaphaya kwe-EU BONA. Inkqubo yeGlobal Europe Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), ene-1.5 billion yebhajethi ye-2021-2027, ixhasa imibutho yoluntu ngaphandle kwe-EU. Oku kuncediswa zezinye iinkqubo kunye nemithombo, kubandakanywa intsebenziswano elithoba iyonke i-euro yezigidi ezingama-27 egxile kwinkululeko esisiseko kunye namajelo eendaba azimeleyo, kunye nenyathelo le-'Team Europe Democracy', elidibanisa i-€ 19 yezigidi ukusuka kuMazwe angamaLungu ali-14 ukomeleza idemokhrasi kunye nendawo yokuhlala.
Ngaphaya koko, inkqubo yeProtect Defenders.eu, enebhajethi yezigidi ezingama-30 de kube ngu-2027, iyaqhubeka nokubonelela ngenkxaso ebalulekileyo kubaKhuseli baMalungelo oLuntu (HRDs) abasemngciphekweni, incede abantu abangaphezu kwama-70,000 ukusukela oko yasungulwa ngo-2015. Ukongeza, phantsi kweSixhobo. kuNcedo lwangaphambi kokungena (IPA III), i-EU izinikele kwi-219 yezigidi kuluntu kunye namajelo eendaba eNtshona Balkans naseTürkiye kwi-2021-2023.
Njengoko ihlabathi lilungiselela iNgqungquthela yeKamva, i-EU igxininisa ukubaluleka kwendima eyomeleleyo kuluntu, kubandakanywa nolutsha, ekubumbeni iSivumelwano se-UN sekamva. Olu thethathethwano lubalulekile ekuqhubeleni phambili iiNjongo zoPhuhliso oluZinzileyo kunye nokuxhasa amalungelo oluntu.
NgoSuku lwe-NGO lweHlabathi, i-EU ihlonipha igalelo elixabisekileyo loluntu ekukhuthazeni uluntu oluzinzileyo kunye noluntu olubandakanyayo. Isakhelo senkxaso esibanzi se-EU sigxininisa ukuzinikela kwayo ekukhuseleni indawo yokuhlala ekhuselekileyo nevulekileyo kwihlabathi jikelele, iqinisekisa ukuba amazwi abona bantu basemngciphekweni ayaviwa kwaye akhuselwe.
Indima eBalulekileyo yeeNGO ekuKhuselweni kweNkululeko yeNkolo okanye yeNkolo
NgoSuku lwe-NGO lweHlabathi, sithatha umzuzwana ukuvuma kunye nokubhiyozela umsebenzi obalulekileyo wemibutho engekho phantsi kukarhulumente (NGOs) kwihlabathi jikelele, ngakumbi abo bazinikeleyo ukukhusela ilungelo lomntu elisisiseko leNkululeko yeNkolo okanye yeNkolo (ForRB). Olu suku lusebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokubaluleka kokuxhasa le mibutho, njengoko iinzame zayo zokukhusela i-ForRB zingabalulekanga nje kuphela kwilungelo labo kodwa zikwaququzelela uludwe lwamaphulo oncedo loluntu.
Inkululeko yeNkolo okanye iNkolo lilitye lembombo lamalungelo oluntu, afakwe kuyo Isiqendu 18 yeSibhengezo soBuntu soLuntu. Iqinisekisa ukuba abantu kunye noluntu lunokwenza inkolo okanye inkolelo yabo ngokukhululekileyo, ngaphandle koloyiko lokucalulwa okanye ukutshutshiswa. Noko ke, kwiindawo ezininzi zehlabathi, eli lungelo liphantsi kwesisongelo, yaye abantu bajamelene nogonyamelo, izohlwayo ezingokwasemthethweni, nokucalulwa ngokwentlalo ngenxa yeenkolelo zabo. Kulo mxholo, Ii-NGO ezisebenzela ukukhusela i-ForRB badlale indima ebalulekileyo ekuthetheleleni amalungelo aba bantu basesichengeni, ukubeka iliso kwimpatho-gadalala, nokubonelela ngenkxaso kumaxhoba.
Ukhuseleko lwe-ForRB lunxulunyaniswa ngokoqobo noluhlu olubanzi loncedo loluntu. Xa abantu kunye noluntu bekhululekile ukwenza iinkolelo zabo, oko kukhuthaza imeko yokunyamezelana noxolo, into ebalulekileyo ekunikezelweni koncedo olusebenzayo. Ngaphezu koko, Ii-NGOs zigxile kwi-ForRB badla ngokusebenza ngentsebenziswano neminye imibutho enceda abantu ukulungisa iingxaki ezinzima ezibandakanya intshutshiso yonqulo. Ngokuqinisekisa ukuba i-ForRB ikhuselwe, ezi NGOs zifaka isandla ekudaleni uluntu oluzinzileyo apho ezinye iindlela zoncedo loluntu, ezifana nemfundo, ukhathalelo lwempilo, kunye noncedo lweentlekele, zinokuphunyezwa ngokufanelekileyo.
Ngaphaya koko, umsebenzi wezi NGOs kwi ukukhusela i-ForRB kunokukhokelela kwiingenelo zexesha elide kuluntu, kuquka ukukhuthaza ukuba kubekho izinto ezininzi, idemokhrasi namalungelo abantu. Ngokukhuthaza amalungelo abantu bonke ukuba benze inkolo okanye inkolelo yabo ngokukhululekileyo, le mibutho inceda ukulwa neembono ezibaxiweyo nokwakha uluntu oluzinzileyo olukwaziyo ukuxhathisa nokubuyisela kwiingxabano.
NgoSuku lwe-NGO lweHlabathi, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukudityaniswa kwamalungelo oluntu kunye noncedo loluntu. Ukuxhasa ii-NGOs ezijolise ekukhuseleni iNkululeko yeNkolo okanye iNkolelo akukona nje ukuzibophelela ekuxhaseni ilungelo loluntu elisisiseko kodwa kunye nokutyalomali olucwangcisiweyo kumsebenzi obanzi wobuntu. Njengoko sihlonipha i iminikelo exabisekileyo kule mibutho, nathi masizimisele ukuxhasa ngakumbi iinzame zabo, siqonde ukuba ngokwenza njalo, sinceda ukuququzelela zonke ezinye iintlobo zoncedo loluntu kunye negalelo ekudalweni kwehlabathi elinobulungisa nelinoxolo.
