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The Non-State Actors Unit (NSA) of the Ministry of Social Security, National Solidarity and Senior Citizens Welfare & Reform Institutions has been set up in November 2009 and has been officially launched on the occasion of the International Volunteer Day on 5 December 2009. The Ministry is having the full support of UNDP on this project. The main functions of the NSA Unit are as follows: (i) Building capacity of NGOs; (ii) Providing adequate financial/technical support for programme implementation; (iii) Setting up of a professional corps of paid volunteers for NGOs to tap into; and (iv) An appropriate monitoring and evaluation system for programmes.

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