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ICLEI Africa

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	ICLEI Africa
Organization's acronym:	ZAP
Former Name(s):	ZAP
Address:	Unit 1, 2nd floor, South Tower, Sable Park, 14 Bridge way Century City Cape Town South Africa
Phone:	+27 21 202 0381
Fax:	None
Email:	iclei-africa@iclei.org
Web site:	www.iclei.org/africa
Organization type:	Local government
Languages:	French English

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Biodiversity Climate Change Development Energy Environment Food Sustainable Development Water Sustainable Development: Biodiversity Capacity-building Desertification and Drought Disaster management and vulnerability Energy Human settlements Integrated decision-making Major Groups Partnerships Protecting and managing the natural resources Sanitation Sustainable development for Africa
Geographic scope:	Regional Africa
Country of activity:	Ethiopia Mali Togo Benin Rwanda Morocco Uganda Zimbabwe Egypt Botswana Cameroon Malawi Gambia Sierra Leone Namibia Nigeria Senegal Mauritius Burkina Faso United Republic of Tanzania Mozambique Kenya Zambia Côte D'Ivoire South Africa
Millennium Development Goals:	Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	ICLEI's mission is to build and serve a worldwide movement of local governments to achieve tangible improvements in global sustainability with special focus on environmental conditions through cumulative local actions. ICLEI's general mandate is to build an active and committed municipal membership of local spheres of government (local and regional governments and authorities) as well as international, regional, national and sub-national local government associations.
Year established (YYYY):	2002
Year of registration (YYYY):	2002
Organizational structure:	Section 21 Company/NGO
Number and type of members:	The are 6 Members of the organization and 3 directors. Local governments and local government associations in Africa - 56 members in Africa
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants
Funding structure other:	Non-profit funding structure, mainly project based

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:	Local authorities
Involvement in UN Partnerships:	Yes
If yes, explain in detail:	ICLEI Africa works in close partnership with a number of UN Agencies on a range of projects in Africa. These include UN-Habitat (mostly in the field of climate change) and UNEP. Most notably ICLEI partners with UN-Habitat on a Five City Adaptation in Africa project in Mozambique, Tanzania, Namibia, Mauritius and South Africa. ICLEI Africa also partners with UN-Agencies on a number of sustainable development advocacy forums, representing local governments. ICLEI Africa also partners with the African office of UNISDR on a number of disaster risk reduction initiatives in Africa.
Affiliation with other organizations:	ICLEI Africa works closely with United Cities and Local Governments for Africa (UCLGA), UN-Habitat, UNEP, African Centre for Cities, Water Research Commission, national governments and local government assosciations, development banks and the ICLEI global network (ICLEI Regional and Global offices).