Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Education
Energy
Environment
Extreme poverty
Financing for Development
Governance
Habitat
Indigenous Peoples
Intellectual Property
Least Developed Countries
Population
Statistics
Sustainable Development
Technical Cooperation
United Nations Reform
Water
Women
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Capacity building
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Millennium Development Goals
Research
Women and the environment
Social Development:
Cooperative
Information and Communications Technologies
Technical cooperation
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Capacity-building
Climate change
Education
Energy
Human settlements
Land management
Major Groups
Marine Resources
Science
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Technology
Waste Management
Peace and Development in Africa:
Development in Africa
NEPAD:
Climate Change and Natural Resource Management
Crosscutting issues (Gender and Capacity Development)
Economic and Corporate Governance
Human Development
Regional Integration and Infrastructure
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Geographic scope: |
Regional
Africa
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Country of activity: |
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Sudan
Seychelles
Benin
Lesotho
Zimbabwe
Somalia
Gambia
India
Uganda
Botswana
Cameroon
Angola
Ethiopia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Namibia
Côte D'Ivoire
Mozambique
South Sudan
Zambia
Nigeria
Ghana
South Africa
Mauritius
Burundi
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
1993 |
Organizational structure: |
This is membership organisation run by six office bearers elected during the general meetings. The constitution and rules of the organization provide a governance structure which is democratic, open and transparent and free from political interference. The membership during the general meeting elects the office bearers of the executive committee of the organisation in terms of chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary, assistant secretary , treasurer and assistant treasurer who now form working committees to execute the business of the organisation Trustees are elected during the general meetingsand all land , buildings and immovable properties and all investments and securities acquired are vested in the name of the trustees to the organisation. Auditors of all funds of the organization are elected during the general meeting to prepare and audit all the funds of the organisation and present to the mmebers the audited results of all funds and records of the organisation. The constitution speciifically states that funds for the organisation shall only be used the runnig of the the office and secreterailas servoces, for research implementation and research findings dissemination and pub;ication of research findings and final project reports, In addition funds will be used to enhance capacity building and training in the engagement of the members with public and government policy makers and private sectors players and UN agencies and regional bodies dealing with various thematic areas on the implementation of the SDGs and the achievement of the key targets of the major SDGs relevant to Climate change, environmental governance , human settlements, disaster management etc. |
Number and type of members: |
1200 , individual members, Research networks and advocacy groups and regional and community based women and youth networks |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Habitat International Coalition (HIC) |
Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
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