Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Business and Industry
Climate Change
Coorporate Accountability
Development
Extreme poverty
Human Rights
International Law
Justice
Least Developed Countries
Women/gender Equality
Financing for Development:
Addressing systemic issues
Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development
Mobilizing international resources for development
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Millennium Development Goals
Violence against women
Women and poverty
Public Administration:
Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
Social Development:
Poverty
Social policy
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Climate change
Education
Gender equality
International law
Poverty
Rural Development
Sustainable development for Africa
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
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: |
2006 |
| Organizational structure: |
Advocates for International Development (A4ID) is a corporate body registered in England and Wales (number 05907641) and is also a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1118565). It was established under a Memorandum of Association, which created the objects and powers of the charitable company, and is governed under its Articles of Association. Policy making and general oversight of A4ID are conducted by the Directors, who are also trustees of the charity, at quarterly Board meetings and on an ad hoc basis between Board meetings. Day-to-day management is provided by the CEO, supervised by the Chair of the Board of Directors and reporting directly to the Board. A4ID has 6 full time and 4 part time staff members based in the UK, Kenya, India and the USA. |
| Number and type of members: |
A4ID has relationships with people and organisations known as our legal partners, development partners and individual members. We currently have over 750 active development partners and 45 legal partners that give us access to over 53,000 lawyers in over 100 countries. Our development partners are non-profit organisations, bar associations, developing country governments and social enterprises from around the world for whom we find suitable legal experts. Our network of legal partners consists of law firms, companies with in-house legal teams and barristers that provide pro bono legal support to development organisations working towards the eradication of poverty. Our individual members are law students, lawyers, legal academics, development specialists, and non-legal academics; they are eligible to play a role in A4ID’s governance by voting for the Trustees. |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Fees for education and training services
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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