Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Climate Change
Crime Prevention
Culture
Decolonization
Disabled Persons
Education
Extreme poverty
Food
HIV/AIDS
Habitat
Human Rights
Justice
Micro-Credit
Minority Rights
Peace and Security
Religion
Social Development
Sports for Peace and Development
Violence
Water
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Indigenous women
Millennium Development Goals
Violence against women
Women and HIV/AIDS
Women and armed conflict
Women and health
Women and poverty
Social Development:
Conflict
Disabled persons
Employment
Indigenous issues
Poverty
Social policy
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Capacity-building
Education
Gender equality
Health
Human settlements
Land management
Partnerships
Poverty
Rural Development
Sanitation
Sustainable development for Africa
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| Geographic scope: |
Regional
Africa
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| Country of activity: |
Côte D'Ivoire
Gabon
Congo
South Africa
Togo
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Benin
Cameroon
Chad
Burkina Faso
Central African Republic
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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
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2009 |
| Organizational structure: |
The W.P.E is structurally organized as follow: a. The General Assembly. c. The Board of Directors. d. The Executive Bureau. The General Assembly. The General Assembly is composed of very active members who are up to date with their contributions. All persons invited by the Board of Directors can equally take part in General Assembly meeting as observers without any deliberative voice. The General Assembly is the supreme authority of W.P.E. It can be convene in an ordinary or extraordinary session depending on the matter to be deliberated. It is charged: a. With the approval or modification of the constitution and the internal rules and regulations of W.P.E. b. With the drawing up of an annual working plan and subsequent budget. c. With answering all questions within its powers or competence. The General Assembly shall meet at least twice (2) a year following the conditions laid down by the internal rules and regulations. However, the president of the Board of Directors if need be may convene an extraordinary General Assembly meeting. The Board of Directors. a. The Board of Directors is made up of founding members, and some executive members whom by virtue of the competences can carry forward the actions of W.P.E. b. It is the General Supervisory organ of activities in the association. c. Members are permanent and can only be replaced by collective decision of both the Board of Directors and the Executive Bureau. The Executive Bureau. The Executive Bureau is the managing organ of W.P.E Its Composition is made up of: a. The Executive President. b. Two vice presidents. c. One Secretary General. d. One assistance Secretary General. e. Projects Directors f. One treasurer. g. Two financial secretaries h. Missions Officers. i. One discipline Master. j. One assistant discipline Master. k. One controller. The members of the Executive Bureau are voted for duration of three (3) years renewable. |
| Number and type of members: |
We have three (3) categories of membership. a. (15)Founding members b. (10)Honourable members c. 350 Registered members |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Yes |
| 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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