Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Children
Citizenship and Governance
Climate Change
Development
Economics and Finance
Education
Energy
Environment
Extreme poverty
Financing for Development
Information
Sustainable Development
Water
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Atmosphere
Biodiversity
Biotechnology
Capacity-building
Climate change
Consumption and production patterns
Demographics
Desertification and Drought
Disaster management and vulnerability
Education
Energy
Finance
Forests
Freshwater
Gender equality
Health
Human settlements
Indicators
Industrial development
Information for decision-making and participation
Institutional arrangements
Integrated decision-making
International cooperation for an enabling environment
International law
Land management
Major Groups
Marine Resources
Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.)
Mining
Mountains
Oceans and seas
Partnerships
Poverty
Protecting and managing the natural resources
Rural Development
Sanitation
Science
Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable development for Africa
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Sustainable development of SIDS
Technology
Toxic chemicals
Trade and environment
Transport
Waste (hazardous)
Waste (radioactive)
Waste (solid)
Waste Management
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Côte D'Ivoire
Benin
Cameroon
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gabon
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Gambia
Central African Republic
France
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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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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1993 |
| Organizational structure: |
The Association has three main policy-making organs - Members Assembly, Board of Directors, Executive Committee.
The Members Assembly which is the ultimate policy organ of the Association meets every two years, to review annual activity reports and actions taken on recommendations from the Board of Directors concerning membership, budget and program activities.
The functions of the Board of Directors which meets twice a year include the approval of work plans, examination and approval of procedure manuals prepared for the proper management of the Association, as well as the programme's financial reports and audited accounts. The Board comprises twelve (12) highly respected environmental and natural resources professionals and experts from government, non-governmental and the private sector. They are identified and selected as much as possible from the main Eco-regions of Africa (Sahel West Africa, Tropical West Africa, Congo Basin, Lake Victoria Basin, Horn of Africa, North Africa and Southern Africa and the Islands). The Board provides policy and overall management guidance to the Network.
The Executive Committee consists of four (4) members from the Board of Directors. Its role is to assist the Secretariat in decision-making on urgent policy matters arising from the day-to-day management of the organisation.
In addition to the three main policy organs of NESDA, there is an International Advisory Committee. Members of the Committee are selected irrespective of their countries of origin and are not necessarily members of the NESDA but persons with international expertise or reputation who can serve the objectives, and enhance the development of the organisation. Its role is to assist the Association in an advisory capacity, to resolve specific problems which it may face, to assist in fund-raising and other international representation and, with the Secretariat, to encourage "Friends of NESDA" group for individuals who are qualified as members.
The role and responsibilities of these various policy-making bodies are clearly defined in the Constitution and By-laws.
The secretariat
The NESDA Secretariat comprises a small but flexible team headed by a Co-ordinator. The role of the Secretariat is to co-ordinate the implementation of the Network's program and to maintain effective Networking and cordial relationship between the Membership. It is responsible for the day-to-day management of the organisation. |
| Number and type of members: |
1500 |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
UNEP; OING-Francophonie; UNCCD; IUCN |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Fees for providing consulting or research services
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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| Funding structure other: |
African Development Banque |
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