Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Business and Industry
Children
Citizenship and Governance
Coorporate Accountability
Debt Relief
Development
Disabled Persons
Education
Energy
Extreme poverty
Financing for Development
Food
Governance
HIV/AIDS
Human Rights
Justice
Labour
Least Developed Countries
Micro-Credit
Sustainable Development
Trade and Development
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Capacity-building
Education
Energy
Finance
Gender equality
Industrial development
Information for decision-making and participation
Land management
Mining
Poverty
Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable development for Africa
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| Geographic scope: |
National
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| Country of activity: |
Zimbabwe
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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
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2011 |
| Organizational structure: |
ZUPA is led by a National assembly Council comprising of a President and Secretary General elected by all members, and five other officers each elected by and from the five devolved Provinces of Mashonaland (National Representative for Women), Matabeleland (Vice President), Masvingo (Youth Representative), Manicaland (Representative for People Living with Disability) and Midlands (Deputy Secretary General).
The NAC supervises 5 Provincial Councils (PACs) each elected by ward councils within the Provinces. The PAC has following elected officers:
1. Chairperson
2. Secretary
3. Organiser
4. Representative for Women
5. Representative for People living with Disability
6. Representative for Youth.
Each ward within a Province is led by a ward council elected by unemployed members people in the ward comprising:
1. Chairperson
2. Secretary
3. Organiser
4. Representative for Women
5. Representative for People Living with Disability
6. Representative for Youth.
The NAC and the PACs are each supported in their work by secretariats.
The NAC has the following Directors in the Secretariat:
1. Director of Communications and Marketing
2. Director of Finance
3. Director of Business Engagement
4. Director of Projects and Programmes
5. Director of Strategy
6. Director of Placements
7. Director of Training and Human Resources
8. Director of Administration
9. Director of Legal Affairs
10. Director of Technical Affairs
11. Director of Diaspora and International Engagement.
The first 10 are duplicated at provincial level.
All the structures are supported by a Retired Members' Council, comprised of elected pensioners who act as the Advisory Committee of ZUPA, as the Disciplinary Committee and supervise elections. |
| Number and type of members: |
ZUPA currently has 40,000 members and the number is rapidly increasing every week. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
In the process of affiliating to a number of national, regional and international organisation. Already members of the Zimbabwe Diaspora Focus Group Coalition in the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe Europe Network in European Union through our London office. |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Product sales and business services
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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