Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Millennium Development Goals
Violence against women
Women and HIV/AIDS
Women and health
Women and poverty
Women and the environment
Women in power and decision-making
Social Development:
Cooperative
Employment
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Capacity-building
Forests
Gender equality
International cooperation for an enabling environment
Protecting and managing the natural resources
Rural Development
Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Sustainable development of SIDS
Waste Management
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Geographic scope: |
International
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Country of activity: |
Algeria
Somalia
Eswatini
Uruguay
Ecuador
Argentina
Chile
Albania
Paraguay
Nicaragua
Egypt
Nepal
Lebanon
Niger
Senegal
Angola
Ghana
Afghanistan
Tunisia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dominican Republic
Mongolia
El Salvador
Italy
Brazil
Guatemala
Cape Verde
Morocco
Honduras
State of Palestine
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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
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: |
1983 |
Organizational structure: |
Association structure present different bodies: Assembly( constituted by Cospe associates); board of directors( with ordinary and special administrative rule, it elects President, General Secretary and Vice); President( represents politically the organisation); Auditors Board( controls accounting). Organisation structure has different functions. The General Secretariat has legal responsibility and engages in ordinary administration. For general coordination General Secretariat works with the Technical Direction, composed by the directive group of the organisation( Administrative director, Project office director, fund raising and communication office director). Projects office include 9 organizational areas, geographically distinguished for foreign activities and thematically for activities in Italy( Africa Sub-saharian Area, Asia, Mediterranean and South-Est Europe, Latin America, Interculturalism and Rights of Infants and Adolescents, Development Education, Promotion of the Rights of citizenship, Training). Areas are coordinated by Areas chiefs. The Administrative Office is involved in the administrative and economic management of projects and of others association activities. Fund raising and communication office is responsible for communication actions, events organisation, and management of private citizens’ funds. |
Number and type of members: |
150 associate |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Cocis, Solidar, Italian NGOs Association, Banca Popolare Etica, Transfair, Co-opera, ADAB (Association for the Albanian and Balkans Women), CISA (Italian Committee for Solidarity with Albany), ENAR (European Network Against Racism) |
Funding structure: |
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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