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Volunteers for Sustainable Development

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Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:
  • Indigenous people
  • Scientific and technological communities
  • Children and youth
  • Local authorities
  • Women
  • Non-governmental organization
  • Farmers
Affiliation with other organizations: African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) Youth Volunteers for the Environment (JVE International _ Ghana branch) AFS Ghana Institute of Tropical Agriculture, KITA Ghana Permaculture Network Ghana Biodiversity Network Ghana Agroforestry Network
Publications: N/A
Statements or documents submitted
Commission on Sustainable Development:
Coming to the international scene this year and in 2012 more actively to be able to provide adequate information and research findings will be published

Social Development

Purpose of the organization: To provide volunteer opportunities and placement for sustainable development for youth, women and disadvantaged populations.
Activities relevant to the conference of States Parties to the convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Facilitating activities of rural cooperatives by providing experts to volunteer services to enhance rural cooperative activities Help cooperatives to design profiles, proposals, train leaders for capacity building issues and networking Assist communities to develop their development agenda using the Adenga 21 strategy
Confirmation of the activities of the organization at the regional, national or international level: Still under mobilisation stage at the international level but with strong focal points who are mobilising initiatives and setting up offices from motiavated volunteers mobilized resources
A list of members of the governing body of the organization, and their countries of nationality: Adjoa Owusu-Takyi - Co-Founder - Ghana

Forests

Major group affiliation: Farmers and Small Forest Landowners
Affiliation with other organizations: Ghana National Farmers and Fishermen Association Ghana award winner farmers association
Affiliation with UN bodies: NA but will in 2012
UNFF newsletter Yes

Public Administration and Development Management

Involvement in Public Administration: One of our major targets is to promote environmental governance, policy dialogue and to trace the implementation of policies and the extent to which it enhances sustainable development at the grassroots level
Publications: N/A

Other UN Entities

Accreditation with other UN Entities:
  • DPI
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