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for and is presently adopting components <strong>of</strong> the<br />
CGS Implementation Manual.<br />
The second dimension relates <strong>to</strong> the fact that,<br />
thanks <strong>to</strong> OSSAP-MDGs, <strong>Nigeria</strong> is increasingly<br />
playing a leadership advocacy role for successful<br />
implementation <strong>of</strong> the MDGs in the wider African<br />
context. For example, Ms. SaudatuSani, the<br />
Chairperson <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nigeria</strong>‘s Federal House <strong>of</strong><br />
Representative Committee on MDGs, spearheaded<br />
the initiative for the creation <strong>of</strong> the Network for<br />
African Parliamentary Union on MDGs. The aim<br />
<strong>of</strong> the initiative is <strong>to</strong> encourage African countries<br />
<strong>to</strong> set up and maintain Parliamentary Committees<br />
on MDGs similar <strong>to</strong> those operating in <strong>Nigeria</strong> so<br />
that each country‘s executive efforts <strong>to</strong>wards<br />
achieving the MDGs receive the appropriate level<br />
<strong>of</strong> advocacy and oversight.<br />
That the OSSAP-MDGs is serving as a role model<br />
for other African countries is now generally<br />
recognised. For example, a meeting organised by<br />
the United Nations Economic Commission for<br />
Africa in 2009 recognised and commended the<br />
CGS as a good example <strong>of</strong> a government-led<br />
initiative for galvanising resources for projects<br />
OSSAP-MDGs: A Best Practice Example for the<br />
Domestication and Application <strong>of</strong> the MDGs<br />
Because <strong>of</strong> its leadership role, OSSAP-MDGs and<br />
its leadership are currently in active collaboration<br />
with the following:<br />
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation<br />
• International Development Research Centre<br />
(Canada)<br />
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation<br />
• Millennium Promise Initiative<br />
• ActionAid International<br />
• Global Campaign for Education<br />
• Amnesty International<br />
• UNESCO<br />
• U.N<br />
• Earth Institute<br />
• MDG Advocates Group<br />
• AGRA<br />
• Global Sustainability Panel<br />
• UNESCO Senior Group <strong>of</strong> Experts<br />
• Global Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Report on EFA<br />
• UNECA<br />
• International Task Force on Teachers for EFA<br />
• Centre LSD<br />
• Advocacy <strong>Nigeria</strong><br />
• TED<br />
aimed at achieving the MDGs as well as for<br />
effectively managing these projects for results.<br />
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