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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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