Name <strong>of</strong> thecandidateEmeka OgaziName <strong>of</strong> theOrganization orNetworkTransparency andEconomicDevelopmentInitiativesTitle Address/Country Telephone/Fax/e-mail Website Language(s)SpokenElder J2E UdensiQuarters AbakalikiEbonyi StateNigeriaWest <strong>Africa</strong>234-8068598809email:sectedi@gmail.com, ogazitwo@teding.orgwww:teding.orgEnglish,IboQuestion #1 Question #2 Question #3 Question #4Our Primary interests and functions, <strong>of</strong> ourTransparency and Economic DevelopmentInitiatives/ Publish What Pay Nigeria: our activeorganizational interests, transparency inextractive sectors and working on climatechange resilience, developing tree seedlings forcommunities to plant for forestry developmentto sequester carbon dioxide. Forestry convertscarbon for her use and releases oxygen to /intothe atmosphere, as Forestry is the Lungs <strong>of</strong> theEarth. In our community based work, weencourage farmers to go into agro-forestry, asthis has short-long time dual benef<strong>its</strong> for thefarmers. We educate them on climate change,<strong>its</strong> impact, mitigation and adaptation andagainst deforestation. If they must cut down atree? they should plant five trees or come toour nursery farm and collect tree seedlings free<strong>of</strong> charge.We are interested in developing the YoungSchool age on climate Change and TreePlanting and urban beautification.Yearly we 5000 plant trees in urban areas andPrisons. At Abakaliki Prisons with Girls Guide inNigeria, we planted trees to remove carbondioxide released from among the Prisons andfrom their kitchens.For water scarcity and conservation, weencourage landlords to sink well near at 30meters away from septic tanks and plant treesaround it to conserve the water for use duringdry sea.We work on:Agricultural Sources•Manure or agro-food waste and anaerobicdigestion•Sequestering Methane from Rice Husk andAnimal enteric Fermentation•Methane CH4 emission control and End-useoptions•Project pr<strong>of</strong>iles and case studies on use <strong>of</strong>Charcoal as a means to save animals fromimpact <strong>of</strong> climate changeAlso our primary functions also centers onCommunity Sensitization and awareness,policy advocacy on Climate Change,deforestation,International Financial Policy Advocacy:We function as a policy watch dog on WorldBank, <strong>Africa</strong>n Development Bank, ourorganization represented <strong>Africa</strong>n Civil Societyas an observer to strategic ClimateFund/Climate Investment Funds 2009-2011, wevoiced out against their multilateral financialpolicy investment on financing <strong>of</strong> coal forenergy as this contradicts their climate changeresilience programme, coal contains carbondioxide, methane and lead and <strong>its</strong> wastesposses danger to environment and marinelife/ecosystems.We are also interested in watching GlobalMethane Initiatives <strong>of</strong> Environmental ProtectionAgency <strong>activities</strong>. We comment on their policieson methane, Waste Water and AgriculturalWaste.We represent <strong>Africa</strong> and we are active inNigeria.Having represented <strong>Africa</strong>n Civil SocietyOrganizations as an Observer 2009-2011,we were blessed with experiences to seehow the Donors from Developed Countriesuse multilateral development bank like WorldBank, Asian Development Bank, <strong>Africa</strong>nDevelopment use their policies to hurt the<strong>Africa</strong>n Poor, and <strong>Africa</strong>n Government whoare the recipient countries, who are inbeggarly situation for Financing secure loansfrom the MDB Climate Change Financingthat is against their countries.Before we attend meetings we will seek theinputs from the women group, communitybased organizations, youths networks, civilsociety organization and <strong>Africa</strong>n ClimateChange Networks for UN-REDD agendasetting. We did this to the Administrative Unit<strong>of</strong> the World Bank for policy deliberations.We will coordinate them through developing<strong>Africa</strong>n UN-REDD internet list-serve foractive information sharing and webnair{GOTOMEETING WEBNAIR} for theircontribution and virtual informationdissemination and sharing. We will havetelephone contacts from our networkmembers with designated desk <strong>of</strong>ficers forcalls to our members.If there are resources, we will invite them foractivity brief if supported like GEF Council isdoing.Our organization is a non pr<strong>of</strong>it, non politicalorganization based in Abakaliki Ebonyi StateNigeria. Transparency and EconomicDevelopment Initiatives {TEDI} is registeredwith Corporate Affairs Commission AbujaNigeria with this registration no: CAC /IT/NO:28512We engaged in the following <strong>activities</strong> withthese Multilateral International Agencies:We engage in advisory leadership andRegional Coordination, in-kind financing ,Advocates for Climate Justice, EconomicJustice, Human Rights, Environmentalissues and Budget for development trackingfor the oppressed society and vulnerable.Tracking and monitoring the <strong>activities</strong> <strong>of</strong>Multinational oil Companies in Nigeria andagainst their environmental degradationthrough oil spillage and gas flaring. Creatingpublic knowledge awareness andempowering them for <strong>citizenship</strong>engagement and preparedness foradaptation on climate change, WeEncourage farmers to use abundant organicrice husks waste to correct their degradedfarm lands, and the usage <strong>of</strong> rice husk helpsto reduce methane emission into the air.‘As ADB will always say, solutions to climateChange really exist in Trees Planting’TEDI is into tree nurseries development. Weengage farmers into tree plantings in smallfarm holding’. TEDI encourages the use <strong>of</strong>renewable energy by private businesssectors and individuals to engage on the use<strong>of</strong> solar panels for reliable sustainable powersupply and discourage the use <strong>of</strong> fossilgenerators that emit noise and high carbon.We represent the Civil Society Organizationsin Nigeria, communities and our organizationTEDI.Climate Change and Environemnt :Tedi started the advocacy <strong>of</strong> ClimateChange through the Publish What You PayCampaign in Extractive Industries asMultinational Oil companies extensivelydegrade the land, illegal failing <strong>of</strong> trees, oilbunkering, gas flaring, In Ebonyi State,Miners crush stones and emit tones andtones <strong>of</strong> dust into the atmosphere withoutdue regard to humanity and theenvironment. This caused the multiplication<strong>of</strong> extreme weather events, such as draught,floods, and excessive heat wave. Itsconsequences are aggravated short heavyrainfall, gradual erosion <strong>of</strong> the top soil, andextreme drought, reduced farm crops,extinction <strong>of</strong> plant species, as well asirreversible changes in ecosystems and loss<strong>of</strong> biodiversity. All these prompted TEDI tocampaign extensively in synergy with othercivil society organizations in <strong>Africa</strong>, whichlead to electing Transparency and EconomicDevelopment Initiatives into the World BankStrategic Climate Fund/Climate InvestmentFunds representing <strong>Africa</strong>n Civil Society asan active observer equivalent to UN status.Below is example <strong>of</strong> human induced<strong>activities</strong> that climate change promotingGreen House Gases (GHG) through use <strong>of</strong>discarded tyres to retrieve steel tyres threadfor use by rural women for meat hangersand other associated use. In most <strong>of</strong> theurban areas in Nigeria butchers daily usediscarded tyres to roast their animalsslaughtered.Our organization does not have anyfinancial, technical or advisoryarrangement with the UN-REDDProgramme at National or global. Non withany government counter<strong>part</strong>s, NGO orPrivate Sector working on REDD.TEDI has over 20 years project andconsulting experience in many diverse
Name <strong>of</strong> thecandidateName <strong>of</strong> theOrganization orNetworkTitle Address/Country Telephone/Fax/e-mail Website Language(s)Spokenon methane, Waste Water and AgriculturalWaste.We represent <strong>Africa</strong> and we are active inNigeria.an active observer equivalent to UN status.Below is example <strong>of</strong> human induced<strong>activities</strong> that climate change promotingGreen House Gases (GHG) through use <strong>of</strong>discarded tyres to retrieve steel tyres threadfor use by rural women for meat hangersand other associated use. In most <strong>of</strong> theurban areas in Nigeria butchers daily usediscarded tyres to roast their animalsslaughtered.Question #1 Question #2 Question #3 Question #4TEDI has over 20 years project andconsulting experience in many diversesectors in extractive, Project Management,natural resources and advocacy inMultilateral Banks on Economic Justice andClimate Change financing. In addition tointernational project-specific experience,TEDI has extensive experience in naturalresources management, policydevelopment, training and capacity building.Extensive stakeholder and outreachexperience includes <strong>corporate</strong> engagementwith clients, local communities and civilsociety. Ogazi is recognized internationallyby <strong>Africa</strong>n and Nigerian Civil SocietyOrganizations for his expertise on EconomicJustice, he was the National Coordinator forJubilee 2000 Debt Campaign movementNigeria with Synergy we canceled theNigeria Debt overhang. With the provenability in train the trainer’s facilitation, CivilSociety Coalition management, Advocacy,Negotiation, and the Civil SocietyOrganizations elected me as an activeobserver <strong>Africa</strong> Strategic ClimateFund/Climate Investment Funds World BankWashington DC 2009-2011in <strong>Africa</strong>.As a leader for 20 years in Civil SocietyCoalition Management, supportive decisionmaking process, facilitating policy advocacy,TEDI is known among the community <strong>of</strong>civil society organizations or Non StateActors in Nigeria and <strong>Africa</strong> for helping CivilSociety Coalitions to analyze to workthrough difficult issues involving highlyvisibly and political dynamic especially in,extractive sectors, Economic Justice andClimate Change Financing by MultilateralBanks and Negotiation. My involvement asan active observer to CIF decision makingprocess on climate financial is a great assetto be accepted to provide to be allowed theTraining the Trainers as the wealth <strong>of</strong> myCIF will add value in packaging the module,as the trained trainers will benefit from mywealth <strong>of</strong> my experiences to the debateWorld Bank CIF governing bodies.In 2010, Our organization: sponsored ourself and <strong>part</strong>icipated in the GEF CouncilMeetings held in Washington DCPartnership Forum: The Partnership Forumprogram is structured in plenary sessions toengage the stakeholders in an open panel -discussions exploring means and ways totransform the CIF at Country level to haveimpact. The interactive sessions at thePartnership Forum provide for anopportunity for the Forum <strong>part</strong>icipants fromdifferent Pilot Countries to present theirperspectives, experiences, and reflectionson CIF strategic directions, results andimpacts and the way forward to mitigate theclimate change vulnerability. It is also alearning symposium on the latestdevelopments in climate science andtechnology, and a poster session <strong>of</strong>fered tothe CIF’s 45 pilot countries to learn and howthey can replicate what others are doing tocurtail the impact <strong>of</strong> the Climate Change.The SCF’s unique structure that targetedthree programs to demonstrate newapproaches and sectorstrategies to support developing countriesefforts to achieve climate-resilient, lowemissionsdevelopment.FOREST INVESTMENT PROGRAM (FIP)
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