A Decade of NEPAD - Economic Commission for Africa - uneca

• NEPAD-Spanish Fund for the Empowerment of
African Women
(www.nepad.org)
NEPAD Secretariat
International Business Gateway
Block B, Gateway Park, Corner Challenger
& Columbia Avenues
CSO Engagement Facilitation
The engagement of African CSOs in the NEPAD process
is a bit more straight forward than it had been in the past
as there is a designated focal point within the NEPAD
Secretariat tasked with facilitating CSO engagement and
support. The APRM Secretariat is also an important resource
to engage for CSOs interested in getting involved
in their respective country’s APRM process.
An additional significant resource that has been developed,
largely through the efforts of the U.N. Office of the Special
Adviser on Africa (OSAA) to strengthen African NGOs,
is a database of Africa focused CSOs that provides an
excellent resource for network among CSOs and resource
identification for public sector institutions, including NE-
PAD, seeking grass roots and technical input from civil
society in Africa.
The first edition of the Directory of African NGOs was
published in 1999. It was updated in 2002 and 2004. The
number of NGOs listed increased from 1,896 in 1999 to
2459 in 2002. A total of 3776 organizations are featured
in the third edition published in 2004.
The organizations in the Directory are arranged by country
and listed alphabetically according to their official
name within the country. The order of countries follows
the English alphabet. The text appears in either English
or French, regardless of the official language used by the
NGO. The main menu, which serves as table of contents,
appears only in English.
Each description provides general information, including
the name of the organization, the year of creation, the
type of organization, the contact person and address. It
also includes the NGO’s purpose, its major activities, an
illustration of the organization’s work, the international
and local languages used in its work, financial sources and
6. NEPAD African Private Sector and CSO Engagement Facilitation Resources A Decade of NEPAD
Midridge Office Park, New Road, Midrand
1685
P.O. Box 1234, Halfway House
Midrand 1685, South Africa
Tel: [27] (11) 256 3600
Fax: [27] (11) 256 4414
E-mail: rosalielo@nepad.org
the list of networks, umbrella organizations or federations
with which the NGO is affiliated.
Six annexes follow the descriptive section:
ӹ List of organizations in alphabetical order, by country,
ӹ List of organizations grouped by the following priority
action areas: agriculture, health, HIV/AIDS, education,
environment, poverty eradication, conflict resolution,
micro-finance, and youth and women organizations
ӹ List of organizations by category
ӹ List of networking organizations at regional and international
levels (Affiliates)
ӹ List of NGO focal points
ӹ The questionnaire used to collect information, in both
English and French.
In addition to these useful resources, other institutions
that are working to facilitate increased CSO engagement
in all AU/ NEPAD processes include the following:
ӹ Gender, Civil Society and Parliament Affairs
NEPAD
(www.nepad.org)
International Business Gateway
Block B, Gateway Park, Corner Challenger &
Columbia Avenues
Midridge Office Park, New Road, Midrand 1685
P.O. Box 1234, Halfway House
Midrand 1685, South Africa
Tel: [27] (11) 256 3600
Fax: [27] (11) 256 4414
E-mail: rosalielo@nepad
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