Application Form of AFRODAD (Zimbabwe)

1	Name of the Organization	Country
	African Forum on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) - Zimbabwe
2	“Letter of Intention” Please include: (1)   reason why your organization is eligible to be part of Steering Committee; (2)   what kind of contribution that your organization can make for Civic Commission for Africa
	We feel eligible due to our regional work in Africa. We are involved in quite a lot of international activities and do represent African CSOs in a number of initiatives as coordinators/focal points. These include civil society work with the Commonwealth Foundation, the African Union ECOSOCC, and the Reality of Aid global Network, the African Social Forum commission and Advisory body of the OECD on Aid Effectiveness among many others. We are also familiar with NGO networks in Africa working on Economic and Social justice issues. We have good institutional links with the African Union and a number of intergovernmental organizations including the UN Commission for Africa, Southern Africa Development Community, and MEFMI etc. We also have the resources (human and financial) , network and partners to work with on such initiatives.
3	How much could your organization allocate in order to fulfill responsibility to be part of Steering Committee? *Please include how to spend it. (in US Dollar) 10 000-00
4	Please share the view of your organization on the report of Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa, “Our Common Interest”. http://www.commissionforafrica.org/english/report/introduction.html
	Our view relates to the role to be played by developed countries in promoting a just world –free from domination and manipulation of the global South by the North for its advantages. Moreso, in the area of promoting fair trade, debt cancellation and effective aid delivery to free resources for sustainable development. We have and still do a lot of work in the areas of calling for a sustainable solution to the debt crisis that has crippled health and education in Africa. We agree with the observations of the Commission of Africa that Africa’s development is marred by poverty and marginalization which is well spelt out in the NEPAD document. We see the Commission of Africa report ass detailing the problems of accountability, lack of human rights, social justice, peace and security as the great impediments to the continent’s sustainable development. However, we see the Commission as just spelling out the problems and not offering the solutions that Africa has waited for long to realise.
5	Please list issues that your organization would like to emphasize in order to reflect “voices” of your civil society effectively. *Please include reason why you listed those issues.
	Creation of a fair Global structure-reform of the World Ban and IMF and the UN and allowing more voices from the South to be heard Effective aid system with no strings attached Debt cancellation Fair trade Addressing ecological problems including climate change

Application Form of CSAP (Sierra Leone ) (Additional Letter)

Dear All C-CfA Colleagues

 

Letter of intent to be member or the C-CfA steering committee

 

Our intention to present CASP-SL, as a candidate for the membership of the Steering Committee of the C-CfA is not borne out of pride or self-interest but the humble, genuine desire to serve our people wherever and whenever the occasion avails itself.

 

It is unfortunate that an opportunity which was given to 51 countries in Africa, only 17 were able to take the challenge an unfortunate but real situation. We have to reflect on why this is the situation? This is complexly because of the conditionality imposed by C-CfA: aspiring organizations must be able to provide own resources, effective means of communications including, office, telefax, e-system etc. How many CSOs/NGOs in our present day Africa where communications from most none state actors are surveillanced, CSO workers harassed can match the cardinalities and brave the government eye to apply? Most appallingly only 17 of us; a paltry 33% of the countries in Africa were able to field candidates for the general Country-Based membership. Worst still, of the 17 successful country-Based organizations there is no Women’s organization – too bad.

 

This brings me to the issue of countries emerging from war which applied for general membership of the C-CfA, none but Sierra Leone where every effort was made not to be left out. In West Africa, countries emerging from bitter war include Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and Cote d’Ivoire but none other than Sierra Leone applied for various reasons. Infact CSAP-SL is the only CSO that is coming from a recent war affected country in the whole of Africa and we believe that the war experience within the Steering Committee can make huge difference if it became part of the VOICES from Africa.

 

It can easily be discerned that by way of contribution, CSAP-SL, as a platform, Process and Forum that is part of the peace process in sierra Leone can enrich the Steering committee with the causes of wars in West Africa, differences between wars in English and French speaking countries; reasons for the encroachment of Guinea on Sierra Leonean land and the role of the colonial masters Britain and France.

 

We can contribute to the C-CfA by the following:-

 

·        Presenting the VOICES of Sierra Leone, Countries in the Mano River basin of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and together with others on the Steering Committee, VOICES of the people of West Africa and Africa as a whole

·        Take the feedback from the C-CfA and disseminate the information through our networks in the country, Mano Rive Union and West Africa

·        Commit resources – human, financial and technical to the achievement of the aims and objectives of the C-CfA.

 

While hoping that CSAP-SL will be voted one of the 4 Steering committee members from the Country-Based CSOs we wish every applicant success because we are not in this to be elected by all means but to have space to serve our people and mother AFRICA.

 

Your Comrade in the struggle

 

 

Falla Ensa-N’Dayma

 

Application Form of CSAP (Sierra Leone)

1	Name of the Organization	Country
	Civil Society Alternative Process of Sierra Leone (CSAP-SL) – Sierra Leone
2	“Letter of Intention” Please include: (1)   reason why your organization is eligible to be part of Steering Committee; (2)   what kind of contribution that your organization can make for Civic Commission for Africa
	CSAP-SL feels eligible due to our broad national coverage with more than 100 national and regional NGOs, district and grassroots CSOs and CBOs including organizations of the physically challenged and marginalized for instance the blind through Vision for the Blind and those with epilepsy through Epilepsy Society of Sierra Leone (ESSL) as our members. We do not know a registered organization for PLWHA. At this national level, with and through our members we carry out research into Heavily indebted Poor Countries (HIPC), engage the government on Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We held the First Sierra Leone National Social Forum (9-13 January 2007) before we left for the World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya. The report is nearing completion which we must share with all of you, members of our new C-CfA family.    We are actively involved in several activities at national, Mano River Union sub regional level and at the ECOWAS level. We represent our members on the West African Social Forum (WASF) and we chair the Anglophone West African Social Forum Network (WASFNET) a body within the WASF. We are involved with the AU/ECOSOCC and have just received application Forms to apply as one of the two national CSOs to the 150 member advisory body. We work with national thematic platforms like National Elections Watch (NEW), Independent Radio Network (IRN), Community Radio network (CORNET).
3	How much could your organization allocate in order to fulfill responsibility to be part of Steering Committee? *Please include how to spend it. (in US Dollar) 6 000-00
	We could use some of this money to collect information from the rural areas as to the impact of Foreign Aid, PRSP and the benchmarks achieved so far with regard to the MDGs. The rest could be used to traffic information from the C-CfA to the rural people and Voices from sierra Leone to the C-CfA.
4	Please share the view of your organization on the report of Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa, “Our Common Interest”. http://www.commissionforafrica.org/english/report/introduction.html
	When we received the Tony Blair’s “Commission for Africa”, we agreed it was an effort too late in the development paradigm of Africa. We saw it as a near replica of the NEPAD document in matters relating to lack accountability, lack of human rights, social justice, peace and security as the great impediments to the continent’s sustainable development but no solutions were proffered in the Commission report. The role we play in this as can be seen is shouting loud about making the world a better place for al, free from the grips of the West especially led by Britain and USA. We believe that if the World Bank and IMF were reformed to fairly distribute their Board Membership, cancel all the poor northern countries’ debt, settle the Palestinian issue, leave Iraqis alone etc., the World would be a just and better place this are some of the things we are fighting for by raising awareness about. As part of the Global Campaign Against Poverty (GCAP) we are fighting for FAIR not more trade and effective delivery of resources to the poor people because we agree with the observations of the Commission of Africa that Africa’s development is marred by poverty and marginalization but we say that it is imposed from Northern countries.
5	Please list issues that your organization would like to emphasize in order to reflect “voices” of your civil society effectively. *Please include reason why you listed those issues.
	Free and Fair elections not as an event but as a process Reform of the World Bank and IMF Boards to reflect population figures and to cancel all the debts of the southern countries Removing the VETO power of the 5 permanent members of theUN and allowing more voices from the South Effective, unencumbered aid system    Climate change issues brought back on the world calendar

Application Form of BOCONGO (Botswana)

1	Name of the Organization	Country
	Botswana Council of Non Governmental Organisations.   Republic of Botswana
2	“Letter of Intention” Please include: (1)   reason why your organisation is eligible to be part of Steering Committee; (2)   what kind of contribution that your organisation can make for Civic Commission for Africa
	BOCONGO is eligible to be in the Steering Committee because it is the national umbrella body of NGO’s in Botswana. It therefore is the logical representative of the NGOs in Botswana. BOCONGO has representation in many sectors of the registered NGOs in the country. BOCONGO can make valuable contribution to Civic Commission for Africa by sharing with other members the invaluable experience of BOCONGO in lobbying for the civil society. The manner in which BOCONGO works with the government is admired by other countries in Africa and many African countries can learn a lot from Botswana’s experience of peace stability and progress.
3	How much could your organisation allocate in order to fulfill responsibility to be part of Steering Committee? BOCONGO is relatively well funded in terms of budget for regional and international networking. The organization has a budget to cover for communication (phones, email, internet and mail, memebership fees etc. Roughly amounting to US Dollar 5000.00 *Please include how to spend it. (in USDollar)
4	Please share the view of your organisation on the report of Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa, “Our Common Interest”. http://www.commissionforafrica.org/english/report/introduction.html
	BOCONGO has read the report and our opinion is that it is a commendable proposal and a step in the right direction. He report needs to be followed up with concrete action. Perhaps the most important recommendation from the report is the emphasis on giving Africa a stronger voice in terms of poverty eradication measures.
5	Please list issues that your organisation would like to emphasize in order to reflect “voices” of your civil society effectively. *Please include reason why you listed those issues.
	BOCONGO would like to like to reflect on poverty eradication since we view this as the single biggest challenge facing Africa. It is important for countries to ensure that the Millennium Development Goals are fully implemented. The MDGs captures the challenges facing Africa and offer a platform on which to tackle the problems. The mosty important solution is to give the poor a voice in poverty eradication and also make poverty eradication an urgent political priority.

Establishment of Civic Commission for Africa

We are pleased to announce that Civic Commission for Africa has been established. There were 32 applications from 22 countries, and it was decided that 17 organizations from 17 countries participates in the commission as country-based commmission member organizations, and 4 organizations of 4 countries representing Women, PLWHA and Farmers (South-East Africa & North-West Africa) participates as actor-based organizations.

The list is as follows.
Also, you can take a look at the application forms of the organizations except the contact address.

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Country based members (17)
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  Benin
  Social Watch
  www.glegbenu.org
[phone]

  Botswana
  Botswana Council of NGOs (BOCONGO)
  http://www.bocongo.org.bw/
 267-3911319, Fax [phone]
 
  Cameroon
  Association pour la défense des consommateurs(APDC)
 [phone]
 
  Cote Ivore
  Network Africa Asia (N2A)
 [phone] / 08 52 58 93
 
  Ethiopia
  Christian Relief and Developmewnt Association (CRDA)
  http://www.crdaethiopia.org
[phone] / 11-4392389 / 11- 4390322

  Ghana
  AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (ADP)
  http://www.cddghana.org/ngod.asp?ng=15
[phone], Fax [phone] / 306345
 
  Kenya
  G-CAP Kenya
  http://www.whiteband.org/regions/africa/ken/
[phone] / 20 241915, Fax [phone]

  Madagascar
  Youth Network on MDG
[phone], Fax [phone]

  Malawi
  Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN)
  http://www.mejn.mw/
[phone] Fax:[phone]
   
  Mali
  Comité de Coordination des Actions d'Urgence des ONG'
(CCA-ONG)
  http://www.malipages.com/ccaong/presentation.asp
[phone], Fax [phone]

  Mauritius
  Mauritius Council of Social Service (MACOSS)
  http://www.macoss.org/
[phone], Fax [phone]
  [e-mail]

Mozambique
  G-20
  http://www.iid.org.mz/html/3__pobreza.html
[phone], Fax [phone]

  Nigeria
  Pro-Poor Governance
[phone] / 8055789482
 
Senegal
Conseil des Organisations Non Gouvernementales d’Appui au Développement (CONGAD)
http://www.congad.sn/
Tel : [phone] – Fax : [phone]

Sierra Leone
Civil Society Alternative Process of Sierra Leone (CSAP -SL)
[phone] / 77-243942

 Tanzania
  MVIWATA
http://www.agro-info.nl/scripts/website.asp?lang=en&org=mv
[phone], Fax [phone]

Zimbabwe
AFRODAD
 http://www.afrodad.org/
[phone]

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  Actor based mambers (4)
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Farmers in South-East Africa
PELUM Association
  http://www.pelumrd.org/
  [phone] Fax: [phone]*

Farmers in North-West Africa
 Réseau des Organisations Paysannes et de Producteurs Agricoles de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (ROPPA) http://www.roppa.info/
+221 939.58.58 Fax: [phone]*

People living with HIV/AIDS
Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)
 http://www.tac.org.za/
[phone] Fax [phone]

 Women:
 Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting
 the Health of Women and Children (IAC)
 http://iac-ciaf.com/
Tel/Fax [phone]