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