Application Form of ADP (Ghana )

1	Information on your organisation *Pleaes explainin why your organisation is eligible to be a Member Organisation for C-CfA.				(e.g. aim, history, membership, member organisations, activities, network, budget, human resource, etc.)
	The name of the applying organization is AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (ADP). A profile of ADP is attached with this application. ADP has worked and collaborated with several national and international organizations that includes USAID on Basic Education, North-South Centre of the Council of Europe, African Union on the Draft Social Policy Framework for Africa, Government of Ghana on HIV/AIDS and Food Marketing Programme for Women Groups and the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) to provide leadership to NGOs/CSOs in West and Central Africa.   On 14th March 2002, ADP through its membership with the main NGO umbrella organization in Ghana collaborated with the Embassy of Japan in Ghana to hold a collaborative workshop between Civil Society and Government of Japan. In attendance were Government of Ghana officials and Embassy of Japan officials including Mr. Motorshi Noro, the then Charge d’ Affairs of the Embassy of Japan. ADP also participated in the Ghana-Japan Business Economic Forum which was organized by the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Embassy of Japan, Accra, 21st August 2002.   In 2005, ADP received funding from development partners in Germany to successfully organize a Ghana national workshop to raise the awareness of NGOs/CSOs on Ghana’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. In attendance also were participants from Cameroon, DR Congo, Tanzania and Germany ADP’s budget for 2006, including in-kind amounted to over US$ 45,000.  The Executive Director of ADP has served two three-year terms as the Chairman of the Ghana Association of Private Voluntary Organisations in Development (GAPVOD) and is currently the Chairman of its Interim Management Council. GAPVOD is the main umbrella organization for over 400 NGOs/CSOs in Ghana. The Executive Director of ADP was successfully re-elected in Brazil, 2006, for a second two-year term as the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) Regional President for West and Central Africa. www.icsw.org  The Executive Director of ADP was invited in 2006 by the African Union to its Experts Group to work on the Draft Social Policy Framework for Africa.  ADP has, since it was founded in 1994, has successfully collaborated with several organizations and institutions in Ghana and around the world. It is on these facts that ADP is eligible to be a member of C-CfA.
2	Name, position and contact of a person who is in charge of this commission
	Name: (Mr. Charles Abbey Position within the organization: Executive Director Telephone: [phone] (office)/ 244102 (home)    Fax: [phone] Skype name: *Please attach her/his CV. CV is attached
	Reason why he/she is eligible to be in charge of a representative of your organization
	Mr.  Charles Abbey, the Executive Director of ADP has been very instrumental in making the organization a recognized partner in both national and international development. He has trained in the Management of NGOs, an alumni of the US Government International Visitor Programme, trained by the World Bank Institute in Community Driven Development and currently the WBI Local Resource Person in charge of Distance Learning between Universities in Ghana and the United States of America. Mr. Abbey has also trained at the prestigious Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Ghana, as an Election Observer. Mr. Abbey has provided national and international leadership to NGOs/CSOs in Ghana, West and Central Africa and beyond.
3	Budget allocation for becoming a Member Organisation of C-CfA. ADP will allocate: (1) US$ 1,200 to support its secretarial staff who will be involved in C-CfA activities. (2) US$1,200 to support Internet, fax, telephone services (3) Quality  time of the Executive Director (4) 1 PC (5) 1 fax machine					e.g. its amount and how to be spent (in USDollar)
4	List of NGOs that recommend your organisation to represent them		*Please fill out at least 10 names of organizations. *Contact should be postal address, telephone number and e-mail address (Website URL, if there is).
	Name1	Smart Care International	Contact
	Name2	ACANET	Contact
	Name3	Muslim Development Organisation, Suhum (MDOS)	Contact
	Name4	Rural Youth	Contact
	Name5	SIWOT	Contact
	Name6	INPRODEC	Contact
	Name7	Child Educational	Contact
	Name8	GIMAT	Contact
	Name9	PAWLA	Contact
	Name10	Community Radio Network (CORANET)	Contact
	Name11	CCFC	Contact
	Name12	FES	Contact
	Name13	Ghana Kind Voluntary Movement (GHAVUM)	Contact
	Name14	Ghana National Coalition on the Rights of the Child (GNCRC)	Contact
	Name15	Earth Volunteers	Contact
	Name16	Ideal Capacity Development and Growth International	Contact
	Name17		Contact
	Name18		Contact
	Name19		Contact
	Name20		Contact