Diamond Development Initiatives, Kano, Nigeria, West Africa

Diamond Development Initiatives (DDI) is a not-for-profit, non-political and non-religious organization. DDI is managed by Nigerians who share a common desire for the establishment of a sustainable organization that would provide assistance to grassroots entities. Our office is located in Kano, Northern Nigeria.

Our knowledge of development issues, experience in the use of participatory development methodologies in the design, planning, implementation and the monitoring and evaluation of projects, understanding of best practices, strong institutional capacity, the ability of our staff to support projects in an efficient and cost effective manner and our knowledge and experience with working with international development organizations, are a cutting edge that can hardly be found anywhere else in Northern Nigeria.

Diamond Development Initiatives is committed to the concept that development projects are most likely to succeed when there is active involvement and commitment of those people who will be affected by, and have a vested interest in the activity to be pursued.

We are therefore interested in projects that are initiated by, reflect the priorities of, and present the ideas put forward by members of an implementing group.

Such projects are the result of a self-directed effort based on a shared vision of, and commitment to, solving a problem that affects them.

Diamond Development Initiatives acknowledges the rights of groups and communities to control their lives including the decision over what and how development activities should be pursued.

We strive to ensure that development projects have a clear evidence that they have been initiated by an organization or group that has broad based participation of its members in the decision making process.

All members of the group will then see themselves as the owners of the project, with vested interest in, and commitment to undertake the tasks required for the project to be successful.

Communicating For Change Cfc, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

CFC is a non-governmental organisation limited by guarantee and is run entirely on a not-for profit basis. It is funded by grants received from international and local donors and is increasingly supported by private sector funding.

CFC also generates income from fee based communications services, film sales and office space rental to support its development communications work.

Oilwatch Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

Oilwatch is a resistance network that opposes the activities of oil companies in tropical countries. Oilwatch is a network that builds solidarity and fosters a common identity among peoples of the South.

Oilwatch understands similarities in the current pattern of resource exploitation in countries of the South, which reflects historical legacy of disempowerment of peoples and considers the recognition of the right of peoples to self-determination as primary in the resolution of environmental problems. Oilwatch is a network of resistance to the negative impacts of oil and gas industry activity on peoples and their environment.

Unfpa Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria, West Africa

The goal of the proposed programme is to contribute to enhancing the quality of life of Nigerians by securing commitment at all levels for the implementation of the national population and development programme.

The programme is consistent with the goals of the ICPD programme of Action, ICPD+5, the national population policy and CCA/UNDAF, as detailed in the attached results and resources framework. The programme will cover 15 out of 36 states.

The level and type of assistance to be provided to the 12 states assisted under the previous programme will be based on: (a) the incidence of poor health survey report; and (b) the level of donor assistance.

Furthermore, three disadvantaged states will be selected from the north-west. The programme will encompass all three thematic areas: advocacy, reproductive health, and population and development strategies.

Quantitative Economic Research Bureau, Abuja, Nigeria, West Africa

Africa, Econometrics, Economics, Globalization, Mathematics, Nigeria, Operations Research, Poverty and the Poor, Social Sciences, Software Engineering, Statistics.

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Africa, Complexity Sciences, Corruption, Debt, Econometric Modeling, Econometrics, Globalization, Mathematics, Nigeria, Nwaobi, Operations Research, Poverty, REPEC, Root Solution, Social Sciences, Software Development, Statistics, World.

Human Rights And Justice Group, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

Human Rights & Justice Group Int'l (Justice Group) is an independent, non-governmental and not-for-profit voluntary initiative which was established in 1999 by Nigerians from different professional, cultural and social backgrounds to enhance knowledge, respect and observance of human rights, and to encourage exchange of information and experiences for the betterment of the citizenry through the instrumentality of law, education, enlightenment and humanitarianism.

Justice Group membership is drawn from a rich blend of activists and other professionals working together on a shared commitment to justice, the rule of law and human dignity. The idea of the group was to build awareness about those rights as well as investigate and advocate various means for securing their implementation.

In addition, our programs aim at broadening access of individuals and communities and strengthening their participation in the design and implementation of social and economic policies/programs which affect them. We work with communities and groups that cut across gender, literacy, age and social lines, and use focused group pilot projects to measure the impact our interventions are making in target communities.

Center For Policy And Development-poldec, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

Center for Policy and Development (PolDeC) is a progressively dynamic NGDO committed to providing sustained development policy advocacy, training, capacity building, research and documentation in furtherance of engendering appropriate and focused gendered development in Nigeria.

We envision a policy and development resource cum reference center that is a positive development catalyst; and an active participant providing innovative initiatives as well as intellectual capital; and mobilizing resources nationally and internationally for the sustainable development of Nigeria.