Introduction
Network for Community Planning and Development (NECPAD) is a Non-Governmental, non-profit-making organisation and registered with the Registrar General’s Department. The quest to pursue a development agenda with a focus on sustainable community development, poverty alleviation and capacity building issues and to largely promote social justice, gender-equality and general quality of life were the driving force behind the establishment of NECPAD. The NGO was established in June 2002 and registered with the Registrar-General’s Department under the Company’s code of 1963 (Act 179) where it was issued with the Certificate of Incorporation (No. G-14,942) on 22nd February, 2005. The Certificate to Commence Business (No. G-14,942) was subsequently issued on 24th June, 2005.
To obtain a full NGO status, NECPAD was initially registered with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (Reg. No. A.026/10/270)) on 6th February, 2006 and subsequently registered with the Department of Social Welfare where a Certificate of Recognition (Reg. No. D.S.W./2746) was issued on 16th February, 2006 which has been renewed annually. Since then, NECPAD has streamlined its operations and administrative systems to conform to the regulations and laws of Ghana. It has also been registered with several Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in Ghana as a development partner. NECPAD’s partnerships also span across international organisations committed to eliminating modern day slavery and child labour, tobacco control, cancer control and management and environmental resource management.
The Organisation is committed to the use of participatory approaches (including Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) and Poverty-Sensitive, Demand-Responsive Gender Participatory Approaches), networking, research and advocacy issues. The organisation has collaborated with other institutions towards empowering civil society/communities in initiating their own programmes with the view to accelerating development agenda and growth.
ORGANISATIONS VISION
NECPAD’s vision is to develop partnerships and networks between Governmental/Non-Governmental Organisations, External Support Agencies and Poor Communities with the view to developing strategies that promote the use of simple and operational-oriented approaches in planning, implementation and management of community services and infrastructure in a sustainable manner.
MISSION STATEMENT
The Organisation’s mission is “Promoting Sustainable Development through Networking, Empowerment and Advocacy to bring about a variety of health, environmental and livelihood benefits to the poor”.
OBJECTIVES
The organisation’s establishment objective is to identify good practices of appropriate and affordable technologies, techniques and approaches for cost-effective, sustainable and improved planning, provision and management of services and physical infrastructure for development in poor communities”
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