CENTRE OF COMMERCE KANO 2017
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
5TH MEETING
of
NIGERIAN MEMBERS AND POTENTIAL MEMBERS OF
THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (IACD)
and
4th National Community Development Consultative Conference/workshop
THEME: STRENGTHENING STATE-THIRD SECTOR ENGAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of the meeting and conference/workshop are to:
- Provide opportunity for all IACD members to know each other and for recruitment of new members,
- Create a platform for promoting the ideals and goals of the IACD in Nigeria and in Sub-Saharan Africa in general,
- Discuss ways of promoting community development roles of the third sector
- Examine ways of facilitating sustainable community development through collaborations between state and the third sector
Arrival: 12th November 2017 Conference/Workshop & Meeting: 13th and 14th November, 2017 Departure: 15th November 2017
VENUE: Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria
KEYNOTE PAPER PRESENTER: Dr Aminu Garba Magashi
Coordinator and Founder, Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN) and Civil Societies Representative, Global Financing Facility (GFF) Investors Group
LEAD PAPER PRESENTERS 1. Hajiya Mairo Bello,
Chief Servant/Founder, Adolescent Health Information Projects (AHIP), Kano
- Abubakar Ali
Universiti Utara Malaysia, 060100 UUM SINTOK, KEDAH DARUL AMAN, KEDAH, MALAYSIA
CONFERENCE: SUB-THEMES
- The third sector as a factor in development: Concepts, purpose and best practices
- Public Governance through the third sector
- State-Third sector engagement challenges and opportunities
- Models of State-Third sector engagement
- Community governance as a vehicle for promoting Sustainable Development
- Promoting National Unity through Community Governance
- Mobilisation and Partnership with/by Non Governmental Organisations for Sustainable Development
- Achieving sustainable development goals through third sector initiatives
- Service delivery for sustainable development through public sector, private sector and third sector engagements
- Media Institutions and Sustainable Community Development
- Voluntary Sector Institutions and Community Development
- Impact of Community Self Help initiatives on sustainable community development
- Promoting policy change through State-Third Sector Engagement for Sustainable Development
All participants shall:
- Pay conference registration fees of Seventeen thousand naira (N17, 000.00) only. Students’ registration is Ten Thousand Naira (N10, 000.00) only. Payment shall be made directly to the bank account detailed as follows: Name of Bank &Address: Guaranty Trust Bank PLC, Bello Road, Kano, Nigeria Account Name: ICEADA Account Number: 0020670026 Swift Code: GTBINGLA
- Participants who are unable to pay before the workshop date would pay Eighteen thousand four hundred naira (N18, 400.00) at the venue of the workshop (at the point of registration).
- Arrange for their accommodation If you require a hotel reservation please contact Garba on 080 37003397, 08089054213 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for facilitation
- Participants who wish to present papers are expected to send abstract of their papers to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and copy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and before or on 30th October, 2017
- Participants who wish to participate in a community mobile learning workshop slated for 14th and 15th November, 2017 are to pay additional N3,000.00
Prof. Muhammad Bello Shitu
Regional Director (Africa, South Sahara) and Vice President
International Association for Community Development (IACD), Glasgow, UK
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