Volume 1, Issue 1
September 5, 2018.
CSCSD South South
Highlights of the Week: South South Regional Meeting Kicks Off on 25th September 2018.
CSCSD South Weekly
WhatsApp Group Activated. Please Join.
Zonal Volunteer Working Group Constituted The Volunteer working group for the zone comprising 6 State Coordinators and 6 working groups alongside the Zonal Coordinator have also been constituted. This will be ratified at the We Welcome You to South South Regional Meeting
Zonal Exco meeting during the regional meeting come Sep 25. The South South Zone of the Civil Society fully kicked off in June after months of getting all plans in place. The Vision is to ignite
CSOs networking in the Niger Delta and promote partnership and networking for the achievement of SDGs. In creating the world we want and in the spirit of leaving no one behind, CSCSD South South will welcome all stakeholders she share same vision of building the Niger Delta we want. We will work together with all CSOs in the region in building capacity and promoting effectiveness to monitor, localize, and act for the Sustainable Development Goals. So far, over 200 members have been confirmed for the Zone and the process of using data to mainstream members and ensure quality documentation is still ongoing. In furtherance to a strong foundational kick-off, the South South
Training Plan Draft Ready For Input There’s an ongoing research to ascertain the priority training needs of network members. This was a fall out of the baseline survey earlier conducted that highlighted the strong need of members for a variety of trainings. The assessment will therefore help us to identify what training takes priority—for potential partners to support—and key facilitators for execution— and datelines. However, your
region meeting of the Civil Society Coalition Sustainable Development holds on the 25th September 2018. This will be a gathering of Civil Society Leaders and Stakeholders who will chart a cause for the Zone and ensure high level political discourse are reviewed for implementation. For partnerships, sponsorships, and more, please kindly contact: cscsdsouthsouth@gmail.com. It promises to be a platform to ensure we leave no one behind. This edition will be hosted in Rivers State, and will be carried out with support from partners, such as FutureNet Foundation. For more info on the meeting, please click: www.cscsdev.org/ southsouth
input in this assessment is critical; As such, kindly fill the form using this link: https://goo.gl/ forms/uXMKepoIIiLKhhrw1
Do you know any credible NGOs working in the Niger Delta region? please invite them to attend the regional meeting: https://docs.google.com/forms/ d/ e/1FAIpQLScTTgLfCNV_T4pXCgGU SLBa7f6pHlMVueIdg_srrcwIfUTU6 g/viewform
State Working Group Constituted Summary of The Week Three Great Interns Working as Volunteers. NGO of the Week Opportunity of the Week
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Theme: Strengthening the Civil Society Space to Localise, monitor, and #Act4SDGs in the South South.
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself." Henry Ford.
State Working Group
CSCSD South Weekly
South South Regional Meeting Kicks off on the 25th of Sep, 2018.
In furtherance to a strong foundational kickoff, the South South region meeting of the Civil Society Coalition Sustainable Development holds on the 25th September 2018. This will be a gathering of Civil Society Leaders and Stakeholders who will chart a cause for the Zone and
ensure high level political discourse are reviewed for implementation. For partnerships, sponsorships, and more, please kindly contact: cscsdsouthsouth@gmail.com.
ers State, and will be carried out with support from partners, such as FutureNet Foundation. For more info on the meeting, please click: www.cscsdev.org/southsouth
It promises to be a platform to ensure we leave no one behind. This edition will be hosted in Riv-
WhatsApp Group Activated The WhatsApp Group for the Zone is active with over Two Hundred (200) vibrant members. It promises to be a ground for core dialogue, discussions, deliberations, collaborations and much
more. We strongly believe that if everyone is moving together, then success will take care of itself. And as such, we are calling on every civil actor to join the civil society space.
To join, please kindly use this link: https://goo.gl/ v2aWgQ
States Working Group Constituted In the light of alignment, all the States comprising Rivers ,Edo, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers State and Delta State have been fully constituted and a minimum of 2meetings held to further align the positions with the zonal plans. Below are the list of state members :
BY Working Group
RV Working Group
CR Working Group
DE Working Group
EDO Working Group
AK Working Group
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CSCSD South Weekly
Volume 1, Issue 1
Weekly Summary 1. If you are here and have not filled the zonal data form then please fill it to get counted. Kindly follow this link: https:// goo.gl/v2aWgQ 2.We have our regional meeting coming up on the 25th in Port Harcourt. If you are yet to register, please do so right here: https://docs.google.com/forms/ d/ e/1FAIpQLScTTgLfCNV_T4pXCgGUSLBa7f6 pHlMVueIdg_srrcwIfUTU6g/viewform 3.Visit our page here to see how we plan to make the SDG 3rd anniversary: http://www.act4sdgs.org/partner/ CSCSDSouthSouth 4. If you have not yet liked our social media pages then...See the facebook page below, we will be glad to have you like it as that Is where the daily calls for proposal will be posted:
https://facebook.com/ cscsdsouthsouthnetwork/twitter.com/ CSouthsouth 5.Many members expressed need for training so we have designed a training needs assessment below to track priority training needs. If you haven't filled, then do so below.Thanks to the amazing early adopters who have filled the form: https://goo.gl/forms/ uXMKepoIIiLKhhrw1 6.Im sure you all know all states have their whatsapp group for state level discourse and plan. Examples are: Rivers: https:// docs.google.com/forms/d/ e/1FAIpQLSc2DSJr19WF0HJu4kRb8ieRg9 PHoq98aYP2IG4WnIAiTtbt4g/viewform Delta Follow this link to join my WhatsApp group: https://
chat.whatsapp.com/5c1aTKuFBQ5HS5wp PDysO4 Etc. So identify your state and join for state level interactions. Invite others working in the state too. 7.Youths are not left out!! Do you know any YOUTH LED Organisation that would like to be a part of the CSCSD ?Share this with them Youths WhatsApp group: https:// chat.whatsapp.com/ An3GcxLeRcRB1FniqX6zlf Above all, we thank you for your continued participation and are counting on everyone to make this step a historical and memorable one. In the spirit of leaving no one behind, I wish you all a Happy weekend
Three Great Interns Working with us as Volunteers We also have three great Interns working as Volunteers. They are: 1. Victor Birava-Ever friendly logistics intern
Administration 3. Toby Mayokun -Our social media saviour and graphic artist
wishful thinking, we will need the engagement of volunteers more than ever.” — Kofi Annan
2. Janet Awo-Our Barrister in waiting who manages
NGO of the Week—Knit Together Initiative Jennifer Amadi is a reproductive health advocate. With an academic background in Health Education from Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Nigeria. She holds certification in sexual and reproductive health and rights and advocacy (SRHR). She is a London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Women Leaders in Global Health Scholar and a winner of 120 Under40 – New Generation of family planning
young leaders. Over the past four years, Jennifer has led initiatives on cutting edge issues on gender and sexual reproductive health and rights in Nigeria through advocacy and community engagements – from contraceptives social marketing; training of family planning providers; advocacy on domestic vaccine/family planning financing and elimination of female genital mutilation (FGM). Currently, co-
“If our hopes of building a better and safer world are to become more than
chair, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC) Youth Caucus, a Women Deliver Young Leader alumni class of 2016; and founder Knit Together Initiative (www.knittogetherinitiative.org) where she currently serve as the Program Advisor.
Opportunity of the Week: https:// www.britishcoun cil.org.ng/ events/mediacapacitybuildingworkshop
Kindly visit us at: www.cscsdev.org/southsouth
Would you like to be featured in our NGO of the week section? Then simply fill this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1P_lHddXlo -rmUB4CfmD2Z3NqQNuiciuAEzTVyV50Nwg/edit
The Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development in the South South is a Network of Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) working to promote the achievements of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Specifically made up of Six (6) States. The CSCSD South South is an arm of the larger national network— working across the 36 States of the Federation to build the world we want. The CSCSD South South is made up of over 300 vibrant Organisations committed to working together to ensuring no-one is left behind as we work for people, planet and prosperity.
CSCSD South Weekly
Our Guideword: ...in the spirit of leaving no one behind.
Zonal Secretariat 2CEDSI Drive Amadi Abuloma Road By Oando filling station Port Harcourt Rivers State. Phone: +234 813 405 6222 Email: cscsdsouthsouth@gmail.com Web: www.cscsdev.org/southsouth
Office Address of South South States: Akwa Ibom State Secretariat: 6 Akpakpan Street, Off Wellington Bassey Way, Uyo Tel: 08030996696, 08023333259, 08064618812 Email: akwaibomcscsd@gmail.com
Collaborations and support: CSCSD Rivers State visits Office of the SDG and Wider Perspectives.
The CSCSD South Weekly is a publication of the Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development; South South.
Bayelsa State: No 1 Ototo Avenue, beside Seed of Holiness Church, Off Government House back gate Onopa , Yenagoa. Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Cross River State: C/o GREENCODE Office, 43/48 Mayne Avenue, by Webber Street, Calabar. Delta State Office: C/O Initiatives for Windows and Youths Restiveness international, No,4 IYKE Aduba close off DLA road ,Asaba ,Delta State ,Nigeria Edo State office: Connected Advocacy 1, Oziegbe Street off Urubi Iyaro Benin city Edo state Rivers State: No 4 Obinuchi Street Off Aba Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.