Conservation Efforts for Community Development (CECOD)

CECOD envisions “An Environment with Conserved Eco-Systems and Communities Living Quality Life” with a mission to “Conserve the Environment and its Ecosystems while Improving the Quality of Life of Local Communities for Sustainable Development.

• Develop a self sustaining national organization to address environmental and poverty issues in the country by 2015.
• Improve utilization of natural resources among local communities and increase house hold income  trough education
• Promote people centered advocacy initiatives in the region and enhance people’s engagement of duty bearers on environmental rights and other related development issues that affect them.

• Participation and empowerment of communities
• Transparency and accountability
• Dignified environment
• Human welfare with special attention to children and marginalized communities
• Respect for Human Rights
• Economic and social justice
• Gender and social equity
• Commitment to God

CECOD is a broad-based NGO, having more than 35 member Community Based Groups (CBOs) at the grass root and representing a wide variety of societal issues, including human rights. The majority of the CBOs are rural women groups.

CECOD membership is divided into three categories:

• Ordinary - Full membership: Ordinary – Full members are individual members organisations which fully subscribe to the objectives of the Organisation and admitted to the Organisation after a one year probation period.
• Honorary Members: This category of membership is open to people that render great service to the Organisation and are approved as honorary members by the General Assembly.
• Associate Membership: Associate membership is open to those Networks, umbrellas, Regional, National, and International NGOs, Research Institutions, Professional Bodies, Academic Institutions, Financial Institutions and other members of the private sector that subscribe to the objectives of the organisation and are still on probation.

Management and Administration:

• General Assembly (GA): The General Assembly is the supreme authority of the Organisation, which  meets at least once every year
• Board of Governors: The Board of Governors is the second highest organ of the Organisation composed of (9) nine people elected by the GA and drawn from individual full members, member organisations and honorary members. At least 1 member must be drawn from honorary members. The Executive Director is an ex-official on the Board to respond to programmes related technical issues from time to time as the case may be.
• Secretariat: The secretariat is responsible for the day to day implementation of CECOD activities, and performs all such other duties as the Board from time to time directs. The Secretariat is headed by the Executive Director under the general supervision of the Board.
• Programs Advisory Committees (PACs): These are voluntary program specific advisory committees composed of technical people drown from key stakeholders especially line government departments. The PACs participate in over all planning, monitoring and harmonization of program interventions with government priority areas.