Profile of CSCSD

BACKGROUND AND
OVERVIEW OF CSCSD:
STRUCTURES AND
STRATEGY
BY
TOLA WINJOBI
NATIONAL COORDINATOR
CIVIL SOCIETY COALITION ON
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development
(CSCSD) formerly known as Campaign2015+
International is a coalition of over 200 registered civil
society and nongovernmental organizations committed
to citizens’ empowerment, human rights protection,
development and peace in Nigeria. It is the only
registered national coalition of organizations purposely
created to be working on the monitoring of the 17
Sustainable Development Goals across the six
geopolitical zones of Nigeria.
Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable
Development

CSCSD collaborates with other like-minded CSOs around
the world to promote public debates and discussions on
economic and social issues including human rights. A
priority in the agenda of CSCSD, among other actions, is
campaigning for pro-poor global and national policies
that can accelerate broad-based economic growth,
poverty reduction and public accountability, as well as
the call for immediate action to reduce the debt burden
of poor countries and institute fair trade policies and
practices, and ODA development effectiveness among
the OECD and other developed countries around the
globe.
INSTITUTIONAL PURPOSE:

 VISION: A society whose centre-stage is justice,
peace, fulfillment of human rights and
development in all ramifications.
 MISSION: CSCSD, in partnership with other civil
society, the poor and the marginalized, the
donors, the development partners, and
international community, aims at pressuring
governments and other stakeholders to account
to SDGs and give the lives of people a meaning
through upholding justice, human rights and
development.
VISION AND MISSION

Our campaign theme focuses on the following issues:
 Fulfillment of all economic, social and human rights,
 Aid and financing for development effectiveness,
 Global and national security,
 Development issues,
 Public accountability,
 Debt cancellation,
 Just governance,
 Gender equality,
 Trade justice.
CAMPAIGN THEME

 To serve as an engagement platform at the national, regional
and international levels ensuring that governments achieve and
exceed the SDGs by 2030 and account to the people.
 To build an alliance with and facilitate the participation of other
CSOs both in Africa and other regions so as to ensure that
citizens lead the process of determining good governance and
service delivery within the framework of Agenda 2030.
 To work with vulnerable groups including the marginalized
(PLWD), the less privileged women, children and youth so as to
bring to the front burner of discourse their development
prioritization.
 To conduct shadow reports on, monitor and evaluate the
implementation of SDGs locally and across Africa to generate
policy tool for accountability.
OBJECTIVES:

 CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizens’ Participatn.
 Together 2030
 TAP Network
 Sustainable Development Solution Network
 Action for Sustainable Development
 Africa Working Group (AWG)
 Civil Society Partnership for Development
Effectiveness (CPDE)
INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
PARTNERS

Democratic governance: CSCSD believes in the principles and practices of
democratic governance which necessarily promotes dividends for the
people.
Transparency and accountability: CSCSD promotes transparency and
accountability in its operations and therefore challenges government to be
transparent and accountable to the people in all their dealings especially in
response to poverty eradication and injustice.
Solidarity with the poor: CSCSD has passion for the poorest of the poor
and the marginalized, identifies with them, and campaigns with them
challenging governments to give their lives a meaning.
Inclusiveness: CSCSD believes that the society comprises various groups
and stakeholders. “Ensuring that no one is left behind”, there is the need
to involve all groups in its operations including the poor, the marginalized,
persons with disabilities, people living with HIV/AIDS, women, youths,
children, minority groups and other vulnerable groups.
CSCSD CORE VALUES

 Partnership: CSCSD considers all the stakeholders including the
poor, the marginalized, the minority, and development agencies as
co-partners who have an important but collective role to play on
the attainment of the SDGs agenda, and upholding of human rights,
justice and peace.
 Equality: Since CSCSD believes in equity and equality, it enjoins
the stakeholders to consider gender equality, social inclusion, and
just global governance as essential for achieving transformation.
 Environmental Sustainability: CSCSD values conducive
environment and thus strongly believes that all development
must happen within planetary boundaries, while corporations
must be held responsible for the environmental destruction they
cause.
CORE VALUES (contd)

Strategies include:
Campaigning/Mobilization
Research, Documentation and
Information Dissemination
South-south and Triangular Cooperation
Legislative/Social Policy Intervention
Capacity Building
Monitoring and Evaluation
INTERVENTION STRATEGIES:

 Engagement with other stakeholders (private sector,
donors, governments)
 Complementary role to government’s projects
implementation and service delivery.
 Public policy influencing/lobbying: constitutional &
electoral reform, health (C&MH, HIV/AIDS), agric,
education, child’s rights, gender equality etc.
 Citizens’ empowerment and direct capacity building
(voice-giving, information, training, livelihoods).
 Ombudsmanship (advocacy) and whistle blowing
role in collaboration with anti-corruption agencies
like EFCC & ICPC.
SPECIFIC CSCSD ROLE

 Holding stakeholders accountable to SDGs (pushing for
horizontal accountability)
 Conducting action research and policy-informed
research into SDGs implementation.
 Conducting periodic assessment and shadow reports to
ensure we are on track to achieving the SDGs.
 Strive to establish Community Based Budget monitoring
mechanisms at the local level.
 Campaigning and mobilization on critical SDGs and for
enabling environment (anti-NGO bill), policies through
coalition/networking e.g. CPDE/AWG/Together
2030/TAPN).
CSCSD ROLE

 Since the adoption by the United Nations on September 27, 2015 of
the 17 SDGs, CSCSD has sought partnership with relevant government
agencies both at the federal and state levels and with international
development partners working in the country.
 In addition to free distribution of copies of its over 260-page book “A
compendium of Deliberations on Post-2015 Development Agenda”,
advocacy visits are being paid to the governments: Office of the
Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs (OSSAP SDGS); the
House of Representative Committee on the SDGs; and the Ministry of
Budget and National Planning.
 At the level of Development Partners we have submitted letters of
introduction and collaboration to UNDP, USAID, DFID, PACT Nigeria,
Oxfam, PLAN, World Bank to mention but a few.
 Our biggest achievement so far is the successful registration of the
group by the Corporate Affairs Commission as Civil Society on
Sustainable Development Goals. By this we are better positioned with
legal backing to fully engage our government on SDGs
implementation, monitoring and accountability in Nigeria.
ACHIEVEMENTS

 Below is a summary of our activities/achievments:
 Board of Trustees (BoT) meetings of CSCSD organized in
Abuja, Lagos, Kano, and Ijebu-Ode.
 State level meetings of CSCSD members in three geo-political
zones – North central, southwest and southsouth
 State level trainings (Oyo, Ogun and Bayelsa) updating
members’ knowledge on SDGs
 A day’s capacity strengthening workshop on strategies for
localizing the SDGs implementation in southwest states,
Ibadan March 2017
 2 days’ capacity strengthening workshop on strategies for
localizing the SDGs for CSOs in Ogun State (April 2017)
 Establishment of Think Tank Group (Oyo) to be responsible for
writing and issuing out position papers, media briefs, press
releases, communiqués etc
ACTIVITIES

* Media Capacity building on commitment to professional reportage on SDGs
in Ibadan Oyo State June 2017. This was done in collaboration with our
strategic partner SDSN.
 University of Ibadan-based Diamond FM works with our partner,
Sustainable Development Solution Network (SDSN), where opportunity is
granted to speak on diverse issues of development from time to time.
SDSN is based within Centre for Sustainable Development (CESDEV)
University of Ibadan.
 “Ojumo Alayo” 18-week episode SDGs talk-show on AIT every week
 Splash FM 105.5 Ibadan “SDG Talk” every first Tuesday of the month
featured in English. 17-week slot is given free from January and willing to
extend it.
 “Otun Ojo”/New Dawn OGTV Abeokuta. It is a live magazine programme
where CSCSD Ogun State members feature every Monday 7:45 a.m. to
8:45 a.m. to talk about SDG events and gender nexus
 2-quarter episodes on Sweet FM 107.1 Abeokuta, Ogun State titled “The
Podium” every Thursday from 9.00 a.m. to 10 00a.m. featured in both
English and Yoruba
ACTIVITIES CONTD.

 Lagos SDG Conference, June 15 2017 first of its kind in Nigeria.
 National Training of Advocacy Champions on Goal 16 so as to be
meaningfully engaging the stakeholders on peace, justice,
inclusive societies, transparency and accountability.
 Membership drive: Whatsapp complementing email list serve
but still looking for committed key individuals to lead the
process in the southeast, northeast and northwest.
 Production and free distribution of IEC materials on SDGs in
leaflet, card and booklet forms including “A Compendium of
Deliberations on Post-2015 Development Agenda”.
 Collaboration with Kano State government to show case the
state as an epitome of SDGs implementation in Nigeria
fashioned after Westphalia Region of Germany.
ACTIVITIES CONTD.

 There are three to four levels of authority: the General
Assembly, the Board of Trustees; the National Executive
Committee; Advisory Council.
 The General Assembly brings together representatives of the
CSCSD including all the officers and nominated members at
the zonal and state levels. GA is the highest decision making
body of CSCSD.
 The Board of Trustees holds office and property of the
Coalition in trust for the entire membership of CSCSD though
they hold office in perpetual succession. They give legal
expression to the organization as they can sue and be sued.
The BoT comprises between 10 and 15 members and has a
Chairperson with a Secretary and other officers.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

 The Advisory Council members are appointed both
locally and internationally by the BoT and holds office
at the pleasure of the BoT. Working together with the
BoT, they are to be involved in giving advice to the BoT
in connection with achieving the goals and objectives
of CSCSD.
 The National Executive Committee members are
elected by the members during a General Assembly.
They are saddled with the day to day running of CSCSD
in conjunction with the staff at the Secretariat which is
headed by the National Coordinator.
ORGANOGRAM (CONTD)

* GENERAL ASSEMBLY
* BOARD OF TRUSTEES (11 members)
* NATIONAL EXECUTIVE/STEERING
COMMITTEE
* (ADVISORY BOARD)
ZONAL STRUCTURE:
* 6 ZONES (SS, SE, SW, NW, NE, NC)
* 36 STATES (Coordinators)
ORGANOGRAM (CONTD)

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