2018-2019 TAP Network Steering Committee Nominees

In the lead up to the 2030 agenda, Namati and the Global Legal Empowerment Network co-led the Justice 2015 campaign calling for the new agenda to ensure equal access to justice for all and for transparent, accountable, and inclusive institutions. Through our collective advocacy with the TAP Network and other partners at the sub-national, national, regional, and global levels we were successful in achieving this goal; justice principles are included throughout the 2030 Agenda, especially SDG 16. Since its adoption, we have engaged in advocacy and coalition work around SDG 16 implementation in several countries and in regional and global forums and processes. We have called for sustainable and innovative financing to help drive progress towards these goals through media channels, including op-eds in news outlets such as Foreign Policy and the Guardian as well as exciting new platforms such as TED. Along the way, we continued to work with colleagues in the TAP Network to produce a number of technical documents on Goal 16 indicators, and helped establish the SDG 16 Data Initiative when the official global indicators failed to meet the needs of TAP members. We also helped develop the Goal 16 Advocacy Toolkit and authored the Advocacy: Justice and the SDGs Toolkit. We have supported webinars and workshops with the Global Legal Empowerment Network and TAP Network members to help national organisations catalyze action on SDG 16 to achieve vital justice reforms. We have also supported a number of global initiatives working on SDG 16 including the Open Government Partnership, the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just, and Inclusive Societies, and the SDG 16 Plus Forum.

Please describe how your organization can and will contribute to the work of the TAP Network Steering Committee:

As a Steering Committee member, Namati would provide strategic support to the TAP network’s transformative work around SDG 16 and justice. As progress on SDG 16 will be reviewed for the first time during the High Level Political Forum in 2019, it is vital that civil society and member states can demonstrate progress. This means that we need to start preparing and galvanizing in 2018, and ensure that TAP is preparing for this by providing opportunities for network members to effectively engage in monitoring and reporting processes, share civil society and grassroots experiences of SDG 16 implementation, and shape the agenda, outcomes, commitments, and reporting at the 2019 HLPF. Namati and the Global Legal Empowerment Network engage regularly in global dialogues such as the Pathfinders; Open Government Partnership; the SDG 16+ Forum; UNGA; the HLPF; the World Justice Forum; the CIVICUS World Assembly; and the World Bank/IMF Meetings. As a Steering Committee member, we will have the opportunity to link up with TAP members before, during, and after these moments to represent their key advocacy priorities and report back on progress. We will also provide campaigning opportunities and tools to members through two campaigns we are leading: the Walk Together campaign, being run in partnership with The Elders, and our new Justice For All campaign. Through these campaigns we will rally grassroots voices and key global advocates to champion the priorities of the TAP network.

We have been pleased with ABA ROLI’s Steering Committee representation during the past Network cycle, as they helped drive forward some of the TAP Network’s transformative work around SDG 16 and justice. With a number of exciting initiatives underway for the Network, as a Steering Committee member, we hope to carry forward this work at this critical moment in time – the lead up to 2019. One practical way to drive forward the justice commitments of SDG 16 implementation at the national level in particular, through the TAP Network, is by continuing to equip members with ongoing capacity building, training opportunities, and resources to get governments to incorporate the SDGs and budgets into their national justice and development plans. This work, we hope, will build on the momentum of the Advocacy: Justice and the SDGs Toolkit that has been launched in the last year.

Please describe your organization’s, or its focal point’s, previous experience in working collaboratively with other CSOs:

Coco currently serves as the Campaigns and Advocacy Officer for Namati and the Global Legal Empowerment Network. In this role, she convenes 5,000+ Network members and 2,000+ organizations on collective advocacy and engagement around grassroots access to justice and legal empowerment, with a specific focus on SDG 16+ implementation. Prior to this, Coco worked at Save the Children in Washington, D.C. on SDG-related public policy and advocacy issues, and worked closely with the TAP Network on advocacy around shaping the Post-2015 Agenda, with a special focus on leaving no one behind, the role of citizen engagement and citizen-generated data, data disaggregation, and SDG implementation in conflict-affected and fragile states. At UNICEF USA, Coco worked on UN and congressional advocacy, campaigning, and mobilization on children’s rights issues, including appropriations funding, anti-trafficking legislation, the Water for the World act, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and ending preventable child deaths, key areas that helped shape the Post-2015 agenda. Along the way, Coco has worked directly on country-specific projects in the U.S., India, Nepal, Singapore, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Jordan. Originally from The Netherlands and raised in the United States, Coco holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Middlebury College and an M.S. in Global Affairs from New York University in human rights and international law and was a two-time recipient of the Princeton in Asia Fellowship.

Steering Committee Focal Point: Ms. Coco Lammers

Saferworld

Organization Headquarters: London, UK

Website: www.saferworld.org.uk

Please describe your organization’s advocacy work and priorities around the 2030 Agenda, SDG16 and the TAP Network more broadly:

Saferworld were leading actors advocating for the inclusion of SDG16 in the 2030 Agenda. Since adoption, we have continued to work on strengthening the various related frameworks and have begun implementing programs in country.

Please describe how your organization can and will contribute to the work of the TAP Network Steering Committee:

Contribute a policy and programming perspective.
Helping to map future priorities and direction of TAP
Connecting implementation efforts of our partners with TAP Network members.

Please describe your organization’s, or its focal point’s, previous experience in working collaboratively with other CSOs:

Saferworld have been an active member of TAP Network, actively contribute to Bond (UK based) and have been members of numerous WGs.

Steering Committee Focal Point: Mr. Jordan Street

Transparency International

Organization Headquarters: Berlin, Germany

Website: www.transparency.org

Please describe your organization’s advocacy work and priorities around the 2030 Agenda, SDG16 and the TAP Network more broadly:

Transparency International Secretariat (TIS) primarily focuses on anti-corruption and governance targets of the 2030 agenda. Together with its chapters and partners in more than 100 countries around the world TIS’ SDG advocacy strategy focuses on three approaches: Creating and building knowledge around SDG anti-corruption and governance targets, monitoring governments’ SDG commitments and its implementation at national level and building and working with networks and coalitions at national, regional and international level for the implementation and monitoring of SDGs. To this end, building and nurturing coalitions and networks, building capacity of TI chapters and partners, publishing SDG knowledge and monitoring products, being part of developing SDG national anti-corruption strategies, contributing to the development of alternate indictors, supplementing official government reports with CSO reports, contributing to ongoing SDG discourse through national, regional and international forums and being part of networks to implement projects around SDG goal 16 have been the primary activities of the last one and half years. TI is a member of the TAP network and closely work and benefit from its expertise and operations.

Please describe how your organization can and will contribute to the work of the TAP Network Steering Committee:

Over the last two and half years TIS has been closely working with the TAP network and familiar with its work. Being a secretariat of a movement consisted of a network of chapters and individual members, TI understands the work of the TAP network as a mini version of its movement with a streamlined focus. The core functions of the Steering Committee to a substantive extent resonate the role of the TI Secretariat. TIS would bring this exposure and experience to the Steering Committee together with its strong interest in advancing the advocacy work around the goal 16. The focus areas relating to member engagement and representation are of expertise of TI and providing leadership and strategic direction for fund raising with network partners would be of specific interest of TI.

Please describe your organization’s, or its focal point’s, previous experience in working collaboratively with other CSOs:

TI is consisted of more than 100 CSOs (chapters) and individual members (IMs) accredited to the TI movement by its membership. In addition to its chapters and IMs, TI works with other regional and international CSOs and coalition to advance its work. For a long period of time TI housed the Civil Society Coalition to the UN Convention against Corruption and at present provides the lead support in coordinating its work globally. Previously it also housed the Water Integrity Network and the Secretariat of the International Anti-Corruption Conference. The latter was eventually absorbed to the TI secretariat. The nominated focal point has been working with the TI movement for the last 12 years at national, regional and international level. His exposure includes managing a TI national chapter, building new partnerships for TI, coordinating TI’s work with chapters and IMs and providing leadership support to TI movement’s work in regional and international advocacy.

Steering Committee Focal Point: Mr. Rukshana Nanayakkara

Nominated Organizations from the “Global South”

Asia Development Alliance (ADA)

Organization Headquarters: Asia (regional network)

Website: www.ada2030.org

Please describe your organization’s advocacy work and priorities around the 2030 Agenda, SDG16 and the TAP Network more broadly:

The Asia Development Alliance (ADA) is an International Network of national and /or sub-national multi-sectoral NGO/CSO platforms or umbrellas in Asia engaged in development issues in the context of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development especially SDGs. ADA was founded in February 2013 as a joint regional platform of members of the International Forum of National NGO Platforms (IFP) and CIVICUS Affinity Group of National Associations (AGNA) in Asia for a collaboration of other CSO networks such as Asia Democracy Network (ADN), Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP), Good Neighbors International etc.

ADA is committed to build a just, inclusive, equitable and peaceful community of sustainable societies in Asia and beyond where every citizen and people can enjoy all human rights and democratic freedoms.

ADA works through effective communication, coordination and cooperation at all levels of society in the developmental processes in Asia in particular in the people centered implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and SDGs.

Please describe how your organization can and will contribute to the work of the TAP Network Steering Committee:

ADA remained member of TAP Steering Committee for the last two years i.e. 2016-2017 and have contributed a lot during the period in devising long range strategy of TAP Network, creating political spaces for TAP Network at various regional and global forums, did the oversight of TAP Network and its Secretariat yearly plans. ADA and its members facilitated in organizing national and regional workshops jointly and on behalf of TAP Network on Goal 16. TAP Network was launched and introduced at Asia level during ADA, APSD, GAALA regional meetings and workshops. Joint ventures were organized at New York during UNGA and HLPF events

Please describe your organization’s, or its focal point’s, previous experience in working collaboratively with other CSOs:

ADA and its member organizations and networks and focal point are strongly connected with a great number of CSOs, networks and regional and global forums and processes including CIVICUS, C20, G7, HLPF, UNGA, A4SD, IFP, ADN, Forum Asia, GCAP, APRCEM, APSD, UNESCAPE, SDG Action Campaigns, etc. etc. ADA organizes many side events during these global and regional forums to highlight the issue related to Goal 16 and for the meaningful implementation of SDGs at National levels. ADA is deeply connected with national processes and CSOs and facilitates them for the follow up of country level VNR processes and preparing policy briefs and shadow reports. ADA also facilitates in regional and global launches and discussions on national VNRs.

Steering Committee Focal Point: Mr. Zia Ur Rehman

Human Rights First Rwanda Association (HRFRA)

Organization Headquarters: Kigali, Rwanda

Website: www.rightsrwanda.com

Please describe your organization’s advocacy work and priorities around the 2030 Agenda, SDG16 and the TAP Network more broadly:

In the Advent of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi Human Rights First Rwanda Association took up Access to Justice and Peace building as its core programs by providing legal aid and awareness raising on cohesion. Inclusion of the minorities is also one of our programs representing the interests and promoting the participation of marginalized groups in the mainstream.

Please describe how your organization can and will contribute to the work of the TAP Network Steering Committee:

The Experience gained from being part of the Steering Committee for the past Two and a Half years has will be the strongest asset H.R.F.R.A. brings to the incoming committee. Governance and representation of National / Regional Advocacy strategies , harnessing the active participation of global south organization’s and building collaborative efforts with our members from the global north will be the basis of our work in the Steering Committee if given the mandate. Being part of the Steering Committee in the past two and a half years has been both a learning experience and an opportunity to serve voluntarily and diligently with the best interests of the network.

Please describe your organization’s, or its focal point’s, previous experience in working collaboratively with other CSOs:

Human Rights First Rwanda Association at Global Level has been a member of the TAP Network since 2015 where we whave been honored to be part of the Steering Committee since . We were also members of the Beyond 2015 campaign where we served as National Coordinators , At Regional Level we engage with the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights .We are also founding members of the East African Civil Society Forum , At National Level we are Founding Members and Administrative Council members of the Legal Aid Forum , a forum of 40+ organizations providing Legal Aid and Access to Justice.

Steering Committee Focal Point: Mr. Louis Busingye

Aid Organization (Bangladesh)

Organization Headquarters: Barisal, Bangladesh

Website: www.aido-bd.org

Please describe your organization’s advocacy work and priorities around the 2030 Agenda, SDG16 and the TAP Network more broadly:

Aid organization is the members of TAP Network. In the implementation of SDG-2030 has been working identifying economically, socially, good administration and pole of environment. We are working for the implementation in object of TAP Network. Our commitment is to fulfill the living standard and basic needs of the under-privileged and poorer section of people. For socio-economic and sustainable development to establish the right of women and children, non-formal education, prevention of child marriage, to protect environment, safe water and sanitation arrangement and in the establishment good administration and human rights we are actively participating. For attaining the objective of SDG-2030 our organization has been working with different international organizations including UN. TAP Network is also an international platform. Through this platform for implementation of 2030 Agenda, SDG-16 the Member Organization are playing active role. At the assistance of TAP Network to implement SDG-2030 is our tomorrow’s commitment. Identifying the main causes of poverty of the lagging behind under-privileged mass people and for eradication of poverty through taking of various programmes in the implementation of SDG our organization is keeping conducive vole. Therefore, through this platform we want to further expand and spread our activities.

Please describe how your organization can and will contribute to the work of the TAP Network Steering Committee:

Getting united all members of TAP Network will do work for implementation of its target and objectives. Involving all the members in the implementation of SDG-2030, in the implementation process and solution of the rest of the objectives necessary means and ways will be found out. In the implementation of SDG directives and advices will be given of making coordination of members of TAP, NGOs, CBOS government and different stakeholders. Within the TAP Network including Campaign, Advocacy different activities will be strengthened. For affording necessary assets and financing a road map will be prepared along with the TAP members. In the implementation of SDG no one will be kept behind, with this slogan TAP members will be encouraged.

Please describe your organization’s, or its focal point’s, previous experience in working collaboratively with other CSOs:

AID Organization is a non–Profit, non-Political Non government development Organization. It is founded in January 1997 by professional social workers. The team of AID Organization consisted of both men and women and they have good orientation and perception about the root causes of the developmental backwardness. The main aim of AID Organization is to help the impoverished people of southern part of Bangladesh to improve their lot and get them release from the have not sufferings. To make way for a sustainable development in the society so that every body lives in peace and harmony. AID Organization has got Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations – 2017. Aid organization has been doing work with different national and international institutions. Status recipient of Aid organization has been performing its responsibility as elected Steering Committee Member and Regional Representative of WSSCC from South Asia 2009-2011 and our organization has been playing a vital role in WASH Program. As Representative of ENO-Finland in Bangladesh, Aid Organization has been started 1,000, 00 Tree Plantation with the help and co-operation of 100 NGOs and Schools through his Leadership. With the assistance of the Ministry of Forest and Environment, Government of Bangladesh, Executive Council of South Asia of WSSCC-WHO in the Water and Sanitation programme. Besides, performing its responsibility as Chairperson of South Bengal Partnership NGOs Forum (SBPNF) and Bangladesh Coastal Climate Change Network (BCCCN), Bangladesh Coastal Women Development Forum (BCWDF). At the cooperation of ICCO Cooperation, as focal point Civil Society Alliance for Scaling up Nutrition has been in the responsibility of Nutrition Programme. Besides, has been doing responsibility as member in the Executive Council of different national and international forum or network.

Steering Committee Focal Point: Mr. Md. Moniruzzaman

Bridging for Sustainable Development (BSD)

Organization Headquarters: Imphal, India

Website: N/A

Please describe your organization’s advocacy work and priorities around the 2030 Agenda, SDG16 and the TAP Network more broadly:

BSD (bridging for Sustainable Development) works for the promotion of sustainable development in the armed conflict region of North East India and other parts of North, South and Western province of India. One of the priority work is Goal 16 of SDG besides Goal 1, 2, 4, 13 and 17. Working around these goals we are trying to put pressure the coherence of governance and policy to achieve the goals.

Please describe how your organization can and will contribute to the work of the TAP Network Steering Committee:

Our organization could contribute the overall spectrum of work in promoting SDGs in unrest region of South Asia and South East Asia network

Please describe your organization’s, or its focal point’s, previous experience in working collaboratively with other CSOs:

Our focal point was working in Greenpeace India (2002-2003), Amnesty International India (2004-2006), Oxfam India (2006-2007) besides several association with local human rights and developmental organization till today.

Steering Committee Focal Point: Mr. Onil Kshetrimayum

CAFSO-WRAG for Development

Organization Headquarters: Nigeria

Website: www.cafsowrag4development.org

Please describe your organization’s advocacy work and priorities around the 2030 Agenda, SDG16 and the TAP Network more broadly:

CAFSO-WRAG for Development is the fiscal sponsor and host for Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development (CSCSD) an organization primarily established to be coordinating activities around Agenda2030 in Nigeria. CAFSO-WRAG’s effort in development especially in post 2015 development agenda and Agenda 2030 led it to establish CSCSD along with other CSOs in Nigeria in 2015. We took active part in organizing deliberations on Post2015 Development Agenda and eventual Agenda 2030 and SDGs. Since 2016, we have organized seminars and trainings around SDG 16. With support of TAP Network, we held an advocacy training on strategy for CSOs’ engagement with the political office holders in accounting to their promises with focus on Goal 16. This took place in Lagos in August 2017. We were also part of HLPF/NVR that took place in New York in July 2017. We also participated in the meetings and training organized by TAP in New York.

In 2015, our organization through our primary representative contested and lost the position of TAP Executive.

Please describe how your organization can and will contribute to the work of the TAP Network Steering Committee:

Our advocacy campaign will contribute to the work of the TAP Network Steering Committee because it intends to successfully influence the choices and actions of law makers (parliamentarians) and Executive that makes other decisions that affect the well being of the Nigerian people. It will be involved delivering messages that are intended to influence thoughts, perspectives and actions of leaders, politicians, policymakers, planners and others in authority. Secondly, our organization, through our representative, will bring to bear on the TAP Network Steering Committee our over 20 years’ development and management experience so as to achieve the goals and objectives of TAP Network. Also, we are well grounded in the area of peace and access to justice for all which is the focus of Goal 16 and the primary focus of TAP Network. Therefore we are going to share our programmatic experience with TAP Steering Committee on further supporting the TAP Advocacy Toolkit so as to make it useful to African audience.

Membership drive is important to achieving the mandate of a network organization like TAP Network. Therefore we shall do all we can to recruit more members to TAP, and sustain the interest of the new members through useful information sharing and encouragement. We shall also be ready to support TAP Steering Committee and TAP Coordinator in designing and implementing startegies, plans and budgets of the Network. Also, regular meetings are central to the achievements of the objevtives of TAP. Therefore, we shall ensure that we attend and participate meaningfully in all the meetings of TAP Steering Committee while at the same time shall make quality contributions to the debate.

Please describe your organization’s, or its focal point’s, previous experience in working collaboratively with other CSOs:

Our organization started in 1994 while our focal person has 24 years development experience having worked in and led many coalitions and networks in Nigeria. He has all it takes to be a member of the Steering Committee. He belongs to some key CSOs and professionals including Certified Institute of Development Studies, Society for Peace Practice and Conflict Studies, Coalition for the Global Commons, Publish What You Pay, EFA, Coalition on FOI, CSACEFA, NCICC, Budget Transparency Network, Political Finance Network, CISHAN, End Water Poverty Coalition, Climate Change Network of Nigeria, Civil Society Coalition on Migration for Development, Civicus World Alliance etc.

He currently serves as the National Coordinator of Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development where he coordinates both the staff and programmes on SDGs – the platform of our engagement with government and private sector. At CSCSD, we in collaboration with over two hundred NGOs, CSOs, FOBs, professional associations and other other stakeholders in Nigeria monitor the implementation of SDGs. We popularize and sensitize Nigerians on SDGs using media including the press, radio and television. He has granted various interviews in newspapers on SDGs an example is https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/08/31/winjobi-poverty-cannot-be-eradicated-in-nigeria-or-even-africa/Winjobi: Poverty Cannot be Eradicated in Nigeria or Even Africa

Steering Committee Focal Point: Dr. Tola Winjobi

CSYM HUDUMA; Christian Spiritual Youth Ministry

Organization Headquarters: Mbulu, Tanzania

Website: N/A

Please describe your organization’s advocacy work and priorities around the 2030 Agenda, SDG16 and the TAP Network more broadly:

CSYM HUDUMA;Christian Spiritual Youth Ministry is a Community Based Organization located in Manyara Region specifically in Mbulu Sanu Barray Village Office situated at Madunga Hall Sanu Barray They have been in operation in the community for over 10 years with a mission to serve mankind especially in providing the following Educational, Developmental as well as Health related services and Spiritual services within the Manyara Administrative 4 Districts in which it supports the welfare of the Barabaig and Hadzabe Girls Education advancement. This was one the Small Grants recipients of the PACF UK in 2011 for the delivery of provide essential services, and address stigma and discrimination, prevention efforts including PMTCT. In addition to this grant, Pathfinder also received a small grant from PACF to provide Technical Assistance to the only two organizations in Tanzania in which one is Butogwa Women’s Group in Sengerema while (eight)8 others are in Uganda to build the capacity for service delivery. The organization is a one of the founding member of TEN/MET.One of the other initiatives being rounded and sold area:-1.Girls’ Improving livelihood and Empowering through Education in the Marginalized Communities (WHAT IS THIS FOR)-To change the attitude of many national development frameworks that fail to recognize the value of girls having educated; that they may improve their livelihood and stand on their own against discrimination girls face in their lives. Further make the Families, Policy Makers appreciate them as valuable resources for their country’s development in which in many communities its an advancement age that; many girls are taken out of school, married at an early age, or have their first sexual encounter, often coerced or tricked as well as being mislead to the later or future life most these girls lost their direction for ever and may either become drug addict or else die.

Please describe how your organization can and will contribute to the work of the TAP Network Steering Committee:

Most of the time its obvious that; there are organizations that are and have known each other for a long time;that they have a broad knowledge in Networking issues.This where we come in.CSYM HUDUMA;Christian Spiritual Youth Ministry will contribute to the work of the TAP Network Steering Committee as it had a long time experience in Networking and had a good examples to be in the Boards of National and Regional Networks

Please describe your organization’s, or its focal point’s, previous experience in working collaboratively with other CSOs:

The organization is a one of the founding member of TEN/MET,TECDEN and also hold a Board membership in such Networks.We have run a study on the similar project with the support from CEF and UNICEF through TECDEN;that we are expecting implement such project effectively as we have previously undertaken such studies in the Pastoralists Hunter Gathers Challenges in Education in the same Districts as a lead organization; a Booklet is available in the work. The other work was on vulnerable Girls and young women who are potential Cultural and Economic problems that they miss their way to have skills and knowledge to engage themselves in life skills as a results of the Customs that make them excluded that they should get Education(A Video available)It our hope that this work is approved for our work and the life status of the recipients as their rights to Education.

Steering Committee Focal Point: Nicodemus Siayi Soko

Peace and Justice Network Pakistan

Organization Headquarters: Pakistan

Website: www.pjn.org.pk

Please describe your organization’s advocacy work and priorities around the 2030 Agenda, SDG16 and the TAP Network more broadly:

Peace & Justice Network (PJN) is a national registered civil society network, with direct national coverage of over 70 percent of the Pakistan, formed in 2015 December for working on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. PJN’s mission is to help build institutions which can strengthen democracy, deliver quick and inexpensive justice, and resolve conflict in a way that protects the rights of citizens, which is the core purpose of SDG 16.

PJN at federal and national level is closely working with the Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan (LJCP), Courts, Bar Associations, Ministries, Local Government bodies and other justice institutions for promotion and protection of human rights as well as demand driven legislative and policy reform for strengthening rule of law, good governance and building peaceful societies. With LJCP, PJN has signed letter of collaboration on SDG 16. PJN is one of the lead civil society member organization on Open Government Partnership (OGP) with Economic Affairs Division (EAD).

Since early 2016, PJN started working on SDG 16 indicators development and had a consultation with relevant departments to provide input on draft indicators and data source of those indicators. PJN has adopted and developed Goal 16 Advocacy Strategy for Pakistan base on TAP Advocacy Toolkit on Goal 16.

PJN with Planning Division SDG Unit in Pakistan also initiated work on indicators framework for SDG 16 and some of the indicators of SDG 5 (5.2 and 5.3). PJN is planning to conduct consultations with stakeholders in this regard first to review what is already done and then to propose detailed framework on targets vs indicators as well as data sources on SDG 16. PJN is also in a process of forming Pakistan SDG 16 Knowledge Hub. Which will be launch in February, 2018.

Please describe how your organization can and will contribute to the work of the TAP Network Steering Committee:

The core strength of the focal person (Mr. Raza Ali) is network management in rule of law sector. Mr. Ali is managing huge civil society network with over 100 organizations as CEO since 2012 and directly managed sub granting to network members of millions of dollars. Also Mr. Ali is managing Community Legal Services Forum (CLSF), which is a donor collaboration forum consist of all the donors working on rule of law in Pakistan. As head of PJN, Mr. Ali is responsible for all those activities which are mentioned in TAP Steering Committee members TORs.

If PJN becomes a member, then PJN will working on to lead the network on behalf of the membership and provide strategic guidance for the network’s work, consult and represent the membership to ensure that the TAP Network o Has a strategy and operational plans that reflect the priorities of the members, pursues policy and advocacy positions that reflect the collective views of members o engages and encourages the members in a way that develops a sense of ownership, belonging, responsibility and activism amongst all members

Please describe your organization’s, or its focal point’s, previous experience in working collaboratively with other CSOs:

As explain earlier, Peace & Justice Network (PJN) is a national civil society network consist of over 45 organizations. So collaborating with CSOs is very common thing. Also PJN is a Secretariat of Community Legal Services Forum (CLSF) is an initiative to create a neutral and collaborative platform to bring together all donors, international implementing partners, and local organizations working on “legal empowerment,” including especially free community-based legal services and legal aid, for the purpose of increasing access to justice for poor, disadvantaged and vulnerable citizens in Pakistan. CLSF aims to facilitate open dialogue in order to help participating organizations coordinate their activities, increase synergies, minimize duplication, and ensure quality and effectiveness.

Other than institutional strengths, since 2012 focal person (Mr. Raza Ali) is also heading civil society networks. So focal person have very strong network management strength with CSOs. Mr. Ali is also the focal person of CLSF Forum.

Steering Committee Focal Point: Mr. Raza Ali

SDG Kenya Forum

Organization Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya

Website: www.sdgkenyaforum.org

Please describe your organization’s advocacy work and priorities around the 2030 Agenda, SDG16 and the TAP Network more broadly:

The SDG kenya Forum is the National CSO reference group on adoption of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development in kenya. A platform to collectively engage with government and the private sector on SDGs implementation and monitoring mechanisms. The SDGs Forum of Kenya, conducted a comparative analysis of three critical frameworks: the SDGs, Kenya national vision 2030 and the AU agenda 2063 for evidence based advocacy. Held an advocacy meeting with members of the Kenya Parliamentary Human Rights Causcus for political support. Held a strategic and relationship building meeting with the directorate for planning at the ministry of devolution, who is responsible for implementation of the SDGs. Organize a meeting between Development Initiative, Development Gateway, CIVICUS , Kenya National Bureau of statistics and Planning department to share progress on data and tease out the technical components of data as pertains to the SDG indicators. Prepared a CSo report for the voluntary national report for the high level political forum.

Please describe how your organization can and will contribute to the work of the TAP Network Steering Committee:

Contribute to the coordination of the national CSOs platforms in Africa in relation to National voluntary reporting processes.
Sharing lessons from Kenya on how CSOs can effectivly engage national governments in preparation for the national Voluntary review mechanisms
Build capacity of CSOs in Africa on how to establish national coordination chapters. Coordinate the Africa working groups on harmonization of advocacy positions towards achievement of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.

Please describe your organization’s, or its focal point’s, previous experience in working collaboratively with other CSOs:

The SDGs Kenya Forum is a platform with membership of over 40 resulting from a transition process by Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) who came together about 3 years ago as the Kenya CSOs Reference Group on Post 2015 and contributed to discussions that culminated into the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development (SDGs). , The forum brings together CSOs in Kenya continued to work together under the Forum as a platform for civil society to engage government institutions in the SDG implementation process through both advocacy and other actions to support achievement of the targets at national and local levels. The over 40 members of the SDGs Kenya Forum comprise of diverse CSOs constituencies, academia, the media and private sector, seeking to contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development (SDGs)

Steering Committee Focal Point: Hellen Malinga Apila

Union des Amis Socio Culturels d’Action en Développement (UNASCAD)

Organization Headquarters: Haiti

Website: N/A

Please describe your organization’s advocacy work and priorities around the 2030 Agenda, SDG16 and the TAP Network more broadly:

Whatever the angle, nowadays everything that moves towards evolution and progress focuses on an advocacy approach to reach the end of success and achievement of performance. Since SDG 16 is one of the last two SDG goals that shape the framework for peace, security and the fight against human trafficking, UNASCAD, a TAP partner, is committed to active advocacy to contribute to propel SDG 16 into the 2030 sustainable development agenda. This advocacy and priorities will be based on:
1) Consideration of dialogue as a weapon against violent extremism
2) Development of all strategies to build responsible and effective capacity at all levels
3) Stimulation for the sharing of SDG 16 decoding and ensure its effective implementation
4) Collection and dissemination of relevant information on the SDG 16
5) Assistance in understanding and responding to priorities

Please describe how your organization can and will contribute to the work of the TAP Network Steering Committee:

Reflecting on the importance of SDG 16, the contribution of our organization is articulated around the following points:
1- To enable civil society in the Latin America and Caribbean region to fully understand TAP’s vision for its commitment to the SDGs specifically the promotion of SDG 16.
2- Prioritize the essential pillars to crystallize the engagement of the civil society and to improve the performance as for their promotion and their actions
3- Open windows so that civil society can feel concerned and belong to a group motivated around sustainable development
4- Show that their ideas are taken into account especially at the micro level where communities need to aspire to happiness, well-being, and alignment with human value chains
5- Develop dynamic and emerging partnership
7- Become an itinerant ambassador who moves from one country to another to share and discuss the steps to be taken for the SDG 16

Please describe your organization’s, or its focal point’s, previous experience in working collaboratively with other CSOs:

As a focal point, because of its geographical location, UNASCAD targets the region of Latin America and the Caribbean. Its great vision is to help transform the SDG 16 into a champion of sustainable development.
And how?
By acting without pretension to perfection
To this end, it intends to synergize civil society organizations in the region to provide better results; on other hand, prioritize training on ethics in order to have competent actors; and finally transform the region into a model for promoting SDG 16, while placing a focal point in each country of membership

Steering Committee Focal Point: Mr. Severe Joseph