World Alliance for Citizen Participation – CIVICUS – is an international alliance of members and partners which constitute an influential network of organisations at the local, national, regional and international levels, and span the spectrum of civil society including: civil society networks and organisations; trade unions; faith-based networks; professional associations; NGO capacity development organisations; philanthropic foundations and other funding bodies; businesses; and social responsibility programmes.

CIVICUS assembles 450 organisations in 110 countries and is based in Johannesburg, South-Africa.

Resource person : Henri VALOT

The "Concertation des Collectifs d’Associations œuvrant pour la promotion de la Femme de la sous-région des Grands Lacs": its mission is to promote and defend women's rights in general and the search for peace in particular in the countries of the African Great lakes region.

COCAFEM/GL unites 11 collectives, numbering all together more than 1.500 member organisations.

The headquarters are situated in Bujumbura, Burundi.

Resource persons: Séraphine SINABWE, Claire SINARINZI and Anésie NKANIRA

The mission of the Coordination Non-Gouvernementale et Associations Féminines Nigériennes (CONGAFEN) is to coordinate the actions of NGOs and associations working for the promotion of the Nigerien woman. The general assembly's membership counts 40 women's associations and NGOs

The secretariat is based in Niamey, Niger.

Resource person: Tinga DIZE

The Research and Analysis Center on Gender in Africa (CRAG) tries to fill research gaps in gender matters in Africa. Its mission is to induce, carry out and promote scientific work on gender related questions. Through its interventions, CRAG helps its partners to transform the right to equality into factual equality
The Center is based in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

Resource person: Ahmadou Tidjane GUISSET

The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) was set up in 1988 to share experiences, information and strategies among African women's non-governmental organisations (NGOs) through advocacy, training and communications so as to advance African women's development, equality and other human rights.

FEMNET's headquarters are in Nairobi, Kenya.

Resource persons: Norah MATOVU WINYI and Mama KOITÉ

The francophone network Genre en Action has been launched in January 2003 at the initiative of the French Foreign Office. It has the ambition to allow all those who are involved in development questions in Nort or South to be informed, to get training or to exchange on the stakes and the practices of the “gender in development” approach.
Genre en action counts more than 700 members, spread all over the world.

Genre en Action is based in Paris, France.

Resource person: Elisabeth HOFMANN

The main objective of the Groupe de Recherche et d'Action pour la Promotion de l'Agriculture et du Développement is to look for ways and means to improve the living conditions in the most deprived sectors of Benin's society, in particular amongst women and peasants. GRAPAD is also coordinating the post-Accra activities of civil societies in West Africa.

GRAPAD is based in Cotonou, Benin.

Resource person: Aurélien Comlan ATIDEGLA

The Institut de Formation et de Coopération pour le Développement (IFCD) is a private initiative whose mission is to contribute to the strengthening of professional and operational capacities of target populations, so as to increase their productivity and promote their socio-economic insertion at national and international level.

The institute is located in Yaounde, Cameroun.

Resource person: Justine DIFFO

Le Monde selon les femmes is a feminist NGO active in the world of development, permanent education and women's movements.

Its objective is to advance equality between women and men and between North and South.

The association's office is located in Brussels, Belgium.

Resource persons: Hélène Ryckmans and Géraldine Pelzer

The Network of West and Central African National NGO Platforms consists of 8 National NGO Platforms: Bénin, Burkina Faso, Guinée, Mali, Niger, Sénégal, Tchad and Togo. In total it assembles more than 500 local, national and international NGOs, working in the field with highly marginalized populations on a daily basis.

REPAOC's permanent secretariat is rooted in Dakar, Senegal.

Resource person: Guy Aho TETE BENISSAN

The main aim of the Réseau pour l’Intégration des Femmes des Organisations Non Gouvernementales et Associations Africaines is to improve women's representation in the political spheres.

The network is based in Cotonou, Benin.

Resource person: Léontine KONOU

The Network of Women’s Organisations in Francophone Africa - ROFAF – is an international non-governmental and apolitical non-profit organisation.
ROFAF’s mission is to mobilise funds for women’s rights work in Francophone Africa, and to provide technical and financial support to its member organisations.   ROFAF’s goal is to promote Women’s rights in Francophone Africa.
The network presently counts more than 70 member organisations.

The network’s HQ are in the AFARD offices in Lomé, Togo. Resource person: Massan D'ALMEIDA, Chairperson

The Tunisian Mothers’ Organisation – OTM – is a national NGO, part of Tunisian civil society. A non-profit organisation, OTM is a women’s organisation aiming to support mothers in their reproductive, social and economic roles, notably mothers with specific needs and those living in rural areas and in emigration countries.  
The organisation is based in Tunis, Tunisia.

Resource person : Honorable Saïda AGREBI, Chair

Women in Law and Development in Africa – WiLDAF – is a network of African Non-Governmental Organisations and individuals based in Africa who are using the law as a strategic tool to promote and protect women’s rights. The network now comprises over 350 organisations and 1000 individuals in 31 African countries. The main aim of WiLDAF is to ensure women are aware of and fully utilise their rights for self and societal development. 

WiLDAF’s regional office is situated in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Resource persons: Dorcas COKER-APPIAH, Executive Director and Gladys MUTUKWA, regional coordinator.