Kojo Williams
The Centre for Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) West Africa, the sub-region’s leading advocacy
organization for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability
issues, is partnering Plan International to organize the seventh edition of the
annual CSR and Sustainability conference on Friday July 12th in Accra.
The Conference will focus on
harnessing local partnership among stakeholders, for CSR and Sustainability
projects and causes.
The Conference will bring together,
major stakeholders in the CSR spectrum including speakers and participants from
academia, business associations, private sector, regulatory agencies, civil
society and the media. The Conference reinforces and aligns with the 17th
Sustainable Development Goal: Partnership for the Goals.
Kojo Williams, Co-Founder and
Lead Project Manager for the Centre for CSR, West Africa in a statement said “There
is a global reduction in the level of support for local and international NGOs.
More so, there are more stringent requirements for accessing funds or grants to
implement CSR and Sustainability projects.”
The statement said “The trend
will continue for the foreseeable future and triggering the need to look inward
and harness the local power of partnership. Some players in the local private
sector are living up to their expectations in devising and implementing
projects that benefit society, other players in the CSR spectrum could tap into
these existing projects and enhance the value for humanity and society as a
whole.’
According to the statement, Plan
International a development and humanitarian organisation that advances
children’s rights and equality for girls, led by its Ghana director Solomon
Tesfa Mariam, are improving the lives of people, especially children and the
girl-child, across the country through its numerous projects.
“By extension, family units
and communities are benefitting from the Economic Security, Water, Sanitation
and Hygiene, Health and Education projects being implemented by Plan International.
Though, the organization is doing so much, it is willing to partner and
collaborate with local players in the private sector, to do more,” it added.
It further said “the Centre
for CSR, West Africa has been at the forefront of advocating partnerships for
development among SDGs and CSR stakeholders across West Africa, and has
encouraged and influenced some successful development-oriented partnerships and
projects.”
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