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The AFRICAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE PARTNER PROGRAM
Description/achievement of initiative

The African Cultural Exchange's Partner Program aims to promote the grassroots development work of Partner Organizations in Africa through information dissemination of the partner's work, through placement of technical and other volunteers with the organization and through direct financial support to the organizations for their locally conceived cross-cultural, developmental, educational or health care initiatives .

Implementation methodologies

This partner program will be conducted by identifying, vetting and promoting Partner Organizations with locally developed projects to The African Cultural Exchange's network of volunteers and sponsors. Volunteers will provide technical and other physical support and sponsors will provide financial support to the Partner Organization.

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

The African Cultural Exchange will evaluate each Partner Organization in the Partner Program to assess their current organizational state. PO's are then provided assistance and current level training materials to assist with development of policies, structures and methods of organizational and revenue management. The ACE and specific technical/expert volunteers will work with the PO's to strengthen the endogenous organization's capabilities.

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

Partner Organizations identify a set of locally generated goals and The African Cultural Exchange along with the Partner Organizations will agree to promote these goals through their respective networks. The African Cultural Exchange's regional/country coordinators communicate with and visit the PO to evaluate the organization's adherence to and accomplishment of its goals. Reports from outside volunteers will also be utilized to evaluate adherence and achievement of goals.

Partner(s)

The African Cultural Exchange-New York, Youth Action Without Borders-Senegal, Chipembere Community Development-Uganda, Restore Hope-Sierra Leone, AJEDUI-ONG-Benin, Farai Youth Expression Association (FAYEA), Club des Amis du Cameroon, Accord A Vocation Du Travail (AVOTRA), The Swahili Language Board of Southern Africa (SLBSA)-South Africa, Volunteer The Real Uganda, Shiloh Goshen-Ghana, Building Africa One Man at a Time (BAOTO)-The Gambia, Liberia Children Foundation-Liberia, Heaven Grove Association-, ARSAD Foundation-Rwanda, Humanity First, Inc-USA, Kono Eastern Community Development Association-Sierra Leone
Progress reports
Goal 1
1.a - Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions
Goal 3
3.c - Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in least developed countries and small island developing States
3.d - Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks
Goal 17
17.3 - Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources
17.6 - Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism
17.7 - Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed
17.16 - Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the sustainable development goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
17.17 - Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships

Data, monitoring and accountability
6/2018
Annual Report
Staff / Technical expertise
Continue staff and Technical expertise support and staff visits.
Other, please specify
Provide volunteers for local support.
Other, please specify
Provide website promotion.

Basic information
Time-frame: 06/2017 - 12/2022
Website
Partners
The African Cultural Exchange-New York, Youth Action Without Borders-Senegal, Chipembere Community Development-Uganda, Restore Hope-Sierra Leone, AJEDUI-ONG-Benin, Farai Youth Expression Association (FAYEA), Club des Amis du Cameroon, Accord A Vocation Du Travail (AVOTRA), The Swahili Language Board of Southern Africa (SLBSA)-South Africa, Volunteer The Real Uganda, Shiloh Goshen-Ghana, Building Africa One Man at a Time (BAOTO)-The Gambia, Liberia Children Foundation-Liberia, Heaven Grove Association-, ARSAD Foundation-Rwanda, Humanity First, Inc-USA, Kono Eastern Community Development Association-Sierra Leone
Countries
Contact information
Reginald Hughes, President, info@theafricanculturalexchange.org
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