African Sustainable Development Network (ASDN) Programmes

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Our programmes are derived from our objectives shown immediately below

ASDN’s Objectives:

¨ To campaign for genuine reduction of African countries’ debt burdens in order to free resources for health, education, food security and infrastructure

¨ To help ensure that the freed resources are used for the above purposes

¨ To help ensure that new loans are transparently procured, on the best possible terms

¨ To help ensure that the new loans are accountably utilised for the purposes for which they are procured.

¨ To canvass sound, best practice fiscal and monetary policies in Africa, including prudent management of external accounts and privatisation where necessary

¨ To monitor execution of economic policies on the continent.

ASDN’s Levels of Work

The network’s work is organised on two levels:

¨ Africa-wide and

¨ Country-specific projects aimed at each of the 53 African countries.

Country Programmes

ASDN’s work in each country is in two broad segments:

Campaigning and helping prepare the country for debt relief negotiations

Beyond relief: essentially facilitating optimal economic policy making and implementation, new loans procurement and utilisation and general resources application.

ASDN’s on-ground Operations categories

These include:

¨ Newsletters

¨ Newspaper articles/contributions

¨ Media meetings – briefings, visits, press conferences

¨ Accountability awareness activities for

¨ Journalists

¨ Legislators

¨ Technocrats

¨ School tours Lectures and conferences

¨ Meetings with legislators

¨ Sponsorship of radio/TV programmes on debt and general macroeconomic management

¨ Articles in local and international media

¨ Enlightenment missions at meetings of applicable African and global bodies.

¨ Attendance of relevant private sector meetings in and outside Africa

¨ Posters

¨ General networking

Programmes funding

ASDN's programmes are funded by its membership.

Membership form

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ASDN programmes