BirdLife Africa Partnership

The BirdLife Africa Partnership is a growing network of 23 national independent, supporter-based, grassroots, conservation-oriented NGOs and one country programme. The Partnership currently comprises 12 Partners, 4 Partner Designates and 7 Affiliates plus 1 Country Programme covering 24 countries with a combined total of more than 300 staff and 30,000 members. Partners are involved in research, conservation action, environmental education and sustainable development through a broad agenda focusing on birds, other fauna and flora, and socio-economic issues such as poverty alleviation.

The Africa Partnership currently operates in 23 African countries: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe and Djibouti (Djibouti Nature).

BirdLife country programme operatives in Morocco. There are also collaborative Projects in Guinea (Guinea Ecologie), Sudan (Sudanese Environmental Conservation Society) and Eritrea.

Africa Partnership Fact Sheet (English)

Africa Partnership Fact Sheet (French)

Governance of the BirdLife Africa Partnership

BirdLife Council for the African Partnership

All BirdLife regional policies and programmes in Africa are formulated, supervised and reviewed by the BirdLife Council for the Africa Partnership (CAP). CAP comprises representatives from all Africa Partners, Partners Designate (two delegates each) and Affiliates (one delegate each).

CAP meets annually and elects an annual Chairperson. The first CAP inception meeting was held in 1997 and since then, CAP has been meeting annually in the different countries. A member of the Africa Partnership currently sits on the BirdLife Global Council to ensure linkage between the African and global programme and policies.

African Regional Committee

An African Regional Committee serves as a decision-making body in between regional Africa Partnership meetings. The Committee comprises the current Chair and Vice Chair of the BirdLife Council for the Africa Partnership (CAP), the immediate past Chair, the BirdLife Global Council member from Africa and the Head of the BirdLife Africa Partnership Secretariat (non-voting member). Current members of the committee are:

Mr. Mark Anderson, BirdLife South Africa, (CAP Chair, 2012/2013)
Dr. Kabelo Senyatso, BirdLife Botswana (BLB), (CAP Vice-Chair, 2012/2013)
Dr. Paul Matiku, Nature Kenya, (Global Council Representative, 2008/2012)
Dr. Chipangura Chirara, BirdLife Zimbabwe (BLZ), (Global Council Representative, 2010/2012)
Dr. Julius Arinaitwe (Regional Director, BirdLife Africa Partnership Secretariat)

The Africa Partnership has set up working groups and specialised committees to provide advice on and implement specific tasks within the BirdLife Africa Programme. These include:

The Africa Policy and Advocacy Working Group
The Africa Species Working Group

The Technical Advisory Committee is comprised of members from within and outside the Partnership who contribute technical knowledge to the Africa Partnership Programmes.

The work of the BirdLife Africa Partnership is supported by a Secretariat located in Nairobi, Kenya and a Sub-regional office in Accra, Ghana.

BIRDLIFE STAFF LIST _ JULY 2012

BirdLife Africa Partnership Secretariat

Regional Director for Africa

Dr. Julius Arinaitwe Julius.Arinaitwe@birdlife.org

Senior Programme Manager, Science and IBA Conservation Programme

Ademola Ajagbe Ademola.Ajagbe@birdlife.org

Species Programme Manager

Paul Kariuki Ndang’ang’a kariuki.ndanganga@birdlife.org

Ag. Regional Policy Advocacy Programme Manager, & Coordinator, Lake Natron & Climate Change Projects

Ken Mwathe ken.mwathe@birdlife.org

Administration Manager

Edith Onyango-Hongo Edith.Onyango-Hongo@birdlife.org

Programme Development Manager

Maaike Manten maaike.manten@birdlife.org

Regional Flyways Officer, Migratory Soaring Birds Project

George Eshiamwata George.Eshiamwata@birdlife.org

Administrative Officer

Antoinette Otieno Antoinette.Otieno@birdlife.org

Project Officer, Improving Livelihoods Project

Venancia Ndoo Venancia.Ndoo@birdlife.org

Project Officer, Consolidating Biodiversity data and Information (EACF)

Rodah Owako rodah.owako@birdlife.org

Intern, Lake Natron & Climate Change Projects

Evelyn Runjugi Nairobi.Intern@birdlife.org

Receptionist

Rebecca Okong’o rebecca.okongo@birdlife.org

Driver

Joseph Ouko joseph.ouko@birdlife.org

Office Assistant

Rose Ombima rose.ombima@birdlife.org

West Africa Sub-regional Office Staff: based in Accra, Ghana & Monrovia, Liberia

West Africa Sub-regional Coordinator

Dr. Paulinus Paulinus.Ngeh@birdlife.org

Regional Project Manager, Living on the Edge Project

Thandiwe Chikomo Thandiwe.Chikomo@birdlife.org

Senior Project Officer

Kwesi Anderson Kwesi.Anderson@birdlife.org

Regional Project Manager, Strengthening networks for the conservation of migratory birds and their habitats along the west coast of Africa (CBM-MAVA) Project

Geoffroy Citegetse Geoffroy.Citegetse@birdlife.org

Coordinator for the African-Eurasian Migratory Landbird Working Group (AEMLWG)

Samuel Temidayo Osinubi Temidayo.Osinubi@birdlife.org

Project Officer, Wildlife Clubs of Africa

Callistus Agbaam Callistus.Agbaam@birdlife.org

Finance &Administration Officer

Evans Siaw (WASRO Office) Evans.Siaw@birdlife.org

Project Manager, Sierra Leone and Liberia Transboundary Peace Park Project

Albert Schenk Albert.Schenk@birdlife.org

Assistant Project Manager, Sierra Leone and Liberia

Transboundary Peace Park Project (WASRO Office but based in Sierra Leone)

Nathaniel Bockarie Nathaniel.Bockarie@birdlife.org