Past Events

DARC/ADIC Insurance workshop for NGO Sector - September 20, 2007


DARC in collaboration with ADIC Insurance organized a workshop for the NGO sector. The workshop was held on September 20, 2007 at the Dover Hotel, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. The workshop was aimed at strengthening the capacity of NGOs on the benefit of insurance and to mobilize NGOs to use insurance as a strategy to reduce operational risk.



DARC PARTNERS WITH MTN FOUNDATION

The MTN Foundation is the medium through which MTN Nigeria implements it's Corporate Social Responsibility programme. More about the MTN Foundation.



A meeting of MTN Foundation Partners Network was held on October 4, 2007 at the Dover Hotel, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. The meeting was conducted to deliberate on the structure and activities of the network. This meeting was anchored and facilitated by DARC. The MTN Foundation Partners Network, initiative for responsive development is aimed at strengthening MTN Foundation partners in developmental work for a better society and promoting Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria.




MTN Foundation on October 5, 2007, launched the partners� network. The event was organized by DARC at the National Sickle Centre, Idi-Araba, Lagos. The launch was opened with a welcome address by the Executive Director of MTN Foundation, Mrs Amina Oyagbola while a presentation on the structure of the network was given by Mrs Ngozi Ezi-Ashi, Executive Director of DARC. The Network Plaque was unveiled by the Chairman of the MTN Foundation, Ambassador Hamzat Ahmadu, CON, (Walin Sokoto).






STAMP



� CBN/CGAP Training on Microfinance - October 22-30, 2007

DARC in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will held a two-day training program on Microfinance Auditing at different regions of the country. The aim of the training was to strengthen the audit function as a key piece to institutional development, using audit as a way of offering appropriate professional support to microfinance institutions need.

The workshop involved Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), an international professional body which assisted with study materials and personnel (www.cgap.org). The CGAP facilitator exposed Nigerian Auditors to the unique features of microfinance institutions, highlighting the key risk areas, adopting international best practices with the objective of raising compliance with international reporting standards.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) made this training mandatory for all microfinance auditors. The program held in several venues as follows:


Date: October 22-23, 2007
Venue: Conference Hall
           Central Bank of Nigeria, Owerri, Imo State
Time: 10.00a.m.- 4.00p.m.
Course Fee: Free

Date: October 25-26, 2007
Venue: Conference Hall
           Gateway Hotel, Abeokuta, Ogun State
Time: 10.00a.m. - 4.00p.m.
Course Fee: Free

Date: October 29-30, 2007
Venue: Conference Hall
           Central Bank of Nigeria, Minna, Niger State
Time: 10.00a.m. - 4.00p.m.
Course Fee: Free

Certificates of participation were awarded the participants of the trainings. 



Research on Solid Minerals In Nigeria


DARC has always being unrelenting in its passion to build the capacity of the different sector of the Nigerian economy, hence, its lunge into the solid mineral sector in Nigeria. DARC through its STAMP (Support and Technical Assistance for Microfinance Promotion) program sought to enhance the operations of the mining sector; this led DARC to seek a consulting outfit that would research on the supply of formal and informal financing of Artisanal and Small Scale Miners in Nigeria.

Thus, in March 2007, DARC contracted K-REP Advisory Services Limited to carry out a survey for the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development of Nigeria.

K-Rep Advisory Services Limited (KAS) is a consultancy private company based in Nairobi, Kenya. KAS provides consultancy services that facilitate the establishment, growth and development of institutions that provide vital services to their members; thereby, developing a sound management and operating system that ensures efficient delivery of services (www.k-repconsulting.com)

The survey which was funded by the Ford Foundation, involved conducting a detailed demand and supply study on the formal and informal financing of artisanal and small scale miners in Nigeria.

The report of this research is documented with DARC and the Ministry for Mines and Steel development (MMSD).







Strategic Communication Program



DARC in collaboration with Diligent System held a training workshop for NGOs, educating them on the importance of having and using the website. The training held as follows:

Date: November 5, 2007
Time: 9.00a.m.
Venue: Maryland Shopping Plaza

DARC organized this training for growing NGOs thus strengthening their capacity to offer quality services in the course of their operations. For more information on Diligent Systems Ltd., please visit www.diligentsystem.com



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