{"id":653944,"date":"2019-07-10T17:04:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T17:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Kojo Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Centre for Corporate\nSocial Responsibility (CSR) West Africa, the sub-region\u2019s leading advocacy\norganization for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability\nissues, is partnering Pl"},"modified":"2019-07-10T17:04:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T17:04:47","slug":"7th-csr-conference-set-for-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/10\/7th-csr-conference-set-for-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"7th CSR Conference Set For Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Kojo Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Centre for Corporate<br \/>\nSocial Responsibility (CSR) West Africa, the sub-region\u2019s leading advocacy<br \/>\norganization for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability<br \/>\nissues, is partnering Plan International to organize the seventh edition of the<br \/>\nannual CSR and Sustainability conference on Friday July 12th in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The Conference will focus on<br \/>\nharnessing local partnership among stakeholders, for CSR and Sustainability<br \/>\nprojects and causes. <\/p>\n<p>The Conference will bring together,<br \/>\nmajor stakeholders in the CSR spectrum including speakers and participants from<br \/>\nacademia, business associations, private sector, regulatory agencies, civil<br \/>\nsociety and the media. The Conference reinforces and aligns with the 17<sup>th<\/sup><br \/>\nSustainable Development Goal: Partnership for the Goals.<\/p>\n<p>Kojo Williams, Co-Founder and<br \/>\nLead Project Manager for the Centre for CSR, West Africa in a statement said \u201cThere<br \/>\nis a global reduction in the level of support for local and international NGOs.<br \/>\nMore so, there are more stringent requirements for accessing funds or grants to<br \/>\nimplement CSR and Sustainability projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement said \u201cThe trend<br \/>\nwill continue for the foreseeable future and triggering the need to look inward<br \/>\nand harness the local power of partnership. Some players in the local private<br \/>\nsector are living up to their expectations in devising and implementing<br \/>\nprojects that benefit society, other players in the CSR spectrum could tap into<br \/>\nthese existing projects and enhance the value for humanity and society as a<br \/>\nwhole.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, Plan<br \/>\nInternational a development and humanitarian organisation that advances<br \/>\nchildren\u2019s rights and equality for girls, led by its Ghana director Solomon<br \/>\nTesfa Mariam, are improving the lives of people, especially children and the<br \/>\ngirl-child, across the country through its numerous projects. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy extension, family units<br \/>\nand communities are benefitting from the Economic Security, Water, Sanitation<br \/>\nand Hygiene, Health and Education projects being implemented by Plan International.<br \/>\nThough, the organization is doing so much, it is willing to partner and<br \/>\ncollaborate with local players in the private sector, to do more,\u201d it added. <\/p>\n<p>It further said \u201cthe Centre<br \/>\nfor CSR, West Africa has been at the forefront of advocating partnerships for<br \/>\ndevelopment among SDGs and CSR stakeholders across West Africa, and has<br \/>\nencouraged and influenced some successful development-oriented partnerships and<br \/>\nprojects.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kojo Williams The Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) West Africa, the sub-region\u2019s 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. 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