NGO Another Way (Stichting
Bakens Verzet), 1018 AM Amsterdam,
Netherlands.
SELF-FINANCING, ECOLOGICAL,
SUSTAINABLE, LOCAL INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR THE WORLD’S POOR
Direction
T.E.Manning
Schoener 50
1771 ED Wieringerwerf
The Netherlands
Tel : 0031-227-604128
E-mail : bakensverzet@xs4all.nl
Homepage: http://www.integrateddevelopment.org
Part 1.17.00 Annual and periodic reports of the
Association.
1.17.10 - Annual report to
31/12/2010
Edition 01 : 23 February 2011.
Report to the board under article 5 of the Director’s rules (in Dutch) dated 25/10/2005 with
statement of profits and losses for the book year ending 31/12/2010.
This is the tenth report on the activities of
Stichting Bakens Verzet (NGO “Another Way”). The report describes
the activities of the Association from 1/1/2010 to 31/12/2010. A period report for the period 1/1/2010 tot 30/6/2010 was
approved by the board in its meeting on 21/7/2010.
That report forms an integral part
of this annual report.
During the period 1/7/2010 – 31/12/2010 a
mission was carried out in Burkina Faso,
where a workshop on integrated development concepts was held in Ouagadougou for the Association pour la Promotion de
l’Élevage au Sahel et en Savane (APESS) a leading NGO organisation
represented throughout West Africa. APESS paid
all of the costs of the trip, and a small per diem payment was made for the
services of the Director of Bakens Verzet. The Director was accompanied
throughout by Mr Victor Onadja, formally coordinator of the NGO Naabi-Aba in Niger. The
director visited several other operators interested in integrated development
concepts. In particular the Centre Régional pour l’Eau Potable et
l’Assainissement à faible coût (CREPA), who agreed to
co-finance two pilot projects (one in a pastoral area and one in a
“normal” area) and to set up a consortium with APESS for that
purpose. Another organisation potentially interested in joining the consortium
was the British NGO Water Aid. All parties were interested in the creation of a
faculty for integrated development studies at the Institute 2iE in Ouagadougou for the
preparation of students to act as coordinators for the execution of integrated
development projects in their area of origin. Both the Secretary General of
APESS and the Secretary-General of CREPA taught at the University, one of West Africa’s
leading tertiary education institutions, for many years. The vision presented
is one for some 2.500 integrated development projects covering the whole of
West Africa, excluding Nigeria
and Ghana.
These last two countries together would offer space for another 2.500
projects.
The director of Bakens Verzet promised the African
parties he would carry out a survey of the possibilities for financing
integrated development projects via the CDM mechanism under the Kyoto Treaty.
This challenging project occupied
the director full-time from his return from Africa
in October to the end of the year, when work on it was still under way. The
work already done has been made available at website www.integrateddevelopment.org under the title financing projects using the CDM
mechanism. The results appear to be promising.
The Burkina Faso
trip was extended to Niger,
where the director was able to meet all the parties involved in the Vivons Makalondi project, visit the project area, and meet the
people there.
It is hoped that the trip to Africa
will lead to the financing of pilot projects in two African countries during
the course of 2011.
Assistance was given to the editing of a series of new
papers by L.F.Manning on the mechanics of the current financial system with
particular reference to monetary reform in New Zealand. These have been published at
website www.integrateddevelopment.org. The former
website www.flowman.nl is in the course of being phased
out in favour of www.integrateddevelopment.org with a new, much
cheaper provider offering at the same time a better service. The changeover
period means that top search engine ratings for some development-related topics
have suffered as the www.flowman.nl website gradually fades
away while the new (identical) website is still gathering momentum to take its
place. Despite its low profile and high degree of specialisation, the website is regularly used with up to 2.000 hits (and more) a day.
The Director worked the whole year full time free of
charge in the interests of the Association. Since the trip to Africa
produced some income, a call for reimbursement of some out-of-pocket costs for
a total of Euro 1270,47 was made under The Director’s Rules (document in Dutch)
dated 25/10/2005, mostly for website and internet costs.
The balance on bank
account 78.13.27.598 with the Triodos Bank in Zeist as at 31/12/2010 was Euro 917,74.
The potential value
of the Association lies in the (non
commercial) immaterial value of the Model for Integrated Development Projects
and in its e-learning course for the Diploma in Integrated Development. The
Association may act as consultant for the execution of integrated development
projects in developing countries subject to payment of a modest per diem fee
covering accommodation and keep. Tutor-led courses for the Diploma in
Integrated Development will be charged for on a tutor-cost recovery only basis.
As at 31/12/2010 none of the proposed integrated development projects had been
financed.
The Director
remains available for the continuation of the work of the Association in 2011,
and requests that the board to approve this report for the year 2010 and his
nomination as Director for 2011.
The director
T.E.Manning
Amsterdam
23 February, 2011