This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated this 2nd day of September, 2015 establishes a coalition of 18 professional and business women member organizations (PBWMOs) to work together within the umbrella name of ANWBN.
The Mission of ANWBN is to improve the capacity of members and encourage sustainable entrepreneurship development among women through advocacy in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria.
2.1 Each party in the coalition will appoint a person to serve as the official contact and to coordinate the activities of each organization in carrying out the coalition’s activities as agreed hereto and in implementing this MOU. These appointees shall have alternates in case of their inability to be present at the coalition events. The initial appointees of each organization are:
2.2 The duties and authorities are spelt out in the approved constitution of the coalition.
The parties hereto agree to the following tasks for the MOU:
The National Coordinator shall be the Chairperson of this coalition for the term of this MOU and will be responsible for the following tasks:
2.3 The deputy Coordinator will act in the absence of the National Coordinator or carry out any other assignments as determined by the National Coordinator of ANWBN or the General Assembly.
The Secretary shall be the Scribe of this coalition for the term of this MOU and will be solely responsible for the following tasks :
2.1.6 Lagos shall be the secretariat of this Coalition for the term of this MOU and shall be the venue for the following tasks:
Coalition Members’ Duties and Responsibilities:
Purpose: to be an active participant of the ANWBN, a Member organization shall participate in the strategic planning and implementation of key activities to be handled by the Coalition in Nigeria. Each party to the Coalition shall be actively engaged in the development and implementation of the Coalition’s work plan.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Every Member organization of the Coalition shall have the duties of:
3.1 Each member organization hereto shall be responsible for its own expenses related to the execution of the tasks stipulated in this MOU.
3.2 For the coalition’s advocacy work that shall require expenses to be met, the coalition shall establish a bank account into which each member organization hereto shall contribute an agreed amount of money to take care of the said activities.
3.3 Records of the bank account in 3.2 and all expenses incurred therewith shall be documented by the treasurer and the records availed to all parties to this MOU as and when requested.
3.4 Any member organization of ANWBN is expected to pay a one-time registration fee of 20,000 Naira. In addition, all members shall pay annual dues of 10,000 Naira, as agreed at the AGM. The year starts in October each year and runs to September of the following year.
The quorum for the annual general assembly is 50% + 1 of paid up member organizations.
Voting for Leadership positions is to be determined by ballot and based on the principle one organization one vote.
In order to qualify to vote or to be voted for in a Leadership position with ANBWN, member organizations are expected to have attended two consecutive AGMs. Each member organization must be financially up to date in order to vote or be voted for.
The Parties to this MOU shall not undertake any task/work related to the coalition in a corrupt manner. No funds shall be advanced by any member of this coalition towards influencing the decisions of the Government/any agency in favour of the coalition. All activities/tasks of the coalition shall be undertaken in a transparent, documented and mutually agreed manner.
8.1 This MOU is for a period of twenty four (24) months from the date of the date of first signature (Oct 6, 2016) and shall subsist as long as each signing party remains a member of the coalition; this MOU may be reviewed and amended as the need arises.
8.2 The term in 8.1 above may be extended upon written mutual agreement among the parties hereto.
8.3 Any of the parties hereto may opt out upon thirty (30) days written notice.
8.4 Such termination shall be without penalties and liabilities; except for any expenses agreed upon in 8.2 from which an exiting party has benefitted from.
For purposes of communication, the official contact of each party hereto is as follows;
(1). Association of Nigerian Women In Business (ANWIB)
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(2). Association of Women Farmers of Nigeria (AWFN)
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Name of Representative:
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(3). Country Women Association of Nigeria (COWAN)
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(4). ECOWAS Federation of Business Women Entrepreneurs (FEBWE)
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(5). International Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW-Nigeria)
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(6). International Women Society of Lagos (IWS)
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(7). Name of Organization: Market Women Association
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(8). NACCIMA Women Wing (NAWOG)
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(9). NASME Women Wing (NASME WOMEN)
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(10). NECA’s Network of Entrepreneurial Women (NNEW)
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(11). Nigerian Association of Women Entrepreneurs (NAWE)
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(12). Nigeria Network of Women Exporters of Services (NNWES)
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(13). Women Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP Nigeria)
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(14). Women in Business and Management (WIMBIZ)
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(15). Women In Successful Careers (WISCAR)
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(16). Women’s Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON)
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(17). Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association of Nigeria (WISTA)
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(18). Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA)
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In the event of any dispute between the Parties relating to this MOU, each Party shall nominate a person who shall be obliged to meet and endeavor to resolve such dispute through good faith negotiations. In the event of the dispute not being resolved within thirty (30) days of their first meeting, the dispute shall be referred to arbitration for resolution as follows:
Signed, Sealed and Delivered by the within named parties: