Congratulations to our Communications Manager, Abdul Kaprr Dumbuya, who was elected to the position of Secretary General for the Civil Society Network on Coastal and Marine Protection in West Africa yesterday at the AGM in Guinea-Bissau.
This was the first AGM since the initiation of the formation of the network through a declaration made in March 2022 in Saly – Senegal courtesy of The Regional Partnership for the Conservation of the Coastal and Marine Zone (PRCM). The network will be coordinating the activities of environmental CSOs in the region relative to the protection of the coastal and marine environments. Specifically, it will lead in soliciting technical and funding support from strategic partners and donors, and providing capacity development initiatives for member CSOs to enable them deliver on their respective mandates to protect the environment.
In his position as Secretary General, Abdul will be supporting the President of the network, who sits in Guinea – Conakry, in providing the required administrative and technical support in the operations of the network.
"I want to thank CSSL for the opportunity accorded me to represent the organisation at that level. I'm excited to take up this additional role of Secretary General for the Civil Society Network on Coastal and Marine Protection in West Africa. Even though the challenges are huge but together, I'm sure we can overcome them."
Congratulations to us all!! We look forward to a fruitful collaboration with all environmental CSOs in Sierra Leone and West Africa generally, as we strive towards protecting our marine environment from all forms of pollution and other illegal activities, including mangrove degradation.
Together, we can do this!
