Washington DC-Baltimore Area
"Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness". I am passionate about closing the dignity gap. This passion has shaped my engagements with groups of the anti-apartheid movement, activism with progressive groups to help bring down the Berlin Wall, cancel the debt of the poorest developing countries and to fight climate change. I am an eternal optimist with a pragmatic perspective to social change. The "free market system" should be harnessed, not resisted in the quest to meet our shared social goals and for optimizing our stewardship of global public goods. It is my life goal to assist in fulfilling the progressive agenda of our generation, guided by the common values rooted in my faith and affirmed by the United Nations Charter. Through collaborations and alliances, I strive to adopt solutions with a non-ideological outlook, preferably from a decentralized, bottom-up structure, favoring both local and global actions - "Glocal". "With so much treasure and talent at our generation's disposal, it is unconscionable that any human being should wallow in abject poverty." I partner with like-minded individuals and entities on financially viable social ventures and advocacy initiatives. [ www.albertgyan.dev ] Specialities: Non-profit management, cross-cultural diplomacy, international advocacy on finance and development, design and management of development education programs /campaigns, social venture start-ups and IT for advocacy and development.
Provide services and expertise on development finance, United Nations advocacy and social entrepreneurship. Clients: World Council of Churches, UN Office Anglican Consultative Council, UN Observer Sunlife Travel and Tours Ltd. / MBA Central Hotel Reservations / Transit Lodge Hotel, Ghana SUNGATE, Namibia Africa Development Interchange Network (ADIN), Cameroon Grassroots Program, UK International South Group Network (ISGN), Uganda CILA Management, LLC / Rock Against Poverty / Global Alliance of Artists Against Poverty
Continuing a Pan-African tradition of creating safe spaces for education and dialogue to foster multicultural understanding in pursuit of restorative justice.
Worked with the Anglican Observer and the Anglican Consultative Council on: The United Nations Financing for Development Process through to the "Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus" in Doha, Qatar Economic Justice and the UN ECOSOC, including monitoring the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund Spring and Annual Meetings of 2009/10 - Washington, DC Climate Justice and the UNFCCC Process leading up to the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference - Copenhagen Summit, Denmark.
Worked with the WCC UN liaison office on the United Nations Reform Agenda, the Financing for Development process and the UN Millennium Development Goals. Served as a Co-chair of the Ecumenical Working Group for the United Nations, Vice-chair to the UN NGO Committee on Social Development; and as an executive member of the UN NGO Committee on Financing for Development.