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Development Initiatives Network (DIN), an independent non-governmental organization (NGO), was established in April 1999 and registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission on 7 December 2000. DIN’s focus is evidence-based policy influence work. Our mission is to achieve leadership position as a resource and research centre by using qualitative research to promote social justice and development in Nigeria. Through activities such as policy research, advocacy, training, information dissemination and direct services provision through the Community Advice Centre, DIN promotes human rights as a cross-cutting theme in four key programme areas. These are public interest law, which is the largest, urbanization, environment and natural resource management. DIN’s main office is at the DIN Resource Centre, South West Ikoyi, Lagos. This is comprised of workspaces, a reference library, and meeting rooms including a 40-seat seminar room.
Networks and Partnerships
DIN is involved in collaborative relationships with the following civil society groups:
- Pan-African Programme on Land and Resource Rights
- Commonwealth Human Rights Network
The Commonwealth Human Rights Network (CHRN) serves as a forum for articulating and pursuing a broad human rights theme for the Commonwealth and for the sharing of information and collaboration between diverse groups. It is also concerned with the monitoring of commitments made by the Commonwealth and member countries; and capacity building to increase use of the Commonwealth as a forum for human rights advocacy.
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- Habitat International Coalition
Habitat International Coalition (HIC) is an independent, international, non-profit movement of some 400 organizations and individuals working in the area of human settlements. Members include NGOs, CBOs, academic and research institutions, civil society organizations and like-minded individuals from 80 countries.
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- Housing and Land Rights Network
HLRN seeks to advocate the recognition, defence and full implementation of everyone’s right everywhere to a secure place to live in peace and dignity; promote public awareness about human settlement problems and needs globally; defend the human rights of the poor, displaced, homeless and inadequately housed; and maintain a progressive platform for formulating common housing-rights strategies.
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- Child Rights International
The primary aim of Children’s Right International is to promote, protect and advance across the world, the human rights of children and without limiting that aim, in particular to promote the meaningful implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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- HURINET (Human Rights Information Network, Nigeria)
HURINET is a coalition of civil society groups in Lagos State working on or concerned with human rights issues. It holds monthly meetings at the British Council Knowledge and Learning Centre, Ikoyi, Lagos.
- EBPDN ( Evidence Based Policy in Development Network)
The DFID-funded EBPDN, aims to strengthen civil society capacities to use research-based evidence to promote pro-poor development policy. One of the key objectives of EBPDN is to establish a worldwide community of practice for think-tanks, policy research institutes and organizations working in international development.
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In addition, DIN coordinates these networks:
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