About DEC
Development Expertise Center (DEC) is a National Civil Society Organization established in 2007 and re-registered in May 2019 per the accord to proclamation 1113/2019 for CSOs bearing registration number 0009. DEC has the program goal of designing and implementing sustainable development programs that address the social and economic needs of its target groups. The organization is governed by Board which has five members as its supreme governing organ and it has Executive Director who is assigned by the Board and responsible for the day-to-day operation of the organization with a Management Team who are department/section heads.
Currently, DEC operates in Afar, Amhara, Oromia, Tigray, Gambela, Benishangul Gumz National Regional States, and Addis Ababa City Administration. Together with its strategic partners, DEC has built excellence in implementing projects that respond to the felt needs of the target groups/individuals in its intervention areas. It has developed and makes use of appropriate & relevant policies, procedures, and guidelines to guide its management and operations.
Mission
DEC facilitates Child and Youth centered Comprehensive development interventions to create safe and conducive environment to fulfill the best interest of the children and youth Wellbeing.
What We Do
Vision
DEC aspires to see all Children and Youth Wellbeing fostered.
We Implement in six regional states and one city Administration of Ethiopia
DEC currently implement development and humanitarian programs in the following regions and city Administration:
- Afar
- Amhara
- Oromia
- Tigray
- Benishangul Gumuz
- Gambella
- Addis Ababa City Administration
We Serve
- In school and out-of-school young people
- Semi-skilled and unskilled women and youth
- Out-of-school youth and women
- Out-of-school potential migrants
- House-headed women and farmer groups
- Parent-teacher association
- Rural women in self-help groups
- Youth associations and movements
- Small-scale farmer groups
- Internally displaced people (IDPs) Returnees, affected population, and host communities
- Refugees,
- People with disabilities (PWDs) including Children with Disabilities
- Labor associations in industries
- CBOs, CSAs, and CoPs
