CSP Membership

Types of members

Membership to the organization shall be open and free to any Tanzanian of majority age.

There shall be three types of members; Founding members, Ordinary members and honorary members categorized as follows.

Founding members: These are members who subscribed to the initial stages of the founding of an organization.

Ordinary members: These are members who join the organization according to prescribed procedures of an organization. All those join to the organization after registration will fall in this category of membership

Honorary member: These are members that made an extra ordinary assistance or extend special support to the organization towards achieving its core aims. 

Currently CSP has 16 individual members (founding members) who was drawn from different parts of Tanzania. Members were accepted as per the conditions and criteria drawn in the membership section of the CSP constitution

Membership Rights and Obligations

a) Be represented by not more than one (1) individual persons in the general Meeting.

b) Vote in any decision save for honorary members

c) Be elected in any leadership position except for honorary members who are also excluded from paying annual subscription fee,

d) Share and present its views and wishes,

e) Access on request all information, facilities and other legal documents regarding to organization activities,

f) Request an extra – ordinary meeting in case of any burning or genuine matter to be discussed or addressed in such meeting,

g) Uphold the Constitution and rules of organization

h) Endeavor to participate in all activities of the organization,

i) Defend and abide with organizational mission and vision and

j) Pay fees and subscriptions as may be determined by the board of directors save for honorary members.

CSP board of directors is made up of 7 individuals selected from different parts of Tanzania with different skills, experience and capacities in different organizational areas, who were elected on the basis of their competencies and experiences. Generally, all board members are graduates in different areas of expertise. Three of the board members possess an extensive experience in Organizational development as they have been head of organizations for more that 7 years who are majoring in governance, project planning and management and financial management. Two out of three have vast experience in policy advocacy in the areas of natural resources management.

One of the board members is an experienced and certified public accounts auditor who also works with an NGO and additionally posses the auditing firm in Arusha who assists the organization in the areas of proper financial management. Another board member is a public notary advocate with an experience of more than 5 years working independently as a public notary representing clients to court and taking oaths on behalf of the public. Of the remaining members one is the nurse who is working as a risk management supervisor and specialist in the referral hospital which is managed by Norwegian Church Aid and run jointly in partnership by the Government. She has been very instrumental when it comes to a point of identifying the organizational risks and their management and the last members is a teacher with experience in working for donor funded development projects which are managed by the Government of Tanzania