Global Commission for Cultural Investment and Illumination (GLOCIR) is a registered non-for-profit, Non-political and Non-religious youth and women led National Non-governmental organization in Cameroon with a
MISSION TO ‘’ Enhancing and building sustainable development of communities’’,
A VISION: ‘’to a one flesh, one energy, one people for the sustainable development of communities and Humanity from grassroots to the Nation’’
And A MOTTO: ‘’TO LIVING THE DREAM TODAY’’
GLOCIR headquarters is located in Bamenda (PNEU ROAD, MAYORS STREET, MILE 3 NKWEN), North West Region and operational branch offices located in Ngoketunjia division (Ndop- Mumu Quarter Bamunka and Bafanji- Market Square Mbangang Quarter, Boyo Division ( Fundong-Fujuaquater) and Momo DIvision ( Batibo Central)of Cameroon. Other offices are located in Buea (UB South Molyko) covering Southwest and Littoral regions, and Bafoussam west region of Cameroon.
GLOCIR was created on the 12th of June 2006 and officially registered in Cameroon in 2012 (52/E.29/1111/VOL.8/ALPAS of the 26th of December 2012), with corresponding number from the Ministry of territorial administration No: 001803/L/MINAT/SG/DAP/SDLP/SONG/MCC of the 31st May 2023 and the United States of America (USA) with the following:
Global Commission For Cultural Investment and Illumination For Restoration (GLOCIR)
UNIQUE ENTITY ID: RG87E2YAJ9V7
NCAGE CODE: SRCS6 and SMEB3
USA Office Address:
Street address: 4217 Dutchman Drive Drive
City: Pflugerville
State: Texas
Zip: 78660
The objective of creation of GLOCIR in which it has had more than 11 years field experience has been to:
- Improve Health Care through Health Promotion, Prevention, disease control, systems strengthening and Health Governance.
- To Encourage the Promotion of cultures that respects Human Rights.
- To identify talents in underdeveloped communities in Arts, Technology, agriculture and entrepreneurship and provide necessary assistance to their development.
- Promote Education and the inclusion of persons with disabilities as well as disability specific approaches in all settings.
- To promote inclusive societies in which women and men enjoy the same opportunities, rights and obligations in all spheres of life.
- To improve the quality, availability and accessibility of care, livelihood and support to the poor, vulnerable, and minority groups and communities, promote the well-being of vulnerable and underprivileged populations.
- Protect, enhance the environment and its natural resource, provide humanitarian, economic and psycho-social support to communities and affected population and promote nation building in all forms and legal documentation.
- Promote and carry out research in all sectors and implement outcomes in all sectors for the sustainable development of communities and the advancement of development and humanitarian programs.
GLOCIR in the field uses 3 (Three) main implementation approach which are
- Community driven and directed intervention approach.
Building up resilience and finding durable solutions to contribute to the prevention, response and mitigation of identified problems through community members and community structures. Our community driven and directed intervention approach is built on the strategy of identifying problems through the people, designing response through the people and implementing response through the people.
2. The participatory approach:
Alongside with the government and existing local actors GLOCIR Maintains a participative process that is localized, ensuring the localization of the response and seeking opportunities with local and state actors/structures whom will be key in sustainability of the projects on ground and in the field.
3. The protection approach:
In line with SOPs and AISC guidelines, GLOCIR is keen in implementing protection response plans, protection priority response focusing on protection monitoring, identification, analysis and response to critical protection risk, violations of human rights and protection of vulnerable groups.
ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE
GLOCIR working in compliance with the laws of Cameroon and with the IASC guidelines for each thematic intervention enshrined in our PSEA policy that binds all staff, volunteers, partners and collaborates with a standard induction procedure in which all operational team members signs a binding PSEA commitment form, Clients Responsiveness and Accountability is ensured through our feedback mechanism channels. PSEA has an independent contact that is made available to community members and staff through IEC material to anonymously report any acts of misconduct. GLOCIR has a safeguarding policy that helps all operational team members from committing acts that implicates the work of GLOCIR in the community and ensures that the “Do no Harm” and ‘’Leave No one behind’’ policy is respected amongst other protection principles. GLOCIR has an ethics and compliance unit with a focal person from the senior management team that is charged with the responsibility to handle cases of misconduct on PSEA and of any kind. The focal person acts immediately and confidentially keeps records and met out sanctions as declared by the Ethics and Compliance Unit (ECU).GLOCIR in executing its project activities takes into account project management and administrative procedures/policies. The project begins with a detail implementation plan drawn by Project Management team, lunching of activities after recruitment of staff, implementation of activities, monthly monitoring, and contracting supplier’s procurement policy which is also binding to our service deliverers.
All the activities are implemented with regards to administrative and financial policy where payments are done by bank to bank transfer including salaries of workers upon approval of work plan, time sheets, attendance; taxes at taxation and CNPS always paid for all staff and monthly evaluation not withstanding tracking of success stories within life wire of the project. Access and security is used to ensure community acceptance in compliance with humanitarian principles and relevant local norms. Be interventions with the assistance of Humanitarian Access and Liaison officer who works together with community focal points and other relevant community stakeholders to ensure sustainability of GLOCIR’s various field project implementation.