Interventions
The NESG has established a wide range of institutional collaborations and MoUs to drive change
through highlevel engagement, networking and personal influence. Through the various platforms, the
Group is able to:
- Develop and deliver networking opportunities for members to meet with policymakers
- Build strong networks from collaborations and partnerships between individuals, institutions, local and global actors in the economy
- Expand technical assistance for supporting reform implementation
- Drive change by dedicating research or human resources to drive policy changes
- Set up joint working groups with the public sector to implement
- Support capacity development to empower public and private sector institutions to implement policy reform recommendations
Intervention Projects
A collaboration with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
(AGRA) towards an evidence-based sensitization campaign in Nigeria titled: “Moving
from
Farm Pain to Farm Gain”
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View Farmgain
NASSBER is a legislative advocacy that focuses on improving the business environment
and achieving competitiveness
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View NASSBER
The Debt Management Roundtable (DMR) on debt restructuring and social financing was
instituted in March 2021 by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) with the
support of the Open Society Initiative form West Africa (OSIWA). The Roundtable is
expected to provide insights, evidence and recommendations on debt management and
sustainability, with a view to engaging policymakers on debt restructuring and
social financing in the West African region, using Nigeria as a case study. Public
debts in ECOWAS have spiralled upwards more than four folds since the debt relief
period (2005-2006).
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View DMRWA
The NESG Bridge Fellowship was initiated in the year 2019 by the Board of Directors
to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#25). The
NESG, in collaboration with LEAP Africa, launched the NESG Bridge Fellowship, with
the goal to equip a new cadre of young visionary leaders with leadership, research
and policy advocacy skills to contribute to policy reform in Nigeria.
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View Bride Fellowship
The United Nations Global Compact Network Nigeria is a business-led sustainability
initiative of the United Nations Global Compact. It was launched in Nigeria in 2007
during the Nigerian Economic Summit.
It has the mission to promote the United Nations Global Compact’s Ten Principles and
SDGs in Nigeria, as well as contribute to the implementation of the United Nations’
broader development goals.
View UN Global Compact Nigeria
View UN Global Compact Nigeria
The Policy Innovation Centre (PIC) is the first public policy institution in Nigeria
and sub-Saharan Africa tasked with applying behavioural theory and other innovative
policy tools to inform programme/policy design and implementation in Africa.
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View PIC
The NESG launched its Non-residential Fellowship Programme (NRFP) in November 2021. The NESG NRFP is an initiative that aims to create a knowledge hub on development issues and policies. Its key objectives are to bridge the gap between socioeconomic research and public policy and to promote evidence-based policymaking in Nigeria. Fellowship activities are segmented into six research clusters: Macroeconomy, Digital economy, Governance, Institutions, Security & Corruption (GISC), SDGs and Human Capital Development, Trade, and Sectoral Deepening – Agriculture.
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View NRFP
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The External Resource Department support NESGs' Economic reforms initiative by
focusing on leveraging Development Partner, donor relationships and resources in driving and
implementing policy changes for the Nigerian economy.
Partner with us
Grant-Championed Projects
Sustainable and Inclusive Digital Transformation Project
Donor: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Sectoral Theme: Digital Economy
Year Awarded: 2022
Ongoing See Expected OutcomesAccelerating SDGs and HCD Policy Implementation in Nigeria
Donor: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Sectoral Theme: Economic Policy
Year Awarded: 2021
Ongoing See Expected OutcomesHarnessing Behavioral Insight to Improve Transparency in Nigeria
Donor: MacArthur Foundation
Sectoral Theme: Transparency
Year Awarded: 2021
Ongoing See Expected OutcomesDiagnostic assessment of Nigeria's Mineral Sector
Donor: Ford Foundation
Sectoral Theme: Mining
Year Awarded: 2021
Ongoing See Expected OutcomesSupport to the Policy Innovation Unit
Donor: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers
Sectoral Theme: Economic Policy
Year Awarded: 2021
Ongoing See Expected OutcomesAdvocacy for the Passage of the Fertilizer Quality Control Bill, the Nigeria Independent Warehouse Bill and Presidential Assent of the Nigeria Seed Council Bill
Donor: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Agriculture
Completed See Expected OutcomesHigh-Level Forum
Donor: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Economic Policy
Completed See Expected OutcomesDebt Restructuring & Social Financing in the ECOWAS Region: Providing a Pathway to Fiscal Responsibility
Donor: Open Society Initiative for West Africa
Economic Growth
Completed See Expected OutcomesDelivery of Varieties of High Performance to Farmers in Nigeria through the Implementation of the NASC Act
Donor: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Agriculture
Completed See Expected OutcomesSupporting Nigeria’s Food Safety Policy and Legislative Reforms
Donor: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Agriculture
Completed See Expected OutcomesAdvancing a Renewable Energy Bill for Nigeria
Donor: Heinrich Boll Foundation
Energy
Completed See Expected OutcomesFiscal Policy Research
Donor: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Economic Policy
Completed See Expected OutcomesAdvocacy for the Petroleum Industry Bills Passage
Donor: FOSTER
Energy (Oil and Gas)
Completed See Expected OutcomesNESG Private Sector Development Cooperation (PSDC)
Donor: ACA Foundation
Agriculture
Completed See Expected Outcomes
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