The development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC) is a mission driven Nigerian non-profit organisation formed 1993 by 10 academics and development practitioners from Nigerian Universities. The Centre’s mission is to tackle development and humanitarian challenges, as they emerge, by equipping local civil society groups (CSGs) with the resources, skills and competences, enabling them to be pivotal actors in the design and application of high impact local solutions.  Since 1993 the dRPC remains Nigeria’s only local civil society organisation dedicated to mobilising millions of naira and training thousands of local groups to drive local solutions in order to accelerate sustainable and inclusive change projects which empower women, girls and all vulnerable groups.

The small `d’ in the dRPC embodies a community centered approach which cuts across all our work.  The dRPC supports local Nigerian groups through 4 clusters of strategic activities:

1. We mobilise and award funds with high fiduciary responsibility to thousands of community groups enabling them to design and implement projects;
2. We provide technical assistance and mentorship to local groups to design and implement inclusive and people centered initiatives that uplifts vulnerable and excluded groups such as girls and women;
3. We train and provide capacity building support for civil society groups on community engagement; project management; fund management; and working with government and building constituency networks
4. We link local initiatives to global trends, best practices and discourses by mobilising and disseminating stories of what works and by uplifting local leaders to engage on global stages, sharing their stories and narratives hope

The dRPC tackles emerging and troubling development and humanitarian challenges in 7 core areas:

• Health
• Education
• Livelihood, Poverty and Economic Empowerment (LPEE)
• Democracy and Good Governance (D&GG)
• Climate Action (CA)
• Peace and Humanitarian (P&H)
• Gender Equality (GE)

 The areas of expertise that we have honed over the years are:

• Research (Policy, Participatory & Rapid)
• Budget Analysis
• Policy & Legislative Advocacy (P&LA)
• CSO Capacity Building (CCB)
• Gender Mainstreaming (GM)
• Sub-Grants Management (SGM)
• Government Engagement & Capacity Building (GE&CB)
• Localization and Aid Effectiveness (L&AE)
• Leadership Development for Traditional & Religious Leaders (LD4T&RL)

The dRPC is the Nigerian CSO backstop and support base. The dRPC is a non-political, non-religious civil society organisation registered with the Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and assessed, globally, as having US non-profit Equivalency Status.