Amb. Charles Abbey
Charles Abbey is an accomplished Development Practitioner facilitating positive global change with over twenty years’ experience that spans from Ghana, through Africa unto the global stage. Charles has an excellent grasp of the social, economic and cultural development and challenges of Africa as well as its geo-politics. He has held national and international positions such as Executive Director of African Development Program, Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Private Voluntary Organizations in Development, International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) Regional President for Central and West Africa, Global Vice President of the ICSW and Acting Global President, ICSW. More recently, he was the Senior Executive, Africa and Haiti Program at Holt International Children’s Services, USA.
Charles made presentations at the ICSW Annual General Meetings and had the privilege of working with the highest levels of leadership at the International Association of Schools of Social Work, International Council on Social Welfare and International Federation of Social Workers to publish The Global Agenda Document for development education and practice. Charles is a motivator, “translating strategic vision into bottom-line results” with skill sets in policy formulation, Board-Management relations, NGO networking and collaboration, a champion advocate for orphans and vulnerable children, community capacity building, project management, organizational internal-assessment and development. He has collaborated with several international non-governmental organizations (including World Vision, TechnoServe, SNV, ADRA, Catholic Relief Services, Action AID, Abt Associates USA, Academy for Educational Development USA, CARE, International Association of Schools of Social Work, International Council on Social Welfare, International Federation of Social Workers), central/local governments (including Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Mali, Gambia), donors (including USAID, World Bank, DfID and CIDA) in the areas of NGO Capacity Building, social policy development and engagement.
