After a year long preparation and concerted effort APAP was re-registered as an Ethiopian Resident Charity, as per the Charities and Civil Societies Proclamation No 621, 2009, on January 29 2010. The certificate of registration that APAP received from the Agency for the Registration of Civil Societies will stay valid for the coming three years.

As an Ethiopian Resident Charity APAP will be able to work on activities that are listed under article.. of the proclamation i.e.

Accordingly, the new strategic document, operational plan and annual plan contain goals objectives and activities aimed at the facilitation of the organization development of community based organizations, initiation and strengthening of collaboration and partnership among stakeholders engaged in strengthening community based organizations as well as the provision of socioeconomic services and finally on conducting research and dissemination of research findings and other relevant information through print and electronic media on areas pertaining to the themes mentioned above.

Though the strategies and activities envisaged in the new direction are not quite similar to APAP previous engagements ,it is believed the ultimate result of the endeavor which is the empowerment of the poor and other vulnerable groups and their groupings to become active participants of their development , APAP would not come short of its ,original goals , core values and strategies even under the conditions of the new registration.