Poverty Action Network of civil society organizations in Ethiopia (PANE) was established in March 2004 and legally registered with the Ministry of Justice in January 2005. It was re-registered as a consortium of Ethiopian Residents and Foreign Charities in accordance with Charities and Societies proclamation 621/2009 on February 12, 2010 and secured its re-registration certificated bearing number 1509. The Name of the Network has been slightly amended as ‘Poverty Action Network in Ethiopia (PANE). PANE currently has more than 50 Ethiopian Resident and Foreign charities as its members.