Having gone through the Organisation Development (OD) programme and realising the benefits they were reaping, the need to form a professional body to regulate the practices of OD and to enable members to benefit from it dawned on them. They therefore shared the idea of forming ODPA with the President of the OD Institute, Mr. Noble Kumawu, who strongly bought into it.

Membership of the Association is open to any person with Organization Development qualification with good standing in practice. Any such inducted member shall be entitled to use the title “ODP”. (Organization Development Practitioner) after his/her name.The Association shall maintain a Register, which shall contain the names of all members.

• To give corporate identity to OD Practitioners
• To Promote, foster and maintain the highest OD standards in Public and private sectors.
• To promote the continuing education and intellectual growth of its members by encouraging and enlightening them to become professional OD practitioners.