Poverty Action Network 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 certificate bearing number 1509. PANE currently has 53 Ethiopian Resident and Foreign charities as its members.