The Consultative Institute for Socio-Economic Development of Rural and Mountainous Areas (CISDOMA)

The Consultative Institute for Socio-Economic Development of Rural and Mountainous Areas (CISDOMA) is a Non – Governmental Organization (NGO), established under Decision No 25/QD-TW issued on 22/5/2000 by the President of the Southeast Asian Research Association of Vietnam (SEARAV). Through consultancy and co-operation in implementing sustainable development projects, CISDOMA’s activities are aiming at:
  • Enhancing capacity, increasing income, and improving life quality of the disadvantaged groups, especially ethnic minority people, women and girls, poor farmers and other vulnerable groups;
  • Strengthening capacity of local organizations in planning and implementation of programs on poverty reduction, especially in rural and mountainous areas of Vietnam; and
  • Providing inputs and feedbacks on strategy and policy development processes for sustainable socio-economic development of rural and mountainous areas.
Since its establishment, CISDOMA has carried out various intervention projects at grassroots level, and researches and surveys on the topics relating to sustainable agriculture, climate change adaptive livelihoods, value chain and capacity building for ethnic minority communities. CISDOMA is founder of the Civil Society for Food Security and Poverty Elimination Network (CIFPEN), and active member of several networks at regional and national level including Agroecology Learning Alliance in South East Asia (ALiSEA), Land Alliance (LANDA), FORLAND, Agriculture Coalition, etc. In addition, the institute has been actively engaged in different policy forums relating to rural development issues. Currently, CISDOMA is implementing projects and providing consultancy services on capacity building, research and assessments on the following topics:
  • Climate Change and Climate Change Adaptive Measurements;
  • Sustainable Livelihood and Market Connection for Small-scale Farmers;
  • Sustainable Natural Resources Governance and Land Governance;
  • Gender-based Approach, Woman’s Rights, Participatory Approaches in Development, and
  • Proposal Writing, Project Cycle Management, and M&E of Development Projects and Programs.
Vision CISDOMA, as a creditable organization providing high quality services in implementation of and technical assistance to development actions, contributes towards building an equal society in which each every person has stable livelihood, safe and healthy living environment. Mission Co-operating with non-governmental organizations, donors, state agencies and communities through consulting, training and implementing development activities to enhance effectiveness of these activities, and facilitate solution for sustainable development in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Values
  • Transparency
  • Equality
  • Solidarity
  • Creativity
  • Effectiveness
Thematic focuses
  • Sustainable management of environment and natural resources;
  • Climate change resilience;
  • Disasters risk management;
  • Sustainable agriculture, rural livelihood; and
  • Market connection, social enterprises development
Actions
  • Conducting studies, evaluation and implementing interventions on abovementioned fields
  • Training and capacity building; and
  • Providing recommendations and feedbacks on policies, strategies, and legal documents in relevant fields
Target Beneficiaries and Locations
  • Poor communities, farmers, ethnic minorities living in rural and mountainous areas; and
  • Vietnam and Southeast Asia;
Strategic Approaches
  • Collaborating with national and international research institutions to conduct studies, assessment and implementation of projects on sustainable development of rural and mountainous areas, rural livelihood, natural resources and environment management, climate change resilience and disasters risk management, and promotion and protection of ethnic heritages;
  • Collaborating with local and international training agencies to organize capacity building activities on abovementioned fields;
  • Collaborating with local and international agencies, universities and research institutions to organize scientific seminars, action researches, exchanges of information, experience, studies and scholars, eco-cultural tourism; and
  • Networking and partnering: Establishing a co-operative relation and connection with like-minded networks of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), researching institutions, universities, and scientists at both local and international levels
Cross-cutting Issues
  • Participatory approaches;
  • Gender;
  • Action research;
  • Networking; and
  • Policy advocacy
Potential Partners
  • Donors: World Bank, UNDP, European Commission (EC), Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Research and Technological Exchange Group (GRET), Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG) and enterprises.
  • Government Agencies: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development, Ministry of Natural resources and Environment, Ministry of Social, Invalids and Social Affair, Committee for Ethnic Minority Affair, The Government Inspectorate, Ministry of Home Affairs and Provincial agencies
  • NGOs and network of NGOs: Oxfam, Plan International, Care International, ActionAid, Aide et Action, AFAP…
  • Universities, research institutions and the experts
Development Target to 2020       Staff:
  • Regular Staff: 10 – 15 people
  • Volunteers/Interns: 3-5 people
  • Regular collaborators/Technical advisors: 10 people
       Budget: 400 000 – 600.000 USD/year in which:
  • Services (Consultation, research, evaluation & training): 200.000 – 300.000 USD/year
  • On-spot projects and activities: 200.000 – 300.000 USD/year

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The Consultative Institute for Socio-Ecnonomic Development of Rural and Mountainous Areas (CISDOMA) Address: No 24, K80C, Vinh Phuc street, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi, Vietnam Tel: + (84) 24 37843678 / + (84) 24 37843681 Email: cisdoma@gmail.com Website: http://www.cisdoma.org.vn/ Kênh kiến thức kỹ năng, phát triển bản thân, hướng nghiệp, blog nhân sự

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