CIDSE

CIDSE, which is short for "Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité" (French for "International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity"), is an umbrella organization for Catholic development agencies from Europe and North America.

Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité
AbbreviationCIDSE
FormationSeptember 14, 1967 (1967-09-14)
TypeINGO
PurposeInternational umbrella organization or Catholic development agencies
HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium
Membership
18 member organisations
Secretary General
Josianne Gauthier
President
Lieve Herijgers
Websitewww.cidse.org

Areas of work

The CIDSE Secretariat ensures communication between the CIDSE member agencies and the overall coherence of CIDSE's work by facilitating working groups, platforms and fora on the issues defined in the strategic plan. The CIDSE secretariat represents CIDSE at the EU and UN level, undertakes advocacy activities and other initiatives in collaboration with members. CIDSE is registered in the European Transparency Register.[1] CIDSE also has general status on the UN Economic and Social Council.

The Secretariat is organised into teams that coordinate various working groups in order to achieve its objectives:

  1. Societal and ecological transformation;
  2. Communities regaining control over the commons;
  3. Facing climate change: just and sustainable food and energy models;
  4. Change starts with us.

Apart from the themes of the working groups, CIDSE manages an international campaign for sustainable lifestyles titles Change for the Planet - Care for the People. The campaign encourages living simply by reducing overall energy consumption and making sustainable food choices in order for individuals to minimize their environmental impact, allow producers to gain fair livelihoods, and respect human rights.[2]

History

CIDSE was founded in 1967. CIDSE was founded to coordinate tasks identified by the Second Vatican Council as important tasks for the Catholic Church, namely, to care for the poor and the oppressed and to work for more justice on a global level. Since 2008, CIDSE has been expanding its approach to global justice. The 2010-2015 Strategic Framework supported a process of 'paradigm shift' with which CIDSE embarked on new work streams in a dialogue with several partners and allies to rethink development, critique systemic failures in the economy and society and look at alternatives to promote.[3] In the 2016-2021 Strategic Framework, CIDSE redefined itself in this framework as an international family of Catholic social justice organisations working for transformational change to end poverty and inequalities, challenging systemic injustice, inequity, destruction of nature and promoting just and environmentally sustainable alternatives.[4]

Principles

The work of CIDSE is motivated by:

Membership

CIDSE currently has 18 member organisations from Europe and North America. CIDSE also works within a varied group of broader coalitions and alliances such as Climate Action Network, CONCORD and the Global Catholic Climate Movement.

Country Name
 Belgium Broederlijk Delen
 England /  Wales CAFOD
 France CCFD - Terre Solidaire
 USA Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
 Netherlands Cordaid
 Canada Development & Peace
 Belgium Entraide et Fraternité
 Slovakia eRko
  Switzerland Fastenopfer
 Portugal Fundação Fé e Cooperação (FEC)
 Italy FOCSIV
 Luxembourg Partage.lu (formerly Fondation Bridderlech Deelen)
 Austria KOO
 Spain Manos Unidas
 Germany MISEREOR
 Scotland SCIAF
 Ireland Trócaire
 Netherlands Vastenactie

Publications
  • CIDSE Annual Report 2017[5]
  • The Principles of Agroecology: Towards just, resilient and sustainable food systems[6]
  • Acting for transformation for a just and sustainable world, CIDSE Strategic Framework 2016-2021[7]
  • No Place Like Home: A Reader on the Forced Internal Displacement of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, January 2017.[8]
  • Human Rights in Trade and Investment Policies: The potential of a UN Treaty on transnational corporations and other businesses - CIDSE Recommendations. April 2017 [9]
  • Ensuring the Primacy of Human Rights in Trade and Investment Policies: Model clauses for a UN Treaty on transnational corporations, other businesses and human rights. Study commissioned by CIDSE to Prof. Dr. Markus Krajewski, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. March 2017 [10]
  • CIDSE Highlights: A Bimonthly Newsletter[11]
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References
  1. "Transparency Register - Search the register". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  2. plea”, The communities that participated in the meeting “In union with God we hear a. "Campaign Change for the planet- Care for the People: promoting sustainable lifestyles - CIDSE". Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  3. CIDSE. "Bringing about a paradigm shift - CIDSE". Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  4. CIDSE. "CIDSE Strategic Framework 2016-2021 - CIDSE". Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  5. CIDSE. "CIDSE Annual Report 2017 - CIDSE". Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  6. CIDSE. "The Principles of Agroecology - CIDSE". Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  7. CIDSE. "CIDSE Strategic Framework 2016-2021 - CIDSE". Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  8. CIDSE. "No Place Like Home - CIDSE". Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  9. CIDSE. "Human Rights in Trade and Investment Policies - CIDSE". Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  10. Krajewski, Markus. "Ensuring the Primacy of Human Rights in Trade and Investment Policies - CIDSE". Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  11. "List of editions of newsletter". www.cidse.org. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
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