The Integrated Center for Sustainable Development Studies and Programs - CIEDS promotes social solutions that generate more income, more health, better education, greater confidence in the future, and, above all, prosperity. They believe that each person has the knowledge and the potential to change their lives and communities. For over twenty years they have achieved results that have changed the lives of thousands of people, creating opportunities for those who need it most. They did all this by building networks of strategic partners committed to a better Brazil for everyone.
Areas of expertise:
Education
It is a means for transformation and social justice based on public policies integrated in a network that considers the local context, the co-responsibility of social actors, and the dissemination of knowledge, promoting a culture of peace and a more just and democratic society.
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is much more than opening a business. It means being able to bring about real change in society. Thus, they encourage entrepreneurs with whom they work to search for new solutions, which are more effective, efficient, and sustainable than the existing ones and which generate value for society as a whole. In this sense, entrepreneurs will always be agents of change.
Community Engagement
It occurs when people and institutions undertake knowledge and efforts to promote positive changes in social and political contexts in a supportive, co-responsible, and citizen-oriented way for the common good. Involvement in community engagement actions contributes to improving the understanding and perception of inequalities and excluded groups and strengthening their sense of commitment to shared agendas.
Social Inclusion and Welfare
It means enabling access to rights and resources, considering elements such as vulnerability, social exclusion, violence, poverty, and the lack of dignity as generators of inequality.
Mission
Build networks for the prosperity of people, communities, and society, based on knowledge, cooperation, and empowerment.
Vision 2020
A world where everyone builds more just and democratic societies.
Institutional Objectives
They have played a prominent role as a civil society organization, for contributing to the strengthening of public policies and to private social investment, in partnership with various actors, in particular, government and companies. As a non-profit organization, the performance of the actions is only possible through partnerships and resources invested by financing partners.
One of the institution's major goals is to achieve excellence in management based on six pillars:
