CIEDS — the Center for Integrated Studies and Programs for Sustainable Development — is a Brazilian nongovernmental organization founded in 1998 and that believes all groups and communities should have access to tools that lead to personal empowerment and create a more equal society.
Operating throughout the country, CIEDS headquarters are located in Rio de Janeiro, with local offices in São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Ceará.
The organization’s expertise results from the successful implementation of programs in 25 years of operations, with a deep and varied staff and extensive research in the field of ESG, sustainable social development and education.
Our scope of work is based on priority lines of activity:
Inclusion and Welfare: CIEDS aims to stop inequalities to get into a process of social inclusion. Thus, it paves the way to rights and resources, taking into consideration vulnerability, social exclusion, violence and lack of dignity as inequalities producers.
Entrepreneurship: CIEDS believes an entrepreneur is an agent for change. Therefore, it carries out activities to develop and strengthen the necessary skills for people and organizations be sustainable and create value for society as a whole.
Education: CIEDS works to reduce learning inequalities by improving the school environment, which is based on building a network of partners, on supporting schools democratic management, on principals and teachers’ trainings and the relationship between family and school.
Citizen: CIEDS supports people and institutions to employ knowledge and efforts to promote positive changes in social and political contexts in a solidary, co-responsible and citizen-like manner aiming for the common good. Engaging in civic engagement actions help to improve understanding and perception of inequalities and excluded groups and strengthen our sense of commitment to shared agendas.
Environment: we correlate the climate agenda and the issue of poverty in our actions, keeping in mind that environmental degradation, the depletion of resources and global warming itself directly affect people's lives, especially the poorest people.
CIEDS implemented more than 686 projects since its foundation, with more than 2.500.000 direct beneficiaries and more than 739 partners.
In 2022 we developed 69 projects with 47 funding partners.
