SYSTEMIC CHANGE
The crises that we face in our areas of work are not isolated. They are connected by root systems of injustice, such as patriarchy, colonialism, and the logic of market growth. The concentration of power has allowed the unsustainable and unjust exploitation of people and our common home. The exclusion of communities from decision making processes has ignored viable alternatives.
CIDSE has been in a several year process of reflection, consultation and envisioning on a systemic change that would address structural injustices. We no longer elaborate policy proposals in silos, but through interdisciplinary discussions to find coherent solutions. We are counteracting power imbalances in the development sector by sharing the voices of the most affected, accompanying social movements, and supporting the representation of the perspectives of our partners and allies in international policy negotiation. This is a new and ongoing process to try to truly live our values in the way we work, and to effect transformational change.

Nicky Broeckhoven
broeckhoven(at)cidse.org
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Publications
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A step ahead in aligning ourselves with systemic change
May 3, 2022In this article, Stefan Siebenhaar, Fastenaktion’s Senior Advisor to the Management, describes the organisation’s systemic change journey on the occasion […]
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Can the fight against climate change be women-led and decolonialised?
May 2, 2022This is the question raised by Axelle Fischer, Secretary General of Entraide et Fraternité (EF), in an analysis published in […]
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No Justice – No Peace!
April 14, 2022Questioning ourselves on war, peace, justice, and solidarity as we prepare for Easter By Josianne Gauthier, CIDSE Secretary General “No […]
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Multimedia story
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- Accompanying movements
- Advocacy
- Connecting
- Influencing
- English
- Alternatives to Extractivism
- Binding Treaty
- Corporate regulation
- Extractivism
- Human rights
- Human rights defenders
- Human Rights Due Diligence
- Indigenous rights
- Land
- Land grabbing
- Land rights
- Mining
- Rethinking Development
- Right to Say No
- Systemic Change
- Trade and investment regime
- Church
- EU
- External Action Service
- Latin America
- Brazil
- Colombia
Protecting our common home against the effects of extractivism and
March 30, 2022A recount of the event “But Let justice roll-on like a river” with representatives from affected areas in Latin America […]
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Stand With Ukraine
March 4, 2022CIDSE, with 450 civil society organisations from Ukraine and beyond, signed the statement “Stand with Ukraine” in solidarity with the […]