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.

Sandor Neubauer
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Publications
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Fratelli Tutti: how CIDSE members are welcoming the new encyclical
October 12, 2020On October 4th Pope Francis released his new encyclical Fratelli Tutti, indicating the direction for a post- pandemic world, which […]
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Fratelli tutti – on solidarity, fraternity and social friendship
October 5, 2020As we attempt to emerge from the global crisis of the Pandemic, Pope Francis has offered us his reflections on […]
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The land’s story is my story: a common home in
October 2, 2020Margarida Alvim worked for CIDSE’s Portuguese member FEC for 10 years during which she developed the “Casa Velha: Ecology and […]
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Linking racism and climate justice during COVID-19 era
August 4, 2020Telling my story from South Africa, by Lydia Lehlogonolo Machaka The consequences of racism and climate change are interlinked. All […]
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Will the G20 cancel the debt of the Southern countries?
July 16, 2020On 18 and 19th of July, the G20 Finance Ministers will meet to decide the measures to be taken in […]