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SUMMARY OF CISDOMA’S STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT ORIENTATION Period 2025 – 2030

Vision As a reputable organization in implementing and supporting development projects, CISDOMA aims to build an equitable society, in which every citizen has a stable livelihood, and a safe and healthy living environment.

Mission Working with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), donors, government agencies, and communities, through consulting, training, and implementing development activities to enhance the effectiveness of development operations, and promote sustainable development solutions in Vietnam.

Values

  • Transparency

  • Equity

  • Solidarity

  • Innovation

  • Effectiveness

Areas of Work

  • Sustainable environmental and natural resource management;

  • Climate change adaptation solutions;

  • Disaster risk management;

  • Sustainable agriculture and rural livelihoods;

  • Market linkages, social enterprise development.

Modes of Operation

  • Organizing research, evaluation, and field implementation activities in the above-mentioned areas;

  • Training, capacity building;

  • Consulting on strategies, policies, and related legal frameworks of the State in the relevant fields.

Target Audience and Operational Areas

  • Poor communities, Farmers, Ethnic Minorities in rural and mountainous areas;

  • Vietnam and Southeast Asia;

Operational Strategy

  • Collaborating with domestic and foreign research institutions to organize research, evaluation, and implementation of sustainable development projects in rural and mountainous areas, rural livelihoods, resource and ecological environment management, climate change adaptation and disaster risk management, preservation and promotion of ethnic heritage, etc.;

  • Cooperating with domestic and foreign training institutions to organize short-term training courses in the fields mentioned above;

  • Collaborating with ministries, universities, research institutes in Vietnam and abroad to organize scientific seminars, practical research, exchange of documents, academic information, scholars, ecological and cultural tourism, etc.;

  • Establishing cooperative relationships and network linkages with NGOs, research agencies, universities, industries, local authorities, and scientists at home and abroad who share common operational goals.

Approach Methods

  • Participatory approaches;

  • Gender;

  • Action research;

  • Networking;

  • Policy advocacy

Potential Partners

  • Donors: World Bank (WB), UNDP, European Commission (EC), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); Bread for the World (BfdW), Embassy of Luxembourg….;

  • Government Agencies: Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs, Government Inspectorate, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Ethnic Minorities, Provincial People’s Committees (PPC), specialized agencies of Nghe An, Phu Tho, Lao Cai, Lai Chau provinces, etc.;

  • NGO and NGO Networks: Oxfam, Plan International, Care International, Aide et Action, Action on Poverty, IDH Vietnam, Save Children, ALiSEA, Civil Society Network for Food Security and Poverty Reduction (CIFPEN), Cooperation for Development Group (CDG), Forest Land Network (FORLAND), Land Alliance (LANDA), Research and Technology Exchange Group (GRET), Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG), and businesses, Public-Private Partnership Taskforce on Pepper and Spice Sector (PPP Taskforce)…;

  • Universities, research institutes, and experts

Development Objectives for the 2025-2030 Period Staffing

  • Permanent staff: 10 – 15 people

  • Volunteers/Interns: 2-5 people

  • Regular collaborators/Technical advisors: 25-30 people Operating Budget: 500,000 – 600,000 EUR/year, of which:

  • Services (Consulting, research, evaluation & training): 30,000 – 50,000 EUR/year

  • Projects and field activities: 470,000 – 550,000 EUR/year