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SCOPE
A multidisciplinary centre for research, discussion, reflection
and action in search of new development proposals based on
participation and consensus for the strengthening of cultures
and identities.
GOALS
Collect and channel information, technical and financial resources;
design and implement alternative development proposals for
strengthening participation, organization and self-management
in different social sectors.
Coordinate and articulate alliances and work networks in local,
national and international environments.
WHO ARE WE?
We are a non-governmental organization specialized in providing
technical support, training, monitoring, follow-up, evaluation
and systematization of processes and projects.
Our task is oriented to the development of
different social sectors, in particular local authorities,
women, craftsmen and women, grassroots and second-level organizations.
We have the technical support from a multidisciplinary group
of professionals with experience in managing social projects
and working directly with the sectors involved.
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AREAS OF WORK
I. ASSISTANCE AND STRENGTHENING OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS
Institutional Strengthening
Participatory Appraisal
Design and preparation of development projects
Social management
Integral local management
Strategic thinking
Strengthening of juridical and political frameworks
II. CONSULTING IN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENTAL
PROGRAMS
III. ASSISTANCE AND STRENGTHENING OF GRASSROOTS
AND SECOND-LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS
Organizational strengthening
Social Management
Citizens' rights and duties
Citizens' participation
Design and preparation of social development projects
IV. ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT TO WOMEN'S
CRAFT UNIONS
Creation of jobs for women
Organizational strengthening
Construction of cultural and gender identities and respect
for the environment
Technical, organizational and administrational training
SECONDARY AREAS OF WORK
Popular education
New gender relationships
Environment
Cultural identities
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Since May of 1996, CEPSI is one of the 3.000 signing members
of the Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World in
over hundred countries. From Ecuador, CEPSI has experienced
the alliance not only as a space for reflection but also as
a participation proposal in a process of transformation and
creation of links between the local and the global.
Since then, CEPSI has led the "Geocultural
Group Ecuador", a space for reflection on issues related
to Ecuador's reality and proposals of action with and from
different social movements such as the union movement and
the Indian movement. CEPSI organized the "First Meeting
of Alternative Social Movements in Latin America" whose
motto was "from new struggles to old utopias". The
objective was to socialize and discuss local and regional
strategies as alternatives to the neoliberalism, with the
support of the alliance of social movements at a regional
level. Alternatives were discussed and proposed with respect
to: State, Democracy and Modernization in Latin America; Political
Struggle and Social Movements: Internationalism and Globalization;
Cultural Diversity and Interculturality; Multinational Capital,
Labor and Solidarity Economy; and Our Utopias.
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Additionally, CEPSI publishes "Claves", the newsletter
of the Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World,
in Latin American countries and Spain. This is another effort
to socialize initiatives among Spanish-speaking countries.
Contact
Eulalia Flor Recalde
Corporación de Estudios y Promoción Social Integral
- CEPSI
Foch 635 y Reina Victoria, Edif. Johnson, of. 3 B
Telefax : +593 2 557849
Quito - Ecuador
Email : cepsi@ecuanex.net.ec
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