Focus Areas

CED as part of its effort to re-define itself in the Internet age, has started working

on specific focus areas, and integrating its documentation and information

collection efforts with the downstream work that needs to be done on each

of these issues through networking and collaborating with other actors in

civil society.  These focus areas include Climate Change,Civil Society and Alternative economics.

Focus Area - Civil Society

As an NGO for over thirty years, CED has been involved in the field of information and knowledge on development and change in Civil Society. While the issue of development and equity has been brought out strongly by our involvement in Climate Change, the issue of knowledge in civil society that shows pathways for an alternative development .

Focus Area - New Economics

Rajni Bakshi , one of CED’s trustees works on new economics.

our aim is to register and strengthen the local economics such that they are counted, and resilient to the damaging effects of the dominant economy.

Focus Area - Climate Change

Climate Change is one of CED's  major focus areas.

Our work on Climate Change includes documentation, study and research, workshops, preparation and dissemination of educational materials.. which also took care of specific requirements of three of the networks which we were involved in - Ritimo, KICS, and INECC.