The Institute for Sustainable Development.

Created with a mission to promote social justice and equitable practices of participatory community development: the ISD puts the concerns of poor people first.

It is now widely recognised that sustainable development, especially in rural areas, depends on the presence of communities with functional institutions able to assess, plan, prioritise, implement and monitor community development initiatives according to self identified needs. These institutions also serve as examples of good governance; avenues to resolve conflict; and, bring young men and women into the decision making process, giving them a voice and providing an alternative to violence.

To achieve this the Niger Delta needs more, development institutions, such as Community Development Foundations; more NGOs to facilitate institutional development at the grass-root level; more trainers to provide capacity building and skills, and; more researchers to monitor and evaluate progress and to develop technically correct messages for trainers to pass on.

The Institute of Sustainable Development (ISD) aims to fill this void by providing individual and institutional capacity development for participatory community development; building the civil society necessary for good governance, peace and security, and good resource management, and; by making linkages with national and international academic institutions interested in further research into development and conflict issues in the Delta.

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