Members of AIPP

Centre for Sustainable Development in Mountainous Areas (CSDM)

Centre for Sustainable Development in Mountainous Areas, CSDM is a non-government development organization and registered under un umbrella of Vietnam Unions for Science and Technology Associations under the Vietnam government’s Decision N035. Although CSDM has only been registered with the decision in 2000, it has been actively involved with communities since 1998 as a different legal entity. CSDM license renewed on 24th June 2009. In the year 2011, CSDM officially formed its network by joining 14 ethnic minority network members in 7 provinces into one legal status – CSDM.

Our shared vision is to ensure all disadvantaged peoples and ethnic minority groups are able to realize their rights to enjoy higher quality of life, preserve and pass down to future generation their cultures, traditions and customs. All ethnic minorities will have a sense of pride and dignity in their distinct cultural heritages and self-reliance in all areas of their lives inclusive of political, economic, social and environmental issues.