The Digo Samajik Bikas Kendra (Center for Sustainable Social Development) also known as CSSD is a non-profit, non-government organization, which was established with the vision of creating a sustainable just society. Recognizing the existence of extreme social discrimination, mass poverty and the conflict situation of the region it was decided to establish a regional organization for social, political and economic empowerment of the disadvantaged groups (DAGs). The view is that a regional organization can better serve and address the regional issues in a more integrated manner with effective interventions for sustainable social development

Vision

Sustainable Social Development for Building Just Society through inclusion and socio-economic empowerment of disadvantaged group (DAG) i.e. women, ethnic and dalit

Misssion

Promotion of Good Governance for inclusion of DAG in Socio-economic Process

Goal

• Enhance inclusion of DAGs in decision-making process
• Enhance socio-economic transformation of DAG

Objectives

• To promote culture of good governance at community as well as at societal level.
• To strengthen DAG for facilitating advocacy and lobbying on their common governance issues.
• To enhance capacity of DAGs and poor to plan and manage self perpetuating socio-economic development process at local level
• To help DAGs and poor promote micro enterprises based on mainly local resources

Working Areas

Mid-western Development Region:
Programs are concentrated in Banke, Bardia, Surkhet, Dang, Pyuthan , Rolpa, Kalikot, Humla, Dolpa and Mugu of Midwestern region.

Programs/Activities

1. Capacity Building:
   Capacity building of disadvantaged groups on social mobilization, good governance, conflict resolution, micro-enterprise, agriculture and livestock for socio-economic empowerment through,
   
   • Awareness Education
   • Education Camps
   • Orientation
   • Guiding Counseling
   • Training
   • Exposure Visits
   
   
2. Information / Knowledge Sharing and Management
   
   • Issue related information collection
   • Documentation
   • Information Analysis
   • Selection of Media for Information dissemination
   • Information Dissemination to DAG
   • Further Study on lesson learnt
   
   
3. Policy Advocacy
   
   • Policy Advocacy for Economic Empowerment of DAG
   • Policy advocacy for social justice to DAG
   • Policy advocacy for inclusion process of DAG
   
   
4. Linkage and Networking
   
   • Establishment of linkage with like-minded organization. – GO, NGO
   • Promotion of Forum for sustainable social development
   
   

Apart from above Digo Samajik Bikas Kendra (CSSD) has competence on following areas

• NGO Management
• Gender
• Social Mobilization and Group Dynamics
• Pro-people Planning
• Governance
• Conflict Management/ Resolution
• Action Research
• Participatory Development
• Agriculture

Programs/Activities

• Enhanced capacities of partner organizations in advocacy and entrepreneurship through capacity building initiatives.
• District Forums to work on governance issues were extended and strengthened.
• Sector focused MDOs have been able to establish linkage and receive support from other support organizations and NGOs.
• Increased Participation/representation of DAG in Organization and program activities.
• Small scale income generating programs to promote self employment process initiated by DAG.