The Centre for Innovation & Development Strategy (CIDS) is a non-profit organization registered in 2007 that focuses on improving human well-being and quality of life through material and spiritual means. Its thematic areas include emergency response, agriculture, education, health, ecology, and protection. CIDS partners with universities and organizations around the world on research, publishing, technology transfer, skill development, and other initiatives related to its focus areas.

1. Centre for Innovation & Development Strategy (CIDS) is a non-political, non-profit philanthropic
organization. Registered (Reg. No.:S-8321) on the year 2007 under the ‘Society Registration Act,
XXI of 1860’. Major concentration of the organization is to bringing happiness of human beings
resulting in a quality of life both material and spiritual.
Thematic (operational) areas of the organization-
A. Emergency Response and DRR
B. Agriculture and Technology Transfer
C. Education and ethics
D. Health
E. Ecology and
F. Protection (GBV, children, human trafficking )

2. 1. BSMRAU (Research, Publication and Outreach)
2. SAU (Publication)
3. African Crop Science Society (International event management)
4. El-Minia Agricultural University, Egypt
5. AIS (Technology Transfer)
6. Harvest plus Bangladesh (Knowledge sharing)
7. Green Angles Foundation (TCP establishment)
8. Green BioTech (BD) Corporation (Market research, Blue Economy, Entrepreneurship
development)
9. Green Global Foundation (Publication house)
10. UCEP Bangladesh (Youth skill development)
11. Big-data and Data science (GIS and remote sensing)
12. CAB-International (publication archive)
Network and Partnership of CIDS

3. EDS is based on volunteerism and action research, stablished at 2005. EDS is for children and
youth and run by them. Children and youth decide everything in EDS and adults work as
facilitators (source: https://www.facebook.com/EDS2005).
Pedagogy specialist Dr. Hafizur Rahman with a strong research team conducted different research
on the education system of EDS, ultimately an effective sustainable education model was
developed. The components of the model are as follows:
i. Learning by doing
ii. Distance education/ e-learning
iii. Formal schooling
iv. Self-evaluation
v. Ethical education
vi. ICT education
vii. Field School
viii. Voluntary activity
Education for Sustainability and Development (EDS)

4. 1. Well-equipped learning hub with sufficient rooms for the students
2. A computer lab with a good number (minimum 100) of computers with internet connectivity
3. Raise fund from the International/National donor for self-sustainability of EDS
4. Scale-up of the model nationally and globally
5. Develop a long term (minimum 5 years) strategic document (setting mile-stones to achieve)
Scope of work with EDS

5. Questions and Comments…
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