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Centre for Sustainable Development

Acronym: CENESTA
Region: North Africa and West Asia
Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Address: 108 Azerbaijan Street, 1316954968 Tehran
Phone number: +98 2166400811

Organization profile

Type of Organization: National/local civil society organization
Year of establish: 1980
Objective: The Centre for Sustainable Development (CENESTA) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Sustainable community- and culture-based development. The main services provided are information and structuring of mobility.

Areas of work

Advocacy
Land rights
Vocational training

Secondary informations

Communities covered: Qashqai, Bakhtiari, Shahsevan, Talesh, Galesh, Abolhassani, Sangsari, Toroud, Abarsej Baluch, Arab, Chodari, Hezar Bozi
Networks / partners: Indigenous Peoples’ and Community Conserved Territories and Areas (ICCA) Consortium, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Pastoralist Knowledge Hub, Ramsar Culture Network, Union of Indigenous Nomadic Tribes of Iran (UNINOMAD), Union of Indigenous Camel Herders of Iran (UNICAMEL), World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous People (WAMIP) Member organizations: Abarsej Tribe Confederacy CBO, Abolhasani Tribal Confederacy CBO, Bakhtiari Tribal Confederacy CBO, Chadorneshin Tribal Confederacy, Gorji Tribal Confederacy, Kormanch Tribal Confederacy, Qashqai Tribal Confederacy CBO, Rabi’i Tribe Confederacy, Sangsari Tribal Confederacy CBO, Shahsevan Tribal Confederacy CBO, Zafaranlu Tribal Confederacy

First contact person

First name: Taghi
Family name: Farvar
Position: Head

Second contact person

First name: Salman
Family name: Rassouli
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