Annual Report 2019 CONTENTS

FOREWORD FROM THE PRESIDENT 3 BEST OF 2019 4

AREAS OF WORK 9 » Systemic change » Gender equality » The Amazon Synod

» Business and human rights

» Resisting extractivism » Campaign against Investor-State Dispute Settlement » Land rights » Israel & the occupied Palestinian territory » Resilient food systems » Climate and energy » Change for the Planet – Care for the People COMING UP 21 GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES AND FINANCE 22 ABOUT CIDSE 26

Cover page photo © Marta Isabel Gonzalez - CIDSE FROM THE PRESIDENT FOREWORD

I had the pleasure of opportunity far greater beginning my role as than we could have CIDSE President at the start imagined. The Amazon is a of an incredible year. Youths © len place where all the challenges Broederlijk De blocked the streets to demand of social-ecological justice their future in the face of the climate connect. The Church reexamined their emergency and the church convened a pastoral and social engagement in the region, historical Synodal process to listen to, learn and the expertise of the entire CIDSE network from, and defend the Amazon as a key source was much valued inside the halls of the Vatican. of life on this planet. Every year, we get more creative in leveraging A major shift happened in CIDSE senior communications materials and channels for leadership. My election as the first female change. We launched our new website to president, and the appointment of other better reflect our systemic change approach, women directors inspired a video of interviews shared graphics and videos, co-organised a on gender equality in leadership. The Believe trip to the Amazon for media and journalists, as in Change Gender Toolkit was published: a well as a photo exhibition. guide to facilitate discussions and exercises with Catholic communities on gendered Meanwhile, some of our working groups took experiences and rights. These materials can this year to evaluate. Our land working group help us all reflect on gender equality in our has been pioneering partnerships with the organisations. West African Caravane, and our agricultural working group developed the follow up work January 2019 was marked by tragedy: a mine on agroecology. tailings dam collapsed in Brumadinho, Brazil, a chilling repetition of the crime in Mariana It’s hard to think how we could follow up on just a few years before. We accompanied our such a year. 2020 is off to an unexpected start, partners from Brumadinho in events in Geneva and it’s certainly a transitional moment. With and Brussels. seeds such as these, I am confident in CIDSE’s ability to facilitate the connections that we The youth changed the whole tone of the need now more than ever, and to shine light climate debate this year. Our network of on exciting new paths of systemic change. volunteers got swept up in the unprecedented One thing is for certain, we will keep working youth mobilizations for climate action, and we together. Read our 2019 annual report to catch encouraged them to share their stories and up on a busy year and get ready for our next motivations in social media actions and at the steps. Our Common Home Residential. Lieve Herijgers The Pan-Amazonian Synod was an Director, Broederlijk Delen (Belgium)

CIDSE | Annual Report 3 BEST OF 2019 Land grabbing in Africa CIDSE participated in the 3rd meeting of the “Our 7-11 land is our life” platform in Addis Ababa. Set up in 2015, the platform gathers church and non-church JANUARY actors who exchange knowledge and strategies on land grabbing in Africa.

Launch of ISDS campaign CIDSE supported the international (Investor-State 23 Dispute settlement) ISDS campaign launched on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum. Campaigners JANUARY dressed as corporate wolves invaded the streets of Davos to protest against ISDS ‘corporate courts’. © Stop ISDS coalition

New CIDSE President Lieve Herijgers, Director of Broederlijk Delen 23-25 (Belgium) was elected President of CIDSE in replacement of Eamonn Meehan at the annual Board JANUARY of Directors’ meeting. CIDSE Directors also welcomed a new member, Vastenactie (Netherlands).

© CIDSE Energy to Change documentary FEC (Portugal) kicked off a series of national screenings of the CIDSE documentary “Energy 25 to Change”, followed by Manos Unidas (Spain), Broederlijk Delen/EcoKerk (Belgium) and CIDSE/ FEBRUARY Focsiv/Fastenopfer (Rome).

© CIDSE Testimonies from mining disasters Human rights defenders denounced damages 6 caused by extractive industries in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo at a side event with MARCH experts during the UN Human Rights Council 40th session in Geneva.

Global climate march CIDSE and its network of volunteers joined the global march organised by the Fridays for Future movement, 15 urging politicians and decision-makers to take action on climate change actors. MARCH

Preparing for the Pan-Amazonian Synod 19-21 The international conference on integral ecology convened by REPAM was a milestone for CIDSE’s MARCH preparations for the Pan-Amazonian Synod. Mini video interviews of participants were produced as part of a toolkit released on 1st July.

The Christian voice at the EP elections In the run up to the European Parliament elections, CIDSE co-organised an evening debate with the 10 Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC), the Chapel for Europe and COMECE between MEP candidates and APRIL representatives of Christian organisations.

CIDSE | Annual Report 5 For a more sustainable Europe 15 CIDSE and four other civil society networks launched ‘The Fair Times’ campaign, calling European APRIL Parliament candidates to commit to a fair and sustainable European consumption and production agenda by 2024. © CIDSE

Race to Justice Four months after the launch the ISDS campaign, CIDSE co-organised a media stunt with the Stop 29 ISDS coalition to hand over the first half a million signatures to Frans Timmermans, First Vice President APRIL of the European Commission.

Sharing and Learning Misereor hosted the CIDSE annual COMED Forum in 8-10 Aachen. The Forum is a space for our members where they can exchange experiences on campaigning, MAY development education and fundraising.

Laudato Si’ 4th anniversary On the occasion of the 4th anniversary of Laudato Si’, CIDSE published testimonies of young volunteers 24 explaining how they joined the global climate movement and how they felt inspired by Laudato Si’. MAY

Welthaus turning 20 29 Welthaus/KOO (Austria) invited CIDSE to make a presentation on climate justice and systemic change MAY as part of a workshop on Laudato Si’ organised for their 20th anniversary celebrations.

© Welthaus Towards a lifestyle conversion Together with representatives of European Bishops’ Conferences and other Catholic organisations, CIDSE 12 held the Second European Laudato Si’ Reflection Day. Discussions focussed on ecological conversion and JUNE lifestyle changes initiatives and good practices. © CIDSE Directors’ meeting in Luzern CIDSE Directors discussed the conclusions of the mid- 17-19 term review of the CIDSE strategic framework (2016- 2021) aimed at framing CIDSE’s work for the next two JUNE years.

HR defenders in the Amazon CAFOD, CIDSE and COMECE organised a dialogue meeting on challenges faced by human rights 18 defenders in the Amazon with José Batista from the Land Pastoral Commission (CPT) of the Marabá JUNE diocese (Brazil).

REPAM and CIDSE organised a media trip to the 8-18 Amazon three borders’ region with the objective to promote stories from the Amazon region in the run JULY up to the Pan-Amazon Synod. The visit resulted in extensive media coverage.

© CIDSE Solidarity visit to Brumadinho victims After taking part in the Iglesias y Minería General Assembly meeting in Argentina, CIDSE joined the 20-28 IyM delegation’s visit to people affected by the dam collapse in Brumadinho (Brazil). AUGUST

Camp Our “Common Home” 28 AUGUST- Young volunteers from CIDSE member organisations participated in the youth sustainable camp “Our 3 SEPTEMBER common home” organised by CAFOD in Alston/UK.

Launch of new CIDSE website Our new website offers a clearer portrait of CIDSE, 6 our collective vision guided by our systemic change approach and our activities to better respond to the SEPTEMBER needs of our members.

Gender equality and church toolkit 19 The CIDSE gender equality and church toolkit was launched at an evening debate in Brussels with Tanja SEPTEMBER Haque, the main author of the toolkit.

UN Climate Summit Ahead of the United Nations Climate Action Summit, 23 CIDSE Directors issued a joint statement asking Heads of State to urgently tackle the climate emergency. SEPTEMBER The network also joined global climate strike actions in different cities. © CIDSE

Pan-Amazonian Synod 6-27 CIDSE Secretary General, Josianne Gauthier and Misereor Director, Pirmin Spiegel participated in the OCTOBER Pan-Amazonian Synod as special guests. A CIDSE delegation was also involved in the activities of the “Amazon: Common Home” centre. © CIDSE

Fragile Amazon "Fragile Amazon", the photo exhibition by Spanish photojournalist Ana Palacios, produced by CIDSE in 7-27 collaboration with REPAM was launched in Rome. The exhibition has been designed to continue its journey OCTOBER to other venues.

© CIDSE CIDSE | Annual Report 7 Business and human rights 14-18 A CIDSE delegation including partners and volunteers from CCFD-Terre Solidaire and Trócaire OCTOBER was present in Geneva for the 5th Session of the UN Working Group on business and human rights to lobby for a UN binding treaty.

Communicating on sustainable lifestyles The CIDSE Journalists’ toolkit on sustainable lifestyles 16 was officially launched in Rome at a panel debate with journalists and experts, entitled “Talking integral OCTOBER ecology and living sustainably”.

© CIDSE © CIDSE Mariana dam collapse 4th anniversary 5 As part of a lobby tour organised by Misereor, CIDSE welcomed Brazilian partners from Brumadinho. NOVEMBER Besides meetings with European Union officials, a debate was organised for the 4th anniversary of the Mariana dam collapse.

The EU and the UN Binding Treaty CIDSE moderated the policy lunch debate “Bridging 19 the gap – How to reconcile the EU with a UN treaty on business and human rights” co-organised with NOVEMBER the Development and Peace Foundation (sef:).

© Ashraf Ajrami & Ilan Baruch Israel and the oPt 19-22 The CIDSE Israel and occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) working group invited Ilan Baruch, Former Israeli NOVEMBER ambassador and Ashraf Ajrami, former Palestinian Minister for a lobby tour to Brussels.

Human rights and the environment CIDSE participated in the 21st EU-NGO Forum on 3-4 Human Rights. Discussions focussed on human rights and the environment, notably how to empower and DECEMBER protect environmental human rights defenders.

COP25, Madrid As part of its activities during the COP25 climate 05 conference, CIDSE co-organised a side event with CAN-US entitled “Grassroots Community Solutions - DECEMBER Amplifying the voices of frontline communities.”

Solidarity with Bolivian civil society CIDSE and Welthungerhilfe issued a joint statement on the situation in Bolivia, condemning all acts of 12 violence and human rights violations and calling for a peaceful transition process until the next elections. DECEMBER

What is systemic change? EVENTS STORIES How can it be applied as an The process of the Pan-Amazonian We spoke to Maria Dolores approach? We brought our Synod inherently had an integral Marroquin from the Guatemalan understanding of systemic approach. We connected our webzine, La Cuerda, on the mental change into new spaces preparation and participation to modes that continue to oppress through messaging and the issues of mining, human rights, women today, and the parallels our participation. The Pan- corporate power, climate justice, between the exploitation of natural Amazonian Synod provoked sustainable lifestyles, and gender resources and women. several reflections on equality. Our Secretary-General the interlinked crises wrote a reflection on the relevancy José Batista Afonso who is working and a holistic approach of the Synod for systemic change. for the Land Pastoral Commission to the challenges in the described to us the pressures of Amazon. We deepened our Our systemic change approach European consumption on Brazilian engagement both online remains particularly appreciated natural resources, and why the and in sectoral fora to among the Brussels community Synod gave him hope. bring our expertise in and of political organisations; we understanding of systemic participated in new informal spaces At the international conference change to a broader public. to share our knowledge such as the on integral ecology - convened Brussels Systemic Change Network by REPAM in Washington, D.C. in and the CONCORD Learning and March, we filmeda series of short Exchange Forum. interviews on systemic change, integral ecology, and the upcoming RESOURCES Synod. We have redesigned our website to reflect our systemic change We translated into 5 languages a approach and the intersectionality series of short interviews of different of our work. spiritual perspectives on systemic change filmed at our Systemic Change Forum in 2018.

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We honed and released EVENTS STORIES an essential tool of great We held a launch event in CIDSE has recently seen more potential to ignite the September to release the CIDSE gender equality in our leadership. Church’s engagement edition of the ‘Believe in Change’ Our women directors shared on gender equality. gender toolkit. The author of the their thoughts and experiences The gender toolkit is a toolkit, Tanya Haque, CAFOD’s on being women leaders, and collection of exercises gender advisor from 2009-2018, on improving gender equality in to provoke reflection was present to answer questions their organisations and through on gender and change from the larger church and gender development work. in our behaviours and community. organisations, with The gender equality blog is written inspiration from Catholic RESOURCES by CIDSE partners and allies, to Social Teaching, theology The ‘Believe in Change gender find how gender intersects with and Laudato Si’. We made toolkit’ was developed to support climate justice, extractivism and this toolkit more widely the Church in promoting gender more. Our blogs this year focused accessible by translating justice. It is a gender resource for particularly on women in leadership, it into French and Spanish organisational staff from church but also continued to highlight and giving instructions for organisations, particularly Catholic the gendered impacts suffered by its use at workshops with church organisations and those who women that disproportionately different communities. intend to work with these church burden them and hold them back organisations. from participation. We looked at the potential for the inclusion of women The toolkit is an inspirational and and women’s issues in the Church, practical guide to support them the European Parliament, and the in their work towards achieving UN binding Treaty on business and gender justice. It intends to raise human rights. awareness of the importance of gender equality, address concerns and common misconceptions and increase staff gender competency and programme quality. An introductory leaflet completes this document.

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The ground-breaking EVENTS RESOURCES work of the encyclical The preparations for the Synod Together with REPAM, CIDSE Laudato Si’ has been built kicked off with aninternational arranged a tour for journalists in upon this year with an conference on integral ecology in the Amazon. They released media unprecedented Synod of Washington, D.C. that prepared articles and audiovisual pieces on the Bishops on the Pan- the CIDSE network, our allies and the Synod and what it could mean Amazonian region. The partners, for the Synod. for the Amazon region. Synod was an extraordinary opportunity to further The October Pan-Amazonian Synod CIDSE was directly represented the work of the Church on was more than an event, and still on October 14 in an official press social and environmental more than a process of spiritual briefing about the Amazon Synod. justice, and the entire awakening. It was Laudato Si’ being CIDSE network brought breathed into a specific, emblematic STORIES highly valuable expertise to territory at a time when the world We prepared a graphic toolkit with the discussions in Rome. was paying attention. Among the visuals relating the Amazon to our special guests inside the Synod working areas in multiple formats were our Secretary-General along for our members and allies. The with Msgr. Pirmin Spiegel, Director toolkit included 17 video interviews General of MISEREOR. A CIDSE filmed at the international delegation was involved in series conference on integral ecology. of activities organised under the umbrella “our Common Home”. The photojournalist, Ana Palacios, We organised three main events: who participated in the journalists’ a photo exhibition, a screening of tour of the Amazon, assembled our documentary Energy to change her photos into an exhibition and a panel of journalists discussing titled ‘Fragile Amazon’ displayed how to communicate on sustainable in Rome during the Synod. The lifestyles. photo exhibition is ready to travel to other venues upon request to the We saw the impact of our Secretariat. contributions in the final document and outcomes, as well as in the After the conclusion of the Synod, follow-up which will continue in we shared our reflections from an 2020. insiders’ perspective on what it meant for our work.

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In the face of corporate Volunteers from Trócaire and Following a series of visits by negligence, we raised CCFD–Terre Solidaire attended partners, we gathered their the voices of impacted the negotiations for the first time, recommendations in a document, communities in live offering them the opportunity to “The EU should support the debates, videos, and learn about this policy process. defenders of the Amazon”. publications. Their testimonies are strong MISEREOR welcomed partners from Belgian MEP Marie Arena presented evidence of the unjust Mariana, Brazil for a lobby tour for the proceedings from the UN Treaty impunity of the powerful. the 4th anniversary of the dam negotiations at a meeting of the Their experience collapse; a panel was held during Subcommittee on Human Rights informs our own policy their visit to Brussels. of the European Parliament and interventions in the invited CIDSE to join. (Click ahead in negotiation process for The November policy lunch of this video to 16:39-17:28) the UN binding treaty on Development and Peace Foundation business and human rights, (SEF) co-organised with CIDSE was STORIES both in our research and dedicated to the UN binding Treaty We released three animated short in our presence at the on business and human rights. videos in 6 languages, that explain negotiating sessions. simply why policies on a binding RESOURCES treaty on business and human EVENTS A CIDSE submission was released rights and investor state dispute Before and during the 5th session of for the 5th session of the IGWG. settlement mechanisms matter, and the UN inter-governmental working At the closing of the session, we how the public can address decision group (IGWG) on transnational issued our own statement in which makers. corporations and other business we reiterated the EU’s international enterprises with respect to human duty to take a stance. We interviewed MEPs present at rights, we continued to give updates the negotiations in Geneva on why on our activities and resources. The inauguration of Brazilian the EU must engage in the Treaty President Bolsonaro saw a rise process. Side events were organised, giving in human rights abuses and space for our partners to highlight environmental deregulation. CIDSE We welcomed the Feminists for a the effects of extractivist industries signed an open letter to call on Binding Treaty to write a blog about on their communities: mining in the EU to immediately halt trade why the Treaty must assure gender Congo and Brazil and hydroelectric negotiations with Brazil. justice. dams in the Amazon.

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land and protect the Amazonian 2019 opened with tragedy. EVENTS cultural and natural heritage in the The collapse of the mine With our partners at the 40th context of the ongoing negotiations tailings dam in Brumadinho session of the Human Rights on the EU-Mercosur Association (Brazil) was a shock, but Council, we co-organized a Agreement, the review of the EU also disturbingly familiar. discussion on mining disasters from Action Plan on Human Rights and The owner, Vale SA, was Brazil and the Democratic Republic Democracy and the UN binding also involved in the dam of Congo, to show that these treaty on business and human collapse in Mariana, just disasters are not isolated by national rights. three years before. This policy, but are in fact inherent to repetition of criminal the global operations of the mining RESOURCES neglect only underlines the sector. In the first days following the corruption at the heart of collapse of the dam in Brumadinho, the extractivist economic The Justice, Peace and Integrity of we released a statement to gather model, and the senseless Creation (JPIC) seminar on mining the resources and investigation of losses in Brumadinho in Rome, provided an occasion to our partners and members, and to agitated us and the Church further deepen these reflections illustrate this case of injustice from to challenge this model. with allies, members and partners. what we knew so far. The seminar was a follow-up activity from the 2018 Thematic Following the visit of the Secretary Social Forum on mining and the of the Dicastery for Promoting extractivist economy. Integral Human Development, Msgr. Bruno-Marie Duffé, to the CIDSE attended the General community of Brumadinho, we Assembly of Iglesias y Minería in wrote an article on his reflections Argentina. Read the open letter and the meaning of his visit for the to affected communities from the community. We also supported meeting. CIDSE staff also visited Iglesias y Mineria in the translations Brumadinho to witness first- of the video they made to capture hand the impacts and hear the the spiritual meaning of the visit. testimonies of the community. STORIES COMECE hosted a dialogue between We commissioned two blogs that CIDSE, our Brazilian partners, and made the connection between Church and EU representatives. The extractivism, gender equality, and meeting analysed ways to support the oppression of the indigenous. Indigenous communities to access

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Campaign Against Investor - © Friends of the Earth Europe - Lode Saidane State Dispute Settlement

Investor-State Dispute EVENTS This advertisement was placed Settlement (ISDS) is a In January, for the launch of the ISDS to target an elite readership of private court that allows campaign, campaigners dressed decision-makers and corporate corporations to sue as corporate wolves invaded the actors. The petition was also used countries for enacting streets of Davos on the sidelines of throughout the year in meetings social and environmental the World Economic Forum (WEF). with EU politicians. legislation that can hurt a corporation's profits, We held a symbolic race between STORIES essentially bullying corporations and citizens for justice, We created animated videos in 6 countries from passing and handed our petition to Frans languages about the link between progressive legislation, and Timmermans, vice president of the ISDS and the UN binding treaty on protecting corporations European Commission business and human rights. that abuse of human rights and natural resources. RESOURCES This year a civil society CIDSE and a coalition advertised coalition including CIDSE the campaign in the Financial Times ran an exciting campaign raising awareness of the success with actions, media and a of the petition: 847,000 citizens petition signed by citizens. speaking out again ISDS.

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Following the development EVENTS STORIES of innovative advocacy and Our Land is Our Life platform - a The West African Caravan - a partnership methodology coalition of different social and journey across West Africa of over the past few years, church actors to mobilise for land activists working on land rights our working group on rights in Africa - met in Addis Adaba to meet with allies with support land rights has used from January 7 to 11. The English- from church actors - has been a this year for reflection, speaking actors of the platform met pioneering project for CIDSE. It internal meetings and next in Uganda from May 20 to 21. has demonstrated the value of propositions. Our activities accompanying movements as they focused on strategic Some members of the platform also make significant connections across discussions, and producing met in November in Abidjan, Ivory countries, with the Church and with statements and videos to Coast to confront land grabbing, decision makers. We commissioned reflect and document the and to review case studies of land a documentary filmmaker to previous work. grabbing related to the group of capture the experience of our agroindustrial companies known as partners and their appreciation of Siat. CIDSE’s connector role in bringing together diverse actors for political RESOURCES convergence. Under engagement with the Our Land is Our Life platform, African In his blog, José Batista Afonso, a Catholic Bishops wrote a statement lawyer working for the Land Pastoral to decry the environmental impacts Commission in Brazil, details the of the extraction by corporations of history, origin, and ongoing struggle mineral resources, and the unequal of land grabbing in the Amazonian distribution of the wealth created by region of Pará. these activities.

This statement was presented to political representatives at the 5th negotiation session of the UN binding treaty on business and human rights by Secretary General of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA), Fr. Joseph Aka.

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The desperate situation for Minister, for advocacy meetings on various UN experts demanding communities on the ground the political situation, the peace they intervene to protect human in Israel and the occupied process and shrinking space for civil rights in the occupied Syrian Golan Palestinian territory risks society. and protect Al-Marsad and its stagnating in ongoing employees from attacks in relation hopelessness. We visited RESOURCES to the construction of a large energy civil society initiatives to CIDSE, together with 32 project in the Golan. witness their work, and international, Israeli and Palestinian ensure our support. We also civil society organisations, sent a STORIES continued to observe the joint letter to Federica Mogherini The photo exhibition “Breaking the international developments and the EU Ministers of Foreign Silence: the occupation through of the peace process, and Affairs to ask the EU to reject the the eyes of Israeli soldiers” was brought attention to the US-Middle East peace plan on organised by Broederlijk Delen UN and the EU of their the grounds of international law, and Spanish MEP Javi Lopez from duty to protect the right to including the human right to self- 25-28 February at the European self-determination and the determination and the absolute Parliament. prohibition of occupation prohibition of acquisition of a by force. territory by force. Breaking the Silence is an Israeli nonprofit organisation of veterans EVENTS CIDSE and over 100 other and reservists from the Israel The members of the working group signatories addressed a letter Defense Forces which collects and visited many initiatives of civil to the United Nations High publishes testimonies of soldiers society that serve the impacted Commissioner for Human Rights, who served in the occupied communities, and which observe asking for the release of a database Palestinian territory. This way, the political process. This underlined of all businesses engaged in Breaking the Silence aims to boost the importance to continue to listed activities related to Israel’s awareness and stimulate public support these initiatives. settlement enterprise. discourse on the reality of everyday life in the West Bank, East Jerusalem In November, CIDSE, Broederlijk The Arab Human Rights Centre in and Gaza, ultimately striving to Delen, Trócaire and CCFD-Terre Golan Heights, in coalition with end the policy of occupation and Solidaire organised a European 15 organisations including CIDSE create a better future for Israelis and lobby tour with Ilan Baruch, former submitted an emergency appeal Palestinians alike. Israeli ambassador, and Ashraf to the UN Working Group on Ajrami, former Palestinian Authority Business and Human Rights and

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Resilient Food Systems © Ana Palacios

EVENTS RESOURCES Following the publication in 2018 of our landmark We coordinated with several of our After the release of the HLPE report work, The Principles of members at the Committee on World on “Agroecological approaches and Agroecology, and in Food Security (CFS) in Rome. The other innovations for sustainable preparation for substantial key topic of the plenary discussion agriculture and food systems that publications and events was the High-Level Panel of Experts enhance food security and nutrition”, in 2020, this year we (HLPE) report on agroecology. It we shared our first reaction. This conducted internal was agreed that recommendations report was crucial as it was discussed assessment on next steps, would be negotiated, the process at the October CFS plenary session supported the work of our ending with the adoption of those and should lead to the adoption of allies, and maintained our recommendations in October 2020. recommendations in October 2020. presence in ongoing policy The HLPE report used our publication processes. The Principles of Agroecology (2018) CIDSE is a member of the Global as one of three main references Network for the Right to Food and We also further developed to build its own understanding of Nutrition which comprises nearly 50 a major topic for 2020: the agroecology through a list of 13 civil society organisations and social engagement of women principles. CIDSE thus contributed movements from all corners of the in food struggles and greatly to the civil society mechanism globe. On the occasion of World Food agroecology. on agroecology. Day, the Network launched “Women’s Power in Food Struggles”. This edition At the Bonn intersessional on climate of the Right to Food and Nutrition and agriculture, we participated in Watch addresses key issues of power, a workshop on soil and adaptation and exposes the structural violence as a part of the Koronivia Joint Work that degrades both women and the Program on agriculture. environment.

STORIES Our member Fastenopfer shared in a blog their Ecumenical campaign on women food producers.

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Climate and Energy © CAFOD - Liam FInn

We were energised and energy sources, from the impacts carbon trading, climate finance, a inspired by the scale of corporate-owned megaprojects, rights-based approach and overall of grassroots climate to their own implementation of ambition. mobilisation this year. The democratic renewable energy. public pressure and the Watch here the video recording. In a new briefing, CIDSE, together disappointing response with CAFOD, Geres and Hivos, at COP25 reinforced the CIDSE and Justice and Peace gathered policy recommendations vitality of action that is Commission Europe co-hosted the on EU institutional support for happening now from Global Catholic Climate Movement energy in developing countries. the ground up. We took webinar which discussed major advantage of major developments in Catholic Fossil Fuel CIDSE joined a civil society moments, including the Divestment in 2018. statement on loss and damage Pan-Amazonian Synod on the Warsaw International and COP25, to call for RESOURCES Mechanism (WIM)  a finance justice and bring attention The CIDSE directors released a mechanism to aid countries hit with to people-centered statement ahead of the UN Climate climate impacts  currently at a solutions that need to be Action Summit, noting that hosting stalemate. scaled up by national and a summit is not a significant action; international policy. real action is setting targets for STORIES carbon emissions reductions and Our member, KOO, contributed EVENTS achieving them with structural a blog on the significance of the Our key priority at COP25 was to implementation. Austrian Bishops Conference’s echo the messages of the Church decision to divest within five years and our partners: to keep present Cardinals who were gathered at from all businesses that extract or the moral duty and the grassroots the Pan-Amazonian Synod issued produce fossil fuels. solutions that are integral responses a strong call for climate ambition, to the climate crisis. We were which observes the climate injustice As the climate marches reached present at several strategic and suffered in the Amazon and the their peak, our Campaigns Project spiritual meetings, as well as in the profound moral duty to act for Officer wrote a blog about the mobilizations. climate. need to continue to encourage young people in their big and small Our side event focused on the Our final assessment of the COP25 actions. community experience of different focussed on the proceedings on

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Change for the Planet- Care for the People © CIDSE

We focused on creating EVENTS Following the Our Common Home multimedia to spread Our member FEC held a screening youth residential, we produced the word of sustainable of our latest documentary “Energy a video to give our volunteers a lifestyles, engaging to Change” in Portugal as part of the souvenir of their experience, and for the CIDSE network of three-day ACORDA! Program. Other our members to use to recruit new volunteers around the screenings were held by Manos volunteers for upcoming camps. Fridays for future marches Unidas and Broederlijk Delen. We for climate change. The also organised a screening and panel STORIES documentary Energy to discussion during the Pan-Amazonian 2019 swept the world in youth Change was screened Synod. protests to demand climate action. in four countries. We We asked our volunteers to film collected the expertise Our Common Home youth residential, short messages about why they of professional organised by CAFOD, brought our were participating in the strikes and communicators in our volunteers together in a castle in marches, and we compiled these into Journalists’ Toolkit on the UK for a series of workshops and a successful video for social media. Sustainable Lifestyles, and spiritual reflections. shared them in a panel. We We sent out a call, for volunteers to kept our heart-warming To launch the Journalists’ Toolkit on hold up placards, a series of words face-to-face appointment Sustainable Lifestyles, we held a panel that connect into a piece of a poem at the camp Our Common discussion with media and experts written by one of our volunteers. The Home. during the Pan-Amazonian Synod in call was answered with spectacular Rome. photos of placards from marches, sharing the beautiful line "We need RESOURCES to protect our common home. Let’s The Journalists Toolkit on Sustainable respect our earth. It’s the only home Lifestyles collects professional we’ve known. But this doesn’t mean advice on how to talk to the it’s ours to own.” public about sustainable lifestyles. Journalists and communicators Our volunteers were deeply moved share their experience on visuals, by Our Common Home youth storytelling and angles to get an residential. They shared their audience engaged on the joys of memories and reflections inblogs living sustainably. The document is after the gathering. The volunteers’ available in 5 languages. blog also continued this year with other reflections.

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2020

JANUARY

Briefing on Business and human rights

MAY

Laudato Si' 5th anniversary week of action

SEPTEMBER Research paper and briefing on finance and agroecology

OCTOBER

Farming Matters magazine: special issue on agroecology and gender

DECEMBER

Climate and energy briefing

CIDSE | Annual Report 21 GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES & FINANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors is composed of the directors of the 18 Member Organisations. The Board meets twice a year and is responsible for the governance and strategic vision of CIDSE, particularly for reviewing current activities and formulating policies for the future.

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The Executive Committee is the implementing and supervising arm of the Board of Directors. • President: Lieve Herijgers (Broederlijk Delen) • Members: Patrick Godar (partage.lu), Msgr. Pirmin Spiegel (MISEREOR), Alistair Dutton (SCIAF), Caoimhe de Barra (Trócaire) • Ecclesiastical Assistant: Mgr. A. Tesfaselassie Medhin (Eparchy of Adigrat/Ethiopia) • Treasurer: Femke Dekkers (Cordaid) • Secretary General: Josianne Gauthier

The Ecclesiastical Assistant, the Treasurer Secretary and the General are non- voting members.

WORKING GROUPS

CIDSE member agencies work together in working groups, platforms and fora on the issues defined in the strategic plan. The CIDSE Secretariat facilitates the working groups and ensures communication between the member agencies and the overall coherence of CIDSE’s work.

CIDSE | Annual Report 24 FINANCE CIDSE is funded by membership fees and additional resources from its members for special projects. In 2019, CIDSE received extra funding from: • The European Commission, Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO), as part of a Framework Partnership Agreement (2019-2023). • The KR Foundation, as part of a two-year grant in favour of the ‘Change for the Planet – Care for the People’ initiative (2018-2019).

CIDSE Income 2019

• Membership fees: € 1,140,000.00 • Misereor’s grant for the project “Enhancing capacities for coordinated advocacy for sustainable development”: € 28,502.49 • European Commission Framework Partnership Agreement: € 453,337.46 • KR Foundation: € 123,515.95 TOTAL INCOME: € 1,745,355.90 CIDSE is grateful to all its network members as well as to the European Commission and the KR Foundation who have made it possible to carry the work presented in this report. CIDSE core expenditure 2019

€ 1,536,691.82 TOTAL Administration and secretariat

€ 1,084,088.96 Advocacy* Communication and networking € 299,280.81 Communication and networking Advocacy

€ 153,322.05 Administration and Secretariat

* CIDSE’s advocacy work covers the following thematic areas: Systemic change, Communities regaining control over the commons, Facing climate change: Just and sustainable models for food and energy, sustainable lifestyles.

The CIDSE Secretariat also coordinates the following project:

Israel-occupied Palestinian territory: 254,898.04 €

CIDSE’s financial year begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December. The 2019 financial statements were audited by an external auditor, Clybouw Achiel, Andre & Co bvba, Belgium, in accordance with the financial reporting framework applicable in Belgium.

CIDSE | Annual Report 25 ABOUT CIDSE WHO WE ARE

We are an international We work for a society to promote the right to family of Catholic based on social, food and agroecology, social justice economic and gender to regulate business to organisations working equality and solidarity, enforce human rights, where the economy is to secure sustainable for transformational at the service of society finance and fair wealth change to end poverty and functions within distribution, to support and inequalities, planetary boundaries. local communities to challenging systemic We aim at a fairer share speak for themselves, injustice, inequity, of and limits in the use to confront gender destruction of nature of global resources, and inequalities, and to enable and promoting just democratized governance sustainable ways of living. where people regain and environmentally control over their choices To make this happen sustainable in economies based on we contribute to global alternatives. the commons. movements and alliances of change, promote Watch our We work for reforms with peoples’ solutions and institutional video. transformative potential: alternatives and advocate to move away from fossil at the international level. fuels and extractivism, to limit global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees,

CIDSE | Annual Report 27 OUR MEMBERS

CIDSE brings together 18 member organisations from Europe and North America.

Austria Belgium Belgium

Canada England France and Wales

Germany Ireland Italy

the Netherlands the Netherlands Luxembourg

Portugal Scotland Slovakia

Spain Switzeland USA

CIDSE | Annual Report 28 COLLABORATORS

CIDSE works closely with diverse local and international alliances and organisations. It is a member of Concord, the European NGO confederation for Relief and Development, Climate Action Network-Europe and the Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM).

During 2019, the Secretariat also strengthened its collaboration with other networks and alliances such as: Pan-Amazon Ecclesial network (REPAM) in the run up to the Synod on the Amazon and at the event itself; Commission of Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) and Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC) for which we hosted two interns through their European Leadership Programme.

CIDSE is a co-founding member of the European Laudato Si’ Alliance (ELSiA), a group of Catholic organisations joining forces in Europe to promote climate and social justice, highly inspired by the Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ of Pope Francis. Besides CIDSE, this alliance brings together COMECE; JESC; GCCM; Justice and Peace Europe and CCEE – Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (observer member).

We are also a leading member of the Treaty Alliance movement and Treaty Alliance Europe.

SECRETARIAT STAFF (June 2020)

The CIDSE Secretariat facilitates and coordinates the common efforts of its members, represents CIDSE at the EU and international levels and undertakes advocacy activities and other initiatives in collaboration with its members to contribute towards systemic change and global justice. The Secretariat is organised into teams that coordinate various working groups in order to achieve its objectives:

1. Societal and ecological transformation 2. Communities regaining control over the commons 3. Facing climate change: just and sustainable food and energy models 4. Change starts with us

EXTERNAL SUPPORT During 2019, Marta Isabel González Álvarez (Manos Unidas/Spain), Martin Wim Hendrix, Finance Consultant Krenn (KOO/Austria) and Martin De Jong (Caritas New Zealand) were secon- ded from their respective organisations to support the CIDSE team in Brussels Bea Lambrecht, Human Resources for a period of time. CIDSE thanks them for their valuable contributions to our Consultant work. The same is true for Giulia Bondi, Jean Saldanha, Magdalena Smenda and Frederick Swinnen who left for new professional challenges.

CIDSE | Annual Report 29 CIDSE Management Team

Josianne Gauthier Chiara Martinelli Valentina Pavarotti Secretary General Senior Advisor Communications Manager

CIDSE Staff

Inês Barral Elise Bouget Nicky Broeckhoven François Delvaux Jassin Fetahovic Finance and Intern Intern Climate & Agriculture Gender Equality & Administrative and Food Sovereignty Systemic Change Assistant Officer Officer

Giorgo Gotra Slađana Lovric Lydia Lehlogonolo Sandor Neubauer Sylvia Obregon Campaign’s Project Intern Machaka Assistant - Quiroz Assistant Climate Justice and Energy Systemic Change Corporate Regulation and Officer Extractives Officer

Marie-Paule Ogereau Yvette Pierret Stefan Reinhold Saïd Ben Seddik Hannah Twomey Communications and Office Administration and Corporate Regulation and Technician, Programmer, External Funding Administrative Assistant Logistics Assistant Extractives Team Member Office Maintenance Officer

Dorien Vanden Boer Anya Frances Verkamp Manny Yap Policy Officer Israel - Digital Communications Land Rights Officer Occupied Palestinian Territory Officer

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