CIETafrica

CIET AFRICA
Frequently Asked Questions

What is CIETafrica and what does it do?
CIET stands for Community Information, Empowerment and Transparency. CIET started in 1985 as the Centre for Tropical Disease Research, a postgraduate medical institute in Mexico. CIETafrica is one of the CIET group of foundations dedicated to building the community voice into planning. The worldwide network of CIET professionals, from a variety of disciplines, provide technical support to communities to enable them to participate in an informed way in decisions that affect their lives

What are CIET methods?
CIET methods involve communities in gathering quantitative and qualitative evidence. CIET analysis focuses on impact, coverage and costs of public services, and community-led solutions that are sustainable and locally relevant. These solutions emerge from systematic dialogue on the evidence. These are aggregated, along with the indicators, for planning and communication at the district, regional or national levels.

Where does CIET work and on what issues?
CIETafrica has worked in Gauteng in the prevention of sexual violence and in the Wild Coast and Tsolo regions of the Eastern Cape on local economic development. In nearby Mozambique and Angola, as well as Afghanistan, Bosnia and Cambodia, CIET did social audits on the impact of land mines, and in Uganda and Tanzania on performance of public services such as land, agriculture, health and the police. CIET also monitored child rights in Costa Rica. CIET has conducted other projects in Pakistan, Nepal, Nicaragua, Uganda, Bolivia, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and India.

Who funds CIET activities?
National governments, international aid and development organisations, foundations, other NGOs and universities fund CIETs work. These have included UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, UNHCR, WFP, WHO, the World Bank, IDRC and the Canadian, Nicaraguan, Bangladesh and Ugandan Governments as well as other foundations.

How does CIET operate?
Specialists make up CIET in community-based research, each with several years of professional service in developing countries. Professionals are deployed rapidly where their support is requested. A small support group deals with project development, matching skills to tasks.

Where does CIET have offices?
In South Africa CIETafrica has offices in Gauteng and in the Eastern Cape. The main training and research centre of CIET is in Mexico. In addition CIET has offices in Ottawa, New York, London, Brussels, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan and Uganda.

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