CATALYTIC COMMUNITIES
EIN 52-2266240 · Education N.E.C. (B99)
What they do
CATALYTIC COMMUNITIES DEVELOPS MODELS for EFFECTIVE SOCIAL and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT and INTEGRATION of INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE, BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE of RIO DE JANEIRO and THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION of ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES. WE DO THIS THROUGH A COMBINATION of RESEARCH, EDUCATION, TRAINING, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY, NETWORKS, ADVOCACY and PARTICIPATORY URBAN PLANNING. PROGRAMS INCLUDE: TRAINING FAVELA LEADERS IN INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGIES (ENERGY, WASTE, SEWAGE, ETC.), MOBILIZATION and RESEARCH: PUBLISHING LOCAL PERSPECTIVES for LOCAL-TO-GLOBAL URBAN PLANNING and COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUDIENCES; EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY VISITS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIVERSITIES; PUBLIC LECTURES; EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS; CONDUCTING FIELD RESERACH; DEVELOPMENT of LAND REGULARIZATION PROPOSALS and CONVENING and MAPPING COMMUNITY ASSETS and ORGANIZATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION SCALES ITS ACTIVITIES BY DISSEMINATING MODELS and APPROACHES DEVELOPED to OTHER DEVELOPMENT
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2001
- Location
- 1538 RED OAK DR, SILVER SPRING, MD 20910-1549
- County
- Montgomery
- In care of
- % THERESA WILLIAMSON