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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Sustainable Development: Agriculture Atmosphere Biodiversity Biotechnology Climate change Consumption and production patterns Desertification and Drought Education Energy Forests Freshwater Gender equality Health Information for decision-making and participation Institutional arrangements Integrated decision-making International cooperation for an enabling environment Marine Resources Mining Mountains Oceans and seas Partnerships Poverty Protecting and managing the natural resources Rural Development Sanitation Science Sustainable Tourism Technology Waste (hazardous) Waste (solid) Waste Management
Geographic scope:	National
Country of activity:	Brazil
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	CETREDE, since its foundation linked to the Federal University of Ceará - UFC, has the mission of promoting and developing education for the citizenship exercise. Always in tune with UFC academic activities, CETREDE is playing an important role in professionals training, which constitutes a form of knowledge generated in academic institutions socialization. From 1973, CETREDE diversified and expanded the set of its actions to train government agencies, development banks, private companies and public agencies technicians, with special attention to the Brazilian Northeast Region. In 1980, due to the autonomy granted by the founding institutions (Federal University of Ceará - UFC, Northeast Bank of Brazil - BNB and the Northeast Development Superintendency), it had incorporated new services, especially researching and consulting. Currently, CETREDE activities focus on training programs implementation, professional training and specialization of human resources, with priority given to organizational and technological knowledge, including average, higher and postgraduate levels, from the perspective of continuing education. Another important aspect of CETREDE consists of performing consulting services which are designed to promote institutional development and modernization of public and private organizations. The programs developed by CETREDE are based on the premise that innovation and improvement of products, services and processes depend on human resources training, intensive use of information technology and organizational procedures strategically aligned with the changing environmental conditions. On the other hand, CETREDE always seeks to combine integration and diversification concepts in developing programs. Diversification by offering courses related to various areas of knowledge, moving between different theories from different disciplines and fields of knowledge. The integration is present to focus on these various areas together under a single global view of cyclical developments, trying to integrate theory and reality, the achievement of its mission to design and implement solutions to ensure people and organizations to develop skills essential to work in a permanently changing context.
Year established:	1964
Year of registration:	1964
Organizational structure:	General Assembly – representatives of: Federal University of Ceará – UFC Bank of the Northeast of Brazil – BNB Govern of the State of Ceará National Department of Works Agains Drought – DNOCS National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform – INCRA Fiscal Council – representatives of: Federal University of Ceará – UFC Bank of the Northeast of Brazil – BNB National Department of Works Against Drought – DNOCS Directors and Cordinators.
Number and type of members:	More than 100 collaborators, among management staff, operational employees, professors, researchers, consultants and teachers.
Funding structure:	Fees for education and training services Fees for providing consulting or research services Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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