The members of the Com4Dev collective base all their actions on shared values

Shared values

Cooperation

In the sense of “working together”, international cooperation is not conceived as a top-down approach, but as the conjunction of forces and resources to solve problems and improve situations. Com4Dev favors collaborative and participative approaches.

Empowerment

All our actions aim to empower the people we work with, the ideal of our intervention being to render ourselves useless. All our actions aim to give everyone, especially the working classes, access to knowledge and culture, and to develop their capacity for critical analysis and collective action. With this in mind, Com4Dev has created a training catalog, as autonomy often requires capacity building.

Independence

Com4Dev is independent of any political or religious group.

Changing narratives

Com4Dev takes particular care to ensure that its actions contribute to a change in narratives that does not fuel stereotypes and, on the contrary, helps to combat discrimination and the rejection of others.

Inclusiveness

Similarly, all the organization’s actions are designed to promote inclusiveness in terms of gender, age, community and geographical origin.

Do no harm

All our actions are designed to do no harm to either people or the environment. The carbon footprint is a concern in every project carried out by the association, whether it involves international travel or the organization of events.