Italy · Human rights and democracy

CISP - Sviluppo dei Popoli

Civil society organisation registered with the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). Based in: Italy. Founded 1983. Family: CISP. Main sector: human rights and democracy.

The International Committee for the Development of Peoples (Comitato internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli - CISP) is a civil society Organisation that has been engaged in international cooperation and the fight against social exclusion since 1983. In the last 40+ years of operation, we have been present in every region of the world. Today, the CISP is active in more than 30 countries with initiatives for the affirmation of fundamental rights and social inclusion, the fight against inequalities and social injustice, the creation of economic and social opportunities as well as the protection of marginalised people. We have achieved important goals, the most crucial of which is to have supported millions of people in their pursuit of self-determination. Women, children, elderly, men and communities that do not give in to marginality, violence, food insecurity and a lack of rights. Together with these people, their communities, associations, local authorities and institutions, we have built schools and trained teachers, innovated education systems, strengthened food security through diversification of income sources and micro-credit and improved agricultural production by small-scale producers. We have also contributed to the definition and implementation of public policies so that they take into account the needs and rights of the least protected sections of the population, promoted laws to protect the weakest and brought drinking water to places where there had never been any. In 2018, we updated our Declaration of Intent - Rights, Change, Sustainability - incorporating all the strategic guidelines of the 2030 Agenda as well as each of its Sustainable Development Goals. There are two basic guidelines of the 2030 Agenda on which we are focusing in practice: the need to address sustainability in all its dimensions (environment, society, economy, institutions) and the need to combat poverty and social exclusion as interdependent objectives.

Official website ↗ Statutes ↗ Registers: IATI (d-portal)

Founded

1983

Family

CISP (headquarters)

Income 2024

€33.9M

Public funds 2024

99%

Accounts

Income Expenditure

Source: Open Cooperazione — self-reported

Where the money comes from (2024)

Public funds 99% (€33.4M) · Private funds 1%

Split of the funds raised between public sources (governments, European Union, UN agencies, local authorities) and private ones, as declared by the organisation to Open Cooperazione.

European Union funding

Amounts committed each year by the European Commission to the organisation (contracts and grants), from the EU Financial Transparency System. A commitment often covers several project years and, in consortia, may include shares of other partners. They are not income for the year and should not be compared directly with the accounts.

Public funds from donor governments

Payments to the organisation reported by the aid agencies of 17 countries (USAID, FCDO, BMZ, Sida and others) in their own IATI data, converted to euros at the year's average rate. They include funds passed on to local partners. Not all donors name the recipient of their payments, so figures may be incomplete; EU funds are in their own section.

Spending on declared projects (IATI)

Only the projects the organisation publishes on IATI: usually a fraction of its total spending (median 14% in our checks).

Countries with projects published on IATI

Somalia ↗ 3

Number of activities published on IATI that mention the country, added up over all years. Platforms that raise funds for other organisations publish every small project as a separate activity. Each country opens on d-portal the list of this organisation’s projects in that country.

Projects published on IATI (most recent and largest)

Titles are shown as published by the organisation, in their original language. Spending = disbursements and expenditure reported on IATI, in US$.

All projects on d-portal ↗

Official checks

Public register

IT-CF 97050280581 — active registration

Facts from public registers and certification bodies, not a judgement on the organisation; the absence of a label is not a negative sign. Methodology

Timeline

1. 1983 Founded
2. 2016-04-04 Registered with AICS
3. 2025-09-29 First publication on IATI
4. 2026-03-18 Registered in the Italian Third Sector Register (RUNTS)

Identifiers

IATI (d-portal) · IT-CF 97050280581