Vitae Civilis - Institute for Development, Environment and Peace, is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization that, since its creation in 1989, has been working to contribute to the construction of sustainable societies – an expression that covers at least five basic pillars: social justice, environmental conservation and integrity, diversity (cultural, ethnic, religious, etc.), democracy and economic viability.
Vitae Civilis’ strategies are: to promote inter-sectoral dialogue on policies, economy and individual or institutional practices that are relevant to achieve social and environmental sustainability; to perform studies, using participatory methodologies, to better support actions for sustainable development; to promote and engage in partnerships to define actions and specific initiatives for sustainable development through interaction, and capacity-building and strengthening of networks and civil society organizations.