IDEP's Mission, Vision and Strategic Objectives for 2008 - 2013


IDEP’s Vision

Safe and sustainable lives through understanding our interconnectedness with nature.

IDEP’s Mission

  • Community empowerment - ‘Help people help themselves’ through the provision of relevant information, demonstrations and training
  • Community resilience – Assist communities that are vulnerable to disaster to develop resilience in a sustainable way  
  • Disaster relief - Support communities that have been struck by disasters to attain safety and empower them through the recovery process

IDEP Values

  • Community 
  • Sustainability
  • Continuous improvement    
  • Benevolence


IDEP objectives 2008-2013

Develop a replicable model for community resilience in Indonesia: 
Curricula - Permaculture, CBDM, Community Resilience for both adults and children; A living model for community resilience

Deliver training and educational media to communities, especially in disaster prone areas: 
Establish network of partners; 
Deliver training; Disseminate related educational media

Facilitate information flow and support capacity for advocacy:
Support information flow between international, national, and community bodies;
 Support community capacity building for advocacy

Strengthen local disaster response and recovery

Integrate community resilience into recovery and rehabilitation: 
Deliver appropriate community resilience training and educational media for communities in recovery; Use permaculture to rebuild community resources in a sustainable way