CAPTURED - Capacity and theory building in endogenous development


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History Organisation Objectives Vision Advisory Board	About us / History Captured is the accumulation of a number of experiences and initiatives that aim at revitalization of endogenous knowledge systems in a context of ongoing decolonization and development of culturally appropriate systems of higher learning and research. Institutionally it has links with two international programmes, which were initiated by ETC-foundation www.etc-international.org and funded by DGIS: The LEISA (www.leisa.org) initiative started in 1984. This programme focuses on developing and enhancing knowledge of small scale and family farmers in order to make sustainable use of locally available resources. The Compas programme (www.compas-net.org) developed methods and approaches for endogenous development by working with community based organisations, NGO’s and universities. In Ghana the programme fits with the approach of the University for Development Studies www.uds.edu.gh to run programmes that will effectively and efficiently combine academic work with community-participation and extension and to address and find solutions to the environmental problems and socio-economic deprivations in the country. In Bolivia it builds on the activities of the Universidad Mayor San Simon in Cochabamba, which since 1985 has a programme AGRUCO. www.agruco.org This programme started with support of Swiss Development cooperation and is now a center of excellence on Agroecology and revalorization of endogenous knowledge of indigenous peoples in the Andes and Latin America. In India the Foundation for the Revitalization of Local Health Traditions www.frlht.org is building on the rich tradition of Indian sciences and folk knowledge and has set up a center of excellence demonstrating contemporary relevance of theory and practice of Indian Systems of Medicine, conserving natural resources used by Indian Systems of Medicine, and Revitalisation of social processes for transmission of traditional knowledge of health care for its wider use and application. In 2008 the programme started as a joint initiative of the these institutes. The funding for this programme has been provided by DGIS of the Netherlands and runs till the end of 2012.
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About us / History

Captured is the accumulation of a number of experiences and initiatives that aim at revitalization of endogenous knowledge systems in a context of ongoing decolonization and development of culturally appropriate systems of higher learning and research.

Institutionally it has links with two international programmes, which were initiated by ETC-foundation www.etc-international.org and funded by DGIS:

The LEISA (www.leisa.org) initiative started in 1984. This programme focuses on developing and enhancing knowledge of small scale and family farmers in order to make sustainable use of locally available resources.
The Compas programme (www.compas-net.org) developed methods and approaches for endogenous development by working with community based organisations, NGO’s and universities.

In Ghana the programme fits with the approach of the University for Development Studies www.uds.edu.gh to run programmes that will effectively and efficiently combine academic work with community-participation and extension and to address and find solutions to the environmental problems and socio-economic deprivations in the country.

In Bolivia it builds on the activities of the Universidad Mayor San Simon in Cochabamba, which since 1985 has a programme AGRUCO. www.agruco.org This programme started with support of Swiss Development cooperation and is now a center of excellence on Agroecology and revalorization of endogenous knowledge of indigenous peoples in the Andes and Latin America.

In India the Foundation for the Revitalization of Local Health Traditions www.frlht.org is building on the rich tradition of Indian sciences and folk knowledge and has set up a center of excellence demonstrating contemporary relevance of theory and practice of Indian Systems of Medicine, conserving natural resources used by Indian Systems of Medicine, and Revitalisation of social processes for transmission of traditional knowledge of health care for its wider use and application.

In 2008 the programme started as a joint initiative of the these institutes. The funding for this programme has been provided by DGIS of the Netherlands and runs till the end of 2012.