The Community Empowerment and Development Team (CEDT)

CEDT is a Cambodian NGO, founded in May 2009, working to strengthen poor urban and rural communities. They empower communities through participatory planning, community/GIS mapping, infrastructure advice, land‑rights documentation, and negotiation with local authorities — all to improve housing, secure tenure, and manage natural resources. Community Empowerment and Development Team (CEDT)’s work is to strengthen the capacity of urban and rural communities to negotiate legal tenure with government authorities, physically upgrade their housing and infrastructure, and claim rights to manage and conserve their natural resources in sustainable through the provision of knowledge and through the process of participatory planning: including Community/GIS mapping, possession and land rights documentation, community strengthening, pro-poor technical advice on infrastructure and non-technical community led zoning, and land dispute/housing solution options.