Also known as : ASF-Madagascar
The Association “ASF MADAGASCAR” has the following objectives:
- Cooperate for equitable and sustainable development initiatives in active collaboration with disadvantaged people or communities. This process will follow the principles of human solidarity and non-discrimination and will aim to promote their self-sufficiency;
- Promote the socially responsible role of professionals in the built environment by stimulating social practice modes before speculative economic profitability;
- Encourage “ethical professionalism” by promoting cooperation and ongoing practice with “ethical trade” and with entities and financing institutions that work for peacebuilding processes;
- Identify, disseminate and work alongside public institutions, multilateral organizations and sustainable socio-economic policies, programs and systems in the sector that promote social equity and urban inclusion in the built environment;
- Facilitate the use of appropriate technologies, materials and labor, adapted to local values, cultural specificity and sensitive to the natural environment;
- Share knowledge, promote discussion, reflection and awareness, and collaborate to advance the “social production of habitat”;
- Promote the facilitation of transnational dialogues and long-term partnerships with and within less wealthy countries;
- Support participatory, democratic, multicultural and interdisciplinary processes and approaches to strengthen community solidarity as a factor in rural and urban social development;
- Endorse the integration of post-emergency relief interventions into long-term sustainable development strategies.
- Defend, promote and enable access to adequate and dignified housing for all as a “fundamental human right”.
- Assist and encourage the creation of new non-profit design organizations worldwide
- Provide education and training with a focus on new forms of architectural practice relevant to international development and post-disaster reconstruction
- Interface with other global organizations and events on behalf of the ASF MADAGASCAR community