Center for Social Development (CES) is a non-profit seeking, non-partisan and non-governmental organization which works to address the underlying causes of poverty and promote peace, governance and social development, through research, training and interventions.

The organization is headquartered in Garowe and has an office in Mogadishu, Somalia. It was founded in 2021. The CES focuses on capacity-building programs for government institutions, local municipal institutions, youth, social groups, and start-up non-profit organizations where guidance is required. It also identifies economic factors that could educate new generations to become community leaders, offers consultancy services to small businesses, and provides conflict resolution capacity-building training to Somali elders, peace committees and networks.