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Agency Coordinating Body For Afghan Relief (ACBAR)
Welcome to ACBAR - Afghanistan Umbrella Organization representing hundred NGO members from the national and international humanitarian, reconstruction and development NGOs community in Afghanistan. ACBAR was formed in 1988 in response to the need for NGOs to coordinate their activities in order to maximize their efficiency and resources.
The Core Functions of ACBAR Currently Are:
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Coordination - To avoid duplication of work and to identify gaps to be filled.
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Planning NGO strategy to meet humanitarian, reconstruction and development aims.
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Collection & Dissemination of information relevant to humanitarian assistance & development.
- Advocacy & Policy.
- Provision of information recourses & technology centers.
ACBAR's APPPA Project
ACBAR has recently completed the Afghanistan Pilot Participatory Poverty Assessment (APPPA). The APPPA was a twelve-month project (May 2007 to May 2008) funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) with additional support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the State University of New York (with funding from USAID), Oxfam GB and ActionAid.
The APPPA aimed to collect, document, disseminate and advocate the perspectives of the poor - regarding poverty - into the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS). In addition, the outputs of the APPPA include a number of documents made available to the wider development community. These include:
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