ACBAR Express, February - March 2019
NRC's Stuck in the Mud briefing
This paper is on the complexities of ambiguous land ownership, power dynamics and private interests within Kabul’s Informal Settlements (KIS) and how these can be address to allow the thousands of families living in KIS to obtain durable solutions. Read further
MEC Report Education Sector
MEC released its third quarterly monitoring report in February 2019 on “Ministry-wide Vulnerability to Corruption Assessment of the Ministry of Education. See here
Afghanistan Country Report
For coherence among various global development agendas at a national level, the Vienna Program of Action for land-locked developing countries (VPoA) has been incorporated into the work of the Executive Committee on SDGs by the Government of Afghanistan. Read More
ActionAid's research Lessons Learnt And Best Practices on Gender Based Violence
Action Aid reports on Best Practices and Lessons from their project on “Reinforcement of Community Response to Violence against Women in Herat and Bamyan Provinces of Afghanistan. For further reading
Civil Society Report Geneva Conference on Afghanistan
A national delegation of ten civil society representatives contributed to the international conference on Afghanistan on 27 and 28 November 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland. The report summarizes the joint civil society activities that were led by the Civil Society Working Committee (CSWC) which ACBAR is member of. Click here
ACBAR's Advocacy Training Toolkit
This advocacy toolkit is targeting NGO program staff who wish to undertake advocacy activities, the toolkit is self-explanatory and aims to help a greater number of NGOs to practice advocacy. Read more
ACBAR's Community Booklet
This community booklet introduces the international humanitarian principles of impartiality, neutrality, humanity, and independence which can be utilized towards local communities to foster a better understanding of NGO work. Click here
ACBAR's NGO Law Booklet
The objective of this booklet is to promote the NGO Law awareness to the provincial and district authorities who usually have a low understanding or knowledge of this legal document. Read more
World days
4 April International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
7 April - World Health Day
3 May - World Press Freedom Day