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The Bureau for Reconstruction and
Development (BRD) is a registered Afghan humanitarian, non-profit
non-government agency which implements and co-ordinates development
projects and supporting the process of development of a strong, viable
and pluralistic civil society Civic Education, Civil Society
Trainings, Human rights and Peace Education and supporting the process
of capacity building of the government staff by provision of civil
service trainings and Rule of law training in post-constitution
Afghanistan.
BRD was established in 2003 by a group of expert Afghans in order to
participate in the process of reconstruction and development of the
country. By having a wide range of expertise in emergency,
humanitarian and development assistance, BRD intends to expand and
provide a quality service to communities in Afghanistan.
To create an environment in which men and
women are able to improve their standards of living through equitable
and sustainable use of resources.
To facilitate the process capacity development in Afghanistan through
programmatic and institutional intervention.
To support the development of a strong, viable and pluralistic civil
society in post-constitution Afghanistan.
An essential part of its mandate, BRD core
values are based on social justice, commitment, openness,
accountability, transparency and respect to all segments of society
without prejudice to gender, caste, religion, language and ethnic
considerations.
Following international intervention and
the subsequent change of government, Afghanistan appears to have
entered into a new phase promising some opportunities for peace and
stability. However, international policies and practices have direct
impacts on national and local communities and this has occurred none
more so than in Afghanistan. Some of these practices, alongside war,
misrule and disease, combined with an absolute lack of material
resources in some areas, have limited or undermined progress in the
reconstruction of the country. Only those policies and actions, which
positively impact on communities, can be considered as development.
These must, therefore, aim at challenging and resolving the complex
issues which prevail in Afghanistan.
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