Afghanistan Civil Society Forum (ACSF)

The overall objective of ACSF is to promote the development of civil society in Afghanistan through increasing the involvement of all sectors and levels of Afghan society in the reconstruction, development and peace process of Afghanistan; enabling civil society to have a voice on important issues and strengthening the networking of civil society.

The project in brief

Directorate/federal office responsible	SDC
Credit area	Development cooperation
Project partners	Contract partner International or foreign NGO
Budget	Current phase Swiss budget CHF    1’390’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF    1’428’358
Project phases	Phase 3 01.02.2009 - 16.06.2013   (Completed)

Further technical details

• Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
  Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	Civilian peace-building, conflict prevention and resolution Human rights Decentralisation and support to subnational government (incl. accountability)
  Cross-cutting topics	Crisis prevention The project takes account of gender equality as a cross-cutting theme. The project takes account of democratisation, good governance and human rights as cross-cutting themes. The project also supports partner organisation improvements
  Type of support	Official development assistance (ODA)
  Type of collaboration	Bilateral cooperation
  Finance type	Aid grant
  Aid Type	Core contribution
  Tied/untied aid	Untied aid
  Project number	7F04159