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Aga Khan Development Network brochure

The Aga Khan Development Network is a group of private, international, non-denominational agencies working to improve living conditions and opportunities for people in specific regions of the developing world. The Network’s organisations have individual mandates that range from the fi elds of health and education to architecture, rural development and the promotion of private-sector enterprise. Together they collaborate in working towards a common goal – to build institutions and programmes that can respond to the challenges of social, economic and cultural change on an ongoing basis. This brochure introduces the Network’s principal agencies and provides an overview of their activities and goals. This publication is also available in French, Arabic and Portuguese.

The first public private partnership connects GBAO to the national electricity grid

For the first time in history, the regional electricity grid in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) has been connected to Tajikistan’s national grid, enabling the entire population of the region to have access to clean and stable electricity year-round. This was made possible through construction of the remaining 25 kilometre of 110kV transmission line in the area of Vanj – Darvoz by Pamir Energy with funding support from the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (RNMFA) and support of the Government of Tajikistan and the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF). Central Asia Ambassador John Mikal Kvistad of NMFA said “the Norwegian MFA would like to commend both the AKDN (Aga Khan Development Network) and Pamir Energy for their great success in building and connecting the electricity grid in GBAO to the national grid."

Capacity building session brings together international and local institutions to build climate change resilience communities

Last month, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) in Tajikistan arranged for a Capacity Building session on Climate Change Adaptation for relevant government agency representatives and members of administrative committees, among others. AKAH's role in the Project is to increase the capacity of civil society organisations and vulnerable communities in targeted locations of five selected districts of Tajikistan (Khovaling, Vahdat, Rudaki, Panjakent, and Muminobod), to design and implement climate change measures to protect their neighbourhoods and contribute to inclusive policy development. It includes training, participatory planning, development of appropriate climate change adaptation plans, and the effective implementation of selected technology-based measures.

AKAH emergency response volunteer named Mountain Partnership’s first Youth Goodwill Ambassador

Dilshodbegim Khusravova – one of the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat’s (AKAH) emergency response volunteers in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), Tajikistan – has been nominated the Mountain Partnership’s first Youth Goodwill Ambassador. Ms. Khusravova, a 21-year-old native of the Pamir Mountains, has been a champion for mountain communities since she was a young girl.  She leads a local community emergency response team, who are all volunteers, in GBAO and is passionate about protecting mountains and mountain life and encouraging women to speak up and lead. In an interview last week she noted that current harsh climate conditions pose a threat to the population of the Pamirs. “It can increase the intensity of natural hazards and man-made disasters.  In many cases, villages are cut off from communication routes for a long time after these disasters and must rely only on themselves and neighbouring communities,” said Dilshodbegim.  “And that’s why we have to take care of Mother Nature and mountains. They do matter.”

UNDP and AKDN expand collaboration to meet needs in Afghanistan

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) on 7 December signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand their long-term collaboration on supporting the Afghan people in building their resilience – providing amongst other things essential health services, food security and access to renewable energy. “This is a significant step in expanding our partnership with experienced development actors in responding to human crises,” said Abdallah Al Dardari, UNDP Resident Representative in Kabul.  “I believe that this partnership will holistically assist the people of Afghanistan to overcome the challenges in these very difficult times.  The framework outlined for this partnership will also enhance the effectiveness of assistance.” Akbar Ali Pesnani, Envoy of His Highness the Aga Khan to Afghanistan, remarked, “this is the first step in laying the groundwork for future collaboration between AKDN and UN entities in Afghanistan.”  

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