Cooperation Center for Afghanistan (CCA)

Co-operation Center for Afghanistan (CCA) is an Afghan non-governmental, non-political, non-profit making organization working to promote and protect human rights as well as to alleviate poverty among the Afghan people through long-term development Program.

CCA was established in 1990 in Peshawar, Pakistan, by a group of Afghan volunteer intellectuals during the struggle against the installed Kabul regime and Soviet invasion force as a project to protect human rights, sovereignty and the integrity and historical values of Afghanistan. CCA was one of the few civic groups to maintain a presence in Afghanistan throughout Taliban era via its offices in Kabul, Mazar-I-Sharif and Bamiyan. During this time CCA provided critical information on human rights abuses, perpetrated by both Taliban regime and Northern Alliance warlords, to the international community via its contacts with Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

CCA envisions a situation in Afghanistan, in which human rights are understood, respected and monitored by the people; the society is governed by the rule of law and on the basis of democracy and human rights. CCA’s mission is to work for promotion of human rights, the rule of law, peace, and democracy as well as sustainable development in Afghanistan. CCA seeks the full application of international human rights standards in Afghanistan by educating the public in human rights and monitoring the improvement of the human rights situation in the country.

CCA has been financed with grants from international donors, including European Commission, National Endowment for Democracy (NED), UNHCR, Rights & Democracy, Global Rights, Norwegian Church Aid, IOM, USAID, UNICEF, JICA and WFP. CCA manages an average annual budget of US$ 1.5 Million.

© Cooperation Center for Afghanistan 2010