Three Community Action Grants (CAG) were developed and submitted to Counterpart.  

Fidokor's Credit Portfolio has increased from $4,500 to 5,800. 

4. The Khorog CSSC (Kalam) 

Activity Overview 

This quarter Kalam  conducted 7 training workshops for NGOs in Gorno Badakhshan with funding 

from Counterpart Tajikistan and the Academy of Educational Development (AED). All the training 

workshops were arranged based on the needs of local NGOs in the region. NGOs located in very 

remote districts were invited to Khorog to participate in the training workshops. The training topics 

included:   

NGO and Community 

Project Design 

Fundraising 

Social Partnership 

Advocacy 

Facilitation Skills 

Volunteer Management 

The representative of AED who monitored the trainings was satisfied with the quality of the training 

workshops. In addition, Kalam and a representative from ICNL conducted a seminar on International 

Standards of Non Commercial Legislation and its Application in Tajikistan. 

Internal Capacity Building 

The Director of Counterpart's partner NGO in Khorog, Gorno Badakhshan (GABO), Kalam, and two 

contract trainers participated in the seminar Effective NGO Governance conducted by the Hub Center. 

Kalam received this training's module from the Hub Center and is now able to conduct this training 

for other NGOs in Badakhshan. 

Kalam is continuing to provide copying services for a fee as a part of the Civil Society Support 

Center's financial sustainability strategy. Kalam now is looking for a separate room for copying, since 

the clients are increasing.   

Kalam has received a grant from the Democracy Fund, US State Department for $6,083 for a project 

that is aimed at helping the former Tajik opposition fighters from GBAO to handover their arms on a 

voluntary basis. Kalam will carry out six roundtables and twelve informal meetings with leaders and 

former field commanders from all six communities of Khorog. The purpose of the meeting is to 

jointly develop a mechanism for the former combatants to voluntary hand over their weapons. They 

will also conduct 6 two day workshops on Conflict Resolution with participation of 108 leaders of 

different young groups as well as 12 three day trainings (6 on Project Design and 6 on Small Business 

Development) for a total of 240 former opposition combatants. Kalam will organize a media 

campaign on the issue as well. Kalam will involve the local law enforcement agencies in the 

implementation of the project: these agencies will help Kalam in the establishment of Centers for 

Voluntary Disarmament in all communities of Khorog. 

Kalam initiated a Civil Forum in the city of Khorog with the participation of MSDSP Agha Khan 

Foundation, trade unions, a number of political parties and NGOs from all over Gorno Badakhshan. 

The goal of the Forum was to establish a partnership between the local government, NGOs, political 

parties and religious leaders for the social and economic development of the GBAO. In order to 

coordinate and promote cooperation between all the stakeholders an Advisory Counsel was formed 

during the Forum. The Advisory Counsel consists of representatives from the government, political 

parties, NGOs and religious leaders. The leader of Kalam was also elected as a member of the 

Advisory Counsel.  

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