AKF promotes Corporate Social Responsibility in Tajikistan
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by:Payrav Chorshanbiyev
DUSHANBE, January 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Civil Society Programme (CSP) of Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), Tajikistan held a round table discussion on “Corporate Social Responsibility for the Benefit of Business and Society” in Dushanbe on January 22, press relase issued by AKF Tajikistan said.
The event participants included representatives from business sectors in Tajikistan and Russia, Agroinvestbonk, Tojik Sodirot Bank, Orienbonk, Beeline, also Kazkommertsbank, Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) companies and other business companies.
The round table discussion aimed to discuss issues of integrating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into the main framework of production of business companies, as well as to strengthen partnerships with Civil Society Organizations in the country.
Participants had the opportunity to share their experience of CSR
implementation and discussed the integration of it within their
companies in the future. Various opinions were raised on the importance
of CSR both for society and business and weather this new notion is
understood within its correct meaning and not taking as a philanthropy
or charity. Further, ‘…CSR is not a corporate social liability but
rather a responsibility…and it is also a culture of business vision and
a way of thinking” noted Ozodkhon Davlatshoev, Head of AKFED in Central
Asia.
The discussion was led by Aga Khan Foundation in Tajikistan and Geneva
along with Matluba Uljabaeva, Chief of the Board of the National
Association of Small and Medium Businesses and Manuchehr Rahmonov,
Deputy Country Director of USAID Business Environment Improvement (BEI)
Project.
The Aga Khan Foundation is part of Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN),
a group of development agencies founded and guided by His Highness the
Aga Khan. Established in 1967 in Geneva, Switzerland, AKF is a
non-denominational, international development agency with branches,
affiliates and representative offices in 20 countries. In Tajikistan
AKF has been active since 1993 when, with the support of the
international donor community, a response was mounted in
Gorno-Badakhshan to imminent food shortages caused by the collapse of
the Soviet Union. In parallel with this emergency program, AKF
initiated a rural development program with the aim of contributing to
poverty alleviation in the program areas. Programs for reform in the
social sector (Health and Education) were introduced in 1994, with the
aim of assisting the government to cope more efficiently with reduced
resources while at the same time benefiting from new approaches in
education and health.
Note: Source: asiaplus.tj
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