Founded 1974, as Euro Action – ACORD (EAA), by merger of U-XU0927 – International Agency for Cooperation in Development (IACOD), set up 1972, and Euro-Action Sahel, also referred to in French as Association internationale pour la coopération et le développement au Sahel (AICDS). Current title adopted 1987. Organizational change process transformed ACORD from a consortium of Northern NGOs to a Pan-African organization, when Head office was relocated from London (UK) to Nairobi (Kenya), 2003. Headquarters agreement with government of Kenya. UK registered Charity: 283302.
Work towards a society in which all citizens are equally able to achieve their rights and fulfil their responsibilities; work in common cause with poor people and those who have been denied their rights to obtain social justice and development and be part of locally rooted citizen movements.
Created in 1976, Agency for Co–operation and Research in Development (ACORD) is an international consortium of non-governmental organisations assisting local communities in Africa. ACORD in Mali implements community-based development programmes aimed at poverty alleviation.
