Buy Local Build Afganistan

Peace Dividend Trust (PDT) promotes local procurement by helping international Buyers operating in Afghanistan to obtain goods and services from local suppliers. There are important benefits of considering the development of what PDT calls an Afghan First Policy.

Creating an Afghan First Policy (A1P) within your organisation offers four important benefits:

1. Institutionalisation. Staff turnover is frequent in post-conflict environments like Afghanistan and the good work of one individual may not continue when s/he leaves the organisation or the country. A well-designed procurement policy helps ensure that local procurement is institutionalised and insulated from personnel turnover.
2. Greater Participation and Consensus. Taking the time to develop a A1P promotes the sharing of information and leads to more collective effort, greater consensus and improved results.
3. Solid Foundation for Further Action. When written into formal policy, local procurement is given a degree of priority within an organisation. An action plan and commitments to tracking performance through benchmarking are also enhanced by formalisation.
4. More Opportunity for Public Recognition and Peer Leadership. Policies are concrete, measurable and media-friendly. Stated policies are external flagships of action and can be advertised as concrete results of program interventions.

To learn more about what your organization can do to support local procurement or develop an A1P, please contact us!