The CPCA Needs Assessment Country Report is the output of a 4-months, joint Afghan-Romanian-
Canadian research process implemented within the framework of the research and capacity building project “Achieving the MDGs through Peacebuilding: Capacity building in transition to democracy, community baseddialogue
and peacekeeping operations for international, national and local actors in Afghanistan”, aiming at
highlighting and analyzing peace consolidation related capacity building gaps, challenges, achievement, lessons learned and “best-fit” solutions for Afghanistan on the eve of the 2014 transition process and the 2015 MDG
mark.
The project is implemented with the financial assistance of Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from the Official Development Assistance budget, and UNDP Bratislava Regional Center.