ACTED
The Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) is a non governmental organization. Privately owned, non political and non profit, ACTED was set up in 1993. The organization employs approximately 150 international staff and more than 2000 national staff. The headquarters are based in Paris, France.
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