“The renewal of this partnership agreement represents yet another milestone in the long-standing relationship that the AKF and Aga Khan Development Network and indeed the Ismaili Imamat have enjoyed with the Patriarchate of Lisbon,” Prince Amyn said. “In determining the best way to alleviate social exclusion, we found that providing training and increasing the beneficiaries' ability to help themselves is crucial in allowing those on the margins of society to break the vicious circle of poverty.”
The partnership agreement falls under the framework of the Protocol of Cooperation signed between the Government and the Ismaili Imamat in 2005, which established the groundwork for joint efforts to improve the quality of life of vulnerable populations in Portugal and Portuguese-speaking countries of Asia and Africa.
