Event Date: 7th February 2017
Location: Swethahar Office, Yangon
Swe Tha Har, which means "friendship" in Burmese, was established in 2004 and locally registered as a nonprofit organization in 2010, is a network of peace volunteers and workers who share a common interest in building peaceful relationships among and between diverse people of the community.
On 7th February 2017, BBS and SweThaHar singed organizational partnership agreement at the Swe Tha Har office in Yangon with below general agreements to strengthen coordination, collaboration and co-operation between two organizations for further peacebuilding and community building works.
- To support and share technical expertise and resources for staff capacity building and organizational development process upon necessity of each organization.
- To co-operate joint projects regarding the work nature by signing letters of agreements (Loas).
- To support each organization for nation building and peace-building works in Myanmar as both organizations recognize and value diversity of religions, gender, ethnicities and international human rights standards as well.
- To recognize and bear mutual respect on each organization's vision and mission and objectives.
- To uphold and promote best practices on transparency and accountability in respective working areas and to keep the integrity.
BoD member Professor Dr.Saw Hlaing Bwa, BoD member Mr.Tun Tun Oo and Executive Advisor Mrs.Fanny Rockman attended the signing ceremony together with Executive Director Mr. Ko Ko Lwin on behalf of BBS.
