Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (Ethiopia)

ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO. It is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organization committed to supporting vulnerable populations around the world. ACTED works in 37 countries responding to emergencies and crisis situations, whilst also supporting recovery, rehabilitation and development efforts.

ACTED was initially established in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1993, distributing coal and flour to bakeries to cope with bread shortages. Activities quickly expanded around the country and then to wider Central Asia. From here, ACTED's work spread to Africa, Central America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.[1] In 2017, ACTED became the highest ranked new entry in the "NGO Advisor" Top 500 NGOs, at #33, and was marked "one of six organizations to watch". ACTED has its head office in Paris and network offices in Geneva, London, Ottawa and Washington, D.C..

The NGO implements programmes in 37 countries in Central, South and Southeast Asia; South America and the Caribbean; the Middle East and North Africa; West, Central and East Africa; and Europe.