Mohammad Nader Yama
Member Board of Directors
Mr. Yama has got his bachelor in executive leadership in business and has his masters in Leadership and Institutional Development from Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC – Canada. He is known as public administration and governance practitioner. He has served the people of Afghanistan for the last 23 years working with United Nations (UNDP and UN-Habitat), International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), the Human Rights Commission and with for the last 7 years with government of Afghanistan. Under his capacity working as Deputy Minister and Minister for Independent Directorate of Local Governance, Mr. Yama managed an organization with over 20000 employees, 34 Governors' Offices, 379 District Governors' Offices, 156 Municipalities and 34 Provincial Council Offices. He was responsible throughout Afghanistan for the improvement of overall governance, enable local stability and facilitate service delivery at the local level through provision of policy guidance, strengthening local institutions, and implement key public sector reforms. He was key member of the Cabinet and National Security Councils and worked closely with HE the President and Cabinet ministers in an extremely challenging environment. Apart from his professional career, Mr. Nader Yama is a well-known figure, both by the current politicians and the new generation of young leaders in arisen in Afghanistan. He is seen as a professional technocrat, constructive and positive thinker and someone who delivers. He is well recognized by superiors in the National Unity Government and has a great deal of reputation in the international community as the result of his efforts and partnership with Embassies and Development Agencies, as well as NATO Mission in Afghanistan. In addition, he has extensive experience in conflict management, stabilization, peace-building and state-building with long years of working experience in these fields. He has specific expertise in enabling a conducive environment for women and youth empowerment, and promoting partnerships between the state and non-state actors such as civil society and privet sector, an effective model to enable a better process for state-building, democracy and socio-economic development in the country. Mr. Yama is also extremely active in supporting civil society both in Afghanistan and the wider region. He supported establishment of a network of responsible citizens to help build a responsive society called The “Hamdeli Network” launching festivals with participation of 20,000 citizens in promoting culture of peace, reviving social values and promoting citizenship. He is also member of an Afghan Young Leaders Network (AYLI) an Afghan Chapter of Asia Society of Young Leaders with 1000 leaders across the South and Central Asia. This is the network that has members in the cabinet, leaders in media and civil society and business sector across the Asia region. His other engagements outside the government were and are:· Member of the ALEF Young Leaders Network in Afghanistan· Co-founder of Hamdeli Network and supportive of ArtLords - Street Paintings.· Member of the Stability Institute – USA – contributing with issuing articles and advice on stability support initiatives and approaches.· Member of Strategic Guidance Group for N-Peace – Network of Peace Builders across the Asia Pacific· Member of Advisory Board for ACTA, a network to fight against corruption in Afghanistan· Member of LOGIN network across the Asia focusing on support to decentralization and good local governance – 10 countries across the South-Asia.· Member of Afghanistan Integrity and Corporate Governance to support business integrity and promotion · Member of the Board for Afghanistan Environment Watch Organization