ACRA is an independent and secular non-governmental organization, who believes in the principles of equity, participation, responsibility and solidarity.
Aware of the interdependence that exists among peoples, ACRA promotes the inclusion of local communities and accompanies sustainable and participatory development processes.
ACRA works for the enhancement of cultures and the strengthening of the communities’ skills, focusing on the rural field.
ACRA bases its action on partnerships and knowledge interchange aiming at building strong and long-lasting relationships.
| The actions that ACRA promotes pursuing its mission are guided by the following principles: |
| to believe that all people have equal dignity and equal rights |
| to enhance differences |
| to respect and fight for justice |
| to promote self-development |
 to promote effective collaboration with all agencies in the intervention area |
 to promote secularism, dialogue among people and intercultural exchange |
| to support the centrality of the rural life |
| Moreover, ACRA commits itself: |
| to exclude from its activities any desire to impose ideologies and promote foreign interests in the country of intervention |
to not impose to communities with which collaborates technologies, organizational formats, methods and services that do not correspond to the real need and desire of projects beneficiaries |
to exert its action without profit |
