
In Assam HAQ partnered with North East Social Research Centre (NESRC) since 2006. The mandate of NESRC is to be a centre combining serious intellectual pursuits with involvement with persons and groups active in social change in the region. In the context of ethnic and political conflict, it is to provide a platform for groups in conflict to meet and search for solutions and not itself find solutions for them. The initial partnership with NESRC was for the period 2006-2009. The partnership has been extended for another three years from 2010 to 2013.