SAAPE is a network of NGOs, mass-based organisations, academics, trade unions, community based organisations from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, working together towards the eradication of poverty and protection of human rights and social justice in the region. The Secretariat is based in Kathmandu at Rural Reconstruction Nepal.
Its mission is to facilitate a process for establishing suitable mechanisms that ensure people’s genuine participation in decision making processes at all levels to contribute towards poverty eradication.
The network publishes a quarterly newsletter, reports and a series of publications addressing poverty alleviation issues within the region.