The AfPak division of Chemonics International established a Country Operation Optimization Program (CO-OP). CO-OP was designed to maximize development impact, reduce risk, build efficiencies, and improve effectiveness of USAID funding. The Afghanization: Building Capacity (ABC) program was a critical pillar of the CO-OP program designed to build the capacity of Afghan staff to assume positions of increasing responsibility and leadership on Afghanistan-based USAID-funded projects and in Afghanistan’s future. The goal of ABC’s training program was to foster an environment that encourages the development and transfer of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values that contribute both to the achievement of project objectives and the development of qualified Afghan leadership.