A Dushanbe-based non-governmental organization, PCDP is an outgrowth of the Inter-Tajik Dialogue. The Inter-Tajik Dialogue was initiated in March 1993 as an unofficial dialogue intervention to deal with the ongoing Tajik civil war.

The Tajikistan peace-building initiative was launched in March 2000 in collaboration with (PCDP).

For more information on peace-building efforts in Tajikistan please see http://www.sustaineddialogue.org/programs/tajik_peace-building.htm.