With the EU/UNDP “Sustainable Development in Malakand through Peace Building, Improved Governance and Economic Recovery” program, Icarus conducted a perception survey in January-February 2011 to obtain quantitative and qualitative feedback from key stakeholders to analyze the perception of people about the performance of Village and Neighborhood Councils (VNCs), Union Public Safety Committees (UPSCs) and Coordination and Support Committees (C&SCs). The research was carried out on village and Union Council level in three districts (Swat, Buner, & Malakand) of Malakand division where these institutions were formulated. The evaluation attempted to determine systematically and objectively the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability of the programs. To accurately evaluate the opinion of overall population on VNCs programs in selected districts, the general citizens and VNCs, UPSCs and C&SC members were selected as being target group, measuring 585 total respondents.