Client: U.S. Agency for International Development
Duration: 2012-2015
Region: Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Country: Afghanistan
Solutions: Governance Fragile States
SIKA-North worked to create more resilient communities in Afghanistan that see their government officials as delivering public services and responsive to local problems. This is critical to stability, as Afghans generally assert that government effectiveness improves their personal sense of predictability, community resilience, and physical security.
Partnering primarily with the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development and with line departments in a small number of Northern provinces, we worked through and for the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, whose district officials plan, design, implement, and monitor projects targeted at improving service provision and stability.
Local sources of instability, to name a few, include water and land rights disagreements, ethnic-based conflict, and vulnerable youth. SIKA-North assisted Afghan district leaders as they addressed and solved problems.
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