Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy

Afghanistan

In Afghanistan NIMD is preparing a programme that will provide support to political education, based on the experience with the Democracy Schools in Indonesia.

 

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Overview

In Afghanistan NIMD is preparing a programme that will provide support to political education, based on the experience with the Democracy Schools in Indonesia.

Afghanistan: State of Democracy

Many of the preconditions for effective democracy-building remain absent in Afghanistan

Winning the hearts and minds no ISAF task

Link (language: Dutch) - 16 October 2007

Interview with the Afghan security expert Hekmat Karzai in Reformatorisch Dagblad

More information

Key political events

• Parliament adopted amnesty law for human right violators in February, though it is not yet endorsed by the President.
• Conservative opposition groups join forces, creating the United National Front (UNF) in March.
• Assassination of six parliamentarians, including prominent UNF member Sayed Mustafa Kazimi, in November.

Key achievements in 2007

• Full-fledged programme proposal for Afghanistan.
• NIMD liaison officer on the ground.
• Constitution of a Consultative Platform.
• One Democracy School up and running.

National partners

To be established in 2008.

International partners

• Royal Netherlands Embassy
• National Democratic Institute, United States of America
• European Union