Final evaluation Netherlands participation in ISAF 2006 - 2010

activities to the US and Australia. As well as the previously mentioned Ruleof Law study by the Max Planck Institute, the Netherlands commissioned a“needs assessment” of water management in Uruzgan. These studiesserved as a basis for the development of concrete activities in thesesectors. In 2010, the findings of the two studies were shared with theAmericans and Australians.The DCU operates independently from the military personnel stationed inthe province. The departure of the Dutch military in August 2010 did not, inprinciple, have any direct effect on the work of the relief organisations. Theprojects of the DCU and GTZ were able to continue uninterrupted.A number of Dutch-financed activities were also carried out by the Afghangovernment without direct Dutch involvement. Most of the long-termprogrammes are national programmes and were already being carried outby Afghan partners. These are the programmes run by the MRRD (NSP,NABDP, NRAP), BPHS, MAIL/FAO and AICSC/IDLG and the educationprogramme EQUIP. It is the task of the World Bank to ensure that theAfghan ministries spend the funds provided by the ARTF wisely. For anumber of short-term activities, other donors were approached for cofinancing.The Dutch POLAD/OSAD also worked closely with local authoritiesand the Combined Team Uruzgan (CTU, the successors to the TFU) in orderto assure the security and feasibility of the infrastructural projects. The CTUconsiders the construction of the road between Tarin Kowt and Chora tohave a high priority.The following results, given by sector, are taken from the TLO report andare, where possible, checked against other reports. It should be borne inmind that reliable statistical data from the province of Uruzgan are veryscarce. This hampers data comparisons. The TLO also pointed out thatthere is a risk of certain government statistics being manipulated. It isalleged that, in order to receive more central government funding, somedepartments artificially inflate the number of teachers or police officers ontheir payroll.4.5.7 Humanitarian aidIn the period of 2006 – 2010, the Netherlands contributed to a number ofUN organisations and the ICRC in Afghanistan via the Humanitarian ActionPlan, an overall plan embracing the whole of Afghanistan and overseen bythe UNHCR. Local organisations in Uruzgan have given humanitarian aidand emergency assistance to victims of floods and hailstorms in Deh Rawodand a few other areas.4.5.8 Health carePriority was given to increasing the availability and accessibility of basichealth care. The national programme Basic Packages of Health Services(BPHS) was already being financed in Uruzgan by the European Commissionin cooperation with Cordaid. In Uruzgan, the NGO AHDS (AfghanistanHealth and Development Service) is responsible for the introduction of theBPHS. Thanks to the many years it has had a presence in the province,AHDS now enjoys good access to communities and has – by local standards– extensive expertise. Compared with the European Commission, theNetherlands financed a considerably broader-based BPHS programme. Theaim was, within the space of two years, to make health care accessible toall the inhabitants of the province.Before 2006, only a small fraction of the population of Uruzgan had accessto medical care. Four years later, the number of clinics in all districts exceptPage 70 of 133