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population. This programme focused on the building of schools, theinvolvement of parent committees, curriculum development, improvededucation management, and incentives for teachers. It also devotedattention to support centres for management and supervision of educationin the districts. Attention was also focused on setting up a teacher trainingcollege, a multipurpose training college and establishing an educationprogramme specifically for deprived children (primarily girls). However, theflow of national funds from the EQUIP programme to the province proved tobe difficult. This caused delays in the building of schools and the paymentof teachers’ salaries. The Netherlands, together with the other donors,frequently raised this issue.The number of functioning schools and the number of school-going childrenin Uruzgan increased substantially over the period 2006 – 2010: from 34 to166 operational schools; 42,772 children go regularly to school, of whom6,774 are girls. The EQUIP programme provided all districts with education,except the districts of Chahar Chineh and Gizab. EQUIP did, however,provide course material to schools in Gizab via an Afghan NGO. TheNetherlands also supported the EQUIP programme for the construction ofprimary schools. By mid-2010, there were 53 under construction, of which42 were already operating at other – temporary – locations. SchoolManagement Committees were also set up. And also in Khas Uruzgan, tenEQUIP schools were financed by Dutch funds via UNICEF. It should benoted, however, that there were shortcomings in the monitoring of theEQUIP programme.For the long-term character of these investments, it was essential not onlyto put up a building, but also to have teachers and course material. Inaddition to the EQUIP programme, the Netherlands therefore also providedthe finance for Save the Children to carry out education projects inUruzgan. At the request of the Afghan Ministry of Education, this NGOconcentrated its efforts on expanding the pool of qualified teaching staff inthe five southern provinces, with the emphasis on Uruzgan, and improvedaccess to education by increasing the number of schools. According to theavailable data, in 2010 there were a total of 1,126 teachers, 67 of whomfemale. However, they often have to wait several months before receivingtheir pay. This means that teachers sometimes develop other sources ofincome and therefore have no time for their pupils. To make matters worse,the teachers often have to fetch their salaries themselves in Tarin Kowt, sothat a part of their pay is spent on travel and bribes. The arrival of the newgovernor in December 2010 opened up new opportunities of putting an endto these unsound practices.In addition, Save the Children directed its efforts, via the Quality PrimaryEducation Project (QPEP), at community-based learning. This proved to bea successful activity in which Accelerated Learning Classes (ALCs) were setup in private houses for children who, on account of the unstable situation,were unable to undergo formal education. A total of 130 of these classeswere set up.Finally, at the request of the Ministry of Education and with the goal ofrelieving the acute shortage of teachers, 120 educational scholarships wereprovided for students from the southern provinces (at least 60 fromUruzgan). It is expected that about half of these will return to their regionto take up teaching. All of them are contractually obliged to teach in theirprovince of origin for two years.Page 72 of 133
The DCU programme devoted and still devotes attention to various aspectsof education, such as educational radio programmes, education on healthand children’s rights. In 2011, AUSAID signed a contract with Save theChildren to continue building up capacity in the sectors of education andhealth care.Growth of the number of (operational) schools in Uruzgan (2006-2010).45403530252015200620101050KhasUruzganTirin Kot Deh Rawud Chora Char China Gizab Chenartu4.5.10 Rural development and infrastructureEconomic growth in Uruzgan will come primarily from crop farming and, toa lesser extent, livestock breeding. The Dutch activities in this sectortherefore focused on improving the infrastructure (making villages andvillage markets accessible) and supporting production chains for alternativecrops (instead of poppy cultivation).4.5.10.1 InfrastructureThrough both the ARTF and earmarked funds, the Netherlands contributedto various programmes of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation andDevelopment (MRRD). With those funds, small-scale provincialinfrastructure projects such as the construction of rural roads, bridges andirrigation works were carried out and national programmes aimed at therepair and construction of infrastructure, such as the National Rural AccessProgramme and the National Area-Based Programme, were supported.These efforts in national and provincial programmes were complemented byCIMIC programmes, QVPs and NGOs so that, through cash-for-work, thepopulation itself had an immediate share in the development of the smallscalelocal infrastructure. These small projects reached around 60% of thepopulation. In addition, thanks to Dutch investments, two bridges werebuilt over the river Helmand in Gizab.The Netherlands has invested and continues to invest in a number ofimportant large infrastructural facilities in the province, including the roadfrom Tarin Kowt to Chora and civil facilities (terminal and access road) atthe airport. The road connects the two main trade centres of the provinceand also provides better access to markets in Kandahar. Since June 2010,the road has already cut the journey time on the first 20 kilometres bymore than an hour. The improvements on the road from Tarin Kowt toChora have led to more activity, better market access, better access toPage 73 of 133
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1 IntroductionThe government would,
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3 Netherlands policy for participat
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Page 23 and 24: “The objectives of this stabilisa
Page 25 and 26: In December 2005, the Netherlands g
Page 27 and 28: The expectation is that meaningful
Page 29 and 30: 3.6.2 Implementation of national pr
Page 31 and 32: 4 Implementation of the mission and
Page 33 and 34: tasks to fulfil in the area of secu
Page 35 and 36: such as the Bushmaster, that was be
Page 37 and 38: Afghan partner unit, at all times o
Page 39 and 40: northern part of Deh Rawod in 2007.
Page 41 and 42: in large and small bases, while con
Page 43 and 44: previously thought and comprised a
Page 45 and 46: Apart from facilitating training an
Page 47 and 48: If operations in close proximity of
Page 49 and 50: As previously mentioned, the preven
Page 51 and 52: - Between 2006 and 2010, the number
Page 53 and 54: government of Chora in January 2010
Page 55 and 56: At the beginning of the Dutch missi
Page 57 and 58: intermediary of TLO and political a
Page 59 and 60: interest for filling judicial posit
Page 61 and 62: During the Uruzgan mission, a great
Page 63 and 64: structurally change governance in U
Page 65 and 66: development programmes. Before the
Page 67 and 68: also the way in which Afghans perce
Page 69 and 70: tailored to the real needs of the p
Page 71: Gizab had increased and there was a
Page 75 and 76: purpose of these loans, cooperative
Page 77 and 78: In view of the lack of enthusiasm a
Page 79 and 80: 5 Expenditure for the mission and i
Page 81 and 82: Overview of long-term expenditure a
Page 83 and 84: expenditure related to the deployme
Page 85 and 86: Multi-year expenditure, Foreign Aff
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Page 89 and 90: this situation as constraining, for
Page 91 and 92: organised at a later stage. In addi
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Page 95 and 96: Mercedes Benz terrain vehicle, the
Page 97 and 98: 6 ConclusionsThis chapter begins wi
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Page 103 and 104: province. This, too, was done by me
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Page 113 and 114: Annex A, Afghanistan Compact Benchm
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Page 117 and 118: Afghan Cultural HeritageA comprehen
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EducationTLO data:• In 2006 there
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Overview of the number of children
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Annex C, Chronology200522 December:
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July: microcredit provider World Co
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Annex D, List of abbreviations3DADZ
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