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Promoting Women’s Role in the Extractive Sector

03.07.2019 | Pressemitteilung
Today, employees of the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DoMP) completed a three-day workshop in Feyzabad, Badakhshan on the role of gender in the mining sector. Seventeen DoMP staff, including three women, as well as two female representatives of the Ministry of Women Affairs participated in the event, which was organised by the Afghan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum’s (MoMP) Gender Unit. The Afghan-German Cooperation’s programme Promoting Good Governance in the Extractive Sector in Afghanistan (MinGov) supported the event financially.

Improving Vocational Education: TVET Conference in Herat

12.06.2019 | Pressemitteilung
For two days, 88 representatives of the Technical Vocational Education and Training Authority (TVET-A) met in Herat for a special conference. Participants from 13 provincial TVET offices and 23 technical schools discussed solutions for current challenges of Ostad-e-Shagerdi schools. Attendees agreed on the renovation of 18 technical schools and institutes in 13 provinces, including Kabul, Balkh, Herat and Nangarhar. The Afghan-German Cooperation supports this measure financially with a total amount of about AFN 280 million.

Increased Domestic Energy Generation through Renewable Sources

22.05.2019 | Pressemitteilung
Yesterday, the Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) and the Afghan-German Cooperation’s Energy Sector Improvement Programme (ESIP) signed a cooperation and implementation agreement in Kabul. The agreement aims at facilitating the implementation of the Afghan government’s renewable energy policy. The Afghan-German Cooperation will invest about AFN 264 million until end of 2019.

Tracking National Development Projects – Afghan Ministry of Economy Launches Monitoring & Reporting Database in all Afghan Provinces

16.05.2019 | Pressemitteilung
This week, the Ministry of Economy’s (MoEc) Deputy Minister for Policy and Technical Affairs, Mr Mohammad Ismail Rahimi, introduced the Provincial Monitoring and Reporting System database (PMRS) to government officials from Badakhshan, Takhar and Kunduz Provinces. They learned how to use the database that tracks national development projects in Afghanistan and monitors their progress. This shall facilitate project implementation while increasing transparency and accountability at the same time. PMRS has now been introduced to all 34 Afghan provinces. The Afghan-German Cooperation supported the database’s development.

600,000 People benefit from Road Reconstruction in Badakhshan

14.05.2019 | Pressemitteilung
Yesterday, a contract was signed for reconstructing a ten kilometres long road in Feyzabad District, Badakhshan that connects the villages Dashti Qurogh and Lai Aba. Representatives of the provincial government and Public Works Department (PWD) were present. The project is part of the rehabilitation of a 74 kilometres long road from Feyzabad City to Yawan District that will benefit approximately 600,000 citizens. The Afghan-German Cooperation funds the project at a total cost of about AFN 206 million and supports PWD with its implementation.

Promoting Good Governance in the Extractive Sector – Data-Exchange and Cooperation

05.05.2019 | Pressemitteilung
Yesterday, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) secretariat Afghanistan and the Afghan-German Cooperation conducted a workshop. 50 representatives from the government, private sector and civil society participated. The event aimed at re-establishing proper cooperation and ensure data exchange between relevant stakeholders in the mining sector. Efforts shall produce reconciled data on mining in Afghanistan, a requirement for the country’s expected EITI validation attempt in June 2019.

Access to Justice: Annual Huquq Coordination Meeting in Badakhshan

03.05.2019 | Pressemitteilung
Yesterday, Huquq Officers, Gender Focal Points (GFPs) and governors from ten districts of Badakhshan Province met in Feyzabad. 40 people, including ten women, attended the annual Huquq Coordination Meeting. The activity aimed at strengthening coordination and cooperation between Huquqs and relevant stakeholders on district level, such as GFPs and the police. Badakhshan’s Department of Justice implemented the activity to improve citizens’ access to justice. The Afghan-German Cooperation supported the event.

How to Teach Maths? Improved Training for 8,000 Future Primary School Teachers

02.05.2019 | Pressemitteilung
Yesterday, a five-day Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop ended in Herat City, Herat province. 14 lecturers, four of them women, from seven Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) participated. Four master trainers from the Teacher Education Directorate (TED) introduced the new primary education diploma that is currently under development to the lecturers. The activity focussed particularly on the subject of mathematics. The Afghan-German Cooperation’s Basic and Secondary Education Programme (BEPA) supported the event.

Science at School: Improving Lessons for More Than 23,000 Pupils

26.04.2019 | Pressemitteilung
Yesterday, a three-week training for more than 100 science and mathematics teachers, 69 of them women, from six schools in Kabul ended. Attendees learned how to apply modern teaching methods in the subject’s chemistry, biology, physics and mathematics. Part of their training was to incorporate new laboratory equipment during lessons. The Afghan-German Cooperation supported the training and financed the equipment at a total cost of about AFN 1.1 million. More than 23,000 pupils will benefit from improved lessons.

Strengthening Women’s Role in the Afghan Mining Sector

24.04.2019 | Pressemitteilung
A three-day gender workshop for 20 staff of Herat’s Department of Mines and Petroleum (DoMP) ended today. The event took place in the city of Herat and focused on the role of gender in the Afghan mining sector. The Afghan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum’s (MoMP’s) Gender Unit conducted the workshop. The Afghan-German Cooperation’s programme to promote good governance in the Afghan extractive sector (MinGov) supported the event financially.