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Today, a two-day workshop to gather input for the Afghan Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) upcoming reform strategy ended in Kabul. The new strategy shall define measures to improve Afghan citizen’s access to justice. In total, 200 representatives of Directorates of Justice (DoJs), Directorates of Women’s Affairs (DoWAs), the Attorney General Office (AGO), the Afghanistan Independent Bar Association (AIBA) and civil society shared their input, including 30 women. Today’s training was the final activity in a series of four workshops for staff working at MoJ’s Policy and Planning Department (PPD) and at legal institutions on provincial and district level. The Afghan-German Cooperation’s programme Promotion of the Rule of Law in Afghanistan (RoL) facilitated the events.

Kabul, 26th September 2018 – Today, government negotiations on development cooperation between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Federal Republic of Germany for 2018 ended successfully. The German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) commits to invest about AFN 20 billion (EUR 234,06 million). Additional funding by the German Federal Foreign Office (AA) will be communicated shortly. Cooperation shall focus on good governance, sustainable economic development, urban development and municipal infrastructure as well as humanitarian assistance and stabilisation. Since 2001, the German government has invested about AFN 345 billion (EUR 4.06 billion) in Afghanistan.

Yesterday, a closing ceremony in Kabul concluded a 17-days advanced training on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for employees of the Afghan Ministry of Economy (MoEc). The training equipped 15 participants, including women, with advanced skills to monitor and evaluate development projects. The MoEc’s Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation (RBME) directorate and ACCORD Worldwide Consultancy facilitated the activity. The Afghan-German Cooperation supported the training financially.

Kabul, 30th August 2018 – Yesterday, officials of the Afghan Government, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) as well as KfW German Development Bank signed the agreements for a new project to start now: Kabul Riverfront Transformation (KARIT). The Afghan President Dr Ashraf Ghani, CEO Dr Abdullah Abdullah and officials from the German Embassy attended the top-level event. The German Government (German Federal Foreign Office) funds this project via KfW at a total cost of AFN 1.5 billion during the upcoming 30 months.