Afghanistan-uka 2016 går av stabelen mellom 20. og 25. september. Uka er et samarbeid mellom Afghanistankomiteen, Chr. Michelsens institutt (CMI) og Institutt for fredsforskning (PRIO). I tillegg bidrar en lang rekke andre organisasjoner til et stort og variert program. Sentrale afghanske og internasjonale forskere og aktører kommer til Norge for å stå bak talerstolen og delta i debatter. Kultur og brobygging står også på programmet.
Målet med Afghanistan-uka er å plassere Afghanistan øverst på den norske dagsorden. Afghanistankomiteen er initiativtaker og koordinator for uka som blir gjennomført med støtte fra Fritt Ord og Norad.
In June the Norwegian Commission on Afghanistan launched its report “A good ally – Norway in Afghanistan 2001-14”. Evaluating Norway’s total efforts to Afghanistan as well as giving an insight into how and why decisions and strategies were made, this report is an important contribution to the debate on the international community’s role in Afghanistan. The NATO period ended when most of the foreign troops withdrew in 2014.
Afghanistan is now in a so-called transition period, struggling with political turmoil, an increasingly difficult security situation and economic decline.
The opening evening of the Afghanistan Week 2016 starts with an introduction by state secretary Tore Hattrem followed by two short key note speeches by our Afghan guests Farkhunda Naderi and Mujib Mashal. They will comment on the Norwegian conclusions and give their recommendations on how Norway as a member of the international should support Afghanistan.
The programme ends with a debate between Norwegian decision makers:
SPEAKERS & PANEL
As a country affected by decades of violent conflict, Afghanistan is, and has been since 2001, a priority country for the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, both for the international community and for the current Afghan Government.
The recent evaluation report on Norway’s engagement in Afghanistan, the NOU «A good ally- Norway in Afghanistan 2001-2014», holds that women’s rights have been a prioritised thematic area for Norway, also when it comes to peace diplomacy. According to the report, the women delegates to the talks held between civil society groups and the Taliban, Oslo 2014-15, felt that the talks were meaningful and confirmed that it is possible to engage the Taliban in discussions around women’s rights.
In this breakfast seminar we ask the panellists what access women in Afghanistan have to influence the peace process in Afghanistan. What has been achieved so far and what are the opportunities and challenges ahead?
Register at care@care.no
Torsdag ettermiddag flytter Lytteboksen fra PRIO til Nobels fredssenter.
Yet, in each of the three regions surrounding Afghanistan, there is rapid change. In South Asia, ebbs and flows of amity between India and Pakistan may signal a new era for cooperation between the two, even though a solution to the fundamental issues – including the Kashmir conflict – seems a distant prospect. In Central Asia, elites and parts of the population seem drawn to an increasingly more assertive Russia, as the latter is confronting the West in Ukraine, Syria and beyond. In the Middle East, all-encompassing conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, as well as simmering instability in a number of other countries, raises the prospect a region whose internal power relations as well as outer boundaries are being redrawn. How does all of this manifest itself in Afghanistan, where the internal struggle between the Taliban and an increasingly fragile government alliance continues to intensify? Is time ripe for new diplomatic initiatives in order to commit the country’s neighbors to non-interference, and if so, what would be the right template? How is the shifting attention of global powers to other parts of the world going to affect Afghanistan and its neighborly relations?
These are the questions that will inform this breakfast event, in which the main arguments of the Harpviken and Tadjbakhsh book will be discussed in the context of current developments. Moderator of this event will be PRIO's Kaja Borchgrevink.
Register for this event at PRIO.org
Påmelding/registration for invited NGOs: organisasjon@afghanistan.no
In June the Norwegian commission on Afghanistan launched its report “A good allied – Norway in Afghanistan 2001-14”. Evaluating Norway’s total efforts to Afghanistan as well as providing an insight into how and why decisions and strategies were made, the report is an important contribution to the debate on the international community’s role in Afghanistan.
The report concludes that the development aid to Afghanistan has failed in supporting the development of a democratic state. International funding has largely been linked to the military efforts to counter insurgency and stabilize Afghanistan. However, 23 % of the Norwegian Development assistance has been channeled trough Norwegian NGOs resistant to be linked to the military campaign. What are the lessons learned from the Norwegian NGOs, and how can lessons from the development sector be transformed into recommendations for future engagement in fragile states? Norwegian Afghanistan Committee (NAC), Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) and Chr Michelsens Institutte (CMI) invites colleagues from the NGO community to share experiences, discuss results and ensure lessons learned.
The workshop is open for Norwegian NGOs with programs in Afghanistan
Påmelding/registration for invited NGOs: organisasjon@afghanistan.no
"Tønsberg Yoga"-senter - Tollbodgate 17, 3111 Tønsberg
"Tønsberg Yoga"-senter - Tollbodgate 17, 3111 Tønsberg
