[ARC - berlin ]

[Auftraggeber]: German Federal Ministry of Defence (Bundesministerium der Verteidigung): 4/2007 - 9/2007

Evaluation of Civil-Military-Cooperation in Afghanistan

BMZ (in cooperation with Free U Berlin): 9/2006 - 6/2009

Develoment of a method of assessing the imapct of development cooperation. Tools to be developped are both quantitative and qualitative. The method will be applied in North East Afghanistan, starting in April 2007.

"Conflict processing and the Opium
Poppy Economy in Afghanistan, November 2004 to March 2005".

Afghan National Development Strategy (ANDS) Working Group, Kabul, Afghanistan: Assistance to the Interim ANDS process and identification of future demand for German input to the future full ANDS 2005/06

“In this report we investigate the nexus between the Opium Poppy Economy (OPE) and conflict dynamics in Afghanistan from three main perspectives: (1) the impact of the OPE on conflict processing at the community level; (2) counter-narcotics measures; and (3) state-formation and anti-state dynamics. We concentrate on how OPE-related dynamics affect the scope of choice of actors at the bottom of the value adding chain. We look at the issue of dependency and insecurity from three angles: economic constraints, political constraints and socio-cultural constraints. We then ask how these constraints impact on the conflict processing capacities of households within communities, between communities and between communities and the emerging state on the district and provincial levels.“
1-Full Report

2- PR Version

[GTZ - 8 – 12/2003
A Comprehensive conflict analysis of Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Kirgistan]
„Peace and conflict potentials in the target region of the GTZ Central Asia and Northern Afghanistan programme to foster food scurity, regional cooperation and stability”

1 - Integrated report. This report integrates the results of three individual empirical research projects conducted in the GTZ “Promoting Food Security, Regional Cooperation and Stability” Programme target areas in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and places them into the regional context of the GTZ strategy.

The introduction to the research context and the explanation of the methodology used make up the first part of the report. The introduction explains the context of the research within the development strategy of the German government to target food security and conflict transformation as core aims in an integrated strategy. The report then moves on to introduce the core concepts used in the research and explains the methodology used for the empirical research and the analytical tools applied.
The second part of this study analyses the main clusters of conflict identified (conflict arenas) in cross-regional perspective. First, the conflict arenas are identified and analysed for the target regions. Then, available and appropriate measures to counter the specific conflicts are discussed.

The report concludes with recommendations for the integrated strategic planning of development activities in the Programme's target region.

2- Executive Summery of the field report on peace and conflict potential in Afghan Badakhshan province.

3- Executive Summery of the field report on peace and conflict potential in Rasht Valley, Shurabad District and GBAO, Tajikistan province.

4- Executive Summery of the field report on peace and conflict potential in Batken province, Kyrgyzstan.

GTZ - 8 – 12/2003

A Comprehensive conflict analysis of Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Kirgistan -

GTZ - 11/2002 – 12/2003

Establishment and implementation of a long-term local conflict analysis in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, including individual country studies and an integrated synthesis of the analysis

GTZ - 3-5/2003

in-house report on tolerance enhancing measures in rural Tajikistan

Part 1 - Approaches compiled.pdf -

Part 2 - Tolerance in rural Tajikistan compiled -

Part 3 - Conceptual Approaches compiled -

Appendix -

GTZ - 8-10/2002

Conducts on behalf of GTZ of a regional conflict analysis in the South Caucasus, with focus on the potential and limit of regional cooperation, including an internal paper on proliferation of small arms and light weapon in the South Caucasus

World Vision Germany - 4-6/2002

Provision of a successful project proposal under the budget line B 7 – 70 (European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights)for a project focusing on minority and youth issues in ethnically mixed regions of Georgia implemented in August 2003

World Bank - 6-12/2001

Conduct of research on recent violent conflicts in the Caucasus on behalf of the World Bank research project on common violence and civil war

German Ministry of Foreign Affairs - 10/99 – 12/02

Training, workshops and lectures for civil professionals for missions in International Organisations

DSE - 01/2001-12/2002

Preparation of diplomats and staff of international organisations at DSE for their secondment to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

George C. Marshall Center, College of International and Security Studies (Garmisch) - 4/99 – today

Training of high-ranking military and civilian personnel from CIS countries

World Bank - 6/99 and 1/2001

Consulting for the World Bank Project “Training for local specialists involved in the legal drafting process in Orel oblast promoting regional legislation in Orel oblast”, including writing the successful proposal to the World Bank

TACIS - 11/1999 and 2/02

Consulting for the Project Regional Economic Development and Anti-Crisis strategies in the Russian Federation, Novgorod Region, with a special focus on public administration reform, including the successful proposal to TACIS.

International Helsinki Federation Vienna - 10/1997

Consultant and interpreter for Fact-Finding-Mission to Chechnya

Cap Anamur - 01/1995

Consultant and interpreter for the establishment of Cap Anamur presence in Ingushetia and Chechnya

News: Neue Zürcher Zeitung - 1994 – today

Provision of background analysis and interviews

Radio/TV: Inforadio, Radio 1, F.A.Z. Radio, Deutschlandradio, Deutsche Welle, MDR, WDR, N-TV, N-24, 3-Sat

Provision of background analysis and interviews

Full reports are made available by e-mail upon request.