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CPI Central Asia Newsletter
May 2002 |
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We are pleased to present the May 2002 newsletter for CPI Central Asia, informing our users of the latest developments on the website.
The Conflict Prevention Initiative (CPI) internet portal on Central Asia was launched by the Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) in December 2001 to offer reliable and updated news and analysis on the political, humanitarian and security situation in the region.
Since its launch, the portal has attracted over 1,300 users, including policy makers, representatives of the United Nations, local and international NGOs and the academic community.
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First E-conference on Afghanistan
The Harvard Program organized the first-ever Internet conference on "Securing Communities for Reconstruction in Afghanistan," from April 29-May 10, 2002. The conference took place on the Central Asia web portal.
Over 90 experts and practitioners from Afghan civil society groups, representatives of the Afghan diaspora, and members of the international aid and policy communities participated in the conference. From this group, over thirty-five individuals actively contributed to the discussion, adding over 150 comments and responding to one another's thoughts and questions.
The e-conference was a vibrant site of discussion. Topics ranged from how to bring warlords into the reconstruction process, to education on women's rights, to the legitimacy of the Loya Jirga, to the role of the international intervention, in military and humanitarian terms, in preventing or assisting development in Afghanistan.
For more information on the e-conference, please see Coming Soon below.
Securing communities for reconstruction: Views from Afghan community leaders in refugee camps in Iran
In addition to a series of meetings held in Kabul and Peshawar in March/April 2002, the Harvard Program worked with a local partner to coordinate consultations with Afghans from the refugee community in Zahedan and Mash'had, Iran. The participants of these discussions were mainly members of Afghan community-based groups, known for their charitable activities for Afghan refugees in both cities.
The summary of this discussion, along with other documents, constituted a starting point for the online e-conference.
To view the report, which includes critical recommendations, please click here or visit the Policy section of the portal.
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E-conference Final Report
The Harvard Program will publish a final report of the e-conference in English next week, and in Dari in early June.
The conference report will include a summary of key arguments, conclusions as well as a list of the participants. The document will be widely distributed and will also be posted on the Central Asia portal.
It is hoped that this report will be a useful input into future policy processes and provide the basis for further dialogue.
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Issue Articles
Since mid April, we have added another 300 articles to the portal. The issues database now contains over 2,500 documents.
Under "Selected Documents" on the homepage, you can find a selection of the latest political, economic and humanitarian papers. Documents now include the transcript of May 17 press conference on Security Reform in Afghanistan with Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan, and Abdullah Abdullah, the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan. Additional documents include the National Development Framework, "The Loya Jirga: One Small Step Forward" by the International Crisis Group, and the summary of conclusions of the Government of India-UNDP Joint Conference on South-South Co-operation and the Reconstruction of Afghanistan, New Delhi, 23-24 May 2002.
If you wish to submit documents to CPI for posting on the Central Asia portal, please write to cpi_hpcr@hsph.harvard.edu or go to Contact Us
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