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Energy pole in Afghanistan

Building Energy Institutions in a Conflict Zone

Interventions by International Organisations in Afghanistan

How do international development organisations develop institutional capacity in conflict zones? Here we take a descriptive, topological perspective on the question, using the case of Afghanistan. For twenty years prior to the capture of Afghanistan by the Taliban in August 2021 the international community directed substantial resources to Afghanistan, seeking to build a democratic state. Here we examine selected, energy-related aspects of those institution-building processes, taking the country as a case study of institutional development for energy and other transitions that is explicitly driven by particular values. We find that this institutional development can be categorized in terms of three main themes: development of a regulatory framework for the energy sector; privatisation of energy systems; and women's empowerment in terms of knowledge, skills and engagement in energy sector provisioning. 

Dr. Abdullah Fahimi
External Publications

Auf Sand gebaut

Saudi-Arabien – ein problematischer Verbündeter

Sebastian Sons
Bücher

Wilayat Sinai und der IS

Wie sich die Aufständischen der Sinai-Halbinsel vernetzten

Omar Ashour
Policy Brief

ISIS and Wilayat Sinai

Complex networks of insurgency on Egypt's Sinai peninsula

Omar Ashour
Policy Brief

Wahlkampf im Wohnzimmer

Im ländlichen Ägypten ist in Wirklichkeit der Clan der tiefe Staat

Peter Hessler

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Events

Past events

09:00 | 27 Aug - 07 Sep 2012

Egypt and Tunisia in Transition

At EUMEF's 16th Summer School, young scholars and renowned experts developed proposals for the transformation process

Abandoning Western prejudices must be a part of this. Contrary to common perceptions, democracy and Islam suit each other well – this was the conclusion of an event with Tariq Ramadan, Professor for Islamic Studies at Oxford. Egyptian Political scientist Mustafa Kamal Al-Sayyid showed how civil society can be strengthened as source of political inspiration. Around 50 participants and speakers from over ten countries convened at the DGAP EU-Middle East Forum for two weeks in Berlin.

09:00 | 28 Jun - 01 Jul 2012

Egypt's Alarming Economic Situation

EUMEF's 16th New Faces Conference, “Socio-Economic Malaise as a Security Threat - Which Model and Reforms for Egypt?”

At the heart of the Egyptian protests lay demands for economic and social reforms to improve the harsh living conditions of the majority of the population and allow for a life in dignity.

Program Event
Kairo
08:30 - 10:00 | 31 May 2012

Lessons from Afghanistan

Mark Sedwill, British Special Representative for Afghanistan, on future engagement in the Hindu Kush

How will allied troops pull out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014 without jeopardizing the stability it has achieved so far? The country’s future was a focus of the recent NATO Summit; another Afghanistan conference will take place in July. Mark Sedwill, British Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, outlined the priorities and challenges facing international stability efforts at the DGAP.

Program Event
Vortrag
18:30 - 20:00 | 19 Mar 2012

„Auf die Prävention kommt es an“

Jan Eliasson, stellvertretender UN-Generalsekretär, in der DGAP zum Konzept der „Responsibility to Protect“

Um die Gewalt des Gaddafi-Regimes gegen die eigene Bevölkerung zu stoppen, wurde das Gebot der internationalen Schutzverantwortung in der Libyen-Resolution erstmals angewandt. Wie ist in künftigen Fällen schwerer Menschenrechtsverletzungen zu verfahren? Wie lässt sich die syrische Regierung zum Einlenken bewegen? Jan Eliasson diskutierte mit Ruprecht Polenz und Gästen über die Weiterentwicklung des Völkerrechts und die aktuellen Handlungsmöglichkeiten.

Veranstaltung der Gesellschaft
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