UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION EXECUTIVE BOARD. Hundred and sixty-fourth Session

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1 164 EX/INF.5 PARIS, 6 May 2002 English & French only UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION EXECUTIVE BOARD Hundred and sixty-fourth Session Item of the provisional agenda RECENT DECISIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM OF RELEVANCE TO THE WORK OF UNESCO SUMMARY This document provides detailed information and complements subitem (164 EX/38) on UNESCO s emergency, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities in Afghanistan.

2 164 EX/INF.5 Information on UNESCO s action in Afghanistan This information document complements the circular that the Director-General sent to Members of the Executive Board and Permanent Delegates for the Executive Board s special meeting on 1 March, on the occasion of the official visit to UNESCO by Mr Karzai, Chairman of the Interim Administration of Afghanistan. It also responds to all the resolutions adopted either by the United Nations General Assembly or Security Council concerning Afghanistan and sets out, within that framework, the main activities undertaken by UNESCO. 1. The tragic events of 11 September 2001 and their consequences required a rapid response by the system not only to restore peace and security in Afghanistan, but also to tackle the humanitarian, emergency and reconstruction issues. As early as 3 October, Mr Lakhdar Brahimi was appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and on 19 November, the Secretary-General asked Mr Brown, as Chairman of UNDG, to take charge of managing the emergency reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, coordinated by his Special Representative. 2. Two major processes were then set in train: (a) One concerns political stability, with the establishment of an Interim Administration, the main stage in which was the meeting held in Bonn on 27 November, which resulted, in the presence of all the Afghan parties concerned, in an agreement on provisional arrangements in Afghanistan pending the re-establishment of permanent government institutions and the formation of the Interim Administration chaired by Mr Hamid Karzai. The Interim Administration took office officially on 22 December in Kabul and set up, as provided in the Bonn Agreement, a Special Independent Commission for the Convening of an Emergency Loya Jirga, which became operational on 7 February. A Civil Service Commission should be established very soon. This process of stabilization, political peace and good governance should also give rise to another two Commissions that are also proposed in the Bonn Agreement, namely the Judicial Commission and the Human Rights Commission. (b) The other process concerns the coordination of bilateral and multilateral donors for humanitarian, emergency and reconstruction activities. To take up this challenge, several meetings were held: Washington, 20 November; Berlin, 5 and 6 December; Brussels, 20 and 21 December; and Tokyo, 20 and 21 January. Intense discussions, held by the UNDG/ECHA Task Force, which comprises only six United Nations agencies (UNDP, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, ECHA and WFP), or arranged by agency representatives stationed in Islamabad or Kabul, should result in several documents being drawn up (Annex 2), the main ones being: Donor Alert Update: to support an inter-agency Emergency Humanitarian Assistance Plan for Afghans in Afghanistan and in Neighbouring Countries October 2001 March 2002, coordinated by OCHA; Immediate and Transitional Assistance Programme for the Afghan People 2002, drawn up by the system as a whole; Afghanistan Reconstruction Preliminary Needs Assessment, drawn up by the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and UNDP, together with a Quick-impact programme/projects.

3 164 EX/INF.5 page 2 3. The last two documents were the subject of intense discussions at the Brussels and Tokyo meetings. The Ministerial Conference in Tokyo recognized that immediate needs amounted to $1.3 billion for 2002 and that $10 billion were needed for the next five years. Everyone recognizes the necessity of the urgent funding demands currently faced by the Afghan authorities, whether for emergency action, refugees or the installation of the new administration. In that connection, UNDP has set up a trust fund, to which several donors have already contributed, to ensure payment of the emoluments of Afghan civil servants. The document submitted by the United Nations system was followed by a list of projects to be implemented in 2002 in priority areas identified by the Tokyo Conference. It is in that context that UNESCO submitted several projects for funding amounting to a total of $38,796,000, which are listed in Annex Lastly, it is important to note that Mr Brahimi wants UNAMA to be a small, integrated mission which maintains a low profile in order to give the Afghan authorities the leading role. On 6 February, Mr Nigel Fisher (UNICEF) was appointed Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Humanitarian and Reconstruction Affairs. Mr Jean Arnault was appointed Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, replacing Mr Vendrell. Following Mr Fisher s appointment, Mr Brown officially recognized that his special mandate for Afghanistan had come to an end. It should also be noted that Mr Nigel Fisher is the system Coordinator and that there are lead sectoral agencies advisers under his orders and not agency representatives. 5. It is within this general framework, outlined in brief, that UNESCO s action has hitherto been placed. The Director-General s decisions are set out below. Structural arrangements 6. The Director-General has taken several decisions to strengthen these arrangements within UNESCO, both at and away from Headquarters: (a) establishment of an Intersectoral Task Force on Afghanistan, whose main objectives were to work out UNESCO s strategies for Afghanistan; make preparations for UNESCO s participation in various meetings; and select projects to be submitted to bilateral and multilateral donors for funding; (b) establishment of an outpost in Kabul and appointment of Mr M. Hadlow as from 19 December The outpost works within UNAMA, in close consultation and coordination with Mr Brahimi s team and the Afghan authorities. To strengthen cohesion and in response to Mr Brahimi s wish that United Nations agencies be few in number but well integrated, the decision was taken to sign an agreement with UNDP on 21 December in order to facilitate our outpost s installation and provide it with administrative and financial support. For that purpose, the Director-General decided to draw on unutilized funds under the budget amounting to $1,500,000. Two other experts, one in education and the other in culture, have joined Mr Hadlow; (c) (d) strengthening of the New York Liaison Office through the appointment, on 24 December, of a consultant for a six-month period to monitor the work of the UNDG/ECHA Task Force and make close contacts with certain agencies, such as the World Bank and UNICEF, or bilateral donors such as USAID and private partners in the United States; operational coordination by the Division for Cooperation with Extrabudgetary Funding Sources (ERC/CFS). The Division works in close liaison with the programme sectors

4 164 EX/INF.5 page 3 and the offices of UNESCO s representatives in the Field, particularly those in Kabul, Islamabad and Bangkok, and the Geneva and New York Liaison Offices. UNESCO s participation in international coordination 7. Like many other agencies in the system concerned with the reconstruction of Afghanistan, UNESCO was not invited to participate in the UNDG/ECHA Task Force. Nevertheless, in its capacity as a member of UNDG, UNESCO has been kept informed of the preparatory process for the various documents and has submitted the necessary contributions at all phases in the preparation of the main documents. Furthermore, our Islamabad Office, then later the Kabul Office, took part in the many meetings organized in these two countries by United Nations agencies and the World Bank. Finally, UNESCO has maintained very close relations with the Specialized Agencies (particularly FAO, ILO and WHO) and the Funds and Programmes (especially UNDP, UNICEF and UNFPA) throughout this process. 8. The main purpose of the meeting organized in Washington, on 20 November 2001, by the World Bank and the United States was to set up a Steering Group (SG), composed of the United States, the European Union (the European Commission and its 15 Member States), Japan and Saudi Arabia. In addition, the Afghan Support Group (ASG), made up of bilateral donors, international development agencies and NGOs, held a number of meetings in Pakistan. This informal group is composed primarily of actors that have been working in Afghanistan for a long time. Norway currently holds the group s Chair, succeeding Germany. 9. The Steering Group held two further coordination meetings for the reconstruction of Afghanistan: one in Brussels, on 20 and 21 December 2001, organized by the Belgian Government and the European Commission and the other in Tokyo, on 20 and 21 January 2002, organized by the Japanese Government. Its next meeting, in which UNESCO intends to take part, will take place in Kabul in July At the invitation of the Belgian Government and the European Commission, the Director- General took part in the proceedings of the Brussels meeting. The main items on its agenda, as part of the preparations for the Tokyo Ministerial Conference, were the following: Progress report on the preliminary needs assessment, drawn up by the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and UNDP. This document is to form the basis for a Comprehensive framework for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. It was decided to review this document in depth before submitting it to the Tokyo Conference; Quick impact priorities. At the close of the debates, in which many international and Afghan NGOs participated, it was decided to identify and launch projects in priority areas in the course of 2002; the composition and the structure of the Implementation Group (IG); a preliminary discussion of financial mechanisms for coordination; and finally the adoption of a Code of Conduct for the establishment of a salary scale for staff from all bilateral or multilateral, public and private bodies working in Afghanistan. 11. The most lively discussions were on the composition and the structure of the Implementation Group and on the establishment of the financial mechanisms. The decisions taken in Brussels were not final, but what did emerge was that:

5 164 EX/INF.5 page 4 the Afghan authorities would be brought in as Chair of the Implementation Group, and that the Group should work directly with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General; the bilateral and multilateral donors should be free to choose their own procedures and financing mechanisms, but that the creation of a single fund might simplify matters. 12. The Ministerial Conference in Tokyo, to which UNESCO was invited by the Japanese Government and at which it was represented by the Deputy Director-General, was attended by representatives of 61 countries and 21 organizations. The Conference provided the Afghan Interim Authority (AIA) an opportunity to reaffirm its determination to pursue the process of reconciliation, reconstruction and development of Afghanistan, according to the Bonn Agreement, and provided the international donor community with an opportunity to express its political support for this process with indications of concrete assistance. The AIA identified the following several key priority areas for the reconstruction of their country: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) enhancement of administrative capacity, with emphasis on the payment of salaries and the establishment of the government administration; education, especially for girls; health and sanitation; infrastructure, in particular, roads, electricity and telecommunications; reconstruction of the economic system, in particular, the currency system; agriculture and rural development, including food security, water management and revitalizing the irrigation system. 13. In response to the AIA s vision and policies on reconstruction, participants in the Conference expressed their readiness to help the Afghan people in their reconstruction effort. To make concrete this commitment, pledges and contributions of over 1.8 billion US dollars for 2002 were announced. Some donors made multi-year pledges and commitments of various time frames. The cumulative amount was more than 4.5 billion US dollars. In addition, some countries offered support in kind without specifying a monetary value. Participants agreed on the urgency of rapid disbursement and the importance of addressing the immediate financial needs for the functioning of the AIA over the next few months. 14. The Conference welcomed the preliminary needs assessment prepared by the World Bank, UNDP and Asian Development Bank. Further work on a more comprehensive needs assessment is planned to take place in Afghanistan in full partnership with the AIA in the coming weeks. 15. The conference decided that existing mechanisms will be a primary vehicle for major donors in financing reconstruction. In addition, a single trust fund will be established; administration of the proposed fund will be entrusted to the World Bank. Decisions about allocation of expenditures will be the responsibility of the World Bank, UNDP, Asian Development Bank and Islamic Development Bank in close cooperation with the Government of Afghanistan and in consultation with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. The trust fund should be established in a manner allowing for quick and responsive distribution of its funds, while meeting its fiduciary responsibilities. In order to facilitate information sharing, participating governments and international organizations will contribute necessary information on assistance programmes to the common assistance databank to be established by the World Bank and UNDP.

6 164 EX/INF.5 page To achieve strategic coherence and coordination among the Afghanistan Interim Authority, donors and NGOs, the Implementation Group will meet in Kabul. The AIA will chair the IG. The World Bank, UNDP, Asian Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank, and the Afghan Support Group (ASG) Chair will serve as vice-chairs of the IG. The Conference confirmed the roles of, and the need for close coordination between, the ASG and the IG. The IG will be held at least quarterly in Kabul in order to conduct coordination among the AIA and donors. The AIA can call additional meetings of the IG, as necessary. The view was expressed on the importance of moving as quickly as possible towards a normal consultative group process for Afghanistan assistance. The AIA Vice-Chairman and Finance Minister Mr Amin-Arsala chaired the first meeting of the IG held in parallel with the Conference and indicated that the next meeting would be held in Kabul. UNESCO will also participate in the Implementation Group. 17. UNESCO has also participated, and will participate in future, in AFG (Afghan Support Group) meetings. It took part in the meeting organized by Norway and OCHA in Geneva on 4 March When all these mechanisms SG, IG, AFG eventually merge into the normal consultative group structure, established in such cases by the World Bank, UNESCO expects to be associated with it and be able to participate in it. The UNESCO Islamabad Office is continuing to represent the Organization in the United Nations coordination activities for Afghanistan in Islamabad until such time as coordination activities are entirely transferred to Kabul. The UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific (Bangkok) is contributing, through technical assistance and expertise, to UNESCO s activities regarding project analysis and formulation in the field of education in Afghanistan. 18. With a view to the donors meeting to be held on 4 March 2002, UNESCO held a number of consultations with potential bilateral and multilateral funding sources to secure financing for the various project proposals. Some specific agreements have already been concluded and several positive signals have been received. It is clear that a huge task lies ahead and that it will require very active mobilization both of the donor community and of UNESCO s own capabilities for project implementation. 19. The Director-General is following closely the establishment of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) which, under the leadership of the Secretary-General s Special Representative, Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi, will coordinate United Nations efforts with respect both to the framing of policies and to operational activities. Under the authority of the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General responsible for operational activities, Mr Nigel Fisher of UNICEF, a number of sectoral groups will be established and lead agencies will be designated for the various sectors. The Director-General is in close contact with Ambassador Brahimi to ensure adequate representation of UNESCO, notably in the fields of education and culture. In this connection, he pointed out in his letter to the Members of the Executive Board last March that if Mr Brahimi took the decision not to assign UNESCO the role of lead agency in education in Afghanistan, the decision would be a severe blow to our legitimate expectations. At stake is the credibility of a reform which, together, we have so earnestly set in train for the past two years and more. Without considering the role of lead agency to be synonymous with monopoly or exclusivity, it remains that UNESCO, because of its global mandate in education, must help Afghanistan develop an education system that is at once all-encompassing and coherent. Mr Brahimi s scepticism about UNESCO s role stems primarily from UNICEF s more significant presence on the ground. It is important to note here that the reason why UNICEF often has a very strong presence in the countries themselves is not only that Funds and Programmes have a national mandate as compared with the more global mandate of the Specialized Agencies, but also that UNICEF is the only agency in the system that directly executes its programmes.

7 164 EX/INF.5 page Starting in February 2002, a number of sectoral missions were dispatched to Afghanistan in order to elaborate further the needs assessment study prepared by the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and UNDP for the Tokyo Conference in order to guide the longer-term rehabilitation efforts for Afghanistan. UNESCO participated in the education mission, coordinated by the Asian Development Bank, which began its work around 21 February; for that purpose it delegated three experts representing the main areas of the Education Sector. No other sectoral mission is planned at present for UNESCO s main fields of competence. The Organization could, however, take part in the mission on water management, to the extent that this is considered desirable. 21. For obvious reasons, international assistance for Afghanistan initially took the form of an emergency and humanitarian operation which is not part of UNESCO s normal mandate; when reconstruction operations were launched, the personnel involved did not change and did not always include, specifically in system-wide coordination, the Specialized Agencies such as UNESCO. As a result of the very sustained efforts of the Secretariat, both at Headquarters and in the field offices concerned, UNESCO nevertheless succeeded in joining the circle that is currently playing a major role in Afghanistan s rehabilitation and recovery. In this context, it is particularly gratifying that key Afghan leaders have expressed their confidence in UNESCO s abilities with regard to policymaking and project development and execution, and have recommended that the Organization play an important part in the execution and coordination of activities in its fields of competence. UNESCO will continue to participate actively, within the framework of the coordination arrangements to be put in place by UNAMA or the World Bank. UNESCO s action in Afghanistan 22. The Director-General was one of the first heads of the major United Nations agencies if not the first to visit Kabul, on 11 and 12 January He was very well received during his visit and had occasion to meet several key persons in the AIA, notably its Chairman, Mr Hamid Karzai, and the ministers of education, higher education, culture and information, and foreign affairs. The Director-General also had a useful discussion with the Secretary-General s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Mr Lakhdar Brahimi. He visited the Kabul Museum, which should feature prominently in UNESCO s future cooperation with Afghanistan. It should also be noted that the Director-General enjoys a close working relationship with Afghanistan s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Mr Ravan Farhadi. Mr Hadlow, Chief of the UNESCO outpost in Kabul, is in close contact with the ministers directly concerned with UNESCO s mandate and is endeavouring to satisfy their requests. 23. In the field of education, UNESCO has carried out activities in support of the Ministry of Education and is in direct contact with NGOs. As has already been mentioned, UNESCO has taken part in the sectoral missions with a view to compiling the needs assessment study coordinated by the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and UNDP (in December 2001 and in February- April 2002). (a) Support to the Ministry of Education - A 10-point plan of action has been drawn up with the Ministry of Education. It provides for: the establishment of a Senior Advisory Board for the Minister, composed of six respected Afghan academics; the organization of a teacher training course; the services of school-architecture consultants to help UNICEF reconstruct school buildings; the supply of basic facilities and equipment for the ministry, and documents with a view to the establishment of an information clearing house; support for the reform and revision of curricula; the organization of a seminar on the

8 164 EX/INF.5 page 7 theme of Future Directions of Education in Afghanistan, at which UNESCO is to be represented by the Director of the International Institute for Educational Planning. - A Senior Advisory Board, composed of Afghan academics, was also set up within the Ministry of Higher Education; financial aid was provided for the organization of entrance examinations in institutions of higher learning in Afghanistan, which took place in early February 2002; training has been provided abroad for a series of lectures at the Faculty of Journalism and funding was provided for the establishment of a computer centre near the faculty; an appeal has been launched to collect reference works for Kabul University; basic facilities and equipment have been provided to the ministry and also documents for the creation of an information clearing house. - UNESCO has also prepared, in consultation with Afghan educationalists, a UNESCO Support Strategy for Educational Reconstruction in Afghanistan: an outline. The study on Education and Afghan Society in the Twentieth Century was presented to the AIA and was widely distributed at the Tokyo International Conference. (b) Relations with NGOs - In order to broaden its partnership with the NGOs with which UNESCO had already worked on behalf of Afghan refugees in Pakistan and Iran, ADG/ED represented UNESCO at a meeting in Rome prior to the Tokyo Conference of a large number of national and international NGOs active in the field of education. - Assistance has been provided to a women s NGO, the Ariana Centre, which offers vocational training for women in Kabul and where volunteer teachers give vocational and language training to girls. 24. In the field of culture, UNESCO has carried out various activities, focused mainly on the analysis and financial evaluation of needs. - A first UNESCO cultural mission was carried out end of December 2001, by Mr Paul Bucherer-Dietschi, the Director of the Swiss Afghanistan Museum, to identify and gather together the pieces of what remains of the different statues and objects in the Kabul Museum, and to prepare a second phase project for their restoration. This second phase will aim at fixing the pieces together where this is possible. Mr Bucherer-Dietschi also went to Bamiyan and covered the remaining large stone blocks with fiber-glass covers, in order to protect them from the winter. Recent images in the press showed that this has been done and that UNESCO s name has been marked on them. - An assessment of the present state of the cultural heritage sites in Afghanistan and the list of the immediate priorities for their preservation have to be made. The Culture Sector is therefore sending two consultant missions in March 2002 to Afghanistan: (a) Professor Andrea Bruno will design plans and project documents for the rehabilitation of the National Museum and the Presidential Palace in Kabul, the restoration of the monuments in Ghazni and the consolidation of the Minaret of Jam; and

9 164 EX/INF.5 page 8 (b) Professor Marco Menegotto will prepare project documents for the conservation of the fifth minaret, the Gawhar Shad and the Friday Mosque in Herat, as well as the mosque of Haji Piyada in Balkh. - Within two Italian Funds-in-Trust established in 1997 and 2000, UNESCO has a close relationship with the Society for the Preservation of Afghanistan s Cultural Heritage, SPACH. Two contracts are presently under way, the first for the assessment of damage to monuments and their emergency conservation, namely in Herat, Balkh and Ghazni where work will begin as soon as local situation allows, and the second for the taking into custody of works of art (which are presently placed in safety in museums), in order to return them to Afghanistan as soon as the situation permits. - UNESCO has made similar agreements with other non-governmental organizations such as the Cultural Heritage Foundation in Japan and the Swiss Afghanistan Museum in Bubendorf to provide protective custody for Afghan cultural property found on the international art market, particularly objects that were stolen from museums or found during recent illicit excavations. Such objects will then be returned to Afghanistan when peace returns to the country. 25. In the longer term, efforts must be made to integrate the restoration and preservation of the nation s cultural heritage into national development policies and plans. These policies and activities should include training and capacity-building activities, related to the preservation of this cultural heritage, as well as provide for the competent protection and management of sites, monuments, museums and archives. It is also essential that a consensus be reached among all parties concerned, at both national and local levels, on the measures to be taken. 26. In the field of communication and information, UNESCO has carried out several activities in support of Afghan press, radio and television. - UNESCO will further support Afghanistan s independent media by setting up a media centre in Kabul, which will be coordinated by Aina. The centre will serve as a resource centre, providing training, advice and information, as well as equipment (computers and printers), communication facilities (internet connections) and space for independent media to operate. UNESCO has contributed $10,000 to the project. Prospective occupants of the centre so far include Kabul Weekly, Ariana Film, Aria Press and a training facility. - At the request of Kabul TV, which returned to the air last November after the fall of the Taliban, UNESCO has given $35,000 for training journalists and technicians and has also appealed to public TV stations abroad to provide Kabul TV with quality programmes about the cultural treasures of other countries. - UNESCO launched a call on public service television stations to donate quality programming for the Afghan television station, particularly children s programmes. After years of television absence, Afghans are eager to watch programming from other countries, reflecting other cultures habits, aspirations, wishes and problems. So far positive replies have been received from NHK, NRK (Norway), ORB (Germany), Radio-Canada Television (French-speaking CBC), the Danish Broadcaster, the Welsh and Beijing TV (China). In order to avoid only-western donations, UNESCO is also putting together a CreaTV travel-case with 40 recent high-quality programming from independent producers from Africa, Latin America, Asia, the Pacific, the Caribbean and Africa. The organization is covering the expenses of the broadcasting rights for Radio-Television Afghanistan for a period of two years. The travel-case will be sent to Afghanistan in March 2002.

10 164 EX/INF.5 page 9 - The independent newspaper Kabul Weekly returned to the streets of the Afghan capital on 24 January 2002, five years after it disappeared when the Taliban seized power. UNESCO helped the relaunch with a grant of $12,000 and is arranging more funding to keep the paper afloat. To ensure it circulates throughout the country, UNESCO and the World Association of Newspapers are contributing their experience in restoring distribution networks for independent media in difficult post-war situations. - Related to the Records and Archives management in public administration, an initial mission was organized in order to assess the legal and physical situation of records and archives management in public institutions in Afghanistan and to establish a plan for the rehabilitation of archives and records management structures in the mid- and long-term (legal aspects, preservation and conservation, human resource development, international cooperation). This activity will be carried out in close cooperation with the International Council on Archives (ICA). - ICT training for Afghan Students Supported by UNESCO Work for the establishment of an INFOYOUTH Computer Centre at the Faculty of Journalism at Kabul University has now started. The Centre, which is entirely funded by UNESCO, will provide basic information and communication facilities, including access to the Internet and will offer ICT training for the students, especially young women. The project, implemented in partnership with the Afghan Ministry of Higher Education, includes the purchase of equipment (computers, printers and software) and the development of ICT training programmes needs. Priority will be given to training youth, specifically young girls and women, in computer skills. - UNESCO has launched an appeal to its professional NGO partners for assistance in the form of book donations for the Faculty of Journalism in Kabul. The solidarity among journalists and professional colleagues to support such a cause has been heartwarming and spontaneous. Offers of help range from entire libraries to be donated to individual book donations from students from around the world. UNESCO is now in the process of coordinating and organizing shipment of books from many countries.

11 164 EX/INF.5 Annex 1 ANNEX 1 UNITED NATIONS CONSOLIDATED JOINT APPEAL FOR AFGHANISTAN 2002 UNESCO s proposals based on the Immediate and Transitional Assistance Programme for the Afghan People 2002 Title Funding required for 2002 US $ Education Total: 20,500, Strengthening of the capacity of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education, and of provincial/district education authorities, and support for national dialogue and consensus building on education policy 2. Capacity development for teacher education and training 3. Support for secondary education and for the renewal of national accreditation and examination systems 4. Support for the reconstruction of higher education 5. Capacity development for curriculum renewal and printing of textbooks 6. Capacity development for technical and vocational education 7. Capacity development for literacy and non-formal education 8. Establishment of a National Open Learning Programme, utilization of radio and new technologies in support of formal, non-formal and informal learning, and development of a training programme for ICT Main objectives 1,500,000 Definition of educational goals and ways to achieve them; training for policy-making; institutional capacitybuilding 2,500,000 Reconstruction of teacher education through training of teachers 2,000,000 Establishment of secondary education in all cities, towns and large villages; identification of methods to ensure outreach also to rural areas 3,500,000 Recreation of the system of higher education, and creation and mobilization of expertise for social and economic development, peace-building and good governance 5,000,000 Quick interim renewal of school curricula and textbooks, followed by a major national process of curriculum rethinking and design through mobilization and training of key Afghan educators 2,000,000 Establishment of a well-functioning system of technical and vocational education in all cities, towns and larger villages; identification of methods of outreach also to rural areas 2,000,000 Assistance to the Ministry of Education to establish a national programme of non-formal education for support of the national reconstruction and development programme 2,000,000 Establishment of a major national institution for open/distance learning, as well as strengthening of ongoing programmes in this field, in particular utilizing radio as the most appropriate tool to reach all parts of the population,

12 164 EX/INF.5 Annex 1 page 2 Title Funding required for 2002 US $ Culture, archives and libraries Total: 10,616, Capacity-building for the Ministry of Information and Culture 2. Rehabilitation of the Kabul Museum 3. Assessment of cultural monuments and sites and emergency consolidation 4. Living culture: life-skills training, crafts and micro-credit 5. Rebuilding records and archives management structures 6. Rehabilitation of public library services Infrastructure (media activities) Total: 4,920, Community multi-media centres as communication and information platforms for development and open learning 2. Strengthening of independent and pluralistic media in Afghanistan 3. Strengthening of Afghan news agency Main objectives including women and adult illiterates 2,500,000 Institutional capacity-building through rehabilitation of offices; provision of equipment and training; and development of a national strategy for cultural policy, and preservation of cultural heritage 2,500,000 Rehabilitation of the Museum buildings (immediate needs; funding already identified); promotion of measures for proper display of Afghanistan s movable heritage; acquisition and restitution of cultural objects 3,000,000 Institutional capacity-building and development of national strategies; evaluation of cultural sites, and provision for emergency consolidation 2,000,000 Revitalization of traditional crafts; promotion of small business initiatives; revitalization of traditional cultural festivals; promotion of income opportunities for women 165,000 Establishment of sound records and archives management infrastructures; safeguarding of endangered archives; national capacity-building 451,000 Assessment of existing library facilities; development of national action plan; establishment of interim library services 920,000 Creation of access to objective, pluralistic information; promotion of good governance; establishment of community information services 3,000,000 Building of high-standard and editorially independent media; empowerment of Afghans to produce their own information and images 1,000,000 Strengthening of the independence and pluralism of Afghan media; development of human and technical resources in the national news agency

13 Title Funding required for 2002 US $ Water and sanitation Total: 1,770, Capacity-building for cooperation in water resources management (regional) 2. Capacity-building for participatory management and sustainable use of water resources (Afghanistan) 3. Capacity-building for urban water services rehabilitation (Afghanistan) Proposals from the Islamabad Office Total: 990, Reassessment and reform of religious education in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan 2. Identification and mobilization of Afghan teachers and educators in Pakistan with a view to their possible return to Afghanistan 164 EX/INF.5 Annex 1 page 3 Main objectives 350,000 Enhancing water policy management; national capacity-building; dissemination of water education tools and good practices 450,000 Establishment of sustainable community-based participatory management and governance of water resources; provision of governancesupport tools to water issues 970,000 National capacity-building through the development of training plans and provision of training 430,000 Reassessment of existing systems; initiation of participatory process for reforming the systems; expansion and modernization of the curricula of religious schools 110,000 Identification of Afghan educators in Pakistan; provision of refresher courses with a view to their return to Afghanistan and reintegration into the educational system 3. Weaving peace 450,000 Assistance to female Afghan carpet weavers in Pakistan through the provision of training, equipment and market opportunities; incorporation of peace messages and symbols into the patterns of the carpets Grand total of UNESCO s proposals 38,796,000

14 164 EX/INF.5 Annex 2 ANNEX 2 Donor Alert Update: to support an Inter-Agency Emergency Humanitarian Assistance Plan for Afghans in Afghanistan and in Neighbouring Countries October 2001-March Coordinated by OCHA. Immediate and Traditional Assistance Programme for the Afghan People Prepared by the entire system. Afghanistan Reconstruction Preliminary Needs Assessment. Prepared by the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and UNDP, together with a Quick Impact Programme/Projects. Afghanistan Crisis: UNDP Strategy. Prepared by UNDP. Afghanistan. Preparing for the Transition from Crisis to Reconstruction. The development of an EC-strategy. Informal Working Paper prepared by services of the European Commission. 19 December EFA Afghanistan. Draft Final Report. UNESCO, in cooperation with UNDP, UNICEF, UNHCR, Save the Children Fund (USA), and the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan. Education and Afghan Society in the twentieth century. Saif R. Samady. UNESCO, Education Sector, Paris, November 2001.