URL: http://www.aims.org.af

Contact Person(s):  Abdul Bari, Senior Program Officer abdul.bari@undp.org, Faqir Kohistani, Programme Officer faqir.kohistani@undp.org, David Saunders, Project Manager david.saunders@aims.org.af

Achievements

Customer Services

• Product services: the provision of data and map products over Internet, in soft and hard copy:
• 2004 – Kabul office sold over 4 000 maps and cds, raising over US$35 000. The income generated is invested in training programs for government staff.
• Training services: a suite of specialist and general training in GIS and database courses following international certification standards:
• 2004 – Provided 646 trainings to Ministry staff from 24 government departments. 36% of these were in the regions. 98 were trained in GIS and 22 in databases.
• Advisory services: information standards, data collection, database design, data management:
• 2004 – Provided advisory services to over 100 organizations nationwide, supported 106 projects in NGOs and UN including the electoral process (45% in regions), 32 in government.
• Government services: building skills and systems in cooperation with development organizations:
• 2004 – Numerous ongoing and completed training courses around the country. Raised nearly US$400 000 from regional donors, including PRTs, to support regional ministries. Provided web services support to three departments.

Technical Services

• GIS (Geographic Information Systems) services: digital mapping, project support, system set-up, distribution of technical files:
• 2004 - Ongoing and completed GIS projects include: New Kabul City map, provincial donor mapping, updated settlements, rivers, roads and city maps; soil mapping, Badakhshan earthquake mapping and analysis, map scanning and cataloging for government, and the National Human Development Report.
• Database and MIS (Management Information Systems) services: supporting development of standards for ministries and developing shareable systems for development organizations:
• 2004 – Developed and/or hosted new websites for the Central Statistics Office and the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Developed data standards and metrics for project tracking. Developed nine original databases, including: Political Rights Complaints, Activity Tracking, AIMS MIS, ‘Who is Doing What and Where for MRRD,” and the Corporate Register. Convened third meeting of Afghanistan Database Developers Network.
• Standards and Quality: Strong focus on promoting standards for the sharing of data between databases and on maps, coupled with a commitment to developing skills internally to deliver more advanced databases and maps for analysis.

Special Projects

• Information management for disasters (early stage): A pilot project is planned to build capacity in the Department of Disaster Preparedness combining extensive training, provision of hardware, in-kind donations of remote sensing data, and the development of a prototype system to collect and manage information in the event of a natural disaster.
• ‘Who is Doing What and Where’ for Kunduz (ongoing): Enabling the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development in Kunduz to collect and manage data on development projects in the northeast region.
• GIS capacity building in seven ministries and Kabul University (ongoing): A project that will build and train “geo-units” in targeted ministries to allow the government to manage spatial data, create maps and provide GIS services to a range of clients and donors.
• GeoBase (ongoing): A database and reporting system that will enable the government to have a visibility and comparison of activities, allow government to track development projects, avoid multiplication of activities, and build common ground between different organizations and government departments through the creation and use of data standards.