Afghanistan Capacity Development Program
Overview
| Location: Afghanistan, Asia Duration: 2006-2011 Funder: USAID Contact: patricia.howe@worldlearning.org |
The USAID-funded Capacity Development Program is an initiative which seeks to enhance the skills of key public, private, and higher education personnel through US, Third-Country, In-Country training, and distance education. The program builds capacity in Afghanistan's ability to implement the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) through a series of short and long-term training programs for members of Afghanistan's key ministries. World Learning is proud to be a partner in this important effort to re-build Afghanistan. World Learning is a sub-contractor to Deloitte within the Training Management Unit of the CDP, providing placement and monitoring services for short and long-term trainees. These services support USAID/Afghanistan objectives by developing a critical mass of Afghans trained in management and other skills through state-of-the-art training, technical assistance, and participant training.
Since 2007, World Learning has implemented seven short-term training programs involving 50 participants, involving such diverse topics as:
- finance and budgeting
- legal reform
- diplomatic tradecraft
- economic empowerment and leadership training for women
Academic programs are also an important part of the Capacity Development Program. World Learning also currently administers the Afghan Merit Scholars Program, which brings Afghan scholars to Purdue University to complete graduate degrees in agriculture and English.
| Judge Abdul Saboor Hashimi, a young judicial member from Balkh Appeal Court in Mazar-e-Sharif, was selected for the Foreign Judicial Fellows Program, organized by USAID’s Afghan Rule of Law Project, to affiliate with the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, DC. The program allowed Judge Saboor to study modern methods of court management applied in the US. During his tenure in Washington, Judge Saboor began work on a benchbook for Afghan judges on criminal trials. Because of his success during his fellowship, he was offered an opportunity to pursue his LLM degree at Whittier Law School in California, funded by Whittier Law School and private funds. He returned to Afghanistan in July 2009, where he returned to Balkh Province to complete his benchbook |
| Afghanistan’s female population continues to have extraordinary difficulties contributing to and participating in the economy due to religious and cultural barriers. In June 2009, the CDP brought six women from various ministries to the US to participate in Georgetown University’s Leadership and Management Training for Afghan Women Leaders. While in the US, they met with USAID, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, National Democratic Institute, and the International Republican Institute, but the highlight was meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. |
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