The United States Agency for International Development Regional Water Management Forum improves regional transboundary water management and promotes sustainable management practices. The Forum encourages dialogue on water issues outside of high-level inter-government channels, particularly among academia and community-level water management structures. The Forum also improves the water management skills and techniques of community technicians, scientists, policymakers, civil society, and local end-users. Information-based management of current and future water resources is a focus.
The Mining Investment and Development for Afghanistan Sustainability (MIDAS) project assisted the Government of Afghanistan to responsibly develop the nation’s mining industry by improving its ability to plan, design and implement mining concessions through transparent tender processes. MIDAS supported initiatives to make Afghanistan’s mining industry a key source of government revenues and expand the skilled labor force to include women. MIDAS guided the Afghan government in implementation of legal and regulatory reforms for the industry and provided technical assistance to the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP).
The Strengthening Watershed and Irrigation Management (SWIM) project supports sustainable, agriculture-led economic growth by increasing the sustainable and productive use of water and strengthening water resource management.
AESP provided architectural and engineering services for USAID in the sectors of energy, transportation, vertical structures, and water and sanitation. This $97 million program completed 219 work orders over seven years. AESP developed a USAID program to expand Afghanistan’s electric power system, a model internship program for Afghan women, quick response surveys for disaster relief, and an initiative to safeguard the structural capacity of Afghanistan’s schools and hospitals.
The United States Agency for International Development is partnering with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to support the Afghan government and civil society to increase access to safe drinking water and community sanitation facilities, and improve hygiene practices in households, schools, and health facilities. The program will improve the lives of at least 525,000 Afghans in 75,000 vulnerable and disadvantaged households in 16 selected rural Afghan provinces.
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