Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) - Communicating Our Research

Communicating Our Research

AREU actively disseminates its research, which is always made publicly available and free of charge.

Publications: All AREU publications are available online and in hardcopy, with many translated into Dari and Pashto. These range from in-depth provincial case studies to peer-reviewed policy briefs and professionally published reports.

Updated each year, the A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance aims to enhance general understanding of the array of actors, structures and government processes related to aid and reconstruction efforts in the country. The guide provides: a wide-ranging glossary of assistance terms, an overview of Afghanistan’s system of government, a series of country and city maps, key primary documents, and an extensive contacts directory that includes government agencies, NGOs, donors, and international actors. The latest version will be published early 2013 and will contain a dedicated section to the transition period.

When the first edition of the A to Z Guide was published in 2002, the goal then—as it is now—was “to provide a guide to the terms, structures, mechanisms and coordinating bodies critical to the Afghanistan relief and reconstruction effort to help ensure a shared vocabulary and common understanding.” Over the years the guide increased in scope and size, but has always followed the same successful model.

Events and briefings: AREU regularly convenes events such as public seminars, roundtable discussions and press conferences. Meanwhile, staff frequently provide private briefings to Afghan and international policymakers.