Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), Core support 2020-2023 Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), kärnstöd 2020-2023 Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) has applied for core support from Sida to finance the organization's operations in 2020-2024. Sida proposes a core support of a total of SEK 6 million for the period 2020-2022. AAN has received Swedish support since its inception in 2009.

The aim of the contribution is helping Afghan decision-makers, international donors and other members of AAN's target group become better informed and equipped to formulate policy, implement development efforts and conduct advocacy work by taking part in AAN's analyzes in the following areas: War and peace; the Political Landscape; Rights and Freedoms; Migration; Regional relations; International engagement; Economy, environment and development; and Context and culture.

Other donors are expected to be Norway, Switzerland (SDC), the UK (DFID and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The budget is still not covered. If AAN does not receive sufficient funds, the budget will be adjusted accordingly.

There is a widespread perception among Afghan analysts and international experts that the international community has a limited understanding of Afghanistan and that this has a negative impact on donor efforts. It is the endeavor to overcome this problem that motivates Sida to support AAN's operations with in-depth documentation and analysis of developments in the country. 

Sida's financial support to AAN is approx. 2 MSEK annually. Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) har ansökt om kärnstöd från Sida för finansiering av organisationens verksamhet 2020-2024. Sida föreslår ett kärnstöd på totalt 6 miljoner SEK för perioden 2020-2022. AAN har fått svenskt stöd sedan starten 2009.

Insatsen syftar till att afghanska beslutsfattare, internationella givare och andra medlemmar i AAN:s målgrupp blir bättre informerade och rustade att formulera politik, implementera utvecklingsinsatser och bedriva påverkansarbete genom att ta del av AAN:s analyser inom följande områden: krig och fred; det politiska landskapet, rättigheter och friheter; migration; regionala relationer; internationellt engagement; ekonomi, miljö och utveckling; samt kontext och kultur.

Övriga givare är i dagsläget Norge, Schweiz (SDC), Storbrittanien (DFID) och Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Budgeten är fortfarande inte täckt. Om AAN inte får inte tillräckligt med medel kommer budgeten att anpassas till detta.

Det finns en vitt spridd uppfattning bland afghanska analytiker och internationella experter att det internationella samfundet har en begränsad förståelse av Afghanistan och att detta har negativa effekter på givarnas insatser. Det är strävan att komma till rätta med detta problem som motiverar Sida att stödja AANs verksamhet med djupgående dokumentation och analys av utvecklingen i landet. 

Sidas finansiella stöd till AAN motsvarar cirka 2 MSEK årligen. AAN's programme is centred around three interlinked outcome objectives, listed
below:
1. Key stakeholders and other members of AANs target group are significantly
better informed and better equipped to formulate policies, implement projects
and lobby for necessary interventions because of AAN s research and analysis.
Their policies, interventions and lobby activities help towards a greater stability in
Afghanistan (or, alternatively, help prevent greater deterioration).

2. An ever growing circle of Afghan and international policymakers,
development agents, influencers and other stakeholders make use of the AAN
research products that are relevant to their efforts to help stabilise Afghanistan,
because of AANs efforts to expand the reach of its research and analysis and to
improve the accessibility of its products.

3. Afghanistans emerging research and analysis community has been
strengthened and enriched by AANs efforts to develop and mentor its own
Afghan researchers to become leaders in their field, to collaborate with like-minded organisations and academic institutions, and to lead by example in terms
of high ethical standards of research, knowledge sharing and collaboration