Afghanistan Stabilization Initiative (ASI)

Provinces	Ghazni, Hilmand, Kandahar, Kunar, Nangarhar, Paktika, Wardak
Program	Provincial Reconstruction Teams (Strengthening the reach and legitimacy of the central government in outlying regions)
Dates	June 2009 - June 2010
Partner	Chemonics International
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The Afghanistan Stabilization Initiative (ASI) addresses instability at the local level in collaboration with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA).  With the aim to build confidence and trust between GIRoA and local Afghan communities, ASI uses a community-based consultative approach that identifies and implements small community improvement projects, bringing together communities and legitimate local GIRoA actors.  ASI creates conditions that build confidence between communities and GIRoA through the improvement of the economic and social environment in the targeted regions, and increases public access to information about GIRoA’s social, economic and political activities and policies in Afghanistan.  ASI is implemented by DAI in the East and Chemonics in the South. 

Regional focus: less-stable districts in the South and East

All Provincial Reconstruction Teams activities