Hi Abu,Originally Posted by Abu Suleyman
Good question!
Well, I'm attempting 50% of my research on the Bundeswehr and German NGOs.
By the way, do any of you have any Bundeswehr buddies? Since I don't have a brother-in-law there, it's slightly more difficult to convince folks to talk to me.
May help with the Germans?
If I recall correctly the German contingent in Afghanistan have a website, which may have featured here on the recent thread on the Bundeswehr and they will have a public affairs contact point.
Secondly, try writing to the London-based military attache and this weblink helps: http://www.london.diplo.de/Vertretun...ce__seite.html
Third, there are a number of German academics and centres who specialise in Afghanistan, see the list on: http://afghanistan-analyst.org/default.aspx They may point you in the right direction.
Isn't there a website for NGO's active in Afghanistan? Maybe hidden in this: http://afghanistan-analyst.org/blogs.aspx which has a NGO listing.
Good luck.
davidbfpo
I just want to thank everyone for their input and for the 7 questionnaires I've gotten.
If I haven't responded to something, it's only because I'm trying not to drop any of the several balls I'm juggling. Will be in touch!
German Army
I have a german brigade on my doorstepIt deploys to Afghanistan next year so they are starting to consider some of the issues you will probably be interested in. I can probably get you an 'in'. PM me with what you need.
RR
Thanks guys.
Basically what I've done is to create a questionnaire for the military and one for the NGOs, asking basically the same questions. I am looking for so-called critical incidents and an idea of what is already being done in their intercultural training. The questionnaires exist in English and German.
Today I heard back from Concern and yesterday Kinder Nothilfe offered some assistance. Let's see what that brings.
Where do you guys find the time to keep up with the threads here?
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