Introduction
We are a network of planning professionals based in the United States who would like to provide support and training for planners in Afghanistan. We intend to offer a series of three to five week courses in Kabul beginning next spring, following the model developed by the Society of Afghan engineers. Our courses will be tailored to your needs; therefore, we have developed this survey to learn from you what topics, methods, and ideas you would like us to cover in our course modules. Thank you,

Alia Hokuki
Timor Rafiq
Pietro Calogero

Name _____________
Title ____________
Address __________
Agency ___________
Telephone Number _________
Fax Number ___________
Email ____________

1. What mechanisms are available to you that you are currently using that are helping your agency successfuly complete projects?

2. What additional resources, other than more money, would help you get more use of the mechanisms that you already have?

3. What are the top three skill-sets that are critical for your employees to possess?

4. If we could send an experienced professional to teach a 4 week course, what subjects do you think would be most helpful for your management staff?

5. If we could send an experienced professional to teach a 4 week course, what subjects do you think would be most helpful for your line staff?

6. What is the main area of responsibilty that distinguishes your agency from other agencies doing similar work?

7. What is the institutional structure of your agency; how is it organized? How many project managers are there?

8. What are some of your existing projects? Which entities have assigned those projects to your agency?

9. What is your level of cooperation and interaction with other entities?

10. Do other agencies overlap in responsibilities with your agency (i.e. the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, the Ministry of Reconstruciton, or others)? If they overlap, in what areas? Are there staff from these other agencies who would be interested in this training?

11. On what basis do you interact with the public? Do they come to you for permits or projects?

12. Do you seek community assistance with your projects/tasks?

13. What do you see as your agency's top three goals? Long-term and short-term.
13b. What steps have you taken and are taking in achieving those goals?
13c. What are three obstacles that prevent your agency from addressing these three priorities?

14. What do you see as three most pressing needs that your agency is not currently able to address?
9b. What are three obstacles that prevent your agency from addressing these three priorities?

15. We can only send a limited number of people to Afghanistan for limited amounts of time. In what other ways can professionals here in the United States provide ongoing support to planners in Afghanistan?