- Kaifiat Project - Quality management in Afghanistan
Began in March 2007, the objective of the Kaifiat project is to improve aid actors’ capacity to conduct analyses and operations, and manage knowledge in order to improve the quality of the service provided to the Afghan population.

- The PMIS (Participative Management of Irrigated Systems) project
The PMIS project, principally funded by the European Union, is a three-year research-action project (2005-08) run by the Agha Khan Foundation (AKF) for Afghanistan and Groupe URD. Groupe URD is in charge of research into agrarian systems and participative management of water in 4 canals in Baghlan and Takhar provinces

- Research into improved needs assessments (principle 6 of the GHDI) and increased participation of beneficiaries (principle 7 of GHDI) in humanitarian action
The aim of this study is to formulate recommendations to improve needs assessment skills (principle 6 of the GHDI) and to increase the participation of beneficiaries (principle 7 of the GHDI).
Principle 6 stipulates that donors should, “Allocate humanitarian funding in proportion to needs and on the basis of needs assessments”, and principle 7 states that implementing humanitarian organisations should “ensure, to the greatest possible extent, adequate involvement of beneficiaries in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian response”.
These objectives are shared by the DAH, which wishes to stimulate the debate around these central themes within the GHDI.