Afghanistan- Afghanistan Transition: The Death of Bin Laden and Local Dynamics (May 2011) - Afghanistan Transition and Kabul University: Winning Minds, Losing Hearts (May 2011) Human Capital- Policy Lab on Entrepreneurship – Abu Dhabi Public Health- Drug Prevention, Treatment and Harm Reduction: Scaling-up of Red Cross-Red Crescent Best Practices Afghanistan  Afghanistan Transition: Missing Variables (November 2010)In October 2010 the International Council on Security and Development (ICOS) interviewed 1500 Afghan men in southern and northern Afghanistan. In Helmand and Kandahar, 1000 men were interviewed. In Panjshir and Parwan, 500 men were interviewed. The two clusters of provinces chosen by ICOS reflect very different ethnic and political situations. Panjshir and Parwan are dominated by ethnic Tajiks, and were the stronghold of the anti-Taliban fighter Ahmad Shah Massoud during the civil war of the 1990s. They are now usually regarded as amongst the more peaceful areas of Afghanistan. Helmand and Kandahar, which are heavily Pashtun, were the homeland of the Taliban movement, and today are at the centre of the insurgency in Afghanistan. Kandahar and Helmand, along with Kunar province in the north-east, see 60% of the insurgent attacks across Afghanistan, according to NATO-ISAF. Therefore the ICOS research in these southern provinces provides a unique insight into the most relevant cohort of the Afghan population, in the most relevant areas of the country. The questions assessed a range of subjects including interviewees’ perceptions of NATO-ISAF and the wider international community, their attitudes towards the Taliban, and their opinions on international development efforts in their community. This ICOS field research offers a unique insight on the attitudes of the Afghan people on these issues. This report was released at the US Pentagon’s Pakistan Afghanistan Coordination Cell on the 19th November 2010.  
ICOS has developed an innovative Policy Labs methodology that uses participative techniques to bring together representatives of relevant social groups to identify their shared challenges and find solutions to them. Policy Labs consist of phases of scientific research, data processing, and dynamic group meetings bringing together relevant stakeholders. Through these different phases, a tailored and feasible action plan for the defined area is developed by the Policy Lab participants. 
The ICOS Security and Citizenship programme combines innovative research and policy analysis to promote pragmatic responses to today's most pressing social challenges. 
The Global Food Security Initiative portal has the aim of offering a "one stop shop" for information on food security around the world. This is achieved through the management and organisation of information regarding food security policy and related issues comprehensively in one place. 
The Rome Consensus for a Humanitarian Drug Policy is a framework for dialogue and cooperation that commits 121 National Societies of Red Cross and Red Crescent from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe to promote and implement humanitarian approaches to drug policy. |
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