Governance and Capacity Building in Post-Crisis Aceh: Report prepared by the Australian National University Enterprise for the United Nations Development Programme

This is a study about Governance and Capacity Building in Post-Crisis Aceh. It has been carried out under the sponsorship of the United Nations Development Programme in Jakarta and Aceh, and with support from Australian National University Enterprise in Canberra.

Aceh is passing through a period of transition. The past three decades, and most recently the past seven years, have been a period of uncertainty and much difficulty in the province. But now, for the first time for thirty years, the prospects for peace and sustained development in Aceh are promising.

This study discusses issues of transition in Aceh. The aim is, first, to consider these issues drawing on the experience of Aceh as a case study in order to the contribute to the emerging body of knowledge on issues of governance in transition, and second, to assess the effectiveness of the UNDP Aceh Government Transformation Programme (AGTP) which was designed to assist processes of governance in Aceh during the transition.