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AISA is awarded of Best Excellence Display at IITF 2008

27th Nov 2008
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AISA began as an agency that provided licenses to companies wishing to invest in Afghanistan. AISA has now evolved into a pro-active institution in promoting and attracting investment to Afghanistan. To meet the objective of investment promotion we have restructured AISA as follows:

  1. Licensing Department: this department processes investment licenses and facilitates the necessary permits on behalf of investors and vis a vis other relevant Afghan government agencies. It continuously strives to improve processes and procedures and also supports set up and development of license preparation services at AISA's Regional Offices and this makes for proper communication, ensuring that AISA’s licensing rules and procedures are properly kept in all Regional Offices.
  2. Investment Promotion Department: this department organizes domestic and foreign conferences and exhibitions to promote investment and provides opportunities for “matchmaking” between companies and investors to proactively assist investors through the investment process. In addition, this department conducts media and information campaigns to promote investment initiatives, as well as provide information on government policies and regulations to promote a transparent investment environment.
  3. Research and Policy Department: this department serves to analyze private sector development issues, develop private sector strategies, complete sector-specific studies on business and investment opportunities, and engage in hands-on sector policy advocacy before the Parliament and Afghan government agencies.
  4. Investors’ Support Department: this department offers individual client services during the entire pre & post investment phase. Services include:

    • provision of initial information and advice for foreign and domestic investors: market situation, legal framework, customs, taxation, insurance, availability of key inputs, support programs, investment incentives and opportunities;
    • continuous contact to key investors (each investor support manager has “his”/”her” assigned clients to be assisted during the whole process: “one phase to the customer”);
    • facilitating support to investor from other government or private bodies (e.g. private Business Development Services, chambers, donor projects);
    • individual troubleshooting for investors
    • close contacts/good relations to key government and other key agencies
    • training of license holders on important topics (e.g. marketing, bidding procedures esp. for domestic SMEs)
    • post investment support for key investors (e.g. on double taxation, legal advice, provision of contacts and information, troubleshooting, visa problems/services).

  5. Industrial Parks Development Department: the development of Industrial Parks is a very high priority given that the main constraints currently identified by investors are access to land and electricity. IPDD is responsible for the development as well as management of new and modern industrial parks. The Department is currently responsible for managing three USAID-funded industrial parks in Kabul, Mazar and Kandahar and overseeing the contraction of two more parks in Jalalabad and Kabul. IDPD is in the process of developing a regulatory and institutional framework and management plan to effectively coordinate the Industrial Parks development.
  6. Regional Offices: Our Regional Offices, in close cooperation with AISA’s Licensing Department in Kabul, prepare licensing documents for AISA headquarters to process. They contribute proactively to mainly domestic support and promotion activities and cooperate closely with the Investment Promotion and Investor Support Departments. They also establish very close cooperation with and support to local government institutions so as to facilitate investments regionally and also are responsible for informing the public on AISA’s activities and objectives. AISA has now regional offices in Herat, Kandahar, Mazari Sharif and Jalalabad.

    Our Regional Offices are open from Saturday to Thursday from 8:00am to 4:30pm and can be contacted as per below: