We already have offices in the south; Kandahar is where we are strongly represented. When we look at where we want to be represented in the future, as I see it now, that certainly will include an expansion in the south. We have to not only expand in the south, but we have to look very carefully at how we can be most useful in the outreach context, for instance, together with our other organizations, development agencies, NGOs, and not least the Afghan government.
I mentioned the establishment of this new directorate, whose intention and task is to improve the governance at various levels and bring modern and traditional structures together to enable the Afghan government to make decisions and priorities based on the needs on the ground. I see it as one of our tasks to try to reinforce and complement that effort.
You mentioned aid effectiveness. Much has been done, and we can see visible results in many, many places in the country. Nevertheless, there's no doubt that there is a duplication of effort. That has to be avoided; we have to stop it.
There is also a tendency to spend too much money inside the donor country and not inside the receiving country. That also has a very negative effect of not building Afghan capacity as soon as we can. Therefore, I think we are conducting capacity substitution instead of capacity building. That is an attitude we have to get away from, and it will require all of us to look very carefully at how we spend. But I also do see a trend in the right direction over the last few weeks. I look forward to seeing that materialize.
