Aiming to provide qualified teaching and education in the area of information technology (IT) in countries that lack the funda-mental prerequisites, one has to develop strategic planning that will secure sustainable and stable IT supply systems for the institutions of higher education. By example of Afghanistan this book indicates how to plan and establish these sustainable and stable IT supply systems. Elements of these systems, e.g. IT policy and IT infrastructure, a demand-oriented education and the creation of an organizational management structure, are dealt with.

This book documents the creation of the computer science faculty in Herat, Afghanistan. This included the reconstruction of the building, the setup of a highly modern PC lab, construction of seminar and common rooms, the education of network administrators, as well as the development of tuition contents and concepts customized for the specific characteristics of the Afghan society. After a project period of almost two years, the Afghan partners will manage the faculty by themselves.

"Bernd Mahr" is head of the department Formal Logic and Programming at the faculty for Electrical Engineering and Informatics at the Technical University of Berlin (Germany). Along with his co-editor, Nazir Peroz, they manage the Centre for International and Intercultural Communications (ZiiK).