ABSTRACT
Systemic program planning requires peacebuilders to think of planning as a structured process for learning that needs to include an ongoing and inclusive dialogue about intervention ethics, help decision makers make responsible choices, and facilitate the formation of networks of effective action. The purpose of the Dialogue in Afghan Communities (DAC) program is to affect two key factors 'conflict in communities' and 'ethnic tensions'. The holism analysis is to assess the degree to which the DAC program is having impacts in the structural, attitudinal, and transactional (SAT) domains. The holism and interdependence analyses are designed to spot needs and opportunities for developing a program in ways that increase the lasting impacts of a program and, thereby, a programs impact on Peace Writ Large. In order to understand and potentially augment the positive interdependence between the micro-level impacts of the DAC program and Afghanistan's level of peace, it is necessary to understand the strength of the programs impacts.
