The Afghanistan Information Management Service (AIMS) was established in 2002 and is administered by UNDP. AIMS was established to help the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) and the broader humanitarian community to work more effectively through providing products and services in the field of information management, particularly building information management capacity in government. The link between the need for information and ensuring an efficient and effective reconstruction effort of Afghanistan is very strong. Without it, policies will be weak, prioritization will be impossible, and decisions on projects will be inaccurate.