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Kosovo Mine Action Strategy 2025-2030
This mine action strategy outlines the strategic orientation of the Kosovo mine action programme from 2025 to 2030, developed by the Kosovo Mine Action Center (KMAC). The strategy draws on international good practice and builds...
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Innovative Finance for Mine Action: Needs and Potential Solutions
The mine action sector faces not only chronic underfunding but also short-lived funding spikes for emerging or new crises, or significant developments in ongoing conflicts. These trends surrounding funding lead to a lack of both...
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Lessons from the Past: The Rapid Clearance of Denmark's Minefields in 1945
The clearance of the vast majority of Denmark’s minefields during 1945 was remarkable. In just under five months, a force ranging between 750 and 2,600 German prisoners of war (POW) under the supervision of 250–350 Danish officers...
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Zimbabwe National Mine Action Strategy 2018-2025
This National Mine Action Strategy, the first of its kind in Zimbabwe, presents the overall vision, mission, goals and objectives of Zimbabwe’s mine action programme for the period 2018-2025. The strategy’s timeline corresponds to...
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The Challenge of Long term Risk Management in Mine Action
This article briefly explores how states affected by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) are faced with a number of difficult decisions when they establish their mine action program.
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The Collaborative ORDnance Data Repository (CORD)
This article briefly explores The Collaborative ORDnance Data Repository (CORD) that has been in existence since 2015. A database of over 5,000 entries detailing a wide range of explosive ordnance.
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Improvised Explosive Devices and the International Mine Action Standards
This article briefly explores how improvised explosive devices (IED) are not new in mine action; they have contributed to explosive ordnance contamination in post-conflict settings since the advent of humanitarian demining almost...
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National Capacities And Residual Contamination | Albania
This case study forms part of a broader GICHD study on national capacities and residual contamination. The purpose of this report is to document Albania’s experience of developing national systems and capacities to address...
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Prioritisation Policy, Procedures and Practices Relating to UXO Clearance in Lao PDR
This report maps the current prioritisation system in Lao PDR, including UXO policies and related development policies of the Government of Lao PDR (GOL), standard operating procedures of UXO operators, and actual prioritisation...
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Prioritisation Policy, Procedures and Practices Relating to UXO Clearance in Lao PDR [ In Lao]
This report maps the current prioritisation system in Lao PDR, including UXO policies and related development policies of the Government of Lao PDR (GOL), standard operating procedures of UXO operators, and actual prioritisation...
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Corporate Partnerships Brochure
Today, the work of the GICHD is made possible by core contributions, project funding and in-kind support from more than 30 governments and organisations. The GICHD develops strategic partnerships with the private sector based on...
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