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10 Best Practices For Effective Program Management, Paula S. Daly

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

James Madison University College of Business Professor, Paula Daly, reflects on her experiences teaching the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery’s Senior Managers’ Course in ERW and Mine Action and provides a list of best practices for senior mine action managers.

Cwd Response To Ammunition Depot Accidents, George Zahaczewsky

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

While casualties inevitably occur during wars as a result of hostilities, munitions explosions are far more dangerous because they can injure or kill thousands of civilians and military personnel in a single incident. These detonations are not a new occurrence; they have happened as far back as World War I.

Surplus Sa/Lw Destruction Project In Mauritania, Phillipe Houliat

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Handicap International, in partnership with the NATO Partnership for Peace Trust Fund for Mauritania, implemented a multiphase ammunition and conventional weapons destruction project to help the Mauritanian government achieve its security objectives and reduce the risk of unplanned explosions.

The Journal Of Erw And Mine Action Issue 18.2 (2014), Cisr Journal

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Focus: CWD Emergency Response

Feature: Sahel and Maghreb

Special Report: SA/LW Marking and Tracing Initiatives in Latin America

Land Release Liability, Sean Moorhouse

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Who should be responsible for any adverse events after clearance? The process of transferring liability from an operator to the state seems biased due to an inherent conflict of interest.

Disability Rights In Laos, Megan Hinton, Ken Rutherford

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Relatively poor immunization and health standards, inadequate transportation infrastructure, and explosive remnants of war from previous conflicts are prevalent causes of disability in Laos. The exact number of disabled people living in Laos today is unknown due to inadequate surveys, poor reporting and little incentive for individuals to register as disabled. Despite the large number of disabled persons in Laos, they are a highly underrepresented minority. However, disability issues have become increasingly mainstream in Lao society in recent years, and a renewed effort to secure disability rights has ensued.

Building National Eod Capacity In Mali, Jin-Hee Dieu

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Since January 2013, the United Nations Mine Action Service has worked to build Mali’s national capacity in explosive ordnance disposal.

Promoting Firearms Marking In Latin America And The Caribbean, Lourdes Rincon

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Marking firearms is an important step in combating illicit weapons trafficking. To promote marking and tracing among countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Organization of American States has strengthened national capacities to mark firearms by providing equipment and related training since 2009.

Arms Management And Destruction In Sahel And Maghreb By Chris Loughran, Julia Wittig And Greg Crowther [ Mag (Mines Advisory Group) ], Chris Loughran, Julia Wittig, Greg Crowther

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Since January 2013, the United Nations Mine Action Service has worked to build Mali’s national capacity in explosive ordnance disposal.

Achieving Local Ownership In Mine Action, Blake Williamson

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Sustainable development is key to maintaining a self-sufficient national mine action program. To achieve self-sufficiency, programs must build capacity and transition away from the international community’s financial and technical support.

New Mine/Erw Risk Education Initiatives In Afghanistan, Samim Hashimi

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Many steps, including training midwives, police officers and teachers in mine and explosive remnants of war risk education (mine/ERW RE), have been taken in Afghanistan to ensure that mine/ERW RE is integrated into local networks. This article outlines the move toward integrating mine/ERW RE within local networks in Afghanistan to assure that high-quality and sustainable material is delivered in the areas that need it most.

Advanced Ordnance Teaching Materials, Allen D. Tan

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The Advanced Ordnance Teaching Materials (AOTM) program leverages recent advances in the accessibility of 3-D printing to raise the quality of humanitarian explosive ordnance disposal education worldwide.

The Mine Action Visitor Center In Vietnam, Phu Thanh Nguyen, Chuck Searcy

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

To raise public awareness of the dangers of explosive remnants of war and current mine action activities, Project RENEW created the Mine Action Visitor Center in Quang Tri province, a former demilitarized zone during the Vietnam War.

Using Minehound In Cambodia And Afghanistan, David Daniels, Jurgen Braunstein, Michael Nevard

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The HALO Trust uses the MINEHOUND dual sensor detector in Cambodia and Afghanistan to reduce false-alarm rates. MINEHOUND combines a metal detector with ground-penetrating radar to improve efficiency of mine removal in areas highly contaminated with metallic false alarms.

Balkan Flooding Exacerbates Landmine Crisis, News Brief

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Balkan Flooding Exacerbates Landmine Crisis.

Ghana Begins Marking Sa/Lw, News Brief

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

In March 2014, the Ghana National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA) began marking Ghanaian national security forces’ small arms.

3-D Printers Create Low-Cost Prostheses, News Brief

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Not Impossible Labs works on delivering low-cost and simple solutions to healthcare problems.

Issue 18.2 Endnotes, Cisr Journal

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Issue 18.2 Endnotes

Kurdistan’S Erbil Mine Action Center, Jamal J. Hussein

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The Erbil Mine Action Center (EMAC) of the Iraqi Kurdistan Mine Action Agency increases mine risk education efforts in the spring to reduce high casualty rates during this season. EMAC also conducts landmine clearance in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Outcome Monitoring In Humanitarian Mine Action, Mikkel Nedergaard

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Humanitarian mine action programs are attempting to develop better ways to monitor and document the socioeconomic results of their programs. Lessons learned from the journal and use of Danish Demining Group’s Impact Monitoring System provide examples of how to build or improve current outcome- and impact-monitoring systems.

Amendments To The Imas Land Release Series, Helen Gray

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) review board formally endorsed amendments to the Land Release IMAS in April 2013 that clarify and standardize the language and practices in the series.

Scalable Technical Survey For Improved Land-Release Rates, Håvard Bach

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) tailors technical survey (TS) to allow for more efficient use of mine action assets and improved land-release rates. Many organizations consider TS an isolated activity and fail to streamline and effectively implement TS as a tool to reduce unnecessary, time-consuming and costly deployment of mine action resources.

Effects Of Mixed Teams On Land Release, Arianna Calza Bini, Nyske Janssen, Abigail Jones

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The Gender and Mine Action Programme (GMAP) investigated the impact of mixed gender teams on land release. Based on the opinion of the respondents, as well as gender baseline assessments conducted by GMAP, the organization found that in most cases mixed teams in the land release process are primarily associated with the employment of women and its effect on the teams. Some mine action managers indicated that mixed teams actually enable better access to information while only a few respondents indicated that more accurate and inclusive information will allow mine action organizations to prioritize tasks where the impact is highest. …

The Journal Of Erw And Mine Action Issue 18.1 (2014), Cisr Journal

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Focus on land release issues

Feature: Best Practices of Residual Clearance

Special Report: Declining Donor Funding and Strategies to Attract New Donors

Managing Residual Clearance: Learning From Europe’S Past, Samuel Paunila

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Lessons learned from residual clearance in post-1945 Europe may apply to long-term clearance efforts after more recent conflicts.

Lessons From Lebanon: Rubble Removal And Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Erik Lauritzen

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The insight and knowledge gained from rubble removal and explosive ordnance disposal in the Nahr el-Bared Camp, which was destroyed during heavy fighting in Lebanon in 2007, could greatly benefit future reconstruction efforts in war-damaged urban areas.

Conventional Munitions Disposal Capacity Development In South Sudan, Fran O'Grady

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The United Nations Mine Action Service is training members of South Sudan’s National Police Service in order to develop a self-sustainable nationwide capacity for conventional munitions disposal in the country.

Environmentally Responsible Saa Disposal, Ian Biddle

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The need to dispose of small arms ammunition (SAA) for short-term stability and security concerns has traditionally outweighed the long-term need for environmentally responsible disposal. The author suggests the international community should change its procedures concerning SAA disposal and promote more environmentally friendly disposal methods.

Applying Ngo Resource-Mobilization Strategies To The Mine Action Community, Dane Sosniecki, Suzanne Fiederlein

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Due to funding concerns, the mine action sector is shifting its approach to resource mobilization and allocation. Emerging funding trends suggest that it would be advantageous for mine action centers and nongovernmental organizations to increase sustainability by seeking financial and technical support from a variety of sources.

Get More Value For Money: The Benefits Of Multiyear Funding, Fabienne Moust, James De La Vingne

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

In the experience of the government of the Netherlands, multiyear funding plans increase the efficiency and effectiveness of humanitarian mine action programs for donors, operators and national authorities.