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The Role Of Civil Affairs In Mine Action, Cisr Jmu
The Role Of Civil Affairs In Mine Action, Cisr Jmu
CISR Studies and Reports
The landmine threat to innocent civilians around the world is personally tragic, but it also represents a massive challenge to the development and infrastructure of nations at risk. Mine action is a series of activities which, taken together, attempt to ameliorate the effects of landmines. Mine action components include landmine clearance, mine awareness, and victim assistance and support activities. These diverse, and sometimes unrelated, operations are undertaken by numerous organizations, which are not typically under the control of any one organization. Coordination of effort, therefore is extremely difficult. The US government humanitarian demining program is predicated on providing limited support …
Developing And Integrating A Lessons Learned Methodology For Humanitarian Mine Action, Cisr Jmu
Developing And Integrating A Lessons Learned Methodology For Humanitarian Mine Action, Cisr Jmu
CISR Studies and Reports
The demand for a centralized lessons learned database has made it clear that there is value in consolidating the experience derived from the numerous de-mining missions by a variety of teams in a variety of countries. Consequently, the James Madison University Mine Action Information Center developed a methodology for collecting, validating, and distributing lessons-learned within the mine action community.
Task 1c3 Humanitarian Demining Requirement Analysis Final Report, Cisr Jmu
Task 1c3 Humanitarian Demining Requirement Analysis Final Report, Cisr Jmu
CISR Studies and Reports
The Humanitarian Demining Information Center (HDIC) at James Madison University is developing a plan for identifying, analyzing, enhancing, and disseminating electronic and hard copy information relating to humanitarian demining. The first step toward realizing this objective was identifying the information needs, information availability and optimal methods for organizing and delivering information to the humanitarian demining community.