Advocacy for the Accession of Somalia to the Anti-Personnel Mine-Ban Treaty (P10-SM01)
Pillar: Advocacy
Appealing Agency: Somalia Coalition to Ban Landmines (SOCBAL)
Summary Objectives: SOCBAL intends to advocate for the anti-personnel mine-ban treaty in Somalia. It will urge government policy makers to participate in international mine action conferences and become a state party to the convention.
An Additional Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team in Laasanoud, Sool Region (P10-SM02)
Pillar: Mine clearance
Appealing Agency: UN Development Programme (UNDP)
and Somaliland Mine Action Centre (SMAC)
Summary Objectives: Five police explosive ordnance (EOD) teams operate in Somaliland. Two teams are based in Hargeisa, one team is based in Burao, one team is based in Boroma, and one team is based in Erigavo. The EOD capacity in Somaliland needs to increase through the establishment of an additional EOD team in the Sool Region. This project will provide support to the Laasanoud Police EOD Team.
Community Safety and Ammunition Disposal in Somalia (P10-SM03)
Pillar: Multiple
Appealing Agency: Danish Demining Group (DDG)
Summary Objectives: The project seeks to reduce contamination by and risks from explosive remnants of war (ERW) on a community-by-community basis, thus promoting normal life and improving safety. It will clear ERW and deliver appropriate community education messages.
Community Safety and Ammunition Disposal in Somaliland (P10-SM04)
Pillar: Multiple
Appealing Agency: Danish Demining Group (DDG)
Summary Objectives: The project aims to reduce contamination by and risks from explosive remnants of war (ERW) on a community-by-community basis, thus promoting normal life and improving safety. It will clear ERW as a fully integrated component of DDG Somaliland’s Community Safety Programme. It will also promote community safety, and a reduction in accidents related to ERW and weapons through appropriate community education messages.
Conventional Weapons Clearance in Conflict-Affected Regions of Somalia (P09-SM04)
Pillar: Mine clearance
Appealing Agency: Mines Advisory Group (MAG)
Summary Objectives: The objectives of this project are to contribute to humanitarian relief, post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding initiatives in Somalia through the provision of explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and small arms and light weapons (SALW) destruction capabilities.
Coordination of Mine Risk Education in Somaliland (P10-SM05)
Pillar: Mine risk education
Appealing Agency: UN Development Programme (UNDP)
and Somaliland Mine Action Centre (SMAC)
Summary Objectives: The project seeks to reduce casualties by teaching the inhabitants of 447 impacted communities near mine-affected areas to live safely near the contamination.
Demining and Destruction of Unexploded Ordnance in Puntland (P09-SM05)
Pillar: Mine clearance
Appealing Agency: Humanitarian Demining Italian Group (HDIG)
Summary Objectives: The project will survey suspected hazardous areas; deploy manual clearance and mine detection dog teams; train local personnel on mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal; mark areas polluted by mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) to prevent accidents; and conduct rapid mine clearance of areas needed for village reconstruction, aid distribution, recovery of agriculture, free circulation and the safe resettlement of refugees.
Demining and Unexploded Ordnance Destruction in the Mogadishu Area (P10-SM06)
Pillar: Mine clearance
Appealing Agency: Humanitarian Demining Italian Group (HDIG)
Summary Objectives: The project will survey and verify suspected hazardous areas and conduct mine clearance with survey and manual clearance sections. It will train local personnel on mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal; mark areas polluted by mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) to prevent accidents; and conduct rapid mine clearance of areas needed for village reconstruction, aid distribution, recovery of agriculture, free circulation and the safe resettlement of refugees.
Demining and Unexploded Ordnance Destruction in the Somaliland Region (P10-SM07)
Pillar: Mine clearance
Appealing Agency: Humanitarian Demining Italian Group (HDIG)
Summary Objectives: The project will survey and verify suspected hazardous areas and conduct mine clearance with survey and manual clearance sections. It will train local personnel on mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal; mark areas polluted by mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) to prevent accidents; and conduct rapid mine clearance of areas needed for village reconstruction, aid distribution, recovery of agriculture, free circulation and the safe resettlement of refugees.
Emergency Clearance of Unexploded Ordnance with Mine Risk Education in Mogadishu (P07-SM05)
Pillar: Multiple
Appealing Agency: Danish Demining Group (DDG)
Summary Objectives: This project aims to clear districts identified as affected by unexploded ordnance (UXO), security and access permitting. It also aims to deliver mine risk education to internally displaced people (IDPs) inside and outside of Mogadishu. It will help to improve access to and the availability of information on mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW), and provide relevant ERW-related risk mitigation advice and practical support to all groups as required and requested.