Emergency Explosive Ordnance Disposal Teams for South Central Somalia (P07-SM02)
Pillar: Mine clearance
Appealing Agency: UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
Summary Objectives: This project will provide an emergency EOD capacity to respond to explosive remnants of war (ERW) call-outs in affected communities. The project will utilize two existing EOD teams, and create three additional teams to respond to contamination throughout South Central Somalia.
Emergency Mine Risk Education in South Central Somalia (P07-SM04)
Pillar: Mine risk education
Appealing Agency: UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
and UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Summary Objectives: This project will contribute to the reduction of accidents caused by mines and UXO by providing emergency mine risk education in South Central Somalia. The project will raise awareness of the dangers of mines and UXO among humanitarian actors, affected communities, and highly vulnerable groups, including internally displaced people (IDPs), herders, women and children, and affected communities in areas outside Mogadishu not covered by other mine action actors.
Emergency Rapid Response Survey Teams for South Central Somalia (P07-SM01)
Pillar: Mine clearance
Appealing Agency: UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
Summary Objectives: This project will assist a rapid response survey by the SCMAC, utilizing four national survey teams capable of highly responsive mobile survey operations and supported by international experts.
Emergency Support to the South Central Mine Action Centre (P07-SM03)
Pillar: Multiple
Appealing Agency: UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
Summary Objectives: This project will ensure the continued development of the SCMAC, with a specific focus on supporting the emergency coordination mechanisms between the SCMAC and international non-governmental organizations, mine risk education, surveys and explosive ordnance disposal teams. The assistance will cover capital and operational costs, vital in ensuring coordinated mine action in the region.
Institutional Support and Capacity Building for the Somaliland Mine Action Centre (P07-SM07)
Pillar: Multiple
Appealing Agency: UN Development Programme (UNDP)
and Somaliland Mine Action Centre (SMAC)
Summary Objectives: This project will ensure continued operational and institutional support to the SMAC, with a specific focus on enhancing the centre's coordination and facilitation mechanisms. This will encompass providing advanced international training for SMAC staff on the International Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA) staff and rectifying IMSMA database impediments. A new SMAC office will be created, with training, workshop and storage facilities vital for coordinated mine action.
Integration of Mine Risk Education into the Somaliland School Curriculum (P10-SM08)
Pillar: Mine risk education
Appealing Agency: UN Development Programme (UNDP)
and Somaliland Mine Action Centre (SMAC)
Summary Objectives: Working alongside national counterparts, this project will provide a much needed community and school mine risk education curriculum in Puntland. It will help raise public awareness of the dangers associated with mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO).
Integration of Risk Education in the Somali National Curriculum for Primary Schools (P10-SM09)
Pillar: Mine risk education
Appealing Agency: Handicap International (HI)-France
Summary Objectives: Incorporating risk education into the Somali national curriculum will help ensure that younger generations will be protected from residual landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) until total mine clearance has been achieved. It also increases knowledge on firearms and community safety. This in turn will produce a visible reduction in self-reported risk-taking and accident rates among children in targeted regions.
Mine Risk Awareness for Settlements of Internally Displaced People in Mogadishu (P10-SM10)
Pillar: Mine risk education
Appealing Agency: Somali Development Organization (SODO)
Summary Objectives: The project aims to reduce mine-related civilian casualties in IDP settlements, and increase mine risk awareness in the wider community of Mogadishu and its vicinity.
Police Demining Capacity Building, Somaliland (P07-SM12)
Pillar: Multiple
Appealing Agency: UN Development Programme (UNDP)
and Somaliland Mine Action Centre (SMAC)
Summary Objectives: UNDP will build a police demining capacity within Somaliland. The project will support operational costs, training and equipment. It includes a provision for the construction of a new office with training, workshop and storage facilities, thereby ensuring greater long-term operational effectiveness and sustainability as UN and non-governmental organization (NGO) support decreases.
Puntland Mine Risk Education and Victim Assistance Programme (P10-SM11)
Pillar: Multiple
Appealing Agency: Puntland Mine Action Centre (PMAC)
Summary Objectives: The Mine Risk Education, Mine/ERW (explosive remnants of war) Victim Assistance and Technical Survey Programme is designed to ensure improved government and local community management of mine action, including through mine risk education and victim assistance at the local level, policy framework development and institutional capacity development.