Risk Education in Puntland (P10-SM12)
Pillar: Mine risk education
Appealing Agency: Handicap International (HI)-France
Summary Objectives: This project aims to provide adequate and effective risk education to people and vulnerable groups (children, herders and travellers) in areas of Puntland affected by mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW). This will empower them to reduce mine and ERW accidents.
Risk Education Institutional Capacity Building for Mine Action Centres (P10-SM13)
Pillar: Mine risk education
Appealing Agency: Handicap International (HI)-France
Summary Objectives: This project aims to build the institutional risk education capacities of the SMAC and PMAC, on the technical and organizational levels. Greater capacities will be attained through comprehensive risk education training and support on all stages of project cycle management. Specific emphasis will be placed on developing capacities to prioritize, specify tasks, coordinate, and monitor and evaluate risk education activities.
Support to Capacity Building for the Mine Action Centres and Police Teams (P10-SM14)
Pillar: Multiple
Appealing Agency: UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Summary Objectives: The project will provide technical and financial support to the SMAC and the PMAC to coordinate all mine action activities in the two regions and ensure that International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) are met. It will reduce casualties by destroying ordnance, and taking away and destroying explosives held by terrorist procurement groups. This will help in enforcing the law on mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO). Mine risk education will be enhanced.
Support to Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal Teams in Somaliland (P07-SM10)
Pillar: Mine clearance
Appealing Agency: UN Development Programme (UNDP)
and Somaliland Mine Action Centre (SMAC)
Summary Objectives: Police EOD teams have been trained from all regions of Somaliland. Five teams operate, with two based in Hargeisa, one in Burao, one in Boroma and one in Erigavo. This project will continue to provide support to the teams, amounting to an annual sum of approximately US $20,000 per team. This includes all operational support costs and allowances.