Chad

Last Updated: 10 September 2012

Support for Mine Action

Support for Mine Action

Since 2007, the Government of Chad has contributed more than US$11 million to its mine action program, including US$2.93 million in 2011, its largest ever reported contribution.[1]

In 2010 and 2011, international contributions towards mine action in Chad were less than $2 million each year. In 2011, Australia, Finland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland contributed a total of $1.84 million.[2] Finland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland were also donors to Chad mine action in 2010.

International contributions in 2011[3]

Donor

Sector

National currency

Amount (US$)

Australia

Risk education

A$1,000,000

1,033,200

Netherlands

Clearance

€240,000

334,344

Finland

Clearance

€200,000

278,620

Switzerland

Clearance

CHF175,000

197,472

Total

1,843,636

 

Summary of contributions in 2007–2011[4]

Year

National (US$)

International (US$)

Total budget (US$)

2011

2,934,000

1,843,636

4,777,636

2010

2,095,380

1,665,238

3,760,618

2009

1,133,380

7,071,214

8,204,594

2008

2,562,821

2,145,486

4,708,307

2007

2,512,000

735,521

3,247,521

Totals

11,237,581

13,461,095

24,698,676

 

 


 



[1] Information provided to the Monitor by Saleh Hissein Hassan, Coordinator, Chad National Demining Centre, in Geneva, 25 May 2012.

[2] Response to Monitor questionnaire by Christine Pahlman, Mine Action Coordinator, AusAID, 24 April 2012; email from Sirpa Loikkanen, Secretary, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 20 February 2012; Responses to Monitor questionnaire by Douwe Buzeman, Policy Officer Security and Development, Peace Building and Stabilisation Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 16 April 2012; and by Claudia Moser, Section for Multilateral Peace Policy, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland, 19 June 2012.

[3] Australia average exchange rate for 2011: A$1=1.0332 = US$1. Euro average exchange rate for 2011: €1 = US$1.3931; Switzerland average exchange rate for 2011: CHF0.8862 = US$1. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 3 January 2012.

[4] See ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Chad: Support for Mine Action,” 7 September 2011.