Chad
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.