Senegal

Last Updated: 16 December 2013

Support for Mine Action

In 2012, the Republic of Senegal received US$5.7 million in international assistance from three donors. The European Union (EU) awarded MECHEM a €4 million ($5.1 million) contract to clear mines in the Casamance region. Norway contributed NOK3 million ($515,632) to Norwegian People’s Aid and Switzerland provided CHF55,000 ($58,654) to Geneva Call.[1] The government of Senegal contributed $230,000 to its mine action program, as it has done since 2008. In June 2013, Senegal reported it would double its national contribution to $460,000 per year starting in 2013.[2]

International contributions: 2012[3]

Donor

Sector

National currency

Amount ($)

EU

Clearance

€4,000,000

5,143,600

Norway

Clearance

NOK3,000,000

515,632

Switzerland

Advocacy

CHF55,000

58,654

 

 

 

5,717,886

Summary of contributions: 2008–2012[4]

Year

National ($)

International ($)

Total budget

2012

230,000

5,717,886

5,947,886

2011

230,000

0

230,000

2010

230,000

897,830

1,127,830

2009

230,000

347,824

577,824

2008

230,000

47,560

277,560

Total

1,150,000

7,011,100

8,161,100

 



[1] Email from Carolin J. Thielking, EU Mine Action Focal Point, Division for WMD, Conventional Weapons and Space, European External Action Service, 15 May 2013; response to Monitor questionnaire by Ingunn Vatne, Senior Advisor, Department for Human Rights, Democracy and Humanitarian Assistance, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 11 April 2013; and response to Monitor questionnaire by Claudia Moser, Section for Multilateral Peace Policy, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland, 22 March 2013.

[2] “Mobilisation des Ressources pour le Programme de Deminage Humanitaire” (Resource Mobilization for the Humanitarian Demining Programme), report provided by the National Mine Action Centre to the ICBL, June 2013.

[3] Average exchange rate for 2012: €1 = US$1.2859; NOK5.8181 = US$1, and CHF0.9377 = US$1. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 3 January 2013.

[4] ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Senegal: Support for Mine Action,” 24 August 2011.