Eritrea

Last Updated: 16 August 2011

Support for Mine Action

Since 2008 the government of Eritrea has covered the salaries of two demining teams and logistics and medicines for the demining teams at the Eritrean Demining Authority (EDA), valued at approximately US$257,000 per year.[1]

In 2010 UNDP in Eritrea provided US$160,000 from its core funding sources to support the EDA and $503,375 to the Ministry of Labour and Human Welfare to establish a database on persons with disabilities and victim assistance.[2]

UNICEF, with a contribution of €392,000 ($519,831)[3] from Italy, provided support to the EDA in 2010 for risk education (RE) operational costs including field allowances for 40 persons on 10 RE teams.[4]

International contributions: 2010

Donor

Recipient

Sector

Amount

Italy

UNICEF

Risk Education

519,831

UNDP

Ministry of Labour and Human Welfare

Victim assistance

503,375

UNDP

EDA

Clearance

160,000

Total

1,183,206

Summary of contributions: 2006–2010[5]

Year

National contributions ($)

International contributions ($)

Total contributions ($)

2010

256,567

1,183,206

1,439,773

2009

256,569

354,535

611,104

2008

259,654

271,154

530,808

2007

512,250

550,860

1,063,110

2006

256,758

313,062

569,820

 



[1] Article 5 deadline Extension Request, 30 March 2011, p. 22.

[2] Email from Eyob Ghezai, Programme Specialist, UNDP, 14 July 2011.

[3] Response to Monitor questionnaire by Manfredo Capozza, Humanitarian Demining Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy, 6 April 2011. Average exchange rate for 2010: €1=US$1.3261. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 6 January 2011.

[4]  Article 5 deadline Extension Request, 30 March 2011, p. 22.

[5] Ibid.