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Support for Mine Action
In 2012, the Republic of Colombia received US$15.6 million of international assistance from nine donors. The European Union (EU) and the United States (US) accounted for 72% of all international assistance.[1]
In November 2011, the EU announced it would be providing €6 million ($8.4 million)[2] for mine action across a period of three years, from 2011–2014.[3] This three-year EU contribution supports El Programa Presidencial para la Acción Integral contra Minas Antipersonal (PAICMA) in monitoring humanitarian demining, coordinating victim assistance and risk education; the contribution also supports providing logistical support to the Organization of American States (OAS). The contract between the EU and the government of Colombia includes 24 tasks under four main activities: information management, land release, victim assistance, and risk education.[4] However, the contract was not finalized until November 2011 and, as a result, the 2011–2014 EU funding for mine action in Colombia was not reported until 2012.[5]
International government contributions: 2012[6]
|
Donor |
Sector |
Amount (national currency) |
Amount ($) |
|
EU |
Capacity building, risk education |
€6,011,191 |
7,729,791 |
|
US |
Clearance, victim assistance |
$3,500,000 |
3,500,000 |
|
Canada |
Clearance, victim assistance |
C$1,225,723 |
1,226,336 |
|
Germany |
Clearance, victim assistance |
€818,178 |
1,052,095 |
|
Spain |
Victim assistance |
€735,000 |
945,137 |
|
Norway |
Clearance |
NOK2,000,000 |
343,755 |
|
Japan |
Capacity building |
¥23,637,416 |
296,134 |
|
Switzerland |
Capacity building, victim assistance, advocacy |
CHF234,648 |
250,238 |
|
Netherlands |
Clearance |
€175,000 |
225,033 |
|
Total |
|
|
15,568,519 |
Of the $15.8 million provided in 2012, only 33% was allocated to mine clearance operations. As of September 2013, HALO Trust still had not begun clearance operations, despite receiving accreditation in April and seeking mandatory insurance coverage for their 80 deminers. The accreditation process and timeline are described in the mine action section of the Colombia profile. Most of the funding for clearance was provided by the US through the OAS for the Colombian Army. The EU funding is for various capacity building and survey activities through PAICMA.
Five donors (Canada, Germany, Norway, Spain, and the US) provided $2.7 million to the ICRC and national and international NGOs for victim assistance in 2012.
Thematic totals
|
Sector |
Amount ($) |
% |
|
Capacity building |
7,715,400 |
49.6 |
|
Clearance |
5,099,276 |
32.7 |
|
Victim Assistance |
2,737,161 |
17.6 |
|
Risk education, advocacy |
16,682 |
0.1 |
|
Total |
15,568,519 |
100% |
Summary of contributions in 2008–2012[7]
|
Year |
National contributions |
International contributions |
Total ($) |
|
2012 |
2,444,002 |
15,568,519 |
18,012,521 |
|
2011 |
9,535,200 |
11,088,975 |
20,624,175 |
|
2010 |
3,869,000 |
12,122,933 |
15,991,933 |
|
2009 |
3,196,000 |
10,502,603 |
13,698,603 |
|
2008 |
3,016,000 |
9,139,472 |
12,155,472 |
|
Totals |
22,060,202 |
58,422,502 |
80,482,704 |
[1] Germany Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), Amended Protocol II, Form B, 22 March 2013; Canada Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report, Form J, 30 April 2013; Spain CCW, Protocol V, Form F, 31 March 2013; Japan CCW, Amended Protocol II, 28 March 2013; response to Monitor questionnaire from Fabienne Moust, Policy Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands, 19 March 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; response to Monitor questionnaire by Claudia Moser, Section for Multilateral Peace Policy, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland, 22 March 2013; email from Carl Case, General Coordinator, Comprehensive Action against Antipersonnel Mines and Assistance for Control of Arms and Munitions, OAS, 13 July 2013; email from Rob Horvath, Manager, Leahy War Victims Fund, USAID, 2 August 2013; and, US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2013,” Washington DC, August 2013.
[2] Exchange rates for 2011: €1=US$1.3931. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 3 January 2012. The average euro exchange rate for 2012 is: €1=US$1.2859. If used, the €6 million EU contribution is equal to $7.7 million.
[3] Colombia Reports, “EU gives Colombia $75M in aid,” 3 November 2011.
[4] Email from Ulrich Tietze, Technical Advisor, EU, Bogota, 3 September 2012.
[5] PAICMA, Investment project “Implementation of the National Prevention of Landmine Accidents and Care for Victims,” (CODE BPIN: 0050-00247-0000), Management Report 2011 (PAICMA’s Annual Report to the Government of Colombia), p. 9; Average exchange rate from 2007–2010: COP1=US$0.00050, Oanda, www.oanda.com.
[6] Average exchange rate for 2012: C$0.9995=US$1; €1=US$1.2859; NOK5.8181=US$1; CHF0.9377=US$1; ¥79.82=US$1. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 3 January 2013.
[7] ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Colombia: Support for Mine Action,” 17 October 2012.
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