In 1999 the
Union’s contributions totalled € 103 m. In 2000 the European
Community budget devoted to Mine Action amounted alone at € 30m. We are
currently collecting data from the Union’s Member States concerning their
contributions for the year 2000. The total figure and details of the EU’s
effort will be made public in September 2001.
In March 2000, date of the
first anniversary of the entering into force of the Ottawa Convention, the
European Commission issued a Communication to the European Parliament and the
Council as well as a draft Regulation on an ACTION AGAINST ANTI
PERSONNEL LANDMINES: REINFORCING THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.
In
close collaboration with the Presidency of the European Union and with the
unrelenting support of the European Parliament, the Commission worked with
determination to change the amount and manner in which the Union’s
resources should be used to support the Ottawa process.
At that time the
European Commission specifically pointed to the value which a horizontal APL
regulation would have.
This will
bear significantly on the EU’s overall approach to the Anti Personnel
Landmines issues.
This specific Regulation is intended bring hope and relief
to mine affected populations and to the mine victims by pooling resources in a
way which can trigger acceleration of the pace of assistance.
Today the
Commission is not only capable of playing a more efficient role as a donor
but it is prepared to support a more significant upgrading of Mine Action
at the global level.
The targets set by the Ottawa Treaty represent a
daunting tasks for all players. We know that funding alone will never be
sufficient to reach the necessary quantum leap required to accelerate the pace
of mine clearance and of victims assistance.
We therefore call on all
partners to work together, to learn from lessons and re-orient our missions in
view of identified shortcomings and needs.
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PROGRAMME
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COUNTRY
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AMOUNT (€)
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PROJECT
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DURATION/DETAILS
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ECHO
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Angola
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200,000
|
Mine awareness
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in Benguela, Bie, Cuanza-Norte, Cuanza-Sul, Huambo
|
|
RELEX (OBNOVA)
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Bosnia Herzegovina
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2,400,000
|
Contribution to Civil Protection Agencies composed by a network of 30
municipal teams
|
12 months
|
|
ECHO
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Cambodia
|
700,000
|
6 Mine Action Teams on De-mining and Community Awareness
|
Battabang and Preah Vihear Provinces. By MAG
|
|
ECHO
|
Cambodia
|
20,000
|
Survey on the impact and social consequences of spontaneous de-mining
initiatives in rural areas.
|
By HI Belgium
|
|
RELEX (B7-661)
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Cambodia
|
1,000,000
|
Institutional building and de-mining of land-lots
|
600.000€ for consolidation of the newly created Cambodia Mine Action
Authority and 400.000 € in support of Land Use Planning Units to develop
structures for co-ordination and prioritisation of land to be de-mined and
allotted to the most vulnerable segments of population. Duration 24
months
|
|
RELEX (CFSP)
|
Croatia
|
308.133
|
Extension of WEUDAM/CROMAC operation started in 1999
|
Décision du Conseil du 20 mars 2000 [2000/231/PESC] modifiant la
Décision 1998/627/PESC du 9 novembre 1998 concernant une action
spécifique de l’Union Européenne dans le domaine de
l’assistance au déminage [en Croatie]
|
|
ECHO
|
Kosovo
|
460,000
|
Local demining capacity, UXO disposal, emergency rescue service
|
Until 30 /04/00
Djakova District, destruction of UXO, house
clearance and mine marking and provision of emergnecy casualty rescue service
for NGOs. By HI
|
|
ECHO
|
Kosovo
|
450,000
|
Transfer of demining skills to local population, landmine clearance, UXO
disposal
|
Until June 2000. Regions of Mitrovica, Podujecva, Prizren and Uresovac.
By MAG.
|
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RELEX UNMIK
|
Kosovo
|
2,000,000
|
Contribution to MACC
|
9 months
|
|
RELEX (B7-661)
|
Laos
|
775,000
|
De-pollution by UXO
|
12 months, Savannaketh Province in South Laos. By HI
|
|
ECHO
|
Lebanon
|
500.000
|
De-mining Project
|
South Lebanon. By MAG
|
|
DEV (B7-661)
|
Mozambique
|
1,950,000
|
Flood-related Mine Action, post emergency reconstruction programme.
De-mining
|
Grant to PNUD in support of the de-mining component of the Reconstruction
programme presented by the Government to the Rome Donors Conference.
|
|
DEV (B7-661)
|
Somalia
|
901,089
|
De-mining and mine awareness in Burao District
|
12 months Burao, one of the pricipal urban centres by Stiftung Sankt
Barbara
|
|
DEV (B7-661)
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Somalia
|
399,996
|
Survey, Maps and De-mining of Berbeda Corridor
|
7 months. Two vital stretches of Somaliland’s road network by Danish
Demining group
|
|
RELEX (B7-661 A)
|
SEE/ Administrative Capacity
build up
|
340,000
|
Total assessment of EC sponsored mine actions in SEE + setting up a
Headquarter Information Management System and carrying out scientific assessment
of the EC supported projects in the Balkans in 1999 and 2000.
|
By JRC
14 months work
|
|
RELEX (B7-661)
|
SEE
|
260,000
|
Grant to ICBL for World Landmine Monitor 2000
|
|
|
RELEX (B7-661)
|
(SEE) Stability Pact Project n°2
|
1,000,000
|
High definition maps using space born systems, secure GIS and local
scientists.
|
14 months
|
|
RELEX (B7-661)
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(SEE) Slovenia ITF
|
1,000,000
|
Cross border de-mining between Croatia and BiH
|
8 months
tendering procedures used,
|
|
INFSO (B6-5411244)
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(SEE) Stability Pact focus 10 Projects
|
15,000,000
|
Support to industry to develop new sensors/data-fusion techniques for
faster and safer mine detection
|
3 years duration
Research and Development of new Prototypes via calls
for proposals
|
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JRC (5th FP)
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(SEE) Stability Pact Project n°1
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55.000
|
Understanding the territory, the economic, political and security
environment, the needs of the users of de-mining technology and the specificity
of the market in order to establish a multi-annual strategy and a verifiable
working plan for the region
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By GICHD.
|
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RELEX (B7-661)
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World-wide
|
10.000
|
Brochure on EU contribution to the fight against APL
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|
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DG DEV (B7-600)
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UK and D
|
104,765
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Contribution to the German ICBL on its awareness campaigns targeting UK and
D
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29 months
|
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Final Total
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29, 833 983 m€
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