Havard Bach heads the Operational Support Unit for the GICHD. Projects under his responsibility currently include studies on mine dog detection and mechanical mine clearance. He has also given consultancy advice, often related to operational demining activities and demining technology.
Prior to employment at GICHD (from May 1999) Havard worked as a Norwegian military engineering officer before being employed by Norwegian People's Aid (NPA). He has managed several mine action programmes worldwide, involving the planning, establishment and management in collaboration with host nations, donors, UN agencies and other NGOs. Through his work, Havard has been involved in a range of activities, including mine dog detection and mechanical mine clearance, which are two of his current focuses.
Conferences and publications
September 2003 Improving mine detection dogs: an overview of the GICHD dog program Article by Bach, McLean, Aakerblom, Sargisson published in the Proceedings of EUDEM2-SCOT - 2003, volume 1, 149 - 155
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September 2003 Bringing the minefield to the detector: updating the REST concept Article by McLean, Bach, Fjellanger, Aakerblom published in the Proceedings of EUDEM2-SCOT - 2003, volume 1, 156 - 161
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September 2003 Vapour sensing using dogs in Bosnia: a test of detection capacity Article by Fjellanger, McLean, Bach published in the Proceedings of EUDEM2-SCOT - 2003, volume 1, 162 - 165
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September 2003 The GICHD Mechanical Application in Mine Clearance Study - Article by Kaminski, Griffiths, Buswell, Dirscherl, Bach, van Dyk, Gibson published in the Proceedings of EUDEM2-SCOT - 2003, volume 1, 335 - 341
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June 2003 Animal detection in the future Afterword of the Mine Detection Dogs Book
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Spring 2003 Remote Explosive Scent Tracing (REST), Genuine or a paper tiger - Article by Havard Bach and Ian McLean published in the Journal of Mine Action 7.1
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June 2002 Mine Action Technology Now and In The Future: Is it realistic to expect great leaps forward in technology? - Article by Havard Bach published in the Journal of Mine Action 6.1
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