Position Senior Adviser, Operations

Email h.bach(at)gichd.org

Working languages English, Norwegian and Portuguese

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 technolo

Articles 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

To download these articles see the GICHD Articles and Reports page