Colombia

The GICHD provides support to the Presidential Program for Integrated Action Against Antipersonnel Mines (PAICMA) in the field of programme management, operations and standards. The Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Alicia Arango, is a member of the Council of Foundation. Mr. Pablo Parra, Coordinator of the Humanitarian Demining Component of PAICMA, is a member of the International Mine Action Standards Review Board.

Management Consulting

• Delivery of Evaluating Mine Action training workshop
• Government Mine Risk Education (MRE) assessment
• MRE trainings
• Study on development of national mine action legislation
• Support to IMSMA^NG

Operations

• Support to land release workshop
• Evaluation of the mechanical demining capacities of the Batallion of Humanitarian Demining
• Mine Action Liability Training Course for PAICMA
• Training on the tools for management of mechanical demining operations
• Technical advices to support the implementation of the Landmine Impact Survey
• Support to the training of EOD dogs for mine detection
• Strengthening test and licensing systems for animal detection systems

Standards

• Support to the development of National Mine Action Standards
• Presentations and trainings on International Mine Action Standards

Valid as of 19 Mars 2013