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The GICHD presented on ammunition safety management and stockpile reduction at the Explosive Asia Conference this week. This three-day event is the largest forum in Asia on the topic of the threat of explosives.

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The Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA) is continually evolving and improving, and since October 2014, the GICHD has held a series of three workshops to solicit feedback about the system from key stakeholders. ...

Today the GICHD welcomed the OSCE Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project. Barbara Haering, President of the GICHD’s Council of Foundation and Panel member, addressed her fellow panelists, recalling that...

For three days this week in Vientiane, LAO PDR, an Information Stakeholders workshop is being held in coordination with the GICHD, the National Regulatory Authority for UXO/Mine Action Sector in Lao PDR (NRA) and the Norwegian...

This week, the GICHD presented on "Good Practices on Physical Security and Stockpile Management" at a meeting entitled "Tackling the illicit availability of small arms and light weapons and their ammunition in the Sahel region."...

A new Partnership for Peace (PfP) course will be held in Spiez, Switzerland from 23-27 September 2015. Qualified representatives from PfP Partner States are invited to apply to this Mine Action Support Service Officer course.

From 28-29 April, the GICHD, DCAF and OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine are hosting a conference at the Maison de la Paix to discuss current security, humanitarian demining and ERW challenges in Ukraine.

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Between 13-15 April, GICHD co-hosted a workshop in Dushanbe, Tajikstan that assembled national and international stakeholders to develop Tajikstan's new national mine action strategy, 2015-2020. This event was organised following...