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The Sustainable Development Outcomes of Mine Action: The Case of the Korea-Vietnam Peace Village Project
The Korea Viet Nam Peace Village Project (KVPVP) offers a new, integrated approach to these challenges. Funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agenda (KOICA) and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme...
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Strengthening effectiveness through safeguarding and accountability in South Sudan
South Sudan faces high levels of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). Entrenched gender inequalities, weak institutions and legal systems, discriminatory social norms, and limited access to healthcare and justice services...
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Seeking more coherent implementation in post-conflict security: Can we better align SSR, DDR, SALW and Mine Action?
Post-conflict peacebuilding is now characterised by an established range of targeted security programmes: Security sector reform (SSR), disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR), small arms and light weapons (SALW)...
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Global mapping and analysis of anti-vehicle mines incidents in 2016
This report presents and analyses AVM incident data from 2016. It follows up on and compares findings with a first report of its kind: “Global Mapping and Analysis of Anti- Vehicle Mine Incidents in 2015”, released in April 2016. ...
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GICHD Brochure | German
A general brochure introducing Who We Are, What We Do and the four divisions that make up the GICHD.
Gender and Diversity Annual Report 2016
In its 2015-2018 Strategy, the GICHD has reaffirmed its commitment to gender & diversity, and 2016 has cer-tainly been a year of accomplishments. In January 2016, the GICHD joined the International Gender Champions Network. In...
Study Linking Mine Action and SDGs Preliminary Findings
This brief provides the early results and preliminary recommendations of a joint GICHD-UNDP study exploring the links between mine action and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) and its Sustainable...
Explosive Weapon Effects
Motivated by its strategic goal to improve human security and equipped with subject expertise in explosive hazards, the GICHD launched a research project to characterise explosive weapons. The GICHD perceives the debate on...
An Initial Study Into Mine Action and Improvised Explosive Devices
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) present significant risks to mine action (MA) operators and the programmes within which they work. Such risks can be managed through well-informed risk identification and assessment, the...
10 Pasos hacia un sistema nacional de gestión de calidad
El manual se nutre de las conclusiones de las evaluaciones en casi todos los programas de acción contra minas (MA) de todo el mundo, así como de las evaluaciones o de estudios de casos de sistemas de gestión de calidad (QM) en más...
Enhancing Mine Action Operations with High-Resolution UAS Imagery
Following a two-year feasibility study, The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) last year moved its unmanned aircraft system (UAS) program into its operational testing phase, working with The HALO Trust...
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