In 2011 and 2012, the GICHD assisted with facilitating two workshops that resulted in South Sudan's first National Mine Action Strategic Plan. 1) The first specific objective of the Mine Action Strategic Plan relates to the review of the role, responsibility and structures of the NMAA, in order to ensure the effective and efficient management of the mine action programme. One of the indicators for this specific objective is an "assessment report with documented conclusions and recommendations."
The NMAA submitted a formal request to the GICHD to carry out the assessment shortly after the National Mine Action Strategic Plan validation workshop was held in Juba in February 2012. NPA offered to pay for the assessment and hired GICHD as a consultant to implement it.
The assessment is therefore mandated by the National Mine Action Strategic Plan and endorsed by the Office of the President.
Category: Ammunition Management