RBHraCaNacRkk m<úCa Cati sasna RBHmhakSRt CAMBODIAN MINE ACTION CENTRE Saving Lives and Supporting Development for Cambodia INTEGRATED WORK PLAN 2007 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD i 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ii 2. CORPORATE MANAGEMENT 1 3. 2006 - 2007: OVERVIEW AND PERSPECTIVE 4 4. INTEGRATED WORK PLAN: GOAL AND OBJECTIVES 19 4.1. CORE ACTIVITIES 21 4.1.1 Landmine and UXO Clearance 4.1.2 Survey, Marking and Area Reduction 4.1.3 Mine/UXO Risk Education and Reduction 4.1.4 Training, Research and Development 4.2. WORK PLAN BY PROJECT 55 5. RISK AND CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT 84 6. ANNEXES ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ISO 9001:2000 INTEGRATED WORK PLAN 2007 Foreword FOREWORD On behalf of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre, we have a great pleasure to present to you CMAC’s Integrated Work Plan 2007 and to extend once again our warmest greeting to all. We would also like to express our sincerest appreciation and gratitude to the Royal Government of Cambodia, all donors, partners and friends for the valuable assistance and continued support to CMAC. In 2006, with further reforms in operational teams and operating procedures (SOP’s) as well as full use of mechanical clearance machines, CMAC made a remarkable increase in operational productivity from over 22 km² in 2005 to over 26 km². On the other hand, the number of landmine and UXO victim has sharply decreased from 800 cases in the last five years to 440 cases in 2006. This remarkable achievement is deeply indebted to a sound corporate and field management, increased and effective utilization of mechanical brush cutters and mine detection dogs, and effective integration of toolboxes and field management. These factors, in concert with committed and experienced field staff, have made a big difference in CMAC in the past year. CMAC also collected and destroyed a total of 35,745 AP, 1000 AT, 61 Improvised Mines, and 113,296 UXO. In addition to these tangible achievements, CMAC also produced significant outputs in other operational activities such as mine risk education, survey and marking, training, and research and development. We are proud to mention that CMAC had a busy year in 2006 implementing research and development projects to test and evaluate different types of mine clearance related equipment. The document in your hand presents key strategies, objectives and activities which ensure that this IWP is practical and achievable and generates utmost socio-economic outputs. In 2007, CMAC plans to clear a total of 25,308,000 m² of high priority areas identified through the PMAC/MAPU process as well as to support risk reduction. In addition, we seek to collect and destroy up to 117,900 UXO. The socio-economic impacts of these activities will directly contribute to the macro- economic development of the country. It is also in correspondence with the Royal Government’s Rectangular Strategies and The UN Millennium Development Goals related to mine action and development. In addition to the clearance objectives, we have also set out to produce significant outputs in other operational areas such as mine risk education, survey and marking, area reduction, training and research and development in mine action. We are also committed to further improving several important corporate management areas including organizational management, financial management and support and human resources. These areas are vital contributors to the operational successes and achievements, and are key to meeting the new competitive environment in mine action. In order to support the above goals and objectives, CMAC requires financial contribution with a total amount of US$ 11,208,257, excluding depreciation costs and in-kind contributions in both technical assistance and equipment. Based on the information available at the moment of writing this IWP on expected funding from donors, CMAC still faces a shortfall of USD 1,592,623, which CMAC needs to work closely with our donors and partners to raise in order to address the gap. Taking this opportunity, we would like to express our special thanks to all donors and partners for their past, current and future support to CMAC in all possible ways including financial contributions, in-kind contributions and technical assistance. We also extend our appreciation to the Royal Government of Cambodia for the moral and financial support to CMAC. We sincerely believe that this IWP 2007 is comprehensive and informative enough to give you a well-rounded knowledge of what we set to accomplish in throughout the year. Ieng Mouly Khem Sophoan Chairman of Governing Council Director General Cambodian Mine Action Centre Cambodian Mine Action Centre ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ISO 9001:2000 i INTEGRATED WORK PLAN 2007 Executive Summary 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1 CAMBODIA’S PROBLEM OF LANDMINES AND UXO As a lethal legacy of various conflicts over a period of three decades or so lasting until late 1997, both within and outside its borders, the Kingdom of Cambodia became one of the most heavily landmine/UXO-contaminated countries in the world. Even today, despite enormous efforts made by all demining operators and significant drops in the number of casualties in the past ten years, landmines and UXO continue to kill and maim close to one thousand people every year (according to the CMVIS reports). Importantly, the mine/UXO 1154 problem poses a major threat and barrier to all 1200 rehabilitation and development activities in 1000 859 827 848 891 865 Cambodia. Rural civilian access to essential 800 745 facilities such as water sources, roads, bridges, 600 schools and agricultural land is still seriously 440 restricted and hazardous in many parts of the Casualty 400 country. 200 0 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Despite significant reductions in casualties in the past years from 2,157 casualties in 1998 to Mine & UXO Mine UXO Unknown 862 in 2005, the number of casualties caused by landmines and UXO in Cambodia still Jan 2004-Dec 2005 remains extremely high if compared with the other mine/UXO affected countries in the world and in particular in this region. The significant drop (by around 50%) in the number of casualties in 2006 is a positive sign of impact delivered by mine action efforts and should be highly praised. However, due to the magnitude of the problem and the nature of contextual economic and demographic dynamics of Cambodia, it is probably premature to definitely make a firm conclusion from this drop, and more efforts need to be made to ensure the drop continues until Cambodia reaches the zero-victim state by the year 2012 as intended by the Royal Government of Cambodia. Although there are new claims that the real mine and UXO problem in Cambodia is less severe than these figures (CMAA announces that only about 10% of the total problem is high priority), there is no concrete and conclusive evidence and technical assessment to prove this theory, and today mines and UXO continue to kill and maim Cambodian civilians nearly on a daily basis. It is vital to note that nearly 80% of the landmine incidents and nearly 60% of the UXO incidents occur in the villages and on the farms as a result of livelihood activities. Farming and traveling cause 66% of the landmine incidents while handling cause up to 50% of the UXO incidents. This indicates a concentration of threats to the villagers is inside the villages themselves since people are already living in the minefields due to the lack of safe land. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ii _____ ISO 9001:2000 INTEGRATED WORK PLAN 2007 Executive Summary The magnitude of the landmine and UXO problem in Cambodia requires full commitment and collaborative efforts by the Royal Government, donors, partners and all demining operators to combat this problem. It is necessary to ensure that continued demining operations are conducted in a productive and sustainable manner and that planning is one of the prerequisites for an effective mine action effort. 1.2 INTEGRATED WORK PLAN 2007 1.2.1 Goal and Objectives The overall goal of the Integrated Work Plan (IWP) 2007 is to deliver an effective, quality and safe mine action service to clear up to 25,308,000 m² of land and collect and destroy up to 117,900 UXO in response to the community requirements and task prioritization by the MAPU and PMAC for risk reduction and development purposes. It is also CMAC's commitment to continuing to strengthen the community involvement and CMAC's front line and middle management capacity to achieve the goal and objectives set in this IWP. In 2007, CMAC aims to achieve the following main objectives: To mobilize optimum resources and apply the most appropriate technology and methodology to clear up to 25,308,000 m² of land and hand it over to the communities for rehabilitation and development. It should be noted that the total clearance target in 2007 is set lower than the total clearance productivity in 2006 because 4 mobile platoons will be demobilized early in the year and there is a two-month gap of the Grassroots project in DU2. To clear at least 1,746,000 m² of UXO fields. To collect and destroy up to 117,900 UXO and save at least over half a million people in vulnerable groups. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ iii _____ ISO 9001:2000 INTEGRATED WORK PLAN 2007 Executive Summary To strengthen the contractual service unit in order to deliver quality and efficient mine action services to the private and development sector. To deliver mine action service to benefit approximately 114,457 people in 168 villages throughout the country. To survey and clear up to 672,000 m² of high impact areas in approximately 144 villages. In addition, to mark at least 2,080,000 m.