Support to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit's 2006-2007 workplan



Contract partner: GICHD - Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining Country: Entwicklungsländer, unspezifisch Funding amount: € 26.000,00 Project start: 01.08.2006 End: 31.12.2007

Short Description:

Overall goal


At the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention's First Review Conference in 2004, it was noted that a greater emphasis must be placed on improving the quality of life of landmine survivors in the 24 States Parties which have indicated that they hold the responsibility for significant numbers of survivors. Since 2004, the Implementation Support Unit (ISU) of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), in a manner consistent with the priorities of the Co-Chairs of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention's Standing Committee on Victim Assistance, has supported States Parties in their articulation of: (a) concrete victim assistance objectives by 2009; (b) plans to achieve these objectives; and (c) means to implement these plans.


In 2006-2007, Austria will serve as a Co-Chair of this Standing Committee. A significant investment has been made to date, but the activities must continue to ensure a return on these investments and to produce meaningful results in time for the 2009 Second Review Conference. Against this backdrop, the Austrian contribution to the Anti-Personnel (AP) Mine Ban Convention¿s Implementation Support Unit's (ISU) 2006-2007 workplan will enable to support the 24 States Parties to the AP Mine Ban Convention, which have indicated that they hold the responsibility for significant numbers of landmine survivors, in their efforts to overcome a variety of challenges, including the integration of victim assistance into broader development and disability contexts.

project number 2083-04/2006
source of funding OEZA
sector Frieden und Sicherheit
tied
modality
marker
  • Policy marker: are used to identify, assess and facilitate the monitoring of activities in support of policy objectives concerning gender equality, aid to environment, participatory development/good governance, trade development and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. Activities targeting the objectives of the Rio Conventions include the identification of biodiversity, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, and desertification.
    • 1= policy is a significant objective of the activity
    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
  • Type of Aid – Aid modalities: classifies transfers from the donor to the first recipient of funds such as budget support, core contributions and pooled programmes and funds to CSOs and multilateral organisations, project-type interventions, experts and other technical assistance, scholarships and student costs in donor countries, debt relief, administrative costs and other in-donor expenditures.
  • Purpose/ sector code: classifies the specific area of the recipient’s economic or social structure, funded by a bilateral contribution.
  • Tied/Untied: Untied aid is defined as loans and grants whose proceeds are fully and freely available to finance procurement from all OECD countries and substantially all developing countries. Transactions are considered tied unless the donor has, at the time of the aid offer, clearly specified a range of countries eligible for procurement which meets the tests for “untied” aid.
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