EUROPEAN COMMISSION EUROPEAN COMMUNITY MINE ACTION: INTEGRATION MINE ACTION INTO BROADER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

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1 EUROPEAN COMMISSION EUROPEAN COMMUNITY MINE ACTION: INTEGRATION MINE ACTION INTO BROADER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES Lars-Gunnar Wigemark Security Policy Unit Brussels, 15 October 2009

2 EUROPEAN COMMISSION 1) MINE ACTION AND HUMAN SECURITY Part I: EU Mine Action Framework Part II: Key principles and mechanisms triggering EC assistance Part III: Seminar «Two months before the Second review Conference of the Ottawa Convention: challenges and practices» 2) EC SUPPORT TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF DEMINING TECHNOLOGIES

3 FRAMEWORK OF THE EU MINE ACTION (MA) Universalisation and Implementation of the Ottawa Convention (1997) EU MA GENERAL OBJECTIVE To assist countries affected by landmines and unexploded ordnance To restore the conditions necessary for the security of their populations and their economic and social development: enhancing HUMAN SECURITY The EU zero-victim target.

4 FRAMEWORK OF THE EU MINE ACTION (MA) EU ACTORS COUNCIL OF THE EU/ 27 EU MEMBER STATES EU MA TOOLS JOINT ACTIONS EU MEMBER STATES BILATERAL ASSISTANCE EUROPEAN COMMISSION MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAMMING DOCUMENTS STRATEGIES and POLICY PAPERS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTIONS DEBATES

5 THE 5 PILLARS OF EC MA CLEARANCE OF MINED AREAS MINE RISK EDUCATION APL STOCKPILE DESTRUCTION MINE AWARENESS MINE VICTIM ASSISTANCE, REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION

6 EC MA ENGAGEMENT Afghanistan Albania Angola Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus BiH Burundi Cambodia Chile Colombia Croatia Cyrpus DRC Ecuador Eritrea Ethiopia Georgia Guinea-Bissau Honduras Indonesia Iraq 45 countries assisted around the world TOTAL EC FUNDING: 300 Million Euro ca. Jordan Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Nicaragua Peru Russia Senegal Serbia Somalia Sri Lanka Sudan Tajikistan Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Venezuela Vietnam Yemen

7 EC MA FUNDING (million euro) YEAR TOTAL EC MINE ACTION FUNDING TOTAL , ,3 55,6 37,3 297,4

8 INTEGRATING MA INTO DEVELOPMENT New Framework: Guidelines on European Community Mine Action Endorsed in November 2008 to ensure follow-up from previous EC Mine-Action Strategy Aims: 1. Provide synergy between security and development cooperation 2. Encourage the intergration of principles of partnership and ownership in mine action internventions. 3. Disseminate Best Practice.

9 Framework: EC efforts on the Road to Cartagena 2008: NEW EC approach set by the Guidelines MA in the context of EC development cooperation & assistance (Paris Declaration) EC Programming documents: CSPs, RSPs and MIPs Means: Geographic instruments assistance and development Global instruments humanitarian and crisis Thematic instruments specific issues worlwide

10 How EC support to MA is triggered? HIGHER ROLE OF THE MINE-AFFECTED EC PARTNERS: EC SUPPORT GIVEN TO PARTNERS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DECIDE THE DEGREE OF IMPORTANCE GIVEN TO MA REQUEST FOR EC ASSISTANCE INCREASING IMPORTANCE OF THE INCLUSION OF MA IN THE CSP

11 How EC support to MA is triggered? : Crucial years to request for EC assistance MID-TERM REVIEW PROCESS

12 CONCLUSIONS HUMAN SECURITY HUMAN SECURITY DEVELOPMENT The EC is a significant donor in the field of mine action. From EC has committed about 300 Million for Mine action worldwide (more than 1,5 Billion for the EU as a whole). EC approach will continue to consider landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) within a broader context of humanitarian assistance as well as long-term and sustainable socio-economic development programmes.

13 Two months before the Second Review Conference of the Ottawa Convention on anti-personnel landmines: challenges and practices UNICEF Colombia (Lupi Herrera) Brussels, 28 September 2009

14 FP7 SECURITY RESEARCH 2) EC SUPPORT TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF DEMINING TECHNOLOGIES

15 FP7 SECURITY MISSIONS PRIORITIES Security of citizens Security of infrastructures Interconnected & interoperable systems Crisis management Security and society Border security Total security budget : Mio FP7 overall budget 50.5 bi

16 FUTURE SECURITY RESEARCH CALLS 2009: Call SEC Budget: > 210 Mio euro Published in July Deadline 26 Nov : Call SEC-2011 > 300 Mio euro Possibly an integration project,, including localisation (long distance), detection (short distance), neutralisation, staff protection, training Expected budget 6-10 Mio To be published in Sept Deadline Nov-Dec 2010

17 EUROPEAN COMMISSION