MINE ACTION GUIDANCE AND TOOLS

Resources

• The Primacy of Protection – MA  AoR – Strategy 2022-2024 – English version
• The Primacy of Protection – MA   AoR – Strategy 2022-2024 – French version
• The Primacy of Protection – MA  AoR – Strategy 2022-2024 – Spanish version
• The Primacy of Protection – MA  AoR – Strategy 2022-2024 – Arabic version
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• 2021 in Review
• 2020 in Review
• Consultations on Mine Action AoR Guidance Requirements
• Standardizing Beneficiary Definitions in Humanitarian Mine Action, Second Edition
• Funding for Coordinated Mine Action
• Mine Action in the Humanitarian Cluster System
• Glossary of Mine Action Terms Definitions and Abbreviations
• Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War, Part IV.3 of the Handbook for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons 2010
• Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD): a Guide to Mine Action and Explosive Remnants of War 2007
  also available in: AR FR
• Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD): a Guide to the International Mine Action Standards 2010
• United Nations Gender Guidelines for Mine Action Programmes
• Landmines, Explosive Remnants of War and IED Safety Handbook
• also available in: AR FR SP
• IASC Guidelines, Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action
• Global Humanitarian Overview 2022 (OCHA)
• Mine Action and Cash-Based Interventions Tip-Sheets

Risk Education

• Moving beyond MRE to risk awareness and safer behavior: article by Louis Maresca
• Advocacy Strategy: Explosive Ordnance Risk Education Advisory Group
• Resource Library for EORE and COVID 19
• Behavior Change Programming
• Edutainment Approach to Engaging Children in Mine Safety
• Introduction to Mine Risk Education
• Explosive Ordnance Risk Education Advisory Group
• International Standard on Explosive Ordnance Risk Education
• UNMAS in Afghanistan Behavior Change Communication for Explosive Ordnance Risk Education
• RE Community of Practice

Coordinator’s corner

• Mine Action Needs Assessment Questions Catalogue
• Joint Inter-Sectoral Analysis Framework: 8 Mine Action Indicators
• OCHA Knowledge Management Platform (KMP)
  As humanitarianresponse.info is currently undergoing some changes, OCHA has migrated the Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC) documents to this new platform. Among the materials located here are the:

• Step by Step guide to the 2021 HPC
• 2021 HNO and HRP templates
• Complementary guidance
• Facilitation and training materials

The site continues to evolve with materials added as they are finalized.  OCHA aims to make this site a ‘one-stop shop’ for HPC-related materials. Should you have any questions about the KMP, or have documents/links/presentations to share, please contact Kashif Rehman (rehman@un.org).

• Humanitarian Response Planning
• The United Nations Mine Action Strategy 2019-2023
• Mine Action Strategy 2019 – 2023 (Summary)
• Best Practices and Lessons Learnt Featured at Annual Stakeholder Meetings
• UNMAS: Framework for Mine Action Planning and Rapid Response
• Mine Action and Effective Coordination: The United Nations Inter-Agency Policy 2005
• Coordinating Mine Action with Housing, Land and Property
• Mainstreaming Mine Action in Other Humanitarian Sectors: Shelters and Camps – Key Actions for Shelter and Camp Managers
• UNMAS Strategic Plan 2019-2023

Reports

• Report on Explosive Ordnance in Syria: Impact and Required Action, May 2022
• Cash and Voucher Assistance for Protection Outcomes in Mine Action (2020)
• Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council (2018)
• Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly (2019)
• Briefing (UNMAS) on the situation in the Middle East (Syria) – Security Council
• UNMAS 2019 annual report

Victim assistance

• International Mine Action Standard on Victim Assistance (October 2021)
• Inter-Agency Referral Form
• The United Nations Policy on Victim Assistance in Mine Action (2016 Update)
• Blast Trauma Care Course Manual from the ICRC
• Key Messages on Victim Assistance 2020 (short document)
• Key Messages on Victim Assistance 2019 (long document)
• Guidance to an integrated approach to victims assistance
• Victims Assistance Factsheet
• Including Children with Disabilities
• Assistance to Victims of Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War: Guidance on Child-focused Victim Assistance
• IASC Guidelines, Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action
• Oslo Action Plan checklist
• 25 June Webinar Recording on IMAS on VA
• Aligning Victim Assistance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Data and Analysis

• What is People in Need (PiN) and How do I calculate it?
• People in Need (PiN) – Step by step guide
• Mine Action Needs Assessment Questions Database
• Analysis Framework
• Explaining Notes Analysis Framework
• Minimum Data Requirements 
• DTM field Companions for Mine Action, Protection and other sectors
• DTM Mine Action Field Companion
• Workshop on Data Sharing Between Mine Action and other Humanitarian Sectors concept note
• Data Sharing Workshop Summary

Useful links

• IACG-MA Interactive Dashboard — interactive tool tracking progress towards the UN Mine Action Strategy 
• International Mine Action Standards
• Electronic Mine Information Network
• Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian De-Mining
• International Campaign to Ban Landmines Landmine Monitor
• International Committee of the Red Cross
• International Humanitarian Coordination System training

Last Updated: 22 Feb 2022