UXO LAO ANNUAL PROGRAM REVIEW

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UXO LAOANNUAL PROGRAM REVIEW

• 2006 ACHIEVEMENTS
• 2007 WORK PLAN and STATUS
• Bounpone Sayasenh
• National Program Director
• UXO SECTOR ANNUAL PROGRAM REVIEW
• 05 June 2007
• Lao Plaza Hotel

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2006 ACHIEVEMENTS

• OPERATIONS

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2006 Achievements - OPERATIONS

• COMMUNITY AWARENESS
• 571 villages visited
• 107 of the 2006 target of 536 villages
• 7 more villages in 2006 than in 2005, with 16
  more beneficiaries
• 152,579 beneficiaries, including 68,986 children

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• AREA CLEARANCE
• 2,097.0493 hectares cleared
• 115 of the 2006 target of 1,824.3079 hectares.
• Includes 372.0677 hectares of land in support of
  development projects
• 333,965 beneficiaries
• Removed/destroyed 30,160 items of UXO
• 25 big bombs
• 14,796 bombies
• 39 mines
• 15,300 other UXO

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2006 Achievements - OPERATIONS

• Area clearance achievements since 2003

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2006 Achievements - OPERATIONS

• INCREASED CLEARANCE - PRIMARY REASONS
• Shift from 100 metal free land to 100 UXO free
  land (Battle Area Clearance.)
• A half BLU-26 with fuse is considered the
  benchmark for detection
• Increased availability and use of UXO detectors
• Ebinger 421GCs, large loops, and Minelab F1A4
  with large search heads
• Organisational restructuring
• 90 section leaders conduct work as deminers
• Addition of 72 medics and drivers cross-trained
  as deminers
• Increased staff motivation
• Salary increases beginning July 2006
• Approval of leave during the dry season

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2006 Achievements - OPERATIONS

• PRIMARY REASONS (continued)
• Improved work planning process
• Division of tasks into dry and wet season tasks
• Increased villager participation in ground
  preparation
• Reduction of travel time by establishing base
  camps in areas of work
• Improved logistics and procurement to support
  operations

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2006 Achievements - OPERATIONS

• ROVING TASKS
• 1,216 tasks conducted in 754 villages
• 50 of the 2006 target
• Roving tasks in Sekong were suspended in
  February, March, and April due to delays in the
  procurement of explosives.
• Roving tasks in Luang Prabang were suspended in
  April and suspended in Attapeu in June for the
  same reasons
• Removed/destroyed 37,115 UXO items
• 266 big bombs
• 18,360 bombies
• 106 mines
• 18,383 other UXO

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2006 Achievements - OPERATIONS

• SURVEY TASKS
• 1,643 tasks conducted in 967 villages
• Around 62 of the 2006 target
• Found 19,304 UXO items
• 284 big bombs
• 11,755 bombies
• 106 mines
• 7,159 other UXO

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2006 ACHIEVEMENTS

• KEY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVES

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2006 Achievements - MANAGEMENT

• CLEARANCE SYSTEMS STUDY
• To achieve faster clearance rates, studied the
• introduction and use of new technology (UXO
  detectors) in clearance operations
• adoption of the two-man drill in clearance
  operations and
• use of mechanical brush cutters for ground
  preparation.
• Concluded that with the use of new available
  technology and revised drills/SOPs, clearance
  rates may increase by as much as 50.
• In line with the study
• Acquired 132 new UXO detectors (Ebinger 421GCs)
  through funds from the Government of Japan
• Tested the Vallon VMXC1 against other detectors
  in inventory

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2006 Achievements - MANAGEMENT

• ENHANCED TECHNICAL SURVEY
• Studied the adoption of technical survey methods
  to allow discretion regarding where and how land
  is cleared
• Estimated that up to 20 of the clearance tasks
  may be released through this method
• In line with the study, implemented the ETS in
• Sekong
• Savannakhet
• Luang Prabang
• Xieng Khouang
• Champassak
• Trained national staff in ETS

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2006 Achievements - MANAGEMENT

• CAPACITY BUILDING OF NATIONAL STAFF
• Trained 20 SEOD candidates
• 4 successful completions
• 16 for further on-the-job training and
  evaluations on a 6, 12, or 18 month basis
• New SEODs are expected to gradually take over
  field management roles currently the
  responsibilities of field based advisors
• Revised functional roles
• 90 section leaders as deminers
• 72 drivers and medics cross-trained as deminers

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2006 Achievements - MANAGEMENT

• MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS REVIEW/
• QUALITY MANAGEMENT
• Trained 57 internal auditors and quality
  management representatives
• Implemented changes in line with the comments of
  the years external audit
• Developed a new database for all types of UXO
  collected

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2006 Achievements - MANAGEMENT

• UXO LAO STRATEGIC PLAN
• Developed and started implementing the UXO Lao
  strategic plan
• Organised a field visit for current and new
  donors in Xieng Khouang province
• Received funds worth US 5.9M over the next three
  years from two new donors, the Governments of
  Ireland and Switzerland
• Received continuing funds from the Governments of
  Canada, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, the UK, and
  the USA

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2006 FINANCIALS
Figures are in US Dollars
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2006 FINANCIALS Contributions received
Figures are in US Dollars
Contributions through UNDP managed Trust Funds
Contributions from other funding sources
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2007 WORK PLAN and STATUS

• OPERATIONS
• On the safe path forward innovating and setting
  work targets higher than ever

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2007 WORK PLAN - OPERATIONS
On the safe path forward innovating and setting
work targets higher than ever

• COMMUNITY AWARENESS
• 595 villages targeted
• 11 above 2006 targets and 4.2 above 2006 actual
• Status as of April 2007
• 171 villages visited
• 29 of work plan
• 39,926 beneficiaries

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2007 WORK PLAN - OPERATIONS
On the safe path forward innovating and setting
work targets higher than ever

• AREA CLEARANCE
• 2,364.0515 hectare target
• Includes 2,085.9536 hectares of agricultural land
  
• 278.0970 hectares of land in support of
  development projects
• 29.59 above 2006 targets and 12.74 2006 actual
• Begin operations in Thathom district
• Status as of April 2007
• Cleared 1,125.8188 hectares
• 47.62 of work plan
• Includes 168.5532 hectares in support of
  development projects
• 179,452 direct beneficiaries.

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2007 WORK PLAN - OPERATIONS
On the safe path forward innovating and setting
work targets higher than ever

• ROVING TEAMS
• Roving clearance teams to conduct 1,442 roving
  tasks.
• Status as of April 2007
• 387 roving tasks in 323 villages
• 27 of work plan
• SURVEY TEAMS
• Survey teams to conduct 1,473 survey tasks.
• Status as of April 2007
• 622 survey tasks in 490 villages
• 42 of work plan

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2007 WORK PLAN and STATUS

• MANAGEMENT

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2007 WORK PLAN - MANAGEMENT
On the safe path forward innovating and setting
work targets higher than ever

• CLEARANCE SYSTEMS STUDY
• Acquire and deploy in the provinces the following
  UXO detection technology
• Vallon VMXCI 220 units
• Upgraded 100 Minelab F1A4 units with large search
  head
• Ebinger 740M (large loop)
• Magnex 120k with data logger (3 probe
  magnetometer)
• Of the 1,171 detectors in the inventory, 606
  detectors are classified as minimum metal
  detectors. It would cost approximately
  US2,484,600 to replace them with UXO detection
  technology.

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2007 WORK PLAN - MANAGEMENT
On the safe path forward innovating and setting
work targets higher than ever

• ENHANCED TECHNICAL SURVEY
• Implement ETS in the following provinces
• Houaphan
• Attapeu
• Saravane
• Khammouane
• Monitor ETS implementation in the following
  provinces
• Savannakhet
• Luang Prabang
• Xieng Khouang
• Champassak
• Sekong
• Field trial the national and GICHD risk
  management model and tool
• Develop a policy and procedure for land release
  in line with the enhanced technical survey

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2007 WORK PLAN - MANAGEMENT
On the safe path forward innovating and setting
work targets higher than ever

• CAPACITY BUILDING
• SEOD training
• Evaluate the on-the-job training of the 16
  probationary SEOD candidates
• Status as of April 2007
• 10 of the 16 probationary SEODs are now fully
  qualified. They are seen to gradually take over
  field management responsibilities currently being
  done by field based advisors.
• Cross-train an additional 119 drivers and medics
  as deminers
• Status as of April 2007
• Cross-trained 30 drivers and medics as deminers

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2007 WORK PLAN - MANAGEMENT
On the safe path forward innovating and setting
work targets higher than ever

• COMMUNITY AWARENESS VILLAGE VOLUNTEERS
• Support CA activities in the provinces,
  especially in areas that are difficult to reach.
• Train and deploy village volunteers in the
  following areas
• Luang Prabang 10 villages
• Savannakhet 33 villages
• Champassak 25 villages
• Saravane 12 villages
• Sekong 12 villages
• Attapeu 12 villages
• Houaphan 12 villages
• Xieng Khouang 12 villages
• Status as of April 2007
• Trained and deployed 64 volunteers in 12 villages
  in Saravane and 12 villages in Xieng Khouang.
• Trained 5 CA personnel in Saravane to support CA
  volunteers

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2007 WORK PLAN - MANAGEMENT
On the safe path forward innovating and setting
work targets higher than ever

• MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS REVIEW
• Develop and field trial the UXO Lao pre and
  post-clearance impact assessment tool.
• Improve information technology and database,
  including upgrade to IMSMA 4.0
• Improve coordination with development and relief
  partners
• Work plan allows for up to 30 of the 2007
  clearance target to accommodate
  additional/unplanned clearance requests

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2007 WORK PLAN - BUDGET
On the safe path forward innovating and setting
work targets higher than ever
2007 BUDGET and EXPENDITURE As of 31 March 2007
Figures are in US Dollars
NOTE the budget reflects the minima amount of
equipment. Around 52 of the current total
detector inventory needs to be replaced with UXO
detection technology at an estimated USD2,484,600
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2007 WORK PLAN FINANCIAL SITUATION
As of 30 April 2007 - Figures are in US Dollars
NOTE While the funds may be committed in 2007,
funding periods may extend to the following
calendar year. Figures shown in the 2007 and
carry over to 2008 columns are computed on the
number of months in the funding period for that
year. For example, funds may be received in April
2007 and will cover operations until March 2008.
Funds are computed for 9 months in 2007 and 3
months in 2008.
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2007 WORK PLAN FINANCIAL SITUATION
As of 30 April 2007 - Figures are in US Dollars
NOTE While the funds may be committed in 2007,
funding periods may extend to the following
calendar year. Figures shown in the 2007 and
carry over to 2008 columns are computed on the
number of months in the funding period for that
year. For example, funds may be received in April
2007 and will cover operations until March 2008.
Funds are computed for 9 months in 2007 and 3
months in 2008.
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2007 WORK PLAN FINANCIAL SITUATION
As of 30 April 2007 - Figures are in US Dollars
NOTE While the funds may be committed in 2007,
funding periods may extend to the following
calendar year. Figures shown in the 2007 and
carry over to 2008 columns are computed on the
number of months in the funding period for that
year. For example, funds may be received in April
2007 and will cover operations until March 2008.
Funds are computed for 9 months in 2007 and 3
months in 2008.
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2007 WORK PLAN FINANCIAL SITUATION
As of 30 April 2007 - Figures are in US Dollars
NOTE While the funds may be committed in 2007,
funding periods may extend to the following
calendar year. Figures shown in the 2007 and
carry over to 2008 columns are computed on the
number of months in the funding period for that
year. For example, funds may be received in April
2007 and will cover operations until March 2008.
Funds are computed for 9 months in 2007 and 3
months in 2008.
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Approval and endorsement of work plan and
annual reportThank you.