ITF - Demining Albania 2000 - 2009

Photography: Arne Hodalič;
Graphics and video editing: Boris Divjak (Luks Studio);
Text: Meta Krese and ITF;
Narrator: Alojz Svete;
Original music by: Tomislav Jovanović - Tokac.

On 01 December 2009, Albania declared 'Mine Free Status and Successful Completion of Ottawa Convention Article 5 Obligations' at Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World in Colombia.
In total (2000-2009), 16.608.055 square meters of land, on 207 project locations, was returned into use through various methods of release - mine clearance, battle area clearance, release by non-technical means, release by technical means, reduction by cancellation and IMSMA data correction. According to AMAE final overall results, 17.569 explosive devices (12.452 AP, 152 AT and 4.965 UXO) were cleared. Initially, 15.250.000 square meters in 102 contaminated locations were identified as suspected, along 120 kilometres border stretch, up to 20 kilometres inside Albania.
Four demining organizations/companies (Ronco (USA), NGO HELP (Germany), Swiss Foundation for Mine Action-FSD) were involved in mine clearance of Albania, however DanChurchAid (Denmark) made the longest commitment to the problem and largest impact 2002-2009.
ITF managed to raise and implement in total 25,6 million USD for Mine Action in Albania. Solely for clearance activities 19,6 million USD was earmarked and spent. ITF joined forces with the following Donors to provide sufficient funding for completion of this successful programme: United States, Germany, UNDP Albania, DanChurchAid, Switzerland, European Union, United Kingdom/DFID, Handicap International, Canada, Swiss Foundation for Mine Action, Luxembourg, Czech Republic and Slovenia.

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• Demining
• Albania
• ITF