Definitions and Standards

1. Risk definition

The GPC and AoRs have developed standard definitions for 15 risks, including one for the risk related to the presence of mines and other explosive ordnance. 

• Risk 10 - Presence of Mine and Explosive Ordnance

2. Standardizing Beneficiary Definitions

This documents lays out standard definitions and guidelines for measuring, recording and reporting beneficiary numbers for risk education, land release, victim assistance and explosive ordnance disposal spot task. Disclaimer: The translations of the Standardizing Beneficiary Definitions in Humanitarian Mine Action, Second Edition were not approved by the NMAAs. Please refer to IMAS 5.10 for the official definitions.

• [English] Standardizing Beneficiary Definitions in Humanitarian Mine Action, Second Edition
• [Arabic] Standardizing Beneficiary Definitions in Humanitarian Mine Action, Second Edition
• [French] Standardizing Beneficiary Definitions in Humanitarian Mine Action, Second Edition
• [Bosnian] [Khmer] [Lao] [Portuguese] [Russian] [Spanish] [Ukrainain] [Vietnamese]

3. Mine Action Standards

• Discover the IMAS - International Mine Action Standards: IMAS

Funding for Mine Action

1. Funding for Mine Action in HRPs

• 2023: Mine Action in HRPs 2023
• 2022: Mine Action in HRPs 2022
• 2021: Mine Action in HRPs 2021

2. Funding for Coordinated Mine Action

This webinar explains how mine action organizations can access funding from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). For more information on CERF and country based pooled funds, please visit: 

• Funding for Coordinated Mine Action 

3. UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action

• Description Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action

4. OCHA Pooled Funds

• We fund | OCHA (unocha.org)

General Guidance

• Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD): A Guide to Mine Action, fifth edition
• United Nations Gender Guidelines for Mine Action Programmes, also available in: AR, FR, SP
• 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

Coordinator’s corner

• Best Practices and Lessons Learnt Featured at Annual Stakeholder Meetings
• Mine Action and Effective Coordination: The United Nations Inter-Agency Policy 2005
• Coordinating Mine Action with Housing, Land, and Property
• Coordinating Mine Action with Child Protection
• Coordinating Mine Action with Gender-Based Violence
• Coordinating Mine Action with Shelters and Camps Managers
• UNMAS Strategic Plan 2019-2023
• MA AOR TOR 2018
• 2024 Global Protection Cluster and AORs Calendar
• Step-by-Step Guide to Producing HNOs and HRPs – Humanitarian Programme Cycle (hpc.tools): this document provides an overview of the main steps involved in the development of the Humanitarian Needs Overview and Humanitarian Response Plans, within the HPC.
• Facilitation Package – Humanitarian Programme Cycle (hpc.tools): a collection of resources and examples available on UNOCHA knowledge management platform in effort to support interagency roll-out of HPC 2024, including reference documents related to HRP costing methodology, JIAF, disability inclusion, and other key documents.

Needs Assessment and Analysis

• Video Guide: PiN calculation guidance 24 May 2022
• What is People in Need (PiN) and How do I calculate it?
• Analysis Framework
• Explaining Notes Analysis Framework
• IMAS 5.10 on Information Management in Mine Action (Minimum Data Requirements) 
• DTM field Companions for Mine Action
• Sharing Mine Action data with other Humanitarian Sectors
• Mine Action Needs Assessment Questions Catalogue
• Joint Inter-Sectoral Analysis Framework: 8 Mine Action Indicators

Victim Assistance

• Accident Form
• Victim Form
• International Mine Action Standard on Victim Assistance (IMAS 13.10)
• 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
• DPO Mine Action Service - UNMAS NGA Case Study 

Risk Education

• For latest guidance on EORE, visit the EORE Advisory group website: Explosive Ordnance Risk Education - GICHD
• You can also join the EORE community of practice at: https://dgroups.org/groups/imrew
• Introduction to Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) Essentials
• Moving beyond MRE to risk awareness and safer behavior: article by Louis Maresca
• Resource Library for EORE and COVID 19
• Behavior Change Programming
• Introduction to Mine Risk Education
• Explosive Ordnance Risk Education Advisory Group

Reports

• Explosive Ordnance in Syria: Impact and Required Action, May 2022
• Cash and Voucher Assistance for Protection Outcomes in Mine Action (2020)

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