INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
DONOR PERSPECTIVES
Mr Tim Horner
Mine Action Advisor, Bureau for Crisis
Prevention and Recovery, UNDP New York
March 2013 Addis Abbba
March 2013
Why do donors provide assistance?
Each donor has its own perspective on
• Political reasons
• Humanitarian imperative
• Peace building
• Stabilization
• Post conflict reconstruction
How do donors provide assistance?
They identify:
• Key objectives (political and strategic)
• Which part of mine action (5 pillars)
• A preference on direct implementation or
support through capacity development
• Where – country/region?
How do donors provide assistance?
Where possible donors develop a strategy
• Each donor strategy reflects its own
perspectives
• The UN developed 2013 – 2016 mine action
strategy supported by a policy
DFID Programme Strategy 2010-2013 on Mine
Action:
“Creating a safer environment: Clearing landmines
and other explosive remnants of war”
Focus
• Building countries’ own demining capacity
• Maximizing impact of demining on the socioeconomic development of targeted populations.
AusAID Mine Action Strategy 2010-2014
Goal: Reduce the threat and socioeconomic impact of
landmines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants
of war, with priority on most heavily affected countries in
the Asia-Pacific region
Objectives
• Improve quality of life for victims and their affected
families and communities.
• Reduce number of deaths and injuries.
• Enhance capacity of countries to manage their mine
action programs.
• Exercise effective leadership and advocacy on mine
action.
US Humanitarian Mine Action Program,
Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement.
US Department of State
Goal: Relieve human suffering and develop an indigenous
mine action capability while promoting U.S. interests.
Focus
• Curb the illicit trafficking, availability and indiscriminate use
of conventional weapons of war that fuel regional and
internal instability
• Pursue and help manage post-conflict cleanup of such
weapons in areas needed for civilian use;
• Engage civil society to broaden support for our efforts and
enhance U.S. influence.
How do donors provide assistance?
They identify:
• Partners / implementers / contractors
• Preference on how to fund
• How to manage the funding
• Indicators / milestones / measures of
success and reporting
• End states and exit strateggies
How to provide assistance?
They identify:
• Parameters of value for money
• Ways of harmonisation with
– National Governments
– Other donors
– Multi laterals
– NGOs
How do donors identify if their
assistance was worthwhile?
Measure impact through
– Monitoring
– Evaluation
– Links to development
Conclusion
how much?
Australia, Austria,
Belgium, Canada,
China, Denmark,
European Union,
Finland, France,
Germany, Ireland,
Italy, Japan,
Lithuania,
Luxembourg,
Netherlands,
New Zealand,
Norway, Portugal,
Republic of Korea,
Saudi Arabia,
Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
United Arab
Emirates,
United Kingdom,
United States of
America.
And certain
international
organizations
including:
United Nations Mine
Action Team
(UNMAS, UNDP,
UNICEF),
GICHD
Organization of
American States,
International Trust
Fund for Deming
and Victims
Assistance (ITF).
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Contributions by thematic sector: 2011
Percentage of total contribution
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Clearance/RE 399.2 86%
Victim Assistance 30.0 6%
Various 18.8 4%
Advocacy 11.8 3%
Stockpile destruction 6.9 1%
Total 466.7 100%
Article 6 of the Mine Ban Treaty
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the right of each State Party to seek and
receive assistance from other States Parties
in fulfilling its treaty obligations. The Monitor
reports annually on support for mine action by
affected countries and on international mine
action assistance reported by donor states.
In most cases, the Monitor relies on responses to
requests
for information sent to donors and affected states.