The ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center, with funding support from the Government of Canada, is pleased to announce its inaugural Regional Workshop, “Enhance mine action knowledge and promote future platforms for mine action knowledge sharing for ASEAN Member States” to be held 12-14 November 2018 in Siem Reap Cambodia.

From left to right: Mr. Ly Panharith, Executive Director of ARMAC. Ms. Allison Stewart, Chargé d’affaires, Office of the Embassy of Canada. H.E. Marie-Louise Hannan, Ambassador of Canada to ASEAN. Ms. Dwi Prameswari, Technical Officer of  Mine Action, ARMAC.

The Workshop is an invite only event which aims to enhance regional capacity and cooperation to effectively and efficiently address the issue of mines and explosive remnants of war in the ASEAN region. It will bring together ASEAN Member States, Donor Countries, mine action organisations/institutions, the ASEAN Secretariat and selected ASEAN academic institutions to:

• Exchange the latest trends, knowledge, experiences and expertise in mine action.
• Promote the development of future programmes including relevant mine action conferences and events.
• Promote future collaboration in the area of research and development.
• Assess the needs and resources required to develop training programmes for ASEAN.

For more information about the Regional Workshop, please visit ARMAC’s 2018 Regional Workshop Website.

(ARMAC, 04 September 2018)