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Objectives
With support from Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) and, in-kind and co-fund support from the German Federal Foreign Office through the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), ARMAC aims to invite relevant organisations to share experiences and best practices on gender and diversity mainstreaming approaches in mine action, as well as to facilitate discussion on gender and diversity in the upcoming Siem Reap Action Plan of the APMBC. This will likely be facilitated by trainers from the GICHD’s Inclusive Risk Reduction Division over two days in February 2024 (Siem Reap, Cambodia).
The workshop will likely cover the following suggested topics:
Nanjing, China PRC:
On 7-9 September 2023, ARMAC in coordination with the ministry of foreign affairs (MFA) of the People’s Republic of China (China PRC) co-hosted the 2nd High-Level Regional Dialogue under the theme, “Enhancing Regional Cooperation and Resource Mobilization capacity in Mine/ERW Action in ASEAN” in Nanjing city, China PRC. The dialogue was followed by a Technology and Equipment Exhibitions organized by Shanghai Emerging Science and Technology Institute.
The dialogue was made possible by the generous support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the People’s Republic of China. The meeting was attended by high-ranking members of the diplomatic community and representatives from the National Mine Action Authorities/centers of the affected-ASEAN Member States (AMS), representatives of ARMAC Steering Committee, representative from ASEAN Secretariat, UNDP, UNMAS, and Canada to learn/share the successes, challenges, best practices, national strategies in implementing mine action programmes, as well as to provide the opportunity for affected AMS and their respective counterparts to further enhance bilateral/multilateral cooperation for mobilizing resources.
11 May 2023 – ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center (ARMAC), represented by ARMAC Executive Director, Mr. Prum Suonpraseth, and Jang An University (JU), represented by the Acting President, Ms. Kim Ji Young, signed an Agreement to implement the Project “Enhance Victim Assistance Program in the ASEAN Member States” or Victim Assistance (VA).