What is Landmines Impact Survey

abubakradm · Subject: What is Landmines Impact Survey Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:24 pm

It all begins when an official government makes a request for a possible Landmine Survey to the Survey Working Group and the Survey Action Center.
Establishing Need
Before survey teams are dispatched to mine-affected countries, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) conducts an assessment to determine the need for a survey and to gauge local government interest.
Advanced Survey Mission
Once the need is established, UNMAS formally requests that the Survey Action Center (SAC) mobilize an Advance Survey Mission (ASM) to the target country. These missions work with local authorities to lay the groundwork for the Level One Impact Surveys. During the Advance Survey Mission, feasibility and cost estimates for level-one efforts are formulated. Then SAC studies each mission proposal and works with NGOs and donors to organize the necessary funds and personnel for the survey effort.
Full Scale Survey
The full-scale surveys are ground-level, community-by-community assessments of the minefield locations and their impacts on local citizens.
Survey teams canvas communities and interview local citizens, asking how known or suspected landmines compromise their daily lives. Survey teams record how entire portions of towns - cropland, roads, markets, schools, cemeteries - effectively disappear owing to the fear of mines.
Each survey's human impact data is cross-referenced with the Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA).
Quality Assurance and Certification
The entire process is closely monitored by the United Nations for quality assurance. Then UNMAS convenes a Certification Committee for each survey to review the entire process from start to finish and certifies the survey only if the highest international standards are maintained. The findings are then presented to the host country's government
Use of Information Generated by the Survey
This information is used as a guide for mine marking and clearing efforts, public education campaigns, and victim assistance programs

LIS · Subject: Re: What is Landmines Impact Survey Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:06 am

Thank you Mr. Abubakr for this summary of Land mine Impact Survey, we waiting more from you.