MACTP

mine-awareness and clearance training programme

Department of Defense Humanitarian Demining Training Center

Focusing on mine clearance: enabling populations displaced due to decontamination to return home and training in mine clearance

The DIGGER D2 demining facility was offered to the CPADD by the DIGGER (SUI) foundation for mechanical demining training.

Later, the mandate was enlarged to include training in mine clearance and the initiation of a mine clearance programme.

Subsequently, this mandate was extended to include training in mine clearance and the initiation of a de-mining program.

Subsequently, this mandate was extended to include training in mine clearance and the initiation of a de-mining programme.

France provided financial support for the establishment of a regional mine clearance training center in Benin.

Denmark has established a humanitarian demining training center for NGOs.

The U.S. has provisionally agreed to provide humanitarian demining training to Oman.

Focusing on mine clearance: enabling populations displaced due to decontamination to return home and training in mine clearance

The U.S. military completed its demining training program in February 2000.

Train trainers who are principally members of the engineers, or who previously followed a formation in demining and pyrotechnical pollution.

Separately, 20 members of the Defence Forces are serving in Mali as part of an EU mission training in bomb disposal and the clearance of landmines.