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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AFFAIRS IN BiH DEMINING COMMISSION IN BIH MINE ACTION CENTRE BIH REPORT ON MINE ACTION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA FOR 2016 Sarajevo, February 2017

Report on Mine Action in B&H for 2016 2

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 1. GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF MINE/ERW/CLUSTER MUNITION IMPACT 4 1.1. Socio-economic impact of mine/ERW/cluster munition 4 1.2. Size of suspect hazardous area/systematic survey 5 1.3. Mine/ERW/Cluster munitions victims 6 2. REALIZATION OF STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL GOALS 7 3. HUMANITARIAN DEMINING 8 3.1. General/non-technical survey – projecting 8 3.2. General/non-technical survey – emergency marking 9 3.3. Planning of mine action on the level of impacted community 9 3.4. Tenders for technical survey and mine clearance works 10 3.5. Technical survey and mine/ERW/cluster munition clearance 10 3.6. Permanent marking 15 4. MINE RISK EDUCATION ON MINES/ERW/CLUSTER MUNITIONS 16 5. MINE/ERW/CLUSTER MUNITION VICTIMS ASSISTANCE 17 6. QUALITY ASSISTANCE 18 7. TRAINING 19 7.1. Specific projects - IPA 2011 „Land Release“ 19 8. ADVOCACY AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 20 9. ANALYSIS OF OPERATIONAL CAPACITIES PRODUCTIVITY 21 10. RISK ELIMINATION 22 CONCLUSION 24


INTRODUCTION Report on mine action in BIH for 2016 presents a document that has for its goal to report the Council of Ministers of BIH as well as the public about realized activities and goals for the reporting period, and in the domain of mine action in BIH. Basis for the creation of the Report was Mine Action Operational Plan in BIH for 2016, created by Mine Action Centre Bosnia and Herzegovina and approved by Demining Commission in BIH at the 15th session held 17.05.2016. Operational mine action plan in BIH for 2016 has been adopted by the Council of Ministers on their 70th session held 24.08.2016. Operational mine action plan in BIH for 2016 has been previously adjusted to the Analysis of the implementation of the Mine Action Strategy in BIH 2009-2019, with proposed amendments (revision II), which was previously adopted Demining Commission in BIH on their 12th session held 28.03.2016. Creation and adoption of the Operational mine action plan in BIH is defined by Articles 16 and 17 of the Demining Law in BIH (Official Gazette BIH, No: 5/02).


1. GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF MINE/ERW/CLUSTER MUNITION IMPACT General assessment of mine/ERW/cluster munition impact in BIH has been updated through the procedure of Analysis of the Mine Action Strategy 2009 – 2019 implementation, with proposed amendments. 1.1. Socio-economic impact of mine/ERW/cluster munition Updating of the General assessment encompassed the research of the mine/ERW/cluster munition impact, which is used to determine socio-economic impact they have on inhabited communities, i.e. term for regular listing of the population impacted communities and updating of systematic survey, which is used to identify, register and process information on suspect micro-locations as sources of risk. General assessment of mine/ERW/cluster munition impact in 129 cities/municipalities in BIH has identified 1398 impacted communities under the threat of mines/ERW/cluster munition (31 out of the total with a combined contamination with both mines and cluster munition). Micro locations contaminated with mines/ERW/cluster munitions directly affect the safety of 545 603 inhabitants, which is 15% out of total number of BIH citizens. Out of that number, micro locations contaminated with mines impact the safety of 517 238 inhabitants, while those contaminated with cluster munitions impact the safety of 54 314 inhabitants (number out of which 25 949 inhabitants is impacted by combination of mines and cluster munitions). Criteria for setting the level of community threat level was the proportion of inhabitants according to preliminary results of the BIH census from 2013, size of the suspect areas as per category of priority as well as the size of impacted community. In charts 1 and 2, there are visible numbers of impacted communities, number of people in those communities as per the level of threat and the years of updating of the General Assessment. Chart 1: Affected communities Chart 2: Affected population 020040060080010001200 2009 2012 2015low 884 1013 875medium 625 268 382high 122 136 111number of affected communities 050,000100,000150,000200,000250,000300,000350,000400,000450,000 2009 2012 2015low 424,425 207,883 138,462medium 342,550 179,294 270,382high 154,538 151,434 108,394number of affected population


1.2. Size of suspect hazardous area/systematic survey Current size of the suspect hazardous area in BIH is 1.091,23 km2 or 2,2% in relation to the total area of BiH1. Through systematic survey operations, 8638 suspect micro locations were defined with, as estimated, 79 000 left mines and ERW. Current size of the hazardous area suspect of cluster munition in BiH is 7,31 km2, out of which 4,3 km2 is combined suspect hazardous area with both mines and ERW. Through systematic survey operations, 207 locations suspect of cluster munitions were defined were, as estimated, there are approximately 1500 pieces of cluster munition/ERW. Table 1 presents the current size of mine suspect hazardous area in BiH per category of priority, as well as the current size of the cluster munition suspect hazardous area. Chart 3 shows structure of suspect hazardous area as per structure – intentional use. Table 1: Size of the suspect hazardous area Chart 3: Suspect hazardous area per structure – intentional use 1 According to the first estimation of Mine Action Centre BiH dating from 1998, mine suspect hazardous area in BiH was 4,2 km2 or 8,2% out of total BiH territory. 62%4%27% 3% 3% 2%forrests infrastructure agriculture housing return otherI category II category III categoryUNSKO-SANSKI CANTON 106.33 46.38 40.08 19.87 0.21POSAVSKI CANTON 19.41 5.75 11.63 2.03 0.00TUZLANSKI CANTON 81.28 19.19 19.55 42.54 0.84ZENIČKO-DOBOJSKI CANTON 125.36 32.42 17.22 75.72 2.32BOSANSKO-PODRINJSKI CANTON 50.69 4.68 10.30 35.71 0.00SREDNJE-BOSANSKI CANTON 129.77 28.04 41.83 59.90 1.78HERCEGOVAČKO-NERETVANSKI CANTON 155.78 17.32 28.25 110.21 0.22ZAPADNO-HERCEGOVAČKI CANTON 0.31 0.00 0.00 0.31 0.00CANTON SARAJEVO 74.25 22.04 13.58 38.63 0.38CANTON 10 88.83 11.76 15.75 61.32 0.43FEDERATION BIH 832.01 187.58 198.19 446.24 6.18REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA 242.99 70.40 90.77 81.82 1.13DISTRICT BRČKO 16.23 2.27 10.88 3.08 0.00BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA 1,091.23 260.25 299.84 531.14 7.31ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL Total mine suspect hazardous area (km2) Mine suspect hazardous area/categories of priority(km2) Cluster munition suspect hazardous area(km2)


1.3. Mine/ERW/Cluster munitions victims During 2016, five mine accident and two mine incidents were registered in BiH, with 12 victims, out of them 6 mortalities. Eight (8) persons were victims of mine accidents, with 4 fatalities, while 4 deminers were victims of demining accidents, out of which 2 fatalities. Table 2 provides the review of mine incidents and demining accidents in 2016, while the chart 4 provides the review of the number of mine/ERW/cluster munitions victims in post-war period, according to the outcome of accident per each year. Table 2: Review of mine incidents and demining accidents Since 1992, 8379 persons were victims of mine/ERW/cluster munitions in BiH. During the war period (1992-1995), there were 6354 victims, while in the post-war period, the number of victims was 1751, out of which 612 fatalities. For 274 persons it is not known what year they had accident. Out of the total number of victims, there are 232 cluster munition victims, out of them 43 fatalities. Out of the total number of victims in the post war period, there were 184 female victims or 10%, while 249 victims were children, which is 14%. During the conduct of humanitarian demining operations in BIH, 127 deminers were victims, out of which 51 fatalities. Chart 4: Statistics of mines/ERW/cluster munition victims Date Municipality Activity during the accidnet Mine/Cluster munition/ERW Fatalities Injuries Gender Age09.03.2016. Usora Mine clearance ESZR 1 - M 19-6026.03.2016. Osmaci Technical survey PROM-1 1 2 M 19-6021.05.2016. Jajce Collection of fire wood PROM-1 1 - M 19-6010.08.2016. Mostar Farming KB-1 - 1 M 0-1801.09.2016. Bugujno Unknown Unknown device 1 2 M 19-6018.09.2016. Livno Fishing/Hunting PROM-1 1 - M 19-6007.11.2016. Pelagićevo farming PROM-1 1 1 M 19-60

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2. REALIZATION OF STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL GOALS During 2016, the mission of all the participants in the realization of strategic and operational goals related to elimination, i.e. reduction of risk to the acceptable level, establishment of safe environment for affected population, incentives for sustainable return and socio-economic development in affected communities, i.e. communities impacted with mines/ERW/cluster munitions. The concept of mine action was based on the assumption that the character and the size of the problem require as efficient risk management as possible through continuous estimation of mine/ERW/cluster munition impact, efficient planning and coordination and integration of all the components of mine actions. The accent was given to the problem solving through an integrated approach in highly impacted communities as well as through implementation of groups of projects in medium and low impacted communities with the aim or risk reduction, i.e. creation of conditions for the usage of mine/ERW/cluster munition blocked resources, reconstruction, and sustainable return. In accordance with the Operational Plan for Mine Action for 2016, Mine Action Centre in BiH continuously conducted the activities of systematic and general/technical survey, emergency marking, quality assurance and preparation/revision of Mine Action Plans for municipalities affected by mines/ERW/cluster munitions. Technical survey operations which include targeted and systematic survey and cluster munition clearance, i.e. mine awareness activities, permanent and emergency marking, were all conducted by accredited organizations with technical inspection and coordination from Mine Action Centre BiH, while the activities in the domain of mine/ERW/cluster munition victims assistance were continuously conducted by organizations involved in said mine action, with the coordination of Mine Action Centre BiH. Mine Action Centre BiH, organizations accredited for mine action along with other national and international organizations conducted various activities from the domains of training and technical development, i.e. advocacy and international cooperation, all of them being directly or indirectly involved in mine action in BiH. Mine Action Centre in BiH conducted other activities from the domain of mine action and in accordance with the Demining Law in BiH (Official Gazette, No: 5/02).


3. HUMANITARIAN DEMINING 3.1. General/non-technical survey – projecting In 2016, operations of general/non-technical survey were conducted on the area of 6885 km2 (59% out of the plan – 116,50 km2). Efficiency and productivity of general survey is presented as follows: surveyed area for mine clearance of 1,30 km2 (75 projects), surveyed area for technical survey operations of 10,14 km2 (182 projects), surveyed area for technical survey operations and cluster munition clearance of 0,47 km2 (16 projects), surveyed area for the land release projects of 46,46 km2 (18 mine suspect areas), surveyed area for the activities of permanent marking of 10,48 km2 (136 projects) and resurveyed area of 20,15 km2 (440 projects). In table 3 and chart 5, there is a review of the fulfilment of plan for general/non-technical survey per structure. Table 3: Productivity in general/non-technical survey Chart 5: General/non-technical survey per structure - projecting There are 4286 prepared projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the operations of technical survey, mine/ERW/cluster munition clearance (status: waiting for donor) with the confirmed hazardous area of 315,75 km2 28% out of total suspect area in BiH. Out of this, 23 projects concern the technical survey and cluster munition clearance with the area of 1,12 km2. pr. No km2 pr. No km2 pr. No km2 pr. No km2 pr. No km2 Plan realization % pr. No km2 br. lok. km275 1.30 182 10.14 16 0.47 18 46.46 136 10.48 116.50 68.85 59% 440 20.15 68 9.51Pripremljeni projekti za tehničko izviđanje Resurveyed projects Area without defined riskProjects prepared for permanent markingProjects prepared for technical survey and cluster munition clearanceProjects prepared for mine clearance TOTALProjects prepared for land release (MSA)0.0010.0020.0030.0040.0050.0060.0070.0080.00 Mine clearance Technical survey Land release PermanentmarkingPlan 3.50 13.00 80.00 20.00Realization 1.30 10.61 46.46 10.48Area km2 37% 52%82% 58%


3.2. General/non-technical survey – emergency marking In 2016, 4921 mine marking signs for mine/ERW/cluster munition were placed or renewed (82% out of plan – 6.000 signs). Within the operations of systematic and general/technical survey, Mine Action Centre BiH survey teams placed 4547 mine marking signs for mines/ERW/cluster munition (91% out of plan – 5.000 signs). Out of that number, 90 signs concern the marking of the hazardous area suspect of cluster munition. Non-government sector, i.e. “NVO Posavina bez mina” placed 374 mine/ERW/cluster munition mine warning signs (37% out of plan – 1.000 signs). Within the project of Mine Risk Education in the local communities of Boderište, Ulice, Bukovac in the area of Brčko District, “NVO Posavina bez mina” placed 3 billboards – informers on the mine situation. Chart 6 shows the results of emergency marking as per carriers of the activities. Chart 6: Review of emergency marking activities 3.3. Planning of mine action on the level of impacted community With the Annual operational Mine Action Plan BiH for 2016, creation/revision was planned for 13 Mine Action Plans2 for the following mine/ERW/cluster munition impacted communities: Bosanski Petrovac, Derventa, Donji Žabar, Neum, Bratunac, Hadžići, Kreševo, Gračanica, Pelagićevo, Livno, Srebrenica, Vitez and Banovići. During 2016, Action Plans were created for following municipalities: Bosanski Petrovac, Derventa, Bratunac and Hadžići. (33% out of plan – 12 Action Plans), while other Action plans are in the phase of creations and their completion is expected during 2017. 2 By the end of 2016, 74 municipalities affected by mines/cluster munition/EZR were encompassed, which is 57% out of total number of affected communities in BiH 05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5005,000 Mine ActionCentre in BiH NGO Sectorr("Posavina bezmina")Plan 5,000 1,000Realization 4,547 374Number of signs 91% 37%


3.4. Tenders for technical survey and mine clearance works In 2016, eight (8) tenders for technical survey and mine clearance were realized (contracted realization was for 146 projects with confirmed hazardous area of 4,63 km2). Seven (7) tenders were realized by ITF (Enhancing Human Security), with contracted realization of 75 projects with confirmed hazardous area of 2,55 km2), while 1 tender was realized by the Delegation of European Union (contracted realization for 71 projects with confirmed hazardous area of 2,08 km2). Table 4 displays realized tenders with the list of donors and number of projects with confirmed hazardous area per operation. Table 4: Display of realized tenders for technical survey and mine clearance 3.5. Technical survey and mine/ERW/cluster munition clearance In 2016, operations of technical survey and mine clearance were conducted at 261 tasks (out of which 6 mine suspect areas) where the tasked area was 14.054.952 m2. Out of that, 202 tasks were completed (6 mine suspect areas) with reduced and cleared area of 11.726.181 m2 (26% out of plan – 45.100.000 m2). 1313 anti-personnel mines, 63 anti-tank mines and 1192 pieces of ERW were found and destroyed during the stated operations. The average number of mines per hectare is 10,3/ha. Chart 7 provides a display of the annual plan conduct for technical survey and and mine clearance per structure. TENDER/DONATOR Number of project Operation Confirmed Hazardous Aream22 Technical survey 44,8134 Mine clearance 41,94518 Technical survey 1,345,5886 Mine clearance 44,13117 Technical survey 547,94013 Mine clearance 171,184IRSKA 1 Technical survey 7,2833 Technical survey 254,8983 Mine clearance 8,412CZHECH REPUBLIC 1 Mine clearance 4,622USA 7 Mine clearance 85,23929 Technical survey 1,299,16542 Mine clearance 782,51470 Technical survey 3,499,68776 Mine clearance 1,138,047146 TOAL 4,637,734EU TOTALUSAUSAFR GERMANYFR GERMANY


Chart 7: Review of the conduct of technical survey and mine clearance Technical survey operations were reduced area 10.391.001 m2. Mine clearance operations were cleared area of 1.335.180 m2. Technical survey and cluster munition were reduced and clearance 863.066 m2, were 632 pieces of submunition and 26 pieces of ERW. Completed technical survey and mine/ERW/cluster munition clearance eliminated the threat for approximately 16000 immediately affected inhabitants who will be potential users of the reduced and cleared area. Chart 8 displays the intentional use of the reduced and cleared areas through technical survey and mine/ERW/cluster munition clearance. Chart 8: Review of reduced and cleared area per intentional use Tables 5-10 display results of technical survey operations and operations of mine/ERW/cluster munition clearance, per administrative levels in BiH and organizations that conducted said operations. Zero category9% Housing6% Infrastructure6%Public institutions0%Economic resources78%Energetics0% water management0% Tourism1% Forestry0%05,000,00010,000,00015,000,00020,000,00025,000,00030,000,00035,000,00040,000,000 Technicalsurvey Mine clearancePlan 38,280,000 6,820,000Realization 10,391,001 1,335,180Area m2 20%27%


Table 5: Results of technical survey Table 6: Results of technical survey

TECHNICAL SURVEY Number of tasks Tasked area (m2 ) Reduced/Sampled Area (m2 ) Area in progress (m2 ) participation of administrative levels in TS (%)UNSKO-SANSKI CANTON 16 864,657 740,803 123,854 15%POSAVSKI CANTON 7 652,802 527,159 125,643 11%TUZLANSKI CANTON 16 969,835 798,395 48,320 16%ZENIČKO-DOBOJSKI CANTON 20 1,435,671 1,344,237 35,394 27%SREDNJE-BOSANSKI CANTON 14 770,457 657,650 112,807 13%HERCEGOVAČKO-NERETVANSKI CANTON 5 226,151 226,151 5%CANTON SARAJEVO 12 562,857 512,915 32,732 10%BOSANSKO PODRINJSKI CANTON 4 239,350 112,325 80,625 2%CANTON 10 3 113,687 45,838 51,275 1%FEDERATION BIH 97 5,835,467 4,965,473 610,650 59%REPUBLIC SRPSKA 70 3,571,296 2,863,266 308,484 34%DISTRICT BRČKO 10 1,090,378 588,965 352,003 7%BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 177 10,497,141 8,417,704 1,271,137 100%Number of task Tasked Area (m2 ) Reduced/sampled area (m2 ) Area in progress (m2 ) Participation of organization in TS (%)ARMED FORCES BH 40 3,193,046 1,984,362 694,398 24%FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL PROTECTION 19 1,281,452 828,830 345,054 10%REPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL PROTECTION RS 12 484,279 276,579 69,254 3%TOTAL 71 4,958,777 3,089,771 1,108,706 37%NORVEŠKA NARODNA POMOĆ NPA 16 1,284,430 1,106,878 129,552 13%NGO STOP MINES 12 731,959 702,487 29,472 8%Association UEM 7 357,985 357,985 4%UG DEMIRA 11 329,304 329,304 4%NGO PRO VITA 4 236,470 236,470 3%"DOK-ING deminiranje" N.H.O. 8 271,885 271,885 3%UG EKO DEM 3 142,113 142,113 2%Centre of Mine Detection Dogs 2 139,889 139,889 2%Association Udruga "Pazi mine Vitez" 1 55,948 55,948 1%TOTAL 64 3,549,983 3,342,959 159,024 40%N&N IVSA 14 703,371 703,371 8%"POINT" d.o.o. 6 337,392 337,392 4%DETEKTOR 7 298,683 298,683 4%UEM d.o.o. 15 648,935 645,528 3,407 8%TOTAL 42 1,988,381 1,984,974 3,407 24%177 10,497,141 8,417,704 1,271,137 100%TECHNICAL SURVEY Government organizationNon-Government organizationCommercial organization GRAND TOTAL


Table 7: Results of mine clearance Table 8: Results of mine clearance

MINE CLEARANCE number of tasks tasked area (m2 ) Cleared/sampled area (m2 ) Area in progress (m2 ) Found and destroyed AP mines Found and destroyed AT mines Found and destroyed ERW Participation of administrative levels in mine clearance (%)UNSKO-SANSKI CANTON 5 75,089 75,089 69 6 57 14%POSAVSKI CANTON 1 43,381 43,381 14 10 118 8%TUZLANSKI CANTON 4 21,217 21,217 74 1 66 4%ZENIČKO-DOBOJSKI CANTON 4 85,974 85,974 332 11 167 16%SREDNJE-BOSANSKI CANTON 13 177,347 177,347 97 13 63 32%HERCEGOVAČKO-NERETVANSKI CANTON 3 146,885 49,932 10,568 42 9 9 9%CANTON SARAJEVO 6 83,922 51,052 32,870 134 219 9%BOSANSKO PODRINJSKI CANTON 3 27,565 27,565 3 10 5%CANTON 10 2 49,333 15,315 34,018 36 4 6 3%FEDERATION BIH 41 710,713 546,872 77,456 801 54 715 57%REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA 36 480,215 403,926 63,789 283 8 366 42%DISTRICT BRČKO 1 19,488 10,284 9,204 14 1 27 1%BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 78 1,210,416 961,082 150,449 1,098 63 1,108 100%Number of task Zadana površina (m2 ) Cleared/sampled area (m2 ) Area in progress (m2 ) Found and destroyed AP mines Found and destroyed AT mines Found and destroyed ERW Participation of organizations in mine clearance (%)ARMED FORCES BiH 7 169,810 83,475 140 4 78 9%REPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FOR CIVIL PROTECTION RS 5 108,910 32,621 63,789 66 35 3%FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION FOR CIVIL PROTECTION FBIH 6 104,911 27,405 77,506 84 10 183 3%TOTAL 18 383,631 143,501 141,295 290 14 296 15%ASSOCIATION UEM 7 158,727 158,727 71 6 132 17%"DOK-ING deminiranje" N.H.O. 9 106,683 106,683 90 7 152 11%NORWEGIAN PEOPLE'S AID NPA 5 107,393 98,189 9,204 348 8 162 10%NGO PRO VITA 7 88,026 88,026 73 81 9%ASSOCIATION Udruga "Pazi mine Vitez" 2 48,617 48,617 23 7 8 5%NGO STOP MINES 3 41,564 41,564 12 1 4%UG DEMIRA 4 19,322 19,322 11 14 2%UG EKO DEM 2,522 2,522 9 0 0 0%Centre for Mine Detection dogs 1,504 1,504 2 7 8 0%TOTAL 37 574,358 565,154 9,204 639 35 558 59%N&N IVSA 15 160,452 160,452 77 8 150 %DETEKTOR 4 76,101 76,101 20 6 65 30%UEM d.o.o. 4 14,379 14,379 62 0 5 1%"POINT" d.o.o. 1,495 1,495 10 0 34 0%TOTAL 23 252,427 252,427 0 169 15 254 26%78 1,210,416 961,082 150,499 1,098 64 1,108 100%MINE CLEARANCE Non-government organizationsCommercial organizations GRAND TOTALGovernment organizations


Table 9: Results of technical survey and mine clearance (mine suspect area) Table 10: Results of technical survey and cluster munition clearance ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL/ORGANIZATION No of task Tasked area (m2) Reduced area m2 Cleared area m2 Number of found and destroyed CBU Number of found and destroyed ERWUNSKO-SANSKI CANTON 3 195,034 197,370 18 1TUZLANSKI CANTON 1 70,836 70,710 76 1ZENIČKO-DOBOJSKICANTON 3 195,201 78,361 48,579 26 1SREDNJE-BOSANSKI CANTON 2 48,323 45,683 2,547 10 4HERCEGOVAČKO-NERETVANSKI CANTON 3 338,847 252,648 205 3CANTON SARAJEVO 2 29,677 68,560 7,618 297 16CANTON 10 1 91,150 48,931 42,059FEDERATION BH 15 969,068BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 15 969,068 762,263 100,803 632 26ARMED FORCES BH 6 265,582 192,604 51,126 333 5FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL PROTECTION FBIH 4 120,352 7,618 150 18NORWEGIAN PEOPLE'S AID NPA 4 491,984 520,728 149 3NGO PRO VITA 1 91,150 48,931 42,059TOTAL 15 969,068 762,263 100,803 632 26ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL/ORGANIZATION NUMBER OF MSA REDUCED AREA IN m2 CLEARED AREA IN m2 NO OF FOUND AND DESTROYED MINES NUMBER OF FOUND AND DESTROYED ERWTUZLANSKI CANTON 2 602,901 112,565 72 46SREDNJE-BOSANSKI CANTON 2 857,956 125,414 54 9HERCEGOVAČKO-NERETVANSKI CANTON 1 190,630 53,535 23 24CANTON SARAJEVO 1 321,810 82,583 66 5FEDERATION BIH 6 1,973,297 374,097 215 84BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 6 1,973,297 374,097 215 84ASSOCIATION Udruga "Pazi mine Vitez" 1 651,186 75,405 36 9ASSOCIATION UG DEMIRA 2 602,901 112,565 72 46Centre for Mine Detection dogs 1 321,810 82,583 66 5NGO STOP MINES 1 206,770 50,009 18 0ASSOCIATION UEM 1 190,630 53,535 23 24TOTAL 6 1,973,297 374,097 215 84


Since the beginning of technical survey and mine clearance operations in BiH in 1996, and concluded with 2016, the area of 191 km2 area in BiH has been reduced and cleared, with found and destroyed 62756 anti-personnel mines, 8444 anti-tank mines and 56129 pieces of ERW. Since technical survey and cluster munition clearance operations began, from 2012 and concluded with 2016, 5,0 km2 of area has been reduced and cleared, with found and destroyed 2195 pieces of submunition and 92 pieces of ERW. 3.6. Permanent marking In 2016, 34 project of permanent marking were realized, with marked suspect hazardous area of 2,97 km2 and 386 individual signs placed (13% out of plan – 3000 signs). Table 11 displays the results of permanent marking per administrative levels in BiH and organizations that carried out the activities. Table 11: Review of permanent marking activities UNSKO-SANSKI KANTON 1 187,100 4TUZLANSKI KANTON 10 762,298 79ZENIČKO-DOBOJSKI KANTON 4 751,760 93SREDNE-BOSANSKI KANTON 2 75,000 14CANTON SARAJEVO 1 50,000 15FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL PROTECTION FBIH 18 1,896,158 205REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA 16 1,079,306 181BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 34 2,975,464 386ARMED FORCES BH 3 330,000 35FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL PROTECTION FBIH 4 178,600 32N&N IVSA 6 917,740 109UG DEMIRA 2 348,768 25NGO PRO VITA 2 237,100 14UEM d.o.o. 3 214,306 9DETEKTOR 2 203,500 27ASSOCIATION UEM 3 190,000 38NGO STOP MINES 3 110,795 27POINT d.o.o. 2 103,695 26"DOK-ING deminiranje" N.H.O. 2 70,960 14UG EKO DEM 1 50,000 22NORWEGIAN PEOPLE'S NPA 1 20,000 8TOTAL 34 2,975,464 386

number of tasksnumber of tasksADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL Area m2 No. SingsORGANIZATION Area m2 No. Sings


4. MINE RISK EDUCATION ON MINES/ERW/CLUSTER MUNITIONS In 2016, there have been continuous activities on Mine Risk Education on mines/ERW/cluster munitions through informing of the public, education of the affected groups of population and liaising of mine actions with the impacted community/municipality. The focus of mines/ERW/cluster munition MRE was the conduct of activities within impacted communities/municipalities with large suspect area of III category priority, i.e. education towards the most impacted groups of population. With the technical and financial EUFOR support as well as technical supervision from Mine Action Centre BiH, NGO „Stop Mines“ organized 1 training for „Mine Awareness Instructors“, where 24 attendees passed it with success. In this reporting period, there were 14 realized projects of MRE education with 22888 persons educated on mine threat, where 4 projects were dedicated to awareness on cluster munition, where 473 persons were educated on cluster munition. Table 12 provides review of realized mine awareness projects on mines/ERW/cluster munition per administrative level, implementing agency and the number of educated persons. Table 12: Review of realized projects of mine awareness (Mines/ERW/cluster munition) Preject name Administrative level Organisation Number of educated personsMRE EUFOR BiH EUFOR 20,352MRE Bijela, Turija and Orahovica HNK - Konjic Društvo crvenog krsta/križa BiH 84MRE Ključ USK - Ključ Društvo crvenog krsta/križa BiH -MRE Zvornik RS - Zvornik Društvo crvenog krsta/križa BiH 377MRE Bejići ZDK - Usora Norveška narodna pomoć NPA 338MRE Dubočevo-Velečani USK - Ključ Norveška narodna pomoć NPA 150MRE Crna Ljut HNK - Čapljina Norveška narodna pomoć NPA 117MRE Paša Bunar TK - Tuzla Norveška narodna pomoć NPA 166MRE Sarajevo KS - Sarajevo Norveška narodna pomoć NPA 371MRE Pećišta RS - Srebrenica Norveška narodna pomoć NPA 167MRE Zagoni RS - Bratunac Norveška narodna pomoć NPA 175MRE Stanovi RS - Doboj Norveška narodna pomoć NPA 189MRE Novo selo 2 RS - Brod Norveška narodna pomoć NPA 40MRE Boderište, Ulice; Bukovac Brčko Distrikt NVO Posavina bez mina 36222,888TOTAL


5. MINE/ERW/CLUSTER MUNITION VICTIMS ASSISTANCE In 2016, Demining Commission in BiH has adopted the Decision on Forming the Coordination Group for mine/ERW/cluster munition victims’ assistance, and the process of formalization of documents commenced accordingly on the level of BiH, through standing ministerial bodies. In this reporting period, a preliminary preliminary coordination meeting of this working group for mine victims’ assistance was held, and in order to improve situation in the area of mine action segment of mine/ERW/cluster mines victims’ assistance. BHMAIS database has been updated with 17 mine victims in relation to location, victims’ identity and assistance provided in the previous period. BHMAIS database provided information on mine victims per official requests for 20 victims, 5 participants in mine victims’ assistance process and 4 international organizations, all in accordance with the Law on the protection of Personal Data in B&H. In 2016, four mine victims’ assistance projects were realized for the victims of mines/ERW/cluster munitions, as shown in table 13. Table 13: Review of realized mine/ERW/cluster munition victims assistance Project number Organization Number of usersLump sum mine victims assistance UDAS 33Economic empowerment of amptutees UDAS 5Assistance in employment UDAS 1mine victims credit financing NGO STOP MINES 544TOTAL


6. QUALITY ASSISTANCE In 2016, 1233 authorizations and 161 accreditations were issued for mine action in BiH. Quality control inspectors from Mine Action Centre in BiH conducted 3833 technical supervisions/inspections (27% out of plan – 14000 of technical supervisions/inspections), out of which 3640 inspections at 255 technical survey and and mine clearance tasks, 729 at 14 MSA with targeted and systematic survey and mine clearance, 182 inspections and 15 tasks of technical survey and cluster munition clearance activities and 11 inspections at 5 MRE activities. Five Decisions on repetitions of technical survey operations were issued, along with 6 Withdrawals of authorizations, and 1 Resolution on prohibition of further work. Table 14 provides a review of technical supervisions/inspections as per operations. Table 14: Efficiency and productivity of technical supervisions/inspections In order to acquire or renew accreditation, i.e. to conduct a regular annual review, 953 metal detectors were tested in 14 organizations (116% out of plan – 825 metal detectors), where it has been stated the operationality for 903 tested metal detectors. In 13 organizations, 111 EDD teams were tested (111% out of plan – 100 EDD teams), where 91 EDD team has passed the test. Testing of machines tools has been conducted in 11 organizations (120% out of plan – 25 machines) where 28 machine tools fulfilled the testing conditions. In order to acquire or renew accreditation, i.e. procure new equipment, 24 tests were conducted in 15 accredited organizations in order to estimate the operationality of equipment and tools (107% out of plan – 14 organizations). Table 15 shows the performance of the plan for testing resources. Table 15: Review of testing resources In 2016, Demining Commission in BiH has adopted 3 chapters of the standard: Chapter 1 – Land Release, Chapter 2 – Non-technical survey and Chapter 3 – Technical survey. Additionally, Mine Action Centre BiH has commenced amendments and annexes for all chapters of Standard for Mine Planned Realized Realized Planned Conducted Realized Planned Conducted Realization825 953 116% 100 111 111% 25 30 120%Metal detectors testing EDD teams testing Machine testingNumber of inspected tasks Number of inspections Inspection/Task Number of controlled MSA Number of inspections Number of inspections Number of controlled tasks Number of inspections Inspection/Task Number of controlled activities Number of inspections Inspection/Activity255 2,911 11.4 6 729 121.5 15 182 12.1 5 11 2.2 3,833Inspections - TotalTechnical survey and mine clearance Mine AwarenessTechnical survey and cluster munition clearanceTechnical survey and mine clearance (MSA)


Clearance and EOD operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Standing Operational Procedures for Humanitarian Demining. 7. TRAINING Owing to the fact that high training standard is the key element in the process of efficient and safe mine action process, accredited organizations conducted additional training of their operational staff engaged in mine action in 2016 and in accordance with the Chapter 1 - Training, Standard for Mine Clearance and EOD operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2016, 1122 members of operation staff from 14 accredited organizations have successfully completed mine action training within the said 14 courses. The table 16 displays the conducted courses in mine action, as per organization and the type of training/additional training. Table 16: Review of completed trainings/additional trainings 7.1. Specific projects - IPA 2011 „Land Release“ In 2016, Mine Action Centre has completed the realization of the project „IPA 2011 – Land Release“. Within this project, 29 MSA were treated with non-technical survey (SHA - 117 km2) in 23 municipalities/cities in BiH. Operations of technical survey and mine clearance were completed at 6 MSA by accredited organization, with the released of 24,77 km2. Completed activities restoring the surface of the mine threat has been completely eliminated in 9 affected communities where he lives 3,990 residents, who will be the beneficiaries returned to the surfaceApart from stated above, the project encompassed the integration of orto photo pictures into BHMAIS, the creation of three Chapters of the Standard, the conduct of MRE activities and procurement. By the end of February 2017, Mine Action Centre Organization Demining section leader Deminer EDD Teams Technical survey of cluster munition Operator on machines for ground preparation Dog handler Dog handler - driver Operator for cluster munitions EOD Operator Operational personnel Internal control Medic Surveyor - driver Driver - MechanicARMED FORCES BH 94 238 9 49 33 6 5FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION FOR CIVIL PROTECTION FBIH 13 26 45 15 135REPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL PROTECTION RS 78CIVIL PROTECTION BRČKO DISTRICT 4NORWEIGAN PEOPLE'S AID 26 3 11 2 12STOP MINES 70MA - UG EKO DEM 16DETEKTOR 19"DOK-ING deminiranje" N.H.O. 2 16NGO PRO VITA 71 2 2N&N IVSA 42AMPHIBIA 4ASSOCIATION - UDRUŽENJE ZA ELIMINACIJU MINA UEM 54ASSOCIATION - UDRUGA "Pazi mine Vitez" 2 16 2GRAND TOTAL 111 538 3 37 2 12 11 45 19 247 51 35 6 5


BiH will create a separate report on the realization of project, which is a matter to be referred to the relevant institutions and publicly available. 8. ADVOCACY AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Within the organization of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in BiH and in cooperation with Demining Commission in BiH, Mine Action Centre BiH and UNDP, a Board of Donors meeting was held and was attended by all relevant international and national assets involved in mine problem in BiH. The accent of the Board of Donors was the reviewing activities conducted so far and defining further steps in the domain of mine action. On marking April 4 – International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, Mine Action Centre in BiH held a press conference stating out the need for raising awareness in population about the long-term mine problem in BiH. During 2016, representatives of Mine Action Centre in BiH actively participated at the 19th International Meeting of Mine Action National Programme Directors and UN advisors, 26th SEEMAC meeting held within the 13th International Symposium on Humanitarian Demining, and Review Conference on the current situation in the sector of defense and security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, organized the Joint Commission for Defense and Security held in the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2016, activities comment on creation of the Law on amendments and annexes to the Demining Law in BiH. Designated working group consisting of the representatives from Ministry of Civil Affairs in BiH, Demining Commission in BiH, Mine Action Centre BiH, Armed Forces and entity Civil Protections worked on the creation of the said proposal. In 2016, in the organization of GICHD, UNDP and Mine Action Centre BiH, two workshops were held: „Standards and SOP revisions “ and „Revision of Mine Action Strategy in BiH and Prioritization of Mine Action“, which served as the grounds for the processes of adjustment and improvement of laws and bylaws with IMAS, i.e. III Revision of the Strategy in Mine Action in BiH, along with creation of the Exit Mine Action Strategy in BiH. Specific cooperation during 2016 Mine Action Centre realized with the following: EUFOR HQ, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Japan, Ministry of National Defense of Turkey, US State Department-a, Zimbabwe Mine Action Centre, embassies of donor countries in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia, GICHD-a and James Madison University. Mine Action Centre in BiH in this reporting period has been at the disposal to media representatives from local and international media in order to spread the message about mine/ERW/cluster munition in BiH, as well as needs for the solution of the problem. The web page www.bhmac.org that served for informing of the public about all the relevant mine actions issues has been completely redesigned during 2016.


9. ANALYSIS OF OPERATIONAL CAPACITIES PRODUCTIVITY In 2016, there were 26 accredited mine action organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, structurally as follows: 5 government organizations (Armed Forced BH, Federal Civil Protection, Civil Protection Republic of Srpska, Brčko District Civil Protection and Red Cross Society BiH), 9 commercial organizations (8 national and 1 international) and 12 non-government organizations (10 national and 2 international). 1200 persons in accredited organization possess accreditation and certificates for the conduct of mine action activities, i.e. 900 deminers and 300 persons who are authorized for the conduct of managerial and monitoring tasks (team leaders, site leaders, operations officers, quality assurance officers, EDD trainers, dog handlers, operators etc.) Table 17 displays accredited resources for technical survey and mine clearance as per accredited organizations. Table 17: Review of accredited resources Based on accredited resources and in accordance with the Standard for Mine Clearance and EOD Operations, there is a possibility for 45 km2 of annual productivity in technical survey and mine clearance. In 2016, average utilization of operational capacities, i.e. resources for technical survey and mine clearance operations was 30%. Number of machines Number of dogs Number of detectorsARMED FORCES BH 5 24 304FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION FOR CIVIL PROTECTION FBIH 6 5 120REPUBLIC ADMINSTRATION FOR CIVIL PROTECTION RS 5 2 42CIVIL PROTECTION BRČKO DISTRICT 0 0 12TOTAL 16 31 478NORWEGIAN PEOPLE'S AID (NPA) 6 8 166ASSOCIATION "Pazi mine Vitez" 1 0 35ASSOCIATION UEM 1 2 32ASSOCIATION - UG DEMIRA 1 2 33NGO PRO VITA 1 2 60NGO STOP MINES 2 4 113ASSOCIATION - UG EKO DEM 1 0 24CENTAR ZA OBUKU PASA ZA OTKR. MINA 0 2 15DOK-ING DEMINIRANJE N.H.O. 2 0 62SVIJET BEZ MINA 1 0 11TOTAL 16 20 551DOK-ING Razminiranje d.o.o. RJ Pale -Ltd 0 0 15N&N IVSA 2 4 88DETEKTOR 1 2 38UEM d.o.o. 1 2 29MINEMON d.o.o. Pale - Ltd 0 0 8AMPHIBIA 0 0 11EKSPLORING 0 0 5TROTIL d.o.o Sarajevo - Ltd 0 0 7POINT d.o.o. -Ltd 1 2 35TOTAL 5 10 23637 61 1,265

Accredited organizationGRAND TOTAL

Government organizationsNon-Government organizationsCommercial organizations


10. RISK ELIMINATION In 2016, suspect hazardous area has been reduced for 58,67 km2 (46% out of plan – 127,60 km2). Through non-technical methods (systematic and general/non-technical survey) conducted by Mine Action Centre BiH cancelled 46,95 km2 (55% out of plan - 82,50 km2), while accredited organizations reduced and cleared 11,72 km2 (26% out of plan - 45,10 km2) through technical methods (technical survey and mine clearance. Chart 9 displays a review of suspect hazardous area according to methods, while chart 10 displays the review of suspect area reduction for the period of 2009 – 2016. Chart 9: Suspect hazardous area reduction per methods Since the beginning of mine action in BiH in 1966, suspect hazardous area has been reduced for 3.109 km2. Out of that number, Mine Action Centre BiH reduced 2.918 km2 (94%), through non-technical methods (systematic and general/non-technical survey) and 191 km2 (6%) were reduced by accredited organizations through technical methods (technical survey and mine clearance). Chart 10: Reduction of suspect hazardous area per methods 1996-2016. 0.0010.0020.0030.0040.0050.0060.0070.0080.0090.00 Non-technical methods Technical methodsPlan 82.50 45.10Realization 46.95 11.72Area km2 26%57%

2.918 km2 Non-tech./General/ Systematic survey94%191 km2 Tech. survey and mine clearance 6%


11. FINANCING According to available information of Mine Action Centre in BiH, in 2016 financial means spent on mine action in BiH are 33.735.776 BAM, 53% out of plan - 63.649.000 BAM. Out of that number, national resources allocated 18.971.419 BAM, 56%, while international (donor) sources allocated 14.764.357 BAM or 44%. In table 18, there is a display of financial data as per resource and investor. Table 18: Review of Mine Action financing

Source INSTITUTION/ORGANIZATION AMOUNT (KM) Mine clearance Technical survey targeted and systetamic survey in TS Clearance and technical survey of cluster munition Mine Risk Education Mine Victims' Assistance General Survey / Quality Assurance Advocacy OtherVijeće ministara BiH (Centar za uklanjanje mina u BiH) 5,464,758 5,464,758Vijeće ministara BiH (Ministarstvo odbrane BiH) 3,745,227Vijeće ministara BiH (Ministarstvo civilnih poslova BiH) 100,000 100,000Vlada Federacije BiH (FUCZ FBiH) 3,988,577Vlada Republike Srpske (RUCZ RS) 2,865,000 348,000 1,682,000 835,000Vlada Brčko Distrikta BiH 186,000 161,000 25,000ŠGD Hercegbosanske šume d.o.o. Kupres 1,263,000NVO PRO VITA i UG Pazi mine -Vitez 561,600Općina Ilidža 464,594JP Elektroprivreda BiH 37,827MM UNITED d.o.o 36,000ELEKTROPRENOS BiH 28,655KAMEN DENT d.o.o. 19,962Ooćina Tešanj 161,576UDAS (Domaći donatori) 36,890 36,890Općina Banovići 6,753Općina Donji Vakuf 5,000(ITF) Enhancing Human Security 7,282,984 2,953,513 3,793,506 185,483 350,482NPA (Međunarodni donatori) 5,985,309 162,504 661,475 59,438 135,113 56,938 547,023DELEGACIJA EVROPSKE UNIJE U BIH 627,869World without mines 257,017Ambasada SAD 231,875 231,875Ambasada Italije 217,640Međunarodni Komitet Crvenog Krsta/Križa 54,271 53,471 800EUFOR 46,943 46,943UNDP 46,261 46,261Ambasada Japana 14,18833,735,776 661,475 184,852 223,173 5,599,871 56,938 1,878,766TOTAL 25,130,70119,962161,5766,7535,000DONORS 4,362,818 627,869257,017217,64014,188B&H 3,745,2273,988,5771,263,000 561,600464,59437,82736,00028,655


CONCLUSION The degree of completion of the operational activities in 2016 is consequential, where the realization of humanitarian demining operations (technical survey and mine clearance), which directly depend on availability of national, donors and additional resources (completion of the plan of mine action financing for 2016 is 53%). The stated facts directly influenced a certain obstruction of contaminated areas, along with disabling the very reduction of the suspect hazardous area, i.e. preparation of projects for further operations, primarily those of mine clearance. The reason for this aberration of the plan are virtually exhausted abilities for reduction of the suspect hazardous area in accordance with the Standing Operational Procedures for General and Systematic Survey (SOP), i.e. exhaustion of possibility of qualifying a certain area for the further mine clearance. Accordingly, and in order to improve the efficiency and efficacy of the process, Mine Action Centre in BiH in 2016 formed four expert groups and commenced with amendments and annexes to all chapters of the Standard for Mine Clearance and EOD Operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Standing Operational Procedures for Humanitarian Demining, and the estimation of the completion of their work is the first quarter of 2017. The level of realization of Mine Action Centre BiH operational activities was also influenced by engagement of the operational staff on the realization of the „IPA 2011 – Land release“ project, as well as the conduct of specific ground activities which were not defined by the Mine Action Operational Plan for 2016, as per requests of legal and civil entities. Activities of technical supervision/inspections were carried out on all mine action tasks during 2016. The reason of lowered realization is also the lack of funding for the operations of technical survey and mine clearance operations, on which technical inspections are carried out. Within their scope of authority, Mine Action Centre in BiH, as for the first quarter of 2017, will conduct a detailed analysis of all factors that influenced aberrations from planned results, and eliminate them in the shortest timeline possible. Council of Ministers in BiH on their 102 session held 23.05.2017 adopted the Mine Action Report for 2016.

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