62[3] Sector Response plans United Nations and Partners<strong>SUDAN</strong> WORK PLAN 2012Affected populationCategory Direct beneficiaries targeted Indirect beneficiaries targeted Sourceof informationMen and boys Women and girls Men and boys Women and girlsRemarksLand Release 275,000 125,000 2.5 million persons 2012 Work Plan for Sudan, OCHAHumanitarian UpdateMRE 135,000 65,000 600,000 250,000VA 250 250 300 200Capacity development/120 80 200 100advocacyTotal 410,370 190,330 600,500 250,300Number of MRE teams and averageteam productivityPrevious experience and numberof planned projects and workshopsfor 201280,000 IDPs in Blue Nile, 68,000 refugees in theeastern states, approximately 1.9 million in DarfurThe integration of Mine/ERW victims into the widernational assistance policies demands that thesevictims are integrated and treated equally alongwith other persons with disabilities (PWD)Estimate based on previous years Individuals benefitting from capacity building/advocacy workshopsactivities, including poor infrastructure, weather conditions,ongoing insecurity, limited access and availability of funding.Inter-relations of needs with other sectorsThe Mine Action Sector works closely with the EducationSector on the subject of MRE. Our partnership with localNGOs, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the relevantministries in the GoS is ongoing. Also, the land releaseactivities, as well as route assessment and clearance, assistthe Basic Infrastruture sector in its activities. No infrastructuredevelopment can happen if the route is deemed hazardous.The sector also worked closely with other sectors, such as theProtection Sector, that deal with humanitarian aid to refugees,internally displaced people and demobilized people.Coverage of needs by actors not in the sectoror Work PlanThere are at least another five to ten organisations in theMine Action Sector who have not submitted their projects forthe Work Plan. These organizations will secure funds bilaterally,but will work within the sector’s multi year work plan andannual work plan objectives.Objectives, outcomes, outputs, and indicatorsMine Action Sector objectives are drawn from the overallstrategic priorities for the 2012 Work Plan. Through theseobjectives, mine action is committed to creating greateraccess to basic services through clearing hazardous areas andminefields; by releasing land that can be used for agriculture,animal grazing housing and infrastructure projects, the mineaction sector contributes to increased self-reliance and peacefulco-existence for IDPs, refugees and other crisis-affectedpopulations.Moreover, the mine action sector, through its core mandate, isdedicated to improving preparedness and strengthening thecapacities of national and local actors. Building the capacityof national mine action structures, the National Mine ActionMine ACtion SECTOR funding requirements by stateMINE ACTIONLIBYARed Sea$0 - 2 million$2 - 4 million$4 - 6 millionFPDO$0.06 mNORTHERNNILERED SEA$0.1 m$6 - 8 millionNORTH DARFURNMIADRHW, TWASOL$0.4 mKHARTOUMFPDO, Mines AdvisoryGroup, UNMASKASSALA$2.6 mERITREANORTH KORDOFANAL GEZIRACHADWESTDARFUREl RuhamaAAR, Danchruchaid,FPDO, JASMAR, Sibro,UNMASWHITENILESENNARGEDAREFCENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC$0.2 mSOUTH DARFURABYEI$8.0 mSOUTH KORDOFANREPUBLIC OF SOUTH <strong>SUDAN</strong>$4.9 mBLUENILEDanchruchaid, FPDO,JASMAR, RHF,UNMASETHIOPIA
United Nations and Partners[3] Sector Response Plans<strong>SUDAN</strong> WORK PLAN 201263Overview of sector objectives (Mine action)Objectives Supporting activities Indicator TargetTo facilitate free and safe • Supporting Activities• Number of hazardsmovement for humanitarian• Release of land through survey and clearance of minefields, dangerous andreported and/oroperations through clearancesuspected hazardous areas as well as of routes in support humanitarian activities.number of hazards/of landmines and explosivearea releasedremnants of war.To reduce the risk of injuryfrom landmines and ERW andfacilitate the reintegrationof victims through targetedmine risk education and victimassistance interventions.To strengthen and support themanagement and operationalcapacities of the nationalauthorities and implementingpartners to enable them toaddress the socio-economicimpact of landmines and ERWcontamination in Sudan.• Assess and verify routes to support all humanitarian and development activities.• General Mine Action Assessment through community liaison.• Support the movement of returnees, refugees and the process of reintegration.• Deliver relevant and useful information on the situation and risks of landminesand ERWs to IDPS, returnees and other at-risk populations to promote safebehaviour among these target groups• Provide training of trainer courses to teachers and/or health and communityworkers to establish local MRE capacity.• • Organize needs assessment to collect current information on landmine andERW survivors, sex- and age-disaggregated.• Increase technical knowledge of partners on victim assistance (VA) and disabilityrelated issues.• Provide support to mine/ERW survivors in terms of social reintegration, health,psychological and economical empowerment.• Promote awareness of the rights of survivors, as provided by laws and conventions.• Strengthen the management capabilities of the NMAC in the field of coordination,planning, priority setting, information management, cross cutting issuesof gender, and environmental impact, supervision and quality assurance andreporting through on-the-job training and workshops.• Assist the national authorities in fulfilling the obligations under the Mine BanTreaty (MBT) and Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).• Provide technical and financial support to national NGOs operating in mineaction sector to strengthen sustainable local capacity..• Number of at riskindividuals targeted/reached through MREand/or communityliaison projects (direct).• Number of mine/ERW victims and otherPWDs assisted (directand indirect).• Number of workshopsby topic including oncross cutting issues ofgender and environmentalimpact.• Number of individualsdisaggregated bysex, benefitting fromcapacity-building/advocacy workshops(direct)..Eastern States• 47 hazardsreported orreleased.South Kordofan*• 89 hazardsreported orreleased.Blue Nile State*• 21 hazardsreported orreleased.• 100,000 individualsfor MRE,disaggregated bysex**• 1,000 individualsfor VA, disaggregatedby sex.• 500 individuals ofboth sexes* Due to recent conflict in SK and BNS, the Work Plan could change after appropriate surveys have taken place.** Recent conditions of security and access in South Kordofan and Blue Nile State have changed the productivity rate of MRE sessions,leaing to a reduction in target for 2012. This target could still change during mid-year if conditions improve.Centre (NMAC, based in Khartoum) is, and will remain a priorityfor the sector. UNMAS-S will maintain its commitment to trainingby working with partners to support further training andcapacity building in areas such as project or support management,quality assurance/control, MRE, medical coordinationand team supervision. Sector partners have elaborated threemajor objectives for 2011 activities across Sudan (see table).To ensure proper monitoring, the work for land release andMRE operations is tasked under the management of theNMAC Operations Officer, with the support of the UNMAS-SSenior Technical Advisor. The sector will provide a quarterlyprogress report for inclusion in the 2012 quarterly progressreport for inclusion in the 2012 quarterly Work Plan implementationmonitoring reports.Sector monitoring planAll the pillars of the Mine Action Sector hold monthly meetingsto coordinate operations. The MRE and VA activities aresuccessfully coordinated through the MRE and VA WorkingGroups. A monthly sector-wide coordination meeting is alsoheld.Land release and MRE operations have internal quality assurancerules and regulations, on top of the reporting undertakenfor the National Mine Action Centre and UNMAS-S. Landrelease is also under daily scrutiny from the UNMAS-S SeniorTechnical Advisor and NMAC Operations Officer. Moreover,the standard of their work is ensured through a process ofaccreditation that is repeated at the beginning of each deminingyear.