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Achievements

UXO Lao Achievements from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 2016

Mine Risk Education task: Conducted UXO Risk Education activities in 11,992 villages, reaching around 3,186,125 people (including 1,331,764 children).

Non-Technical Survey task: Conducted 22,803 survey tasks, collecting information and mapping out UXO in 3,784 villages

Roving task: Conducted 29,386 roving tasks, removed or destroyed UXO found on the surface in 3,918 villages

Clearance task: Cleared over 34,686.1550 hectares of land, including 29,308.6360 hectares for agriculture and 5,377.5190 hectares for other development projects (4,753,716 benefitciaries).

Confirmed Hazardous Areas (CHA) clearance task: Cleared 13,561.9930 hectares, including 12,701.9080 hectares for agriculture and 860.0850 hectares for other development purposes.

Total UXO found (through survey task): 177,080 items (including 2,555 big bombs, 91,023 bombies, 860 mines, and 82,642 other UXO)

Total UXO destroyed (through roving / clearance task): 1,451,074 items (including 6,471 big bombs, 673,045 bombies, 6,868 mines, and 1,065,571 other UXO)

Progress Summary Report of UXO Lao from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 2016

Mine Risk Education Operation

Provinces	Village Visits Made	Child Beneficiaries	Adult Beneficiaries	Total Beneficiaries	Boy	Girl	Man	Woman
Luangprabang	1,234	177,463	322,273	499,736	23,643	23,339	48,281	47,848
Huaphanh	1,165	118,930	215,197	334,127	26,949	24,394	27,550	26,986
Xiengkhuang	1,862	190,004	221,286	411,290	27,386	30,861	41,027	45,114
Khammuane	1,213	166,207	202,574	368,781	39,911	41,069	43,926	47,379
Savannakhet	1,453	132,324	219,579	351,903	26,871	27,392	30,529	31,057
Salavan	1,242	107,609	198,998	306,607	24,939	21,461	31,664	33,206
Sekong	1,215	87,421	110,440	197,861	22,299	21,001	21,159	18,431
Champasak	1,473	201,734	166,020	367,754	41,370	40,222	26,413	28,020
Attapue	1,135	150,072	197,994	348,066	31,585	30,294	16,471	25,305
Total	11,992	1,331,764	1,854,361	3,186,125	264,953	259,033	287,020	303,346

Non-Technical Survey Operation

Provinces	Village Visit Made Risk Reduction Only		UXO Found
Provinces	Number of Village	Number of Visit	Bombs	Bombies	Mines	Other UXO	Total
Luangprabang	362	1,601	80	2,322	95	9,143	11,640
Huaphanh	309	2,178	181	3,782	129	10,985	15,077
Xiengkhuang	490	3,795	131	30,909	50	22,186	53,276
Khammuane	361	1,503	629	17,307	16	7,798	25,750
Savannakhet	667	2,985	438	19,538	179	9,974	31,029
Salavan	578	2,279	484	3,580	56	2,621	6,741
Sekong	278	1,919	288	3,588	60	5,661	9,597
Champasak	526	5,292	147	4,083	249	12,407	16,886
Attapue	213	1,532	177	5,914	26	1,867	7,984
Total	3,784	23,084	2,555	91,023	860	82,642	177,080

Roving Operation

Provinces	Village Visit Made Risk Reduction Only		UXO Destroyed / Removed
Provinces	Number of Villages	Number of Visits	Bombs	Bombies	Mines	Other UXO	Total
Luangprabang	337	1,858	301	6,615	411	134,245	141,572
Huaphanh	300	2,558	402	16,257	293	28,369	45,321
Xiengkhuang	537	6,675	343	130,086	158	97,378	227,965
Khammuane	360	1,703	1,221	45,721	130	31,723	78,795
Savannakhet	775	3,975	1,066	60,214	522	81,664	143,466
Salavan	613	4,132	1,038	62,233	718	73,013	137,002
Sekong	227	1,477	448	15,506	401	17,911	34,266
Champasak	517	5,300	676	14,695	665	56,658	72,694
Attapue	253	1,708	368	24,849	166	12,213	37,596
Total	3,918	29,386	5,863	376,176	3,464	533,174	918,677

Clearance Operation

Provinces	Land Cleared, Hectares			People who benefit	UXO Destroyed / Removed
Provinces	Farming	Others	Total	People who benefit	Bombs	Bombies	Mines	Other UXO	Total
Luangprabang	2,550.4112	595.3658	3,145.7770	338,926	18	19,316	224	15,666	35,224
Huaphanh	3,070.7839	298.2651	3,369.0490	543,116	114	28,410	81	19,621	48,226
Xiengkhuang	6,189.2573	1,094.2670	7,284.0243	1,322,921	159	90,363	57	50,965	141,544
Khammuane	2,128.2583	450.5304	2,578.7887	250,821	137	18,467	43	30,337	48,984
Savannakhet	5,068.0685	365.3962	5,433.4647	312,915	24	39,826	1,761	32,819	74,430
Salavan	3,659.4946	771.1684	4,430.6630	633,821	42	30,963	490	31,205	62,700
Sekong	1,895.6410	479.4609	2,375.1019	195,847	47	24,541	39	18,131	42,758
Champasak	2,754.0969	491.6772	3,245.7741	766,738	32	20,795	611	22,617	44,055
Attapue	1,992.6243	830.8880	2,823.5123	388,971	35	24,188	98	10,155	34,476
Total	29,308.6360	5,377.5190	34,686.1550	4,753,716	608	296,869	3,404	231,516	532,397

CHA Survey Operation

Provinces	Land Cleared, Hectares			People who benefit	UXO Destroyed / Removed
Provinces	Farming	Others	Total	People who benefit	Bombs	Bombies	Mines	Other UXO	Total
Luangprabang	1,076.7702	5.2747	1,082.0449	4,779	0	2,832	0	867	3,699
Huaphanh	1,491.2080	97.1642	1,588.3722	29,215	0	3,222	3	317	3,542
Xiengkhouang	2,052.4811	167.9206	2,220.4017	33,792	0	4,722	2	2,781	7,505
Khammuane	2,382.0214	161.8488	2,543.8702	14,890	39	6,532	0	1,230	7,801
Savannakhet	2,480.4112	54.6733	2,535.0845	26,873	0	5,770	11	2,121	7,882
Salavan	1,157.4596	156.7843	1,314.2439	42,837	1	4,370	6	2,289	6,666
Sekong	644.3038	28.4483	672.7521	4,035	3	1,711	5	130	1,849
Champasak	763.8242	11.5900	775.4142	10,679	0	1,892	0	87	1,979
Attapue	653.4285	176.3808	829.8093	45,357	0	2,783	0	131	2,914
Total	12,701.9080	860.0850	13,561.9930	212,457	43	33,834	27	9,933	43,837

Our Partners

UXO Lao and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provides program oversight and program assurance, both substantive and financial, through its own UXO Unit as well as through the provision of the Senior Technical Advisor, the Programme Technical Advisor, and a field based EOD Technical Advisor. It raises funds for UXO Lao and manages such funds through cost-sharing agreements. Funds channelled through UNDP follow UNDP’s rules and regulations. In addition, UNDP assists UXO Lao in the following key management functions:

1. Quarterly financial monitoring of the project, both in terms of progress of activities and expenditures and of conformity of activities with stated mandate and work plans;

2. Contracting for yearly external financial and management audits of UXO Lao, with full reporting to donors and other stakeholders, thereby confirming full accountability and transparency of UXO Lao accounts and practices;

3. Provision of a coordination mechanism for donors, and between donors and the Government of Lao PDR, in order to ensure that support to the UXO programme is channelled as and where it is put to best use for the ends of the programme; and

4. Procurement needs of UXO Lao.

UXO Lao and the National Regulatory Authority for UXO/Mine Action Sector in Lao PDR (NRA)

The Lao Government established the National Regulatory Authority for UXO/Mine Action Sector in Lao PDR (NRA) in 2004 along with the adoption of the National Strategic Plan for the UXO sector. The NRA is responsible for the coordination and regulation of the UXO/mine action sector in the country, including the planning, tasking and monitoring of all UXO/mine action activities in the country. UXO Lao actively takes part in different Technical Working Groups (TWGs) organized by the NRA aimed at coordinating and planning all clearance, community awareness, and victim assistance activities, as well as sharing best practices and experiences.

UXO Lao and Implementing Partners

Implementing partners channel funds from donors to UXO Lao. They also provide technical advisory support to the programme.

1. Armor Group North America

2. Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS)

3. Mines Advisory Group (MAG)

4. Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA)

Support to Development Agencies

UXO LAO: SUPPORT TO DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES

Development agencies receive support and priority if they submit requests for clearance to the provincial authorities before the annual work planning takes place. This takes place around July of every year.

The activities of UXO Lao contribute not only to saving lives but also to increasing the social-economic opportunities for some of the poorest districts. Regression analysis in the Lao PDR Poverty Assessment Report in 2003 confirms that both the initial level of UXO contamination as well as the progress in UXO clearance accounts for changes in poverty from 1997/8 to 2002/3. Extending the district-level regressions, per capita consumption tended to increase slower in areas with high UXO contamination, and faster in areas with UXO clearance programs.

UXO Lao enables UXO impacted villagers improved and equitable access to land, markets and social and economic services, environmentally sustainable utilization of natural resources. UXO clearance ultimately leads to enhancing the livelihoods of poor, vulnerable, and food insecure populations through sustainable development within the Millennium Development Goals Framework by 2011.

Resources

UXO LAO: Resources

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Work Planning

UXO LAO: WORK PLANNING

The development of the UXO Lao annual work plan begins at the village level. Villagers discuss among themselves and identify priority families (factors include family size, income, capacity to farm the land, amount of land available, among others.) District planning authorities receive the final villages’ requests and evaluate them in accordance with the ability of the district to support such activities as well as if they fall within the district’s development plans and priorities. District authorities submit their final list to provincial planning authorities. The authorities then evaluate the requests according to the provincial development plans and priorities, taking into consideration the capacity of UXO Lao.

Development agencies receive support and priority if they submit requests for clearance to the provincial authorities before the annual work planning takes place.

With a final list, UXO Lao classifies requests as either a roving, survey, area clearance, or an ETS task. UXO Lao then schedules the tasks according to village, district, and wet or dry season. The National Committee for Rural Development and Poverty Eradication approves all the provincial work plans with the endorsement by UNDP and UXO Lao’s donors.