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In May 1999 the United
Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS),
following a multi-disciplinary assessment
mission to Thailand, issued a formal request
for survey to the Survey Action Center (SAC).
SAC dispatched an Advance Survey Mission
(ASM) to Thailand during the month of June
and re-confirmed the findings of the assessment
mission. SAC then developed a preliminary
country plan.
Following approval by the Thai National
Mine Action Committee in late-1999, SAC
deployed a team to revise the country plan
and liase with Thai authorities.
The Governments of UK, Norway, the US,
Australia, Canada and Finland and and the
United
Nations Foundation (UNF) funded the
Thailand Survey.
SAC chose Norwegian
People's Aid (NPA) to conduct the Landmine
Impact Survey of Thailand. NPA possesses
extensive mine action experience around
the world. One of the pioneering socio-economic
impact surveys was developed by NPA
in Angola. NPA's experienced Mine Action
Program Manager in Angola, Mr. Guy Rhodes,
was identified as the Team Leader for the
Thailand survey. In April 2000 NPA expatriate
members of the survey team attended a 5-day
training symposium at SAC headquarters in
Washington. The survey Team Leader then
spent one week visiting the SAC/MCPA Landmine
Impact Survey in Yemen.
| Team Leader |
Guy
Rhodes |
| Deputy Team Leader |
Rune
Engeset |
| Admin/Operations Officer |
Alexander
Rietveld |
| GIS Specialist |
Arlene
Engeset |
| UNOPS Quality Assurance
Monitor |
Alan
Dazy |
The operations plan for the Thailand survey
called for two regional survey teams to
deploy first to the Laotian and Cambodian
border areas, and following completion of
survey in these areas, move to the Myanmar
and Malaysian borders. This plan underwent
final revisions based upon coordination
with the Thailand Mine Action Center and
other organizations in Thailand. The NPA
expatriate team arrived in Bangkok in May/June
2000.
Between June and September the NPA
office was established, local staff interviewed
and hired, field supervisors/editors and
enumerators trained, and survey instrument
pre-tested. SAC social scientist, Dr. Aldo
Benini, assisted the NPA
team with assessing pre-test results.
The SAC planning officer traveled to Thailand
during October and assisted NPA
in conduct of the operational review following
the pilot survey and expert opinion collection.
Based on expert opinion results and knowledge
gained during the pilot survey, the time
required to complete data collection was
revised from four months to six months,
and was completed in early April of 2001.
Report writing was completed by the end
of May 2001.
The survey was certified by the United
Nations Certification Committee chaired
by UNMAS in Agust 2001. The final report
will be released mid-2002.
To learn more about the Landmine Impact
Survey (LIS) in Thailand feel free to contact
us.
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| UK - DFID |
$
449,000 |
| Norway |
$
373,000 |
| US Department of State |
$
343,000 |
| United Nations Foundation |
$
118,000 |
| Australia - AUSAID |
$
100,700 |
| Canada - DFAIT |
$
100,000 |
| Finland |
$
92,000 |
| Total |
$ 1,575,700 |
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| NPA |
$1,440,000 |
| SAC |
$124,000 |
| UN |
$92,000 |
| Total |
$ 1,656,000 |
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| Formal UN Request for
Survey |
May
99 |
| Initial Advanced Survey
Mission |
June
99 |
| Advanced Survey Mission |
Feb
00 |
| Survey Training Symposium |
April
00 |
| Survey Operations Plan
Finalized |
April
00 |
| Survey Team Arrival |
May
00 |
| Training Visit to Yemen
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May
00 |
| Commence Operations |
June
00 |
| Training and Pretest |
July
00 |
| Pilot
Survey |
Sept
00 |
| Village
Level Data Collection |
Nov
00 |
| Project
Completion Date |
May
01 |
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