[Ngo-lwg] Reminder of LWG meeting on Friday 12 Sept 2014 at VVAF

Phan Thu Ha haphan at ngocentre.org.vn
Wed Sep 10 10:53:23 ICT 2014



Dear LWG members,

MAG and IC- VVAF would like to invite all of you to attend the next LWG 
quarterly meeting from13:30 to 15:00 Friday,12 September 2014 at VVAF 
office at 4^th floor, 58 Tran Nhan Tong st., Hanoi.

In review of the developments up-to-date since the last meeting, we’d 
like to suggest the meeting will discuss the followings:

-The newly approved Vietnam National Mine Action Standards (VNMAS)

-An initiative of GICHD exploring the development of policies and 
practices globally in response to the presence of Explosive Remnants of 
War (MORE)

-Members update

-Other business

Wewill welcome the participation of GICHD delegation including Guy 
Rhodes- Director of Operations and his colleagues from Ammunition 
Technical Operations, Samuel Paulina & David Gertiser. Tentatively, we 
expect a representative of MoD/504 Office to the meeting.

The draft agenda of the meeting is attached for your information. Pls. 
feel free to suggest items you wish to add in.

_Some background information:_

1.VNMAS was approved by Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam in 
April 2014, with 10 standards (see list of standards below).Thanks to 
the support from Faiz Paktian-GICHD, the English translation version of 
the VNMAS could be found at link 
http://www.mineactionstandards.org/national-standards/vietnam/

*Code*

	

*List of VNMAS*

	

TCVN 10299-1

	

General provisions

	

TCVN 10299-2

	

Assessment and accreditation of demining organizations

	

TCVN 10299-3

	

Monitoring, supervision and evaluation

	

TCVN 10299-4

	

Non-Technical Survey and Technical Survey

	


TCVN 10299-6

	

Clearance of mine/ERW

	

TCVN 10299-7

	

Explosive Ordnance Disposal - EOD

	

TCVN 10299-5

	

Demining Safety

	

TCVN 10299-8

	

Medical Support for Demining Operations

	

TCVN 10299-9

	

Investigation of Demining Incidents

	

TCVN 10299-10

	

Management of Information

	

2.MORE project is an initiative of GICHD to explore the development of 
policy and practice in response to the presence of ERW in countries by 
pre 1945s conflicts to inform the decision makers and promote changes in 
the way countries affected by more recent wars to develop manageable 
national mechanism through realistic national plans and timeframes in 
response to ERW problems. In its 1^st phase, the MORE Project research 
into post-conflict ERW policy development and evolution in South East 
Asia and Europe has surveyed 15 countries,  including Vietnam. It is 
expected that interim results of the in-depth research in six countries 
(Belgium, Cambodia, Germany, Lao PDR, United Kingdom, and Vietnam) 
through case studies will be shared at the LWG meeting (Pls. see below 
link for more information).

http://www.gichd.org/fileadmin/GICHD/topics/residual-contamination/MORE-summary-Jul2014.pdf

http://www.jmu.edu/cisr/journal/18.1/feature/paunilla.shtml

RSVP is required by COB Wed. Sept 10^th (to vvafvietnam at ic-vvaf.org 
<mailto:vvafvietnam at ic-vvaf.org>)

We look forward to welcoming all of you at the VVAF office.

Thank you and Best Regards,

Thu Ha

Nguyen Thu Ha

Program Manager

Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (IC-VVAF)

4^th Floor, Viet Hong Building, 58 Tran Nhan Tong, Hanoi

Tel: (84-4) 37339444

Fax: (84-4) 37339445

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