Mine Action Seminar will be Held in Ankara
The Mine Action Seminar will allow you to hear in-depth presentations from a range of high profile and influential speakers, authorities about Mine Action in Turkey covering Current Status, Legislation, Mine Clearance Projects (Eastern Border, Syrian Border) and Explosive Ordnance Clearance Projects. You will have an opportunity to meet your future friends, partners and customers especially from Turkey, to make connections and gain a comprehensive impression of the region. Turkey invests heavily in demining with international support from groups such as UN, EC and NATO.
Turkey acceded to the Ottawa Convention in 2003, and the Convention entered into force for Turkey on 1 March 2004. Turkey undertook to destroy or ensure the destruction of all anti-personnel mines in these areas as soon as possible but not later than 1 March 2014. On 28 March 2013 Turkey submitted a request to extend its mine clearance deadline. The request was granted and a new deadline was set for 1 March 2022.
The event will be discussing the following topics over the two days:
Mine Action in Turkey
History, Current Status, Legislation Mine Clearance Projects
Socioeconomic Development through Demining and Increasing the Border Surveillance Capacity at the Eastern Borders of Turkey Phase 1 & 2
Turkey Southern Border Mine Clearance Project
Explosive Ordnance Clearance Projects
Humanitarian Demining: International Experiences
Quality Management in Mine Action
Land release
Demining methods
Mine Risk Education
Mine Action Program Management and Contracting
Mine Action Contract Management
Liability and Insurance in Mine Action
Inclusion of land release in mine action contracts
