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| 3rd ITF coordination meeting in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2012-05-16) |
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| ITF in cooperation has in cooperation with the Slovenian Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina organized 3rd „ITF Coordination Meeting“, where ITF representatives presented achievements in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2011 and perspectives for the period 2012-2013. |
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| New donation of Germany to ITF (2012-05-10) |
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| Mr Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with H.E. Werner Burkart, German Ambassador to Slovenia, for the donation in total amount of 590.000 EUR. MoU was signed on 10 May 2012 at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ljubljana.
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| SEEMACC meeting in Sibenik, Croatia (2012-04-24) |
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| With the purpose of continuation of the co-operation in the area of mine action in the region of South-Eastern Europe and to review the results of SEEMACC Working Group and new SEEMACC strategy (2012-2015), the 22nd meeting was held in Šibenik, Croatia on 23 April 2012. |
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| Ambassador of Brazil to Slovenia visit to ITF HQ (2012-04-19) |
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| On 19 April 2012, H.E. Mr. Gilberto Fonseca-Guimarães de Moura, Ambassador of Brazil to Slovenia and Deputy Head of Mission, Secretary Mr. André Makarenko visited ITF Headquarters in Ig and discussed possible cooperation.
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| ITF signed Memorandum of Understanding with Kingdom of Spain (2012-04-18) |
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| Anunciada Fernández de Córdova, Ambassador of Spain to Slovenia and Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director signed a Memorandum of Understanding today in the premises of ITF at Ig, Slovenia. The contribution of Spain in amount of 70.000 EUR is earmarked for support of cluster munition clearance in South Lebanon. |
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| Ambassador of Spain to Slovenia lent her leg (2012-04-18) |
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| Anunciada Fernández de Córdova, Ambassador of Spain to Slovenia expressed support to the Lend Your Leg campaign and lent her leg today at the event of signing of Memorandum of Understanding for Spain contribution to cluster munition clearance in South Lebanon. Thank you! |
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| ITF received official recognition at Karlovac County Day celebration (2012-04-17) |
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| On the occasion of the Karlovac County Day celebration on Friday April 13, 2012 a ceremonial session of the Karlovac County Assembly took place in the Karlovac city theater house. On this occasion recognitions were handed out for the year 2011 with ITF receiving an official recognition for its contribution to Karlovac County demining activities.
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| Representatives of U.S. DoS PMWRA and ITF in Serbia (2012-04-13) |
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| On 06 April 2012 Mr John Stevens, representative of U.S. DoS PM/WRA, Mr John Hessford, representative of U.S. Embassy in Serbia and ITF representatives had a very successful meeting with Mine Action Center Serbia. |
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| The 28th Session of ITF Board of Advisors (2012-04-12) |
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| The 28th Session of ITF Board of Advisors (BoA) was held on 11 April 2012 in Training Centre for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief of the Republic of Slovenia in Ig, Slovenia. The meeting was opened by Mitja Strukelj, Ambassador, Director-General, Directorate for International Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Slovenia.
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| ITF exhibition at NATO HQ (2012-04-12) |
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| To mark International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action on 04 April, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the NATO opened an exhibition on the ITF Enhancing Human Security to stress the importance of this Day also for Slovenia which is fighting against the scourge of landmines.
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| Lend Your Leg campaign in Slovenia (2012-04-11) |
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| On 04 April, 2012 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, more than one month long global campaign Lend Your leg came to the end when supporters symbolically rolled up pant leg expressing their support for all mine victims whose lives have drastically changed. |
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| MANMADE dinner (2012-04-05) |
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| On International Day for Mine Awareness on April 04, 2012, Mine Detection Dog Center in BH and Marshall Legacy Institute in cooperation with ITF Enhancing Human Security organized the first charity Mine Awareness Night To Make a Difference dinner, which was held in Hotel Inn in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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| Lend Your Leg Press Conference and Photo Exhibition (2012-04-02) |
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| On April 02, 2012 Lend your Leg press conference was held in Armerija, Koper by ITF and Faculty of Humanities (FHS) at the University of Primorska that are working together to help raise awareness on dangers of antipersonnel landmines. In continuation, Mr Arne Hodalič, photographer that has cooperated with ITF on many projects, opened its photo exhibition at the premises of FHS.
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| British Embassy in Slovenia supports global 'Lend Your Leg' Campaign (2012-03-30) |
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| British Ambassador to Slovenia Andrew Page rolled up his pant leg in support of global ban of landmines use.
The 'Lend Your Leg' is campaign against the use of landmines. It runs globally from March 1st until April 4th when United Nation observes the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. |
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| First Japan donation for Croatia through ITF (2012-03-28) |
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| ITF and the Embassy of Japan in Zagreb, Croatia signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the first Japan donation for Croatia through ITF in the amount of 80.000 Euro for demining of agricultural land in the town of Pakrac in Požega Slavonija County. |
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| ITF signed grant contract with Japan (2012-03-21) |
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| On 21 March 2012, H.E. Mr. Hideo Yamazaki, Ambassador of Japan to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mr. Dorijan Maršič, Director of ITF Enhancing Human Security signed a Grant contract for the “Project for support of demining in Bihać and Velika Kladuša”. |
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| German donation to ITF for cluster munition clearance in Lebanon (2012-03-15) |
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| ITF, which is, in cooperation with the NGO DanChurchAid (DCA), implementing projects of cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) clearance in Lebanon since 2009 have received financial support in the amount of 200.000,00 EUR from Federal Republic of Germany for clearance activities in South Lebanon.
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| Lend your leg (2012-03-01) |
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| On March 01, 2012 a month long campaign, LEND YOUR LEG simultaneously started in Slovenia and worldwide. ITF and Faculty of Humanities Koper (FHS) are working together to help raise awareness on dangers of landmines. |
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| Third Phase of Underwater UXO Clearance of Lake Ohrid (2012-02-24) |
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| Underwater UXO Clearance activities on locations: Ohrid Harbor and Peshtani have started on 22 February 2012 and are financed by United States Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA), through ITF. |
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| Memorandum of Understanding signed with Cranfield University (2012-02-16) |
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| Signed MoU envisages that Cranfield University and the ITF will work together to implement programmes and projects in fragile states and post-conflict countries, and promote the development of national capacities through education and training.
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| The Mine Awareness Night to Make a Difference (MANMADE) Dinner (2012-02-01) |
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| MANMADE Dinner will be held on April 4th 2012 at the Hotel Holiday Inn in Sarajevo. With strong support from the American Chamber of Commerce in Bosnia Herzegovina and the United States Embassy, the dinner will celebrate progress in freeing BiH of the humanitarian dangers & destabilizing effects of landmines, while highlighting the challenges that remain |
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| ITF Social Event (2012-01-31) |
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| On 30 January 2011, ITF organized social event at Kinodvor in Ljubljana, Slovenia where documentary film entitled »A way to (re) integration« was screened for the first time. |
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| Invitation to ITF Social Event (2012-01-24) |
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| On Monday, January 30, 2012 ITF is organizing social event aimed at screening of a documentary film titled “A way to (re)integration”. Looking forward to meeting you at Kinodvor.
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| ITF and Karlovac County signed new Memorandum of Understanding (2012-01-23) |
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| On January 20, 2012 a new MoU in the amount of 350.000 HRK was signed between the Karlovac County and the ITF. The donation is earmarked for demining of pastures, meadows and arable land in the municipality of Josipdol in Karlovac County.
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| Happy New Year (2011-12-23) |
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| Dear Friends and Colleagues, ITF Team wishes you all healthy, fulfilling and successfull 2012. |
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| 10th edition of To Walk The Earth In Safety (2011-12-20) |
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| On December 19, 2011 Hillary Rodham Clinton, USA Secretary of State, presented the 10th edition of To Walk The Earth In Safety. The annual report details the United States’ Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Program. |
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| Closing event “CROATIA TWENTY YEARS AFTER - mine victims” (2011-12-19) |
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| On 13 December 2011, the “Association for Promotion of Equal Opportunities - APEO” organization from Zagreb, Croatia held a closing event for the project “CROATIA TWENTY YEARS AFTER - mine victims: where are they, what do they do, what do they need”.
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| Awareness Campaign on Socio-Economic Reintegration of Mine Victims in Armenia (2011-12-09) |
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| On 09 December 2011, the ITF in partnership with the IOM Armenia initiated awareness raising campaign on socio-economic reintegration of mine victims and persons with disabilities in Armenia. Additionally, the campaign strives to promote development cooperation efforts in Azerbaijan and to contribute to the regional cooperation and confidence building efforts in the South Caucasus. |
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| Cartagena Workshop (2011-12-08) |
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| In period from 5 to 9 December 2011, ITF is in cooperation with URI Soca, PAICMA and Fundacion REI implementing specialized training entitled 'Improvement of rehabilitation services for people following amputations' in Cartagena, Colombia. Project is supported by the Republic of Slovenia, NGO International Relief & Development and large in-kind donations from PAICMA and Fundacion REI. |
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| ITF Being Successful in Providing Support to Libya (2011-12-01) |
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| On December 01, 2011 a group of 22 Libyan nationals injured in the recent armed conflict in Libya arrived to Slovenia in order to receive comprehensive rehabilitation care that will be implemented by the University Rehabilitation Institute of Slovenia (URI Soča) through ITF. |
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| ITF/CTDT Side Event at 11MSP Mine Ban Treaty in Cambodia (2011-11-29) |
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| ITF presented today in the framework of the accompanying conference program a newly developed airborne reconnaissance system for mine suspected areas (MSA) named “Intelligence Decision Support System-AIDSS”, which was developed in cooperation with experts from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina with the financial support provided by the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. |
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| Awareness Campaign on Socio-Economic Reintegration of Mine Victims in Azerbaijan (2011-11-29) |
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| On 28 November 2011, the ITF in partnership with the IOM Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action initiated awareness raising campaign on socio-economic reintegration of mine victims and persons with disabilities in Azerbaijan. Additionally, the campaign strives to promote development cooperation efforts in Azerbaijan and to contribute to the regional cooperation and confidence building efforts in the South Caucasus. |
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| Cooperation of Germany and ITF in Serbia Renewed (2011-11-25) |
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| ITF and FR Germany acting through Embassy in Ljubljana signed on 02 November 2011 a new Memorandum of Understanding for Cluster Munitions Clearance in Republic of Serbia in the amount of 90.000 Eur. The Donation shall be implemented on the project location Jalovik 2 in The Municipality of Vladimirci (near Šabac).
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| OSCE regional workshop »Explosive Hazards Reduction and Response in Central Asia« in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (2011-11-22) |
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| As part of the efforts to strengthen security cooperation environment in Central Asia, the OSCE regional workshop titled »Explosive Hazards Reduction and Response in Central Asia« in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, is being organized on 22 and 23 November 2011. The workshop is hosted by the Ministry of Defence of Kyrgyzstan and co-organized by the International Trust Fund and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek.
The workshop is being organized under the auspices of the ongoing regional Mine Action initiative of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan.
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| Training for UXO Detection And Removal- Level 2 (2011-11-18) |
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| CROMAC Center for Testing, Development and Training Ltd (CROMAC CTDT) from Croatia successfully finished Training for UXO Detection and Removal - Level 2. The training was held in Topusko, Croatia between 07 November and 18 November 2011.
The training funded by Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U. S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political- Military Affairs through ITF was succesfully completed by 9 out of 10 participants.
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| Handover Ceremony in Municipality Gračanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2011-11-15) |
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| H.E. Mr Hideo Yamazaki, Ambassador of the Japan in BIH, Mr Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director, representatives of BH MAC, Municipality Gračanica, Municipality Petrovo, Canton Tuzla as well as local media representatives attended the official handover ceremony of demining activities funded by 2009 Japan's donation and US matching funds at the locations in Municipality Gračanica.
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| 27th Session of ITF Board of Advisors (2011-11-08) |
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| The 27th Session of ITF Board of Advisors (BoA) was held on 08 November 2011 in Training Centre for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief of the Republic of Slovenia in Ig, Slovenia. The meeting was opened by Minister of Health of the Republic of Slovenia, Mr Dorijan Marušič who addressed members of the BoA and wider audience.
Mr Marsic, ITF Director, presented ITF Intermediate Report 2011 and ITF 2012 Portfolio of Projects. |
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| Dr Ken Rutherford, special guest speaker for the ITF BoA (2011-11-08) |
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| As a special guest speaker, Dr Ken Rutherford, Director of the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery gave a presentation at the 27th Session of ITF Board of Advisors. Since he is also a victim of a mine explosion, the main focus of the presentation was the importance of victim assistance support. |
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| Annex on the Agreement on Destruction of Excess Ammunitions signed (2011-11-02) |
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| On October 31, U.S. Ambassador to Montenegro Sue K. Brown and Montenegro’s Minister of Defense Boro Vučinić signed an Annex to the Technical Agreement on the Destruction of Small Arm Weapons and Various Types of Ammunition on the continuation of the program, implemented through ITF by Sterling International.
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| Memorandum of Understanding signed with Libyan National Transitional Council (2011-10-28) |
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| On 27 October 2011 Mr Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director and Dr Nagi Barakat, Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) Health Minister signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), wishing to develop co-operation in the sphere of comprehensive victims` assistance to relieve the suffering of conflict that has affected the population in Libya. |
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| Canton Sarajevo donation to ITF (2011-10-27) |
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| On 25 October 2011, Mr. Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director and Mr Rusmir Sendić, Minister of Economy of Canton Sarajevo, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the donation in total amount of 600.000,00 KM (306.775,13 EUR). |
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| News conference Key to Peace (2011-10-11) |
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| "Key to peace" news conference was held in town of Kastav in the Republic of Croatia and organized by Primary School "Milan Brozović”. The idea of the conference was to inform visitors about the principles of education for peace, promotion of tolerance, non-violence and peaceful conflict resolution.
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| Republic of Slovenia supported needs assessment mission in Cape Verde (2011-09-27) |
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| On 26 September 2011 ITF signed an Annex to the Contract with Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia for a grant in total amount of 22.858 EUR. The funds are earmarked for the implementation of needs assessment and fact-finding mission in Cape Verde for further implementation of Telemedicine Program.
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| US continue with the support to ITF (2011-09-09) |
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| United States of America has contributed more than US$ 17 million to the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance in 2011. With 2011 funding, US has increased the total amount of its contribution in comparison with previous year’s by US$ 5 million.
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| Czech Republic donation to ITF (2011-09-05) |
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| On 05 September 2011, Mr Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director and H.E. Mr Petr Voznica, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Republic of Slovenia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the donation in total amount of 17.000 EUR (425.000 Czech Crowns). |
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| Press Conference at Chelopechene, Bulgaria (2011-08-18) |
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| On 18 August 2011, Mr Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director, Mr Valentin Radev, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria, Mr James Warlick, US Ambassador in Bulgaria and representative of implementing organisation Sterling International attended a media field visit in Chelopechene organized by US Embassy in Sofia. |
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| Principality of Monaco second donation to ITF (2011-08-17) |
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| On 10 August 2011, ITF signed Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco. The donation in total amount of 100.000,00 EUR is earmarked for the Project entitled "Rehabilitation of Children - Victims of Conflict from Gaza. |
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| Relief and Rehabilitation Programme for Children from Libya (2011-07-11) |
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| On the initiative of Slovenian Embassy in Egypt and Slovenian President Dr Danilo Türk, a group of children from Libya came to Rogla, Slovenia on 02 July for 2-week relief and rehabilitation programme from difficult wartime situation in Libya. |
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| Training for rehabilitation specialists from Egypt (2011-07-04) |
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| ITF has in cooperation with URI-Soča, successfully concluded second specialized training for one multidisciplinary rehabilitation team from National Institute of Neuro-Motor System Imbaba, Giza, Egypt. |
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| ITF and Arab League signed Memorandum of Understanding (2011-06-09) |
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| On 09 June 2011, ITF and Arab League signed Memorandum of Understanding in Kairo, Egypt expressing their mutual wish to relieve the ravages of conflicts in Middle East and develop sufficient medical and rehabilitation care for mine/UXO victims through training program of Telemedicine Network.
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| Towards a Sustainable Solution for Excess Weapons and Ammunition (2011-06-08) |
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| ITF Director, Mr Maršič participated together with other ITF representatives on a three-day Conference entitled “Towards a Sustainable Solution for Excess Weapons and Ammunition: Policy, Logistical and Financial Aspects of Excess Weapons and Ammunition Disposal” in Pula, Croatia. |
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| Training for Colombian rehabilitation specialists (2011-06-06) |
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| ITF has in cooperation with URI-Soča, successfully provided second specialized training on rehabilitation services for mine victims for one multidisciplinary rehabilitation team from Colombia. |
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| 4th RASR Workshop (2011-05-27) |
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| The Fourth Workshop on Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction (RASR) of weapons/ammunition was hosted by ITF in Ljubljana, from 23 to 25 May 2011. |
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| Bosnalijek d.d. donation to ITF (2011-05-26) |
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| On 25 May 2011 ITF signed the Memorandum of Understanding with Bosnalijek d.d. Sarajevo at the premises of ITF Implementation Office in Sarajevo. The donation in the amount of 10.000 BAM will be earmarked for the Project “Mine Risk Education through Sitting Volleyball” in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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| German donation to ITF (2011-05-25) |
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| On 24 May 2011 Mr Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director, signed the Memorandum of Understanding with H.E. Mr Werner Burkart, German Ambassador to Slovenia, for the donation in amount of 490.000 EUR. |
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| Swiss donation to ITF (2011-05-23) |
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| ITF received a donation from Switzerland, one of the most regular supporters of the ITF, in the amount of 300.000 CHF. The donation is earmarked for demining activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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| 2nd ITF coordination meeting in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2011-05-19) |
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| On 19 May 2011 ITF organized in cooperation with the Demining Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Second „ITF Coordination Meeting“, where ITF representatives presented achievements in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2010 and perspectives for the period 2011-2013. |
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| ITF Board of Advisors field visit (2011-05-18) |
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| On 17 May 2011 ITF organized a field visit for the members of the ITF Board of Advisors (BoA).To that end, they visited Croatia which is one of the most mine contaminated countries in the region of South East Europe. |
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| ITF visited Lithuania (2011-05-10) |
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| In the period from 11 April to 14 April 2011, ITF delegation headed by Mr Goran Gačnik, ITF Deputy Director visited Lithuania to meet representatives of Lithuanian Armed Forces and US Embassy in Vilnius.
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| 2nd Meeting of SEEMACC Working Group (2011-05-06) |
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| With the purpose to explore the options and to develop new SEEMACC strategy 2011-2015, the 2nd meeting of SEEMACC Working Group on Strategy was held in Šibenik, Croatia, on 28 April 2011. |
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| MoU signed with AmCham Croatia (2011-04-11) |
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| On April 08, 2011 ITF signed Memorandum of Understanding with American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) for the donation in the amount of 546.000 HRK which will be matched through the ITF |
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| MoU signed with Croatia without Mines (2011-04-11) |
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| On April 08 2011 Mr Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director and Mrs Đurđa Adlešić, director of the »Croatia without mines« Humanitarian Demining Trust Fund have signed a MoU for the donation in the amount of 700.000,00 HRK earmarked for demining activities in Croatia. |
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| The 26th Session of ITF Board of Advisors (2011-04-08) |
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| The 26th Session of ITF Board of Advisors was held on 07 April, 2011 in Training Centre for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief of the Republic of Slovenia in Ig, Slovenia. The meeting was opened by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Mr Samuel Žbogar. |
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| ITF Exhibition on Mine Action in New York (2011-04-05) |
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| Within the framework of UN exhibition »A Mine Action Photography Exhibit - DeterMined» H.E. Mr Andrej Benedejčič, Chairman of the ITF Managing Board, opened the ITF exhibition on Mine Action on 04 April 2011 in the premises of UN, New York. |
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| Mine Action Day - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (2011-04-04) |
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| The Day provides an opportunity to draw additional attention to the problem of landmines and explosive remnants of war and highlight the vigorous efforts to counter this challenge. It is a Day when we have to remember thousands of people killed and injured due to landmine threat and that give us a chance to stop just for a second and review our past work and make new plans for future, which will lead us to accomplishment of our vision - a world free of the threat from post-conflict and disruptive challenges, including landmines and where the security of individuals and communities is assured. |
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| Zlatko for Gaza project (2011-03-21) |
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| On 20 March 2011, famous Slovenian musician Zlatko was guest on Sunday TV Slovenia show known as »NLP«. Zlatko also invited ITF representative, Mr Iztok Hocevar to present the efforts in project “Rehabilitation of Children from Gaza”. |
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| 41st Session of ITF Managing Board (2011-03-18) |
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| The 41st Regular Session of ITF Managing Board was held on 09 March 2011 at Vila Podrožnik in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Session was attended by all 9 members, representatives of Slovenian, BH and Croatian Governement. |
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| ITF Visit to United States (2011-03-08) |
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| In the period from 28 February to 04 March 2011, Mr Dorijan Maršič (ITF Director) and Mr Goran Gačnik (ITF Deputy Director) visited United States to personally express gratitude for US Congress continuous support of the ITF and present major results in year 2010 and plans for future. |
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| ITF and Serbian Mine Action Centre have signed Memorandum of Understanding (2011-02-24) |
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| On 24 February 2011, ITF and Serbian Mine Action Centre (SMAC) signed memorandum of Understanding and agreed to strengthen its cooperation on clearance of cluster munitions, bombs and other unexploded ordnance and also to extend its cooperation on destruction of surplus conventional weapons in Republic of Serbia. |
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| 1st meeting of SEEMACC Working Group (2011-02-04) |
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| With the purpose to expore the options and to develop new SEEMACC strategy 2011-2015, the 1st meeting of SEEMACC Working Group on Strategy was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 02 February 2011 and was moderated by Mr Luka Buhin, ITF Project Manager.
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| Charity event at URI Soca (2011-01-28) |
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| The Arab club of Slovenia organized an event entitled "Thank you Slovenia” at the University Rehabilitation Institute Republic of Slovenia (URI Soča) on January 27, 2011, in Ljubljana. The purpose of the event was to express gratitude to the Republic of Slovenia for offering support to the rehabilitation of children - victims of the war in the Gaza Strip. |
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| Official opening ceremony of the demining activities in Čista Mala community (2011-01-10) |
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| On January 10, 2011 German Ambassador to Croatia, H.E. Dr Bernd Fischer opened the demining project site in Čista Mala, in Šibenik Knin County. The demining of the project site in total area of 197.594 sq. meters is financed by the donation of the FR Republic of Germany to ITF in the amount of 200.000 EUR. |
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| Republic of Korea donation to the ITF (2010-12-24) |
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| ITF received contribution from the Republic of Korea in total amount of 110.000,00 USD. Funds are earmarked for projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina (30.000 USD), Azerbaijan (30.000 USD), Gaza Strip (30.000 USD) and Central Asia (20.000 USD).
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| ITF applied for EU funds (2010-12-03) |
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| On 02 December 2010 ITF together with partners Dok-ing, Higher Education Centre Sezana, Company Kleker, Geomagnetic Institute Grocka, Goce Delcev University and Karlovac County applied for EU funds with project “Autonomous, integrated system for Mapping, Detecting and Neutralisation of ERW". |
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| ITF continues with Cluster Munitions Clearance in Serbia (2010-11-30) |
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| After a successful completion of demining activities in Serbia, ITF continues with cluster munitions clearance. Thus, in second half of 2010, 813.050 square meters of land were additionally cleaned and returned back to local population through ITF, with U.S. donation. |
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| Regional workshop on cross-border cooperation in Mine Action organized in Dushanbe (2010-11-29) |
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| A regional technical workshop titled »Modelling of Cross-Border Cooperation in Mine Action« is being organized by the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) under the auspices of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, and will take place at the Grand Asia Hotel in Dushanbe from 29 November until 1 December 2010. |
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| Visit of children from Gaza at URI Soča (2010-11-27) |
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| ITF is in cooperation with the URI Soča implementing the “Gaza project” that includes physical and mental rehabilitation of children/victims of conflict from Gaza and local/national capacity building in the field of rehabilitation.
On 25 November 2010 ITF, URI Soča and the Office of the President of the Republic of Slovenia organized a special visit of children from Gaza at URI Soča for Ambassadors and other Representatives of Embassies appointed to Slovenia. |
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| Germany supported demining and technical survey activities in Croatia (2010-11-26) |
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| Mr Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mr Bernd Fischer, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Croatia, for the donation in amount of 200.000 EUR. MoU was signed on 25 November 2010 in Zagreb and the donation has been earmarked for demining and technical survey project in Čista Mala Community in Croatia.
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| The 25th session of ITF Board of Advisors (2010-11-23) |
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| The 25th Session of ITF Board of Advisors (BoA) was held on 22 November, 2010 in Training Centre for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief of the Republic of Slovenia in Ig (near Ljubljana), Slovenia. The opening speech was made by Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Ljubica Jelušič. |
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| Presentation of Advanced Intelligence Decision Support System (2010-11-12) |
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| ITF and CROMAC-CTDT organized presentation of the Advanced Intelligence Decision in accordance with project “Deployment of the Decision Support System for Mine Suspected Area Reduction in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The presentation took place in Mostar, Hotel Ero on 11th November 2010. |
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| Mine Action efforts in BH again supported by Germany (2010-10-28) |
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| Mr. Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director, signed the Memorandum of Understanding with Mr. Werner Bukart, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Slovenia, for the donation in amount of 300.900 EUR, earmarked for demining and technical survey activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as rehabilitation for 33 mine victims. |
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| Project »Watch out, mines!« (2010-10-22) |
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| Due to excellent results of project »Watch out, mines« in Croatia, ITF has decided to support the same project also in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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| Conference on Telemedicine, Mine Action and Development (2010-09-28) |
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| The Conference was organized from 26 to 27 September 2010 in Cairo, Egypt. More then 40 representatives from 15 countries and 9 international and regional organizations participated at this important meeting. The Conference has been very successful and has reached enthusiasm of experts, potential donors as well as wider population. |
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| Rotary Club Portorož donation to the ITF (2010-09-02) |
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| Rotary Club Portorož has together with its fellow Rotary Clubs in Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Austrian and Germany managed to raise EUR 12.000,00. The President of Rotary Club Portorož, Mr Jure Kolbe, handed over the check to ITF Director, Mr Dorijan Maršič, on closing ceremony, organized on 01 September 2010 in Grand Hotel Portorož.
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| H.E. Mr. Amr Moussa donation to the ITF (2010-09-01) |
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| On 30 August 2010, at the end of Bled Strategic Forum, Mr Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director, and Mr Goran Gačnik, ITF Deputy Director, met with H.E. Mr Amr Moussa, Secretary-General of the Arab League. Mr Dorijan Maršič expressed his gratitude to H.E. Mr Moussa, for his generous donation in amount of $ 50.000. The donation is earmarked... |
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| ITF attended the Bled Strategic Forum (2010-08-31) |
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| On 29 and 30 August 2010 International Trust Fund's (ITF) representatives attended the Bled Strategic Forum held in the Slovenian resort town of Bled, world-renowned for its beautiful alpine lake; the Forum was organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and Centre for European Perspective. |
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| Sisak Rotary Club donation to the ITF (2010-08-13) |
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| Sisak Rotary Club donated HRK 26.500,00 to the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) for demining activities in Sisak-Moslava county or more specific for mine clearance project in the area of water supply pipeline route Mađari - Letovanci - Staro Selo. |
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| The Convention on Cluster Munitions entered into force (2010-08-01) |
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| The Convention on Cluster Munitions entered into force on 01 August 2010 and prohibits all use, stockpiling, production and transfer of cluster munitions. ITF has been active in this field since 2003.
Slovenia signed and ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions which requires from all states parties to that Convection to fully respect the full prohibition of use, stockpiling, production and transfer of cluster munitions. In addition, the Convention also covers care and rehabilitation for victims of cluster munitions, clearance of contaminated areas, risk reduction education and destruction of stockpiles.
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| Donation for Gaza from the State of Qatar (2010-07-21) |
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| Mr. Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mr. Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiya, Qatar`s Minister of State for International Cooperation, for the donation in amount of 100.000 EUR. MoU was signed on 20 July 2010 at Brdo pri Kranju and the donation has been earmarked to rehabilitate children, who have been victims of armed conflict in the Gaza Strip. |
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| ITF gave lectures at the OSCE Border College Seminar (2010-07-19) |
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| ITF participated at the “Land Mines and Border Security Issues” organized in period 12-16 July 2010 by the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, with the support of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. ITF experts – Mr Iztok Hočevar, Advisor to the Director, and Mr Luka Buhin, Project Manager - gave lectures on ... |
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| Principality of Monaco became ITF donor (2010-07-02) |
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| On 02 July 2010, ITF signed the Memorandum of Understanding with Principality of Monaco and Regional Rehabilitation Center M.A.R.E. for the donation in amount of 200.000 EUR which will be matched with the same amount by the United States of America... |
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| Association of Lions Clubs, District 129, donated for the second time in 2010 (2010-07-01) |
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| On 01 July 2010, ITF signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Association of Lions Clubs, District 129, for the donation in amount of 3.000 EUR. This has been the second donation from Association of Lions Clubs in this year, earmarked for Mine Victims Assistance programs in the region of South East Europe. |
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| German 2010 donation for Bosnia and Herzegovina (2010-06-21) |
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| International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) received a new donation from Federal Republic of Germany, one of the most regular supporters of the ITF and its programmes, in the amount of 550.000 EUR. |
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| Cyprus Aid support to DCA's BAC programme in Lebanon (2010-06-15) |
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| CyprusAid donation in the amount of 100.000 EUR helped clear 52.850 sqm of land in three villages in the South Lebanon namely, Toulin, Aytarun and Aynata which was put in the use immediately after it was certified by the Lebanon Mine Action Centre. |
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| Visit of Qatar Delegation to ITF (2010-05-18) |
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| In scope of official visit of Qatar delegation in Slovenia, headed by Dr. Ahmed M. Almeraikhi, Director of International Development Department, Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the delegation visited ITF. |
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| Opening Ceremony of Czech funded clearance activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2010-04-30) |
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| Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Bosnia and Herzegovina, H.E. Mr. Tomáš Szunyog and H.E. Mr. Petr Voznica, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in the Republic Slovenia attended the ITF opening ceremony of technical survey activities at the locations Mramorja Lice and Mramorje Krčevina in Municipality Lopare, BH. |
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| Roots of Peace donation for Baštice area in Croatia (2010-04-27) |
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International Humanitarian Demining Symposium 2010 in Šibenik, Croatia was this year also an opportunity for ITF to receive a donation from Mr. Miljenko Grgich, a winemaker from California, Croatian descent, who donated 10.000,00 USD for demining activities in Croatia. In the name of Mr. Grgich, the check was handed over to Mrs. Djurdja Adlesic, a Vice-President of the Croatian Government by Mrs. Heidi Kuhn, Founder of Roots of Peace. Donation will be matched with the funds of US Government and will be used for demining of Baštice area to increase safety of life and to encourage vine production in the area.
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| ITF Coordination Meeting in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2010-04-22) |
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| In cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Bosnia and Herzegovina ITF organized a Coordination Meeting for all the donors and stakeholders of Mine Action in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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| ITF Press Conference in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2010-04-22) |
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| On April 22, 2010 at 12.00pm (local time) International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance ( ITF ) in cooperation with the Embassy of Republic of Slovenia in Bosnia and Herzegovina held the press-conference in Hotel Bosnia in Sarajevo, BH. |
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| SEEMACC Meeting in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2010-04-21) |
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| With the purpose of continuation of the co-operation in the area of mine action in the region of South-Eastern Europe, the 21st meeting of South Eastern Europe Mine Action Coordination Council (SEEMACC) was held in Bussines Center UNITIC Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and chaired by Mr.Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director. The meeting was attended by representatives from member/observer organizations: ITF, The Republic of Macedonia Protection and Rescue Directorate, BHMAC, CROMAC, MDDC, Regional Center for Underwater Demining and Albanian Mine Action Executive. |
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| PR Training Course 2010 (2010-04-21) |
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| International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) organized the training course “Public Relations and Communication with Media ” designed for senior-level managers in Mine Action. |
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| Switzerland again donates for demining activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2010-04-16) |
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ITF received a donation from Switzerland, one of the most regular supporters of the ITF, in the amount of 300.000 CHF. The donation agreement was signed on 16 April 2010 at the Embassy of Switzerland in Ljubljana, by H.E. Stefan Speck, Swiss Ambassador to Slovenia and Mr. Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director. The 2010 donation is earmarked for demining activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina which will be carried out by the “Norwegian People's Aid” (NPA) - support of two NPA`s demining teams from January to December 2010.
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| ITF Breakfast with Journalists (2010-04-15) |
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ITF organized today at the premises of the Grand Hotel Union in Ljubljana a press conference - "Breakfast with Journalists", on which the latest 2009 results and plans and strategy for 2010 were presented. Several journalists from different Slovenian media attended the conference.
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| Lions Club Charitable Event - Concert in Ljubljana (2010-04-12) |
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On Saturday, 10 April 2010, a charitable event - concert was held in Križanke festival hall in Ljubljana as a celebration of the 20th anniversary of Lions Club activity in Slovenia.
Various artists performed during the concert - among others folk group Terrafolk, Tokac from the rock band Dan D, Oto Pestner, Jadranka Juras, Janez Bončina Benč, Ave, Anže Palka with New Flamenco Orchestra, Mak Grgič, Pavle Kavec and group Oko and Lions Band.
All charitable proceeds from the concert were allocated for tuition intended for children from low income families, for the park for blind and visually impaired persons in Celje, the implementation of “School in the Box” program and for International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance for activities in the field of mine action.
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| The 24th Session of ITF Board of Advisors (2010-03-30) |
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The 24th Session of ITF Board of Advisors (BoA) was held on 30 March, 2010 in Karantanija Room of Hotel Lev in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The ITF Annual Report 2009 and brief on achievements of 2010 ITF Plan were presented at the meeting and were subsequently taken note by the members of the ITF Board of Advisors.
The opening speech was made by Mr Dorijan Maršič, the new ITF director, who highlighted the new ITF strategy and plans for the next four years of his tenure at ITF. Mr Maršič also invited all the donors to join the ITF in the efforts towards the fulfillment of the ITF strategic goals. The Chairman of the 24th Session of BoA, H.E. Mr Shigeharu Maruyama, representative of Japan ended the session at 12:30 and invited all the participants to the next meeting of BoA which is scheduled for October/November 2010. |
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| ITF’s Capitol Hill Awards Reception (2010-03-03) |
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| International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) together with Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Washington organized at the premises of the US Congress a plaque award ceremony for 33 US Congress representatives, who have helped ITF with their ongoing support to achieve outstanding results in the field of mine action in the region of Southeast Europe. The continuing support of 21 House Representatives and 12 Senators has helped ITF to meet its set targets by 2009, resulting in 4 mine- safe countries in the region of SE Europe - Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania and Serbia. |
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| The completion ceremony at Lake Ohrid, Macedonia (2010-02-19) |
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| The Republic of Macedonia Protection and Rescue Directorate (RMPRD) and International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) marked the successful completion of the US supported project Establishing Macedonian Underwater UXO Clearance Capacity and Clearance of Lake Ohrid. |
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| The fifth donation of Karlovac County through ITF (2010-02-05) |
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| Karlovac County and ITF signed the Memorandum of Understanding for 350.000 HRK (or 47,827.28 EUR) in the premises of Karlovac County today. The 2010 donation will be used for demining activities in the municipality Josipdol, Karlovac County and will be matched by the United States donation to ITF in the same amount. |
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| »Evaluating Mine Action« workshop launched (2010-02-01) |
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| On Monday 1st February 2010, ITF launched five day regional workshop "Evaluating Mine Action" for 40 participants, experts working in mine action in the region of South East Europe from government and non-governmental sector in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Workshop have been also attended by the United Nation's technical advisers operating in the mine action programs in Afghanistan, Lebanon and Sudan. |
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| Handover procedure (2010-01-20) |
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| The handover procedure of all ITF activities has been successfully carried out as we have once again recognized the importance of all the work that has been carried out by the Fund thus far. |
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| ITF Concluded Demining Programme in Serbia, 2003-2009 (2009-12-21) |
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| On Monday, 21 December 2009, a Celebration on the Completion of Demining Programme in Serbia was held in the border area with Croatia near Morović town, Municipality of Šid. The event was hosted by Mine Action Centre of Serbia (MACS) and the Embassy of Unites States of America in Serbia. |
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| Imenovan novi direktor ITF (2009-11-24) |
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| Ljubljana, 24. novembra 2009 – Upravni odbor Mednarodne ustanove – fundacije za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min je na svoji 38. redni seji odločil, da se gospod Dorijan Maršič imenuje za novega direktorja ITF. Gospod Maršič bo nastopil z delom v ITF s 1.1.2010. |
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| New Director of ITF Appointed (2009-11-24) |
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| Ljubljana, 24 November 2009 – At its 38th regular Meeting, the Managing Board of the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance decided to appoint Mr. Dorijan Maršič to the position of the Director of ITF. Mr. Maršič will commence his duties as the Director of the ITF on 1 January 2010. |
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| OSCE/ITF conference in Dushanbe on Facilitating Central Asia Regional Cooperation in Mine Action (2009-11-17) |
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| The Conference on Facilitation on Central Asian Regional Cooperation in Mine Action organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan together with the International Trust Fund (ITF) commenced at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dushanbe today. This conference is part of the OSCE/ITF’s multi-phase project on the facilitation of regional cooperation in Mine Action with an overall objective of laying down a cooperation framework to address the land mine and related problems in Central Asia. |
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| Management Training for Middle Managers of the Mine Action Programmes in the South Caucasus (2009-11-09) |
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| International Trust Fund (ITF) identified together with Georgian national authorities and other international actors the need to train the responsible national staff in management of mine action programmes. This need was also expressed by other mine action centres in the region, namely in Armenia and Azerbaijan. For this purpose ITF with the support of donor community – Czech Republic, Hungary and Republic of Slovenia - has organized a regional Middle Management Training Course in period 9 – 27 November 2009 at the hotel Old Metekhi. |
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| ITF - ANAMA Memorandum of Cooperation signed in Azerbaijan (2009-11-09) |
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| Memorandum of Cooperation between International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) and Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) was signed by ANAMA Director Mr. Nazim Ismayilov and ITF Director Mr. Goran Gacnik on 09 November 2009 in personal presence of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Slovenia Dr Danilo Turk. |
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| Humanitarian event (2009-10-15) |
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| International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) again organized a charity event “Night of a 1000 Dinners” to benefit demining activities. |
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| 15th Czech Republic donation to the ITF (2009-10-14) |
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| Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by H.E. Mr Peter Voznica, Czech Ambassador to Slovenia, and Mr. Goran Gačnik, Director of the ITF on 14 November 2009 at the Czech Embassy in Ljubljana. |
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| Facilitation of Central Asian Regional Cooperation (2009-10-09) |
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| On October 9 2009 the delegation of the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance – ITF consisting of Mr. Jernej Cimpersek, Deputy Head of Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the OSCE and Mr. Iztok Hocevar, Adviser for International Relations, ITF, visited CARICC. The purpose of the meeting was to get information and study experience of creation of a regional cooperation body such as CARICC. |
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| Second donation of Federal Republic of Germany in 2009 (2009-09-24) |
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| The International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) has received for the second time in 2009 an important contribution from Germany which will be used for demining activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A Memorandum of Understanding for the donation in the amount of 350,000 EUR was signed by H. E. Matthias von Kummer, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Slovenia, and Mr Goran Gačnik, Director of the ITF on September 24, 2009 at the German Embassy in Ljubljana. |
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| Visit of Austrian Federal Chancellor Fayman and Slovenian Prime Minister Pahor to ITF (2009-08-26) |
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| In the scope of working visit of Austrian Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann to Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor, the premises of the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) in Ig, Slovenia were visited. Director of ITF, Mr. Goran Gačnik, presented ITF activities in the field of mine action in the region of SE Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia. During the visit, the Chancellor Faymann and Prime Minister Pahor were also acquainted with the permanent exhibition on humanitarian demining and a collection of mines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO), which is used for training purposes within the framework of the Training Center for Protection and Disaster Relief at the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Slovenia. |
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| Rehabilitation of children from Gaza (2009-08-20) |
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| Upon the initiative of President of Slovenia for humanitarian assistance to Gaza and following the decision of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Health, which is one of the founding ministries to the ITF, donated 146,000.00 EUR for the project of rehabilitation of children from Gaza. Immediately the initiative was supported by the contributions of the United States of America ($ 140,434.41 US) and South Korea ($ 20,000.00 US). |
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| Trainings for Georgian personnel in Azerbaijan (2009-07-20) |
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| As a part of the initiative of the Government of Azerbaijan on provision of humanitarian mine action assistance to Georgia and with the support of ITF donor community 17 personnel from the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia will receive the humanitarian demining training at the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action Goygol Regional Training Base in period 20 July - 21 August 2009. |
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| Regional Initiative in Central Asia Publicly Presented (2009-07-07) |
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| OSCE Office in Tajikistan together with ITF presented a joint ventured initiative on regional cooperation in Central Asia on the Dushanbe Workshop on Achiving a Mine-Free Central Asia held in period 7-8 July in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. |
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| Call for proposals VA/RA notice (2009-06-05) |
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| International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) is preparing new procurement process in the field of Victim Assistance containing Clinical Rehabilitation, Socio-Economic Rehabilitation and Reintegration, Training of Specialist Personnel and in the field of Risk Awareness, containing Mine Awareness Education, Cluster Ammunition Risk Awareness, Small Arms and Light Weapons Risk Awareness. Two (2) separate Call for proposals will be issued in the form of six (6) lots in the end of June 2009. |
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| Norway contribution to ITF in 2009 (2009-05-15) |
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| International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) has again received the Kingdom of Norway donation for 2009 in amount of 3.304.900 EUR. The thirtheenth donation of Kingdom of Norway will be earmarked for continuation of mine action activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.
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| ITF signed MoU with Germany for BH and Serbia (2009-05-11) |
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| On 11th May 2009 at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Ulrich Schmidt, Deputy Chief of Mission at German Embassy and Mr. Goran Gacnik, ITF Director, signed two Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on which basis the Federal Republic of Germany entrusted yet another donation to the ITF. The donations in the total amount of EUR 400.000 will be used for continuation of demining activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and for the final phaseof demining activities in Serbia. |
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| ITF signed 2009 grant agreement with United States Department of State (2009-05-09) |
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| United States of America has again supported activities of the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victim Assistance (ITF) with 12.376.238 US$ emarked for ITF activities in 2009. The 2009 grant agreement was signed on 8th May 2009 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Slovenia, by the US Department of State Contracting and Grants Officer Mr. Harold Leo Powell and ITF Director Mr. Goran Gačnik. |
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| The 19th SEEMACC Meeting (2009-04-16) |
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| The members and observers of the SEEMACC convened on a 19th regular meeting held in Hotel M in Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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| The 22nd Session of ITF Board of Advisors (2009-04-09) |
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| International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) hosted 22 nd Session of the Board of Advisors in the Glass Room of the Grand Hotel Union in Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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| First retiree from ITF (2009-03-31) |
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| It has been almost ten years since Mr. Jozo Primorac joined the ITF in 1999 and he is the first retiree from ITF. |
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| Record fundraising year for ITF (2009-01-13) |
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| International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) is really glad to announce that year 2008 was the most succesfull so far in fundraising. With the help of 13 donor countries, many local communities, international organizations, companies and individuals, ITF managed to raise 33.999.200,23 USD. We would like to convey our sincere thanks to all donors for generous and continuous support to ITF. |
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| ITF will Co-Host Golf Events in United States and Slovenia (2009-01-13) |
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| The International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) will host two golf tournaments in 2009 to raise funds to make the world a better and safer place for children to play, people to work, and communities to grow without the fear of landmines and unexploded ordnance. In partnership with the U.S. non-governmental organization, the Marshall Legacy Institute (MLI), the two “Legacy of Hope” events will benefit humanitarian mine action projects in four countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. Both tournaments are looking for players and sponsors. |
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| Austrian support to BH MAC (2008-12-16) |
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| The official handover of vehicles and protective equipment to BH MAC survey teams was implemented by Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Bosnia and Herzegovina, H.E. Dr Michael Weninger and Goran Gačnik, ITF Director in the premises of BH MAC on Tuesday, 16 December 2008. This is the second donation that the Republic of Austria designated to Bosnia and Herzegovina this year. |
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| Czech Contribution to Georgia and Serbia (2008-11-28) |
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| On the 28 November 2008, H.E. Ms. Ivana Hlavsová, Czech Ambassador to Slovenia and Mr. Goran Gacnik, ITF Director, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the basis of which the Czech Republic will provide a donation to the ITF for Georgian mine action programme. Additionally, Czech Republic also provided a donation for Serbia. |
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| 21st Session of ITF Board of Advisors (2008-11-11) |
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| The 21st Session of ITF Board of Advisors (BoA) took place in the Training Center for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief in Ig on 11 November 2008. |
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| Closing Ceremony of the Campaign “Ambassador of Slovenia Runs for Landmine Survivors” (2008-11-11) |
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| H.E. Mr Samuel Žbogar has with his participation in four marathons as the Slovenian Ambassador in the United States raised public awareness for the needs of landmine survivors and has generated private funding to provide medical care, rehabilitation and new replacement prostheses for six landmine survivors from Bosnia and Herzegovina in second half of 2007. |
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| ITF signed Memorandum of Understanding with Georgia on Humanitarian Mine Action Assistance (2008-10-23) |
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| Mr Goran Gacnik, ITF Director, and Mr Kartlos Koranashvili, Deputy Head of International Relations and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department at Ministry of Defence, signed a framework agreement on cooperation on Humanitarian Mine Action Assistance encompassing the capacity development of national mine action structures and mine victim assistance. |
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| CROMAC –CTDT certificate of appreciation (2008-09-22) |
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| On the ocassion of its tenth anniversary, the Scientific Council of the Croatian Mine Action Center Center for testing, development and training Ltd (CROMAC-CTDT Ltd.) Mr. Sc. Nikola Pavković, the CROMAC –CTDT Director, awarded a certificate of appreciation to ITF. |
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| Regional workshop in the field of Mine Victim Assistance (2008-09-21) |
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| A one-day workshop, titled »South-Eastern Europe Regional Pool of Experts in the field of Mine Victims Assistance: Review of Activities and Possibilities for further Engagement in other Mine Affected Regions« was held on 21th of September 2008 in Portoroz, Slovenia. |
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| REGIONALNA DELAVNICA S PODROČJA CELOSTNE REHABILITACIJE ŽRTEV MIN (2008-09-19) |
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| Mednarodna ustanova-fundacija za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) bo v sodelovanju z Inštitutom za rehabilitacijo Republike Slovenije v nedeljo, 21. septembra 2008 v Portorožu organizirala regionalno delavnico s področja celostne rehabilitacije žrtev min in ostalih neeksplodiranih sredstev. Delavnica bo organizirana ob robu 7. mediteranskega kongresa fizikalne in rehabilitacijske medicine, ki se te dni odvija v Portorožu. |
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| Czech Prime Minister's Site Visit in Croatia (2008-09-10) |
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| The Prime Minister of Czech Republic H.E. Mr. Mirek Topolánek visited the town of Tordinci in Vukovar Srijem County on 10 September 2008. Vukovar Srijem County is one of the largest mine contaminated counties in Croatia. The mine suspected area (MSA) in Vukovar Srijem County amounts to 79% of the total County area.
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| ITF visited Georgia (2008-08-08) |
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| In period from 4 to 7 August 2008 ITF visited Georgia. ITF responded to the invitation of the Ministry of Defence and Joint Staff of Georgian Armed Forces for the assistance in the establishment of humanitarian mine action programme in the country. |
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| Czech Republic has made the eleventh donation to the ITF (2008-07-17) |
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| ITF has received the eleventh donation from the Czech Republic in the amount of 84.810 EUR. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed at the Czech Embassy in Ljubljana by H.E. Ivana Hlavsova, Czech Ambassador to Slovenia, and Mr. Iztok Hočevar, ITF Director’s Advisor for International Relations. |
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| MoU between Government of Canton Tuzla and ITF (2008-07-04) |
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| Government of Canton Tuzla and International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for donation of more than 50.000 EUR (100.000 KM). |
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| Karlovac County once again donated funds to ITF (2008-06-02) |
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| ITF has received yet another donation from the Karlovac County in the amount of HRK 400.000 . The Memorandum of Understanding between Karlovac County and ITF was signed in Karlovac by County Prefect Mr. Ivica Horvat and ITF Director Mr. Goran Gačnik. |
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| Norway again contributed more than 3,7 mio EUR to ITF (2008-05-19) |
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| International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) has again received the Kingdom of Norway donation for 2008 in amount of 3.715.500 EUR. The twelfth donation of Kingdom of Norway will be earmarked for continuation of mine action activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. |
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| Donation of BH Municipality Gračanica (2008-05-09) |
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| Mayor of Municipality Gračanica Mr. Nusret Helić and Mr. Roman Turšič, Head of ITF Implementation office in BiH signed a Memorandum of Understanding for 30.000,00 EUR. |
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| ITF signed MoU with Brčko District (2008-05-08) |
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| Deputy mayor of Brčko District Mr. Anto Domić and Mr. Roman Turšič, Head of ITF Implementation office in BiH signed a Memorandum of Understanding for 700.000,00 KM (357.904,32 EUR). Funds will be used for demining and technical survey activities on priorities earmarked by Brčko District Government. |
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| Decennial Honorary Session of ITF Board of Advisors (2008-04-11) |
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| The ITF 10th Anniversary was marked with the Decennial Honorary Session of ITF Board of Advisors held in Grand hotel Union in Ljubljana on Friday, 11 April 2008. The session was attended by ... |
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| German donation for AMCO DCA activities in Albania (2008-04-01) |
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| Federal Republic of Germany has again supported the activities of the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victim Assistance (ITF). The donation agreement was signed today at the Embassy of FR Germany in Ljubljana, by Ambassador dr. Hans–Joachim Goetz and ITF Director Mr. Goran Gačnik. The donation in the amount of EUR 339.209,59 is earmarked for demining activities in Albania. |
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| N1kD 2008 (2008-03-28) |
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| International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) together with the American Chamber of Commerce organized for the seventh time the event “Night of a 1000 Dinners” to support the demining activities and mine victim rehabilitation. On charity dinner co-hosted by the Embassies of United States and Canada the amount of 47.500 EUR was raised to support two demining projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The amount raised will be matched with the same amount by the United States of America. |
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| Cooperation between ITF and Demining Fund of Vukovar Srijem County (2008-03-20) |
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International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victim Assistance (ITF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vukovar Srijem County Demining Fund in the amount of 3 million Croatian kunas. The MoU was signed in Vukovar Srijem County headquarters by Mr. Božo Galič, the County Prefect of Vukovar Srijem County and Mr. Goran Gačnik, ITF director. The donation will be matched with funds provided by the US and will be used for demining works on four projects located on arable land and forest in Tordinci, Vinkovci, Vučedol and Nuštar.
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| The 18th SEEMACC Meeting held in Bohinj, Slovenia (2008-03-18) |
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| The members and observers of the SEEMACC convened on a 18th regular meeting. The event of the military ammunition depot explosion in village Gerdec, Albania, also highlighted the meeting. The SEEMACC representatives accepted a joint statement on this occasion. |
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| ITF Scores Big in U.S. Charity Event (2008-03-13) |
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| Ojai, California. The International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) co-hosted a successful charity golf event at California’s beautiful Ojai Valley Inn and Spa on Monday, March 10. The ITF and it’s U.S. partner, the Marshall Legacy Institute (MLI), planned the “Legacy of Hope” golf tournament to benefit the war-torn country of Lebanon. |
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| Legacy of Hope Golf Tournament (2008-03-10) |
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| The Marshall Legacy Institute and International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance have organized "Legacy of Hope" Golf Tournament held at Ojai Valley Inn&Spa in Ojai, California. |
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| Winter MVA Workshop in Kranjska Gora (2008-03-08) |
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| The International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victim Assistance (ITF) in cooperation with the Croatian NGO »BEMBO« organized the second “winter workshop” for young mine victims from Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo. The workshop took place in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia from 3 to 9 March 2008. |
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| German donation to ITF for 2008 activities (2008-03-07) |
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| Federal Republic of Germany has again supported the activities of the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victim Assistance (ITF) with its thirteenth donation to ITF. |
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| Monitoring and QA refreshment training (2008-02-29) |
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| From 25 February to 29 February 2008, the refreshment training for monitors and quality assurance officers from the region of SEE was organized in Karaotok near Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The training was attended by 36 participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. The implementation of the training was supported by United States. |
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| New SEEMACC regional project launched (2008-02-26) |
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| Based on the initiative of ITF, HCR-CTDT and Croatian research community the project “Deployment of the Decision Support System for Mine Suspected Area Reduction” was launched. |
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| ITF meets US Senator Amy Klobuchar (2008-02-13) |
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| During the annual visit of ITF in Washington D.C., where ITF presented its achievements and future plans to the US Congress, ITF representatives used the opportunity of their visit to the US Congress and met with US Senator Amy Klobuchar for the first time. During the meeting ITF representatives informed the Senator about the results acomplished by ITF in 2007 and ITF plans for 2008-2010. |
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| Swizerland donates for demining actvities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007-11-14) |
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| International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) received a donation from Switzerland in the amount of 450.700 CHF. The donation agreement was signed today at the Embassy of Switzerland in Ljubljana, by H.E. Stefan Speck, Swiss Ambassador to Slovenia and Mr. Goran Gačnik, ITF Director. |
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| Tajikistan rehabilitation specialists visited ITF (2007-11-14) |
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| The representatives of Tajikistan rehabilitation institutions visited ITF headquarters at Ig, Slovenia. Fruitful discussions tackled among other the issue of Tajikistan requirements in the rehabilitation trainings, especially in addressing the rehabilitation needs of mine survivors. |
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| Twelfth German donation to ITF (2007-11-13) |
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| Federal Republic of Germany has supported the activities of the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victim Assistance (ITF) for the third time this year . The donation agreement was signed today at the Embassy of FR Germany in Ljubljana, by Ambassador dr. Hans–Joachim Goetz and ITF Director Mr. Goran Gačnik. The donation in the amount of EUR 95.000 is Germany's twelfth donation to ITF and is earmarked for demining activities in Albania. |
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| Memorandum on Cooperation between ITF and Colombia (2007-10-23) |
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| International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) hosted 19th Session of the Board of Advisors, at its premises in Ig. ITF presented the results of its activities for the period between 1 January and 31 July 2007 and plan for 2008. |
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| From Lake Geneva to the Dead Sea: Armin Köhli’s new Cycling challenge (2007-10-09) |
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| International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance, together with Municipalities of Nova Gorica and Krsko, Institute of Republic of Slovenia for Rehabilitation, Embassy of Switzerland, Slovenian Cycling organization, Cycling clubs Hit Nova Gorica and Olimp 2004 welcomed Armin Köhli in the Municipality of Nova Gorica on 9 October 2007. |
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| German second contribution to ITF in 2007 (2007-09-13) |
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| The International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance received a donation from the Federal Republic of Germany in the amount of 500.000,00 EUR for the second time this year. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed today by H.E. Dr. Hans – Joachim Goetz, German Ambassador to Slovenia and Mr.Goran Gačnik, ITF Director. |
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| UNMAS and ITF enter into partnership agreement (2007-09-12) |
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| United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)and International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which outlines the scope of activities to be jointly carried out in the field of mine action assistance. The Memorandum defines the areas of mine action activities in which UNMAS and ITF will be cooperating in the future. |
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| Partnership for the development of MDD capacity in Azerbaijan (2007-09-11) |
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| Goran Gačnik, Director of the ITF, Nazim Ismaylov, Director of the ANAMA, and Nermin Hadzimujagic, Director of the MDDC, signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the maintaining and development of the Mine Detection Dog capacity in Azerbaijan for 2008. |
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| ITF MoU No.12 signed with Czech Republic (2007-08-06) |
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| The Memorandum of Understanding No. 12 was signed today in the ITF premises between Czech Ambassador in Slovenia, H.E. Mrs. Ivana Hlavsova and ITF Director, Mr. Goran Gačnik. |
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| Partnership agreement between ITF and Clear Path International (2007-07-24) |
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| On 24 July 2007 Imbert Matthee, the President Clear Path International (CPI), and Sabina Beber Bostjancic, ITF Head of the Department for International Relations, signed the partnership agreement between respective organizations. The latter provides foundations for the collaboration in the field of Mine Victims Assistance in Vietnam. |
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| US Ambassador's (2007-07-09) |
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| U.S. Ambassador Thomas Robertson completed his journey along the E-6 European Walking Route in Strunjan as part of his “Walk Across Slovenia” to raise funds for the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) on Saturday, 07 July 2007. |
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| "Mobitel d.d." supports the work of ITF (2007-07-02) |
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| The Memorandum of Understanding for the Slovenian mobile telecommunications company "Mobitel d.d." contribution in the amount of 20,104,50 USD was signed on 13 June 2007 between Mobitel d.d., represented by Mr. Klavdij Godnič, Executive Director and International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assisance, represented by Mr. Goran Gačnik, Director. |
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| Germany again donated for ITF demining activities (2007-05-18) |
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| A new Memorandum of Understanding for donation in amount of 1,9 million EUR was signed today by Mrs. Anke Holstein, Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany and Mr. Goran Gačnik, ITF in the premises of ITF in Ig. |
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| Exhibition ‘’Living with Land Mines’’ (2007-05-14) |
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| The exhibition ‘’Living with Land Mines’’ was opened on 14 May 2007 at the Institute for Rehabilitation of the Republic of Slovenia in Ljubljana. In collaboration with the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF), the Institute for Rehabilitation of the Republic of Slovenia (IRRS) and Embassy of Canada the main objective of the event was to confront viewers with devastating consequences of land mines around the world. |
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| Kingdom of Norway 2007 Contribution to ITF (2007-05-11) |
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| The Memorandum of Understanding for Norwegian 2007 contribution was signed by H.E. Mrs. May Britt Brofoss, the Kingdom of Norway Ambassador in Slovenia and Mr. Goran Gačnik, ITF Director in the premises of the Kingdom of Norway Embassy on Friday, 11 May 2007. |
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| The 17th SEEMACC meeting held in Šibenik, Croatia (2007-04-25) |
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| The purpose of the meeting was continuation of regional cooperation in the field of mine action. During the meeting through discussion SEEMACC members/observers agreed on the common base of the joint training programs for employees in mine action structures, which should be carried out with shared pool of lecturers. |
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| Victim Assistance Workshop in Tirana, Albania (2007-04-11) |
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| The main objective of the Workshop, organized by the Albanian Mine Action Executive (AMAE) and ITF was to discuss achievements, needs and future plans of Victims Assistance programs in Albania. The Workshop proved to be a creative forum where insights in every day practice in concert with international experiences contribute to determination for change and goal setting. |
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| The International Mine Action Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007-04-05) |
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| On the occasion of the International Mine Action Day, celebrated on 4th April, a display of mine action activities was organized in Sarajevo on the Trg Oslobođenja street. The event was organized by BiH Mine Action Centre (BHMAC) and the United Nations agencies in BiH (UNICEF and UNDP), together with other stakeholders on state and local level. The International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance took active part in this event. |
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| Regional Workshop (2007-03-28) |
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| The workshop, Mine Action as a Confidence Building Measure, was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 26-27 March 2007. The workshop was hosted by the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan supported by Canada, Slovenia, the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF), and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). It was Co-Chaired by General (Ret.) Maurice Baril of Canada, Special Advisor to Canada’s Ambassador to Mine Action, and, Mr. Stanislav Vidovič, Head of the Security Policy Division of Slovenia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
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| 18th Session of ITF Board of Advisors (2007-03-20) |
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| The 18th Session of ITF Board of Advisors (BoA) took place in the Training Center for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief in Ig on 20 March 2007. The ITF Annual Report 2006 and plans for 2007 were presented at the meeting. The next BoA will be held in October/November 2007. |
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| Night of a Thousand Dinners 2007 (2007-03-08) |
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| »Night of a Thousand Dinners« that took place on 08 march 2007 at Grand Hotel Union in Ljubljana, gathered more than 280 guests from different spheres, from diplomats, business partners, economists and cultural work. Altogether, more than 22.000 EUR were raised. |
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| First National Mine Victims Assistance Workshop in BH (2007-03-01) |
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| The Workshop "Defining priorities for Mine Victims Assistance" was held in Sarajevo, from 26 to 28 February 2007. The main goal of the Workshop was to assist the Government of BiH to meet its obligations of Bosnia and Herzegovina in meeting its obligations in relation to Mine Victims Assistance under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention and to raise awareness on the rights and needs of mine survivors and other persons with disabilities. |
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| BH Minister for Foreign Affairs and ITF meeting (2007-02-23) |
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| Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Sven Alkalaj and Head of International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance Implementation Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Roman Turšič had a meeting in the premises of Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Sarajevo. The purpose of the meeting was presentation of ITF current activities. |
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| This year' Night of Thousand Dinners raises money for Croatia (2007-02-17) |
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| Thousands of individuals all over the world will join their families, friends and business partners in taking an important step towards creating a new world – a world where children and people can walk, play and work without fear, confident that the earth below their feet is clear of landmines on 8th March 2007 in Grand Hotel Union, Ljubljana - Slovenia. |
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| Ambassador's Race (2007-02-17) |
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| His Excellency, Samuel Zbogar, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to United States of America decided to raise money in the footraces in the Austin (Texas), Knoxville, (Tennessee), Cleveland and Washington. The raised money is meant for operations under the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance in its U.S. partner the Marshall Legacy Institute. |
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| First donation of Karlovac County to ITF (2007-01-24) |
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| The Karlovac County Prefect Mr. Ivica Horvat and ITF Director Mr. Goran Gačnik signed a Memorandum of Understanding between Karlovac County and ITF on 24 January 2007. The donation in the amount of 400.000 HRK will be earmarked for implementation of demining project in the area of Lasinje in Karlovac County, Croatia. |
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| HAPPY NEW YEAR! (2007-01-01) |
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| The International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) wishes the happiest 2007 to all the respective donors, mine action centers, demining agencies and other friends. |
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| 17th Session of ITF Board of Advisors (2006-11-22) |
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| The 17th Session of ITF Board of Advisors (BoA) took place in the Glass Hall of the Grand Hotel Union in Ljubljana on 22 November 2006. The ITF Intermediate Report 2006 and guidelines for 2007 were presented at the meeting. At the same time the members were introduced with the Value Added Tax (VAT) problem ITF is facing in Bosnia in Herzegovina. The next BoA will be held in March 2007. |
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| New president of ITF Managing board (2006-11-16) |
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| During the autumn session of ITF Maanging Board held on 11 November 2006, Mr. Roman Kolar was unanimously elected for the new president. His speech given at the occassion can be viewed here. |
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| Autumn Session of the ITF Managing Board (2006-11-13) |
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| The 19th Regular Session of the Managing Board of the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) was held on 11 November 2006 at ITF premises in Ig. |
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| Republic of Macedonia is officially accepted as member of SEEMACC (2006-10-25) |
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| The 16th SEEMACC meeting was held in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia. The purpose of the meeting was the continuation of cooperation in the field of mine action in the region of South East Europe in accordance with the Agreement on the Establishment of South East Europe Mine Action Coordination Council – SEEMACC. |
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| Foreign exchange students from Poland at ITF (2006-10-16) |
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| From 17 July to 13 October 2006 ITF hosted 2 foreign exchange undergraduate students from Poland through the Leonardo da Vinci programme, which supports transnational co-operation projects in the field of vocational training, especially for the young people. |
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| ITF hosted a press breakfast (2006-10-10) |
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| On the 10 October 2006 ITF has hosted a press breakfast in Hotel Union in Ljubljana. ITF presented a brief presentation of ITF activities in 2006 and strategy for period 2006-2009. |
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| Mr. Roman Kolar, a new member of the ITF Managing Board (2006-09-28) |
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| Mr. Roman Kolar, representative of the Slovenian Ministry of Defence, was appointed as a new member of ITF Managing Board. Mr. Kolar will replace Mr. Vojislav Suc, representative of the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who announced his resignation at the last Managing Board's meeting in March 2006 and hereunto run the ITF Managing Board. |
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| Macedonia achieved mine free status (2006-09-19) |
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| On the 15 September 2006 the Republic of Macedonia has with fulfilled its Article 5 obligation according to Ottawa convention regarding the destruction of anti-personnel mines in mined areas on the territory under its control and jurisdiction. |
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| Memorandum of Understanding signed between ITF and Macedonia (2006-09-01) |
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| Continuation of cooperation in the field of Mine Action between ITF and Macedonia was confirmed with signing of Memorandum of Understanding by director of the Republic of Macedonia Protection and Rescue Directorate Mr. Kiro Atanasov and Director of ITF Mr. Goran Gačnik |
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| Memorandum of Understanding signed between ITF and Azerbaijan (2006-09-01) |
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| Continuation of cooperation in the field of Mine Action between ITF and Azerbaijan was confirmed with signing of Memorandum of Understanding by director of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action Mr. Nazim Ismaylov and Director of ITF Mr. Goran Gačnik. |
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| Integrated community Mine Action plan projects starts (2006-07-05) |
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| On 14 June 2006 works on integrated community Mine Action plan project site in Brčko District started. The projects on location Čađavac are financed by UNDP Bosnia Herzegovina and Brčko District through ITF. |
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| NATO Defense Review Committee visits ITF (2006-07-03) |
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| In June the NATO Defense Review Committee visited ITF and received a briefing on ITF activities in the field of solving landmine problems in South East Europe and other mine affected countries and regions. |
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| ITF visited USA in June 2006 (2006-06-28) |
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| ITF signed contract for support of LSN program in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 2006. Further support of US Senate and State Department to ITF is invaluable for the population of mine affected countries. |
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| Signing of Annexes with Students of Orthotics – Prosthetics Engineering (2006-04-03) |
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Mr. Goran Gačnik, director of International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance and Mr. Robert Cugelj, director of Institute for Rehabilitation of the Republic of Slovenia signed annexes with five students of Orthotics – Prosthetics Engineering of University College of Health Care in Ljubljana.
Five students from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia have been scholarship-holders since 2002. Toward their graduation in 2006, the scholarships have been assured by Republic of France, Republic of Slovenia and United States of America.
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| The 16th Session of the Board of Advisors (2006-03-27) |
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| The 16th Session of the Board of Advisors (BoA) of the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) was held on 28 March, 2006 at the Training Center for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief in Ig, Slovenia. |
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| Ljubljana, 21 March 2006 (2006-03-21) |
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H.E. Mr. Thomas Robertson, Ambassador of United States of America and Mrs. Barbara Kosler, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Slovenia presented the cheque in the amount of 12.000.000, 00 SIT to Mr. Goran Gačnik Director of International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance.
The collected funds from the humanitarian event Night of Thousand Dinners were doubled by the United States of America and as was mentioned at the event, earmarked for Grčka Glavica I and Mojmilo - Barice, two demining projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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| Zagreb, 16 – 17 March 2006 (2006-03-18) |
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Point of contacts from the Embassies of the United States of America in Belgrade, Ljubljana, Pristina, Sarajevo, Tirana and Zagreb were on their regular meeting between 16 and 17 March 2006 in Zagreb. During their meeting they were introduced with the county programs of their origin as well as with the activities of Croatian Mine Action Centre in hosting country. The meeting rounded up with field trip to Karlovac demining site organized by ITF Implementation Office in Sisak.
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| Washington, 13 – 17 March 2006 (2006-03-17) |
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The representatives of ITF were on its regular yearly visit to representatives of Senate and Congress of United States of America in the period from 13 until 17 March 2006.
Mr. Goran Gačnik Director of ITF during the visit presented the annual report on the use of the funds of main donator and provides the presentation on ITF activities for 2006.
Once more, ITF got the support in US Congress and Senate. Special and warm welcome ITF got by Congressman James L. Oberstar, who visits ITF premises in summer 2005.
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| Humanitarian Event »Night of a Thousand Dinners « 2006 (2006-03-13) |
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| »Night of a Thousand Dinners« that took place on 09 march 2006 at Grand Hotel Union in Ljubljana, gathered more than 290 guests from different spheres, from diplomatists, business partners, economists and cultural work. Altogether, nearly 12,000,000 SIT were raised. |
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| Rehabilitation of mine victim from Azerbaijan in Slovenia (2006-03-06) |
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| In March 2006 Mr. Elman Malik Alijev from Baku Azerbaijan, a 30 year old mine victim arrived in Slovenia, where he received rehabilitation treatment at the Institute for Rehabilitation of the Republic of Slovenia. Mr. Alijev is the first mine victim from Azerbaijan for whom ITF enabled rehabilitation in Slovenia. |
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| RAIFFEISEN KREKOVA BANKA D.D. DONATED 1 MILLION SIT TO ITF (2006-02-24) |
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Raiffeisen International Group, one of the leading banking groups in Central and Eastern Europe represented in Slovenia by Raiffeisen Krekova Banka d.d., signed the Memorandum of Understanding with International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) on 23 February 2006.
According to the Memorandum of Understanding the Raiffeisen Krekova Banka d.d. decided to support the activities of ITF in 2006 in the amount of one million SIT. With this generous initiative the common efforts to make region of South Eastern Europe free from impact of mines will thus be supported.
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| Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between ITF and UNDP (2005-12-12) |
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| Memorandum of Understanding between International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance ( ITF ) and the United Nations Development Program in BIH (UNDP), was signed on 07 December 2005. Donation in the amount of 400.000,00 USD is earmarked for realization of first phase of Integrated mine action plan in community Čađavac – Brčko District. First phase includes 3 locations for demining ( 114.496 m2) and 5 locations for technical survey ( 348.403 m2) in Brčko District. Second phase of Integrated mine action plan will be executed by the funds provided by the Government of Brčko District. |
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| Overview of ITF donations received and Memorandum of Understanding signed in November 2005 (2005-12-02) |
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| In November 2005 ITF received two donations in total amount 239.087,72 USD. Municipality Stari Grad Sarajevo donated funds earmarked for ITF demining activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina in amount 178.952,16 EUR on 18 November 2005 and Republic of Korea donated funds earmarked for support to ITF mine action activities in amount of 30.000,00 USD on 24 November 2005. In period January – November 2005 ITF raised 24.585.335,02 USD of donations. |
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| Republic of Korea once againn donated funds to ITF (2005-11-24) |
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International Trust for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) received the third contribution from the Government of the Republic of Korea earmarked for support to ITF mine action activities in amount of 30.000,00 USD. |
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| Donacija v višini 2.2 milijona dolarjev za sofinanciranje struktur v okviru Centra za protiminsko delovanje v BiH (2005-11-16) |
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| ITF prejel ponovno podporo Sveta ministrov BiH za protiminsko delovanje v BiH. Minister za civilne zadeve Bosne in Hercegovine (BIH), dr. Safet Halilovič, in direktor Mednarodne ustanove – fundacije za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF), Dorijan Maršič, sta danes v prostorih Sveta ministrov BIH v Sarajevu podpisala že tretji aneks k protokolu o sofinanciranju struktur v okviru centra za protiminsko delovanje v BIH. Tokratni aneks vsebuje dogovor o donaciji Sveta ministrov BIH ITF-u v protivrednosti 2,2 milijonov ameriških dolarjev. |
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| Annex 3 of Protocol for co-financing Mine Action Structure in Bosnia and Herzegovina signed (2005-11-15) |
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Mr. Safet Halilović, Minister of Civil Affairs, Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mr. Dorijan Maršič, Director of the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistant signed Annex 3 for co-financing Mine Action structure in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Donation in the amount of 2,2 million USD is earmarked for co-financing and support structures involved in process of demining in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is third donation of the Council of Ministers BIH for demining process support in BIH.
Minister Halilović and ITF Director Dorijan Maršič hope in a future successful cooperation for elimination of mine threat in Bosnia and Herzegovina and contribution to improvement of the conditions for people BIH to live in the safe environment.
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| 15th SEEMACC Meeting held in Bijela, Montenegro (SCG) (2005-10-26) |
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The 15th South Eastern Europe Mine Action Coordination Council (SEEMACC) meeting was held on Thursday, 13 October 2005 in Bijela, Montenegro (SCG). Opening speech was delivered by Aleksandar Moštrokol (Secretary General; Government of Montenegro, Ministry of Foreign Affairs).The main point of the SEEMACC was dicussion about new SEEMACC rules of procedure and about implementation of common project proposal on borderline between Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro. The idea was to prepare one extensive project proposal where all national mine action centres will cooperate.
Next SEEMACC meeting is planned to be held in Sibenik, Croatia in April 2006.
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| SWITZERLAND DONATED ONCE MORE TO THE INTERNATIONAL TRUST FUND FOR DEMINING AND MINE VICTIMS ASSISTANCE (ITF) (2005-10-18) |
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(Ljubljana, 18.10.2005) Memorandum of understanding was signed today between International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) and Swiss Federation in amount 250.000,00 CHF, by Swiss Ambassador H.E. Mr. Paul Koller and Mr. Dorijan Maršič, director of ITF, at the premisses of Swiss Embassy in Slovenija. Funds will be earmarked for demining operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina for support of two manual clearance teams within the project of Norwegian People's Aid. Swiss Federation has already, over the past seven years, contributed to ITF more than 3 millions of american dollars and remains one of biggest and most regular donors to ITF.
Problem of eliminating mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) still remains very present in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is the most mine polluted country in South-East Europe region. Mine affected areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina still cover more than 2.000 square kilometers of surface, which represents approximately 4 percent of total country size
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| OSCE Workshop on (2005-10-10) |
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International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) together with the OSCE organized workshop on "Regional Cooperation and Confidence Building Through Mine Action" that was held from 5 until 6 October 2005 in Tbilisi, Georgia. |
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| Zahvala ITF-a dolgoletnim podpornikom v kongresu in senatu (2005-09-14) |
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| Na slovesnosti v Washingtonu so bile podeljene plakete zahvale senatorjema Miku DeWine-u in Richardu J. Durbinu ter kongresnikoma Eltonu Galleglyu in Stevenu R. Rothmanu. V prostorih Capitol Hilla v Washingtonu se bosta danes ponoči po našem času ... |
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| VISIT OF ITF REPRESENTATIVES IN WASHINGTON (2005-09-14) |
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(Washington, 14.09.2005) Director of International Trust Fund for demining and victims assistance (ITF) Dorijan Maršič and deputy director of ITF Goran Gačnik met at premises of Capitol Hill with four representatives of American congress and senate to personally thank them for continuous support to ITF. On this occasion senator Mike DeWine and Richard Durbin, as well as congressman Elton Gallegly and Steven R. Rothman received acknowledgement plaquettes for continuous support to ITF.
Representatives of ITF had on this regular visit in United States also met with other mine action actors: in State Department they presented plans for ITF activities in year 2006 and had a meeting with ambassador Robert M. Beecroft, former head of OSCE mission in BiH and supporter of initiative for regional approach in mine action. Moreover ITF representatives met with some of continuous donators and partners of ITF in USA such as Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, representatives of Landmine Survivors Network and headmen of James Madison University.
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| Memorandum of Understanding (2005-09-06) |
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| Memorandum of Understanding between ITF and the Federal Republic of Germany, signed on 02 September 2005 was the fourth donation from this Donor in 2005. Ms. Anke Holstein, ambassador deputy, and Mr. Dorijan Maršič, ITF director, were the signatories of this 450.000 Euro worth MOU. The Funds are earmarked for demining in Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro), namely on the border with Croatia. The projects of demining shall be executed in the Šid community, where infrastructure, agricultural areas and forests are still mine polluted. |
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| Četrta donacija Nemčije v letu 2005 (2005-09-02) |
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| Nemčija nadaljuje s podporo programom razminiranja v regiji JV Evrope, saj je to že šetrta njihova donacija v letošnjem letu. Tokrat bo Nemčija 450.000 evrov namenila razminiranju v Srbiji in Črni gori
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| Visit of Senator Thomas Harkin at ITF Headquaters (2005-08-30) |
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American Senator Thomas Harkin during his visit in Slovenia, where he received the Decoration of the Golden Order of Merit from Dr. Janez Drnovšek, President of the Republic of Slovenia, also used the opportunity to visit ITF headquarters at Ig.
ITF director Maršič and his deputy Gačnik presented the latest results of ITF actvities in SE Europe region. This was also the occassion to express the appreciation to Senator Harkin for continuous support and contribution to ITF story of success.
Senator Harkin plays an active role in American Congress supporting the field of humanitarian activites and is signatory of Appropriation Act which provides US funds for ITF activities each year. Since 1998 United Stated of America donated through ITF $82,5 million and is the biggest donor for Humanitarian Mine Action in the world.
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| England football hero Bobby Charlton and Romanian tennis legend Ilie Nastase visited Sarajevo (2005-08-10) |
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to support mine awareness The Spirit of Soccer program, financed by U.S. State Department, through International Trust Fund for Humanitarian Demining and Victims Assistance, and Laureus Sports Foundation. The purpose of visit of Laureus World Sport Academy members is to educate children on the risk of mines through soccer training, as well as through other sports. With the representatives of the International Trust Fund and Spirit of Soccer they visited the Regional Mine Detection Dog Center in Borci-Konjic and National Stadium Koševo in Sarajevo.
Sir Bobby Charlton, assisted by Ilia Nastase and Scottie Lee, coach and founder of the Spirit of Soccer organization, held a training session at the Kosevo stadium in Sarajevo with 60 junior players from the Zeljeznicar and Sarajevo soccer clubs. |
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| Generous donation of United Kingdom to ITF (2005-08-08) |
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| ITF recieved donation of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in amount of 1.000.000 GBP. Agreement upon donation was signed on 8. August 2005 at the British Embassy between British Embassador, Tim Simmons and director of ITF, Dorijan Maršič. United Kingdom is one of biggest donators to ITF and a signinificant contributor to solution of mine problem in region of SEE and other mine affected regions. Since establishment of ITF in 1998 United Kingdom already donated two times in total sum of more than 1.550.000 GBP. The third donation will be earmarked for humanitarian demining projects in four countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro an Azerbaijan. |
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| Velika donacija Velike Britanije (2005-08-08) |
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| Podpora Združenega Kraljevstva Velike Britanije in Severne Irske razminiranju v Albaniji, Bosni in Hercegovini, Srbiji in Črni gori in Azerbajdžanu |
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| Memorandum of Understanding between ITF and Ministry of Urban planning and Environmental protection - Canton Sarajevo (2005-07-29) |
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signed on 06 July 2005 at the protected landscape Bijambare in Sarajevo. The donation will be used for the support of demining activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina which include demining of three location Bijambare in Sarajevo region. Donation of Ministry of Urban planning and Environmental protection – Canton Sarajevo will be also matched by United States of America, which will be also used for demining activities at the location Bijambare.
The demining of this locations will have a great impact on ecological tourism development and will certainly contribute to improvement of the conditions for people in Sarajevo and BIH to live in the safe environment . |
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| The donation of the Republic of Slovenia (2005-07-27) |
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| Dr. Dimitrij Rupel, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and Mr. Dorijan Maršič, Director of ITF signed the contract for 21 milion SIT for ITF activities in Caucasus. |
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| Second Donation of Federal Republic of Germany to ITF in year 2005 (2005-06-23) |
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H.E. Mr. Hans Jochen Peters, Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany in Slovenia and Mr. Dorijan Maršič, Director of ITF signed memorandum of understanding for the donation of 1.85 million euro earmarked for demining activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro). Major part of donation (1.7 million euro) will be used in Bosnia and Herzegovina to clear infrastructure and agricultural land and at the same time enable safe return of IDP's and refugees to their homes in more than 20 municipalities all over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
150.000 euro will be used for the clearance of recently discovered minefields in Dulje pass (Kosovo) bordering Albania, which will enable safe transport and travel among local population.
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| Memorandum of Understanding between ITF and French Republic (2005-06-22) |
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was signed at ITF Headquarters for the donation of 95.926,00 euro.
The donation will be used for the support of demining activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Lukavica and Vlasic Municipality. French donation for Vlasic Municipality will be also matched by United States of America. This is first direct donation of the Embassy of the Republic of France in Sarajevo through ITF and hopefully the beginning of new and successful cooperation for elimination of mine threat in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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| Brussels Presentation of ITF work at the Landmines Information Day - The European Parliament for a Mine-Free World (2005-06-16) |
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Information day was first joint hearing of the Development, the International Trade and the Foreign Affairs Committees- via the Subcommittee on Security and Defence. Hearing was organized with the purpose to raise awareness about the problem of landmines among members of European parliament.
Director Dorijan Maršič and Deputy Director Goran Gacnik used this opportunity to present to PM's landmine situation in the regions of South East Europe and South Caucasus as well as to inform them about the work and plans of ITF in the field of Mine Action. ITF also promoted regional cooperation among mine affected countries in the region of SE Europe which would contribute to more rational use of funds and capacities and faster eradication of landmine problem. For that reason also director of Croatian Mine Action Center, Mr. Jungwirth and director of regional Mine Detection Dog School, Mr. Hagimujagic participated on the event. |
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| Visit of Congressman James Oberstar at ITF premises in Ig (2005-06-02) |
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American Congressman James Oberstar during his visit in Slovenia, where he received the Golden Order for Services for his support for Slovenia and for Slovenia's membership in NATO, also used this opportunity to visit ITF headquarters at Ig.
ITF director Maršič represented latest results of ITF activities in SE Europe region and on this occasion expressed apreciation to American Congressman for continuous support and great contribution to ITF’s story of success.
Congressman is an active supporter of ITF and its intercessor in the field of demining activities stated again his support in further assurance of American sources for ITF.
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| NATO Parliamentary Assembly Spring Session in Ljubljana (2005-06-01) |
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As a part of NATO Parliamentary Assembly spring session, taking place in Ljubljana between 27-31 May 2005, a Science and Technology Committee also held session. There Mr. Dorijan Maršič ITF director gave presentation on the demining operations in the region of South East Europe titled "Social Impact and Technical Capabilities on a Field of Humanitarian Demining in the Region of South East Europe”.
At the same time he also introduced the strategy of anti-mine activities in mine-affected countries and regional cooperation as the example of good and positive practice.
He stressed that the international community should continuously help the region of South East Europe, regardless of the efforts of national capacities, to reach the goal of ‘’free of impact of mine until 2009.’’
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| (2005-05-21) |
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| The Rotary Club Calvia organised a Charity Golf Event sponsored by Engel & Völkers on Palma de Mallorca on 21 May 2005. € 13.000,00 were raised and the funds to 2 organizations during that event. Rotary Club Calvia and E&V agreed to donate € 3.000,00 to the ITF and a cheque was handed over to Mr. Dorijan Marsic, Director. The funds will be doubled by the matching fund system and earmarked for a project of rehabilitation of a child – landmine survivor from Albania. In addtition Mr. Marsic discused with the members of the Rotary Club calvia about common cooperation on the 100Y Coin project where funds raised would be dedicated to MVA projects in SEE. |
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| Company MARASKA d.d. contributes 4,5 mio Croatian Kunas for demining of Maraska cherry plantations in region of Zadar (2005-05-11) |
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International Trust Fund for demining and Mine Victim Assistance received a donation from company »MARASKA« amounting to 4,5 million Croatian Kunas. The MoU was signed by the Chairman of the board of “Maraska” Mr.Josko Zavoreo, and ITF director, Mr. Dorijan Maršič. The donation will be used for demining / technical survey of 212 hectares of plantations of unique and world renown cherry Maraska thus enabling cultivation of
The project implementation shall contribute to the development of the whole region and will enable employment of a number of internally displaced persons as well as returnees in the region of Zadar.
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| Dolgoletni podpornik ITF na obisku v Sloveniji (2005-05-05) |
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| Mednarodna ustanova - fundacija za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) je imela čast gostiti Ameriškega senatorja Georgea Voinovicha v okviru njegovega obiska v Sloveniji. Senator Voinovich aktivno podpira ITF na področju protiminskega delovanja v regiji JV Evrope že od ustanovitve leta 1998. |
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| ITF representatives presented ITF activities and plans to OSCE (2005-04-15) |
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ITF representatives visited OSCE Headquarters in Vienna with the purpose to introduce work of ITF and discuss about possibilities of cooperation between the two organizations. ITF would like to transfer its knowledge in the field of Mine Action accumulated from the region of SE Europe to the regions of South Caucasus and Central Asia. OSCE is already strongly involved in both regions, South Caucasus and Central Asia regions respectively. Some OSCE member states were interested to support ITF pojects dealing with training of locals and activities promoting confidence building through mine action among nations of the respected regions.
Official visit was also used for presentation of ITF work and program for 2005/06 to Embassies covering Slovenia from Vienna.
Main event during the visit, ITF presentation and photo exhibition of renown Slovenian photographer Mr. Arne Hodalič, was hosted by the Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to OSCE in Vienna. |
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| ITF Attends Donor Briefing on Mine Action Situation in Azerbaijan (2005-04-11) |
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| Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hosted a Donors Briefing on Mine Action situation in Azerbaijan. The main goal was to share the achievements in mine action and plans for the future with the donor community as well as the representatives of the donor countries and international organizations, related government agencies and NGOs. |
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| The Delegation of EU parlamentarians visited ITF Implementation Office (2005-04-07) |
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The delegation of 10 European parliamentarians led by Elmar Brok (Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee) visited ITF Implementation office in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 April 2005. After short presentation of ITF achievements in the region of South East Europe and in Bosnia and Herzegovina they visited active demining site near Sarajevo. Representatives of implementing agency Norwegian Peoples Aid presented the organization of demining site and standard operational procedures in humanitarian demining. EU parliamentarians have shown great interest for a mine problem in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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| European Union Mine Action Coordination Meeting for SE Europe (2005-04-06) |
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| European Union Mine Action Coordination Meeting for SEE was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 6-7 April 2005. The purpose of the Meeting was presenting national plans and activities in the field of mine action as well as presentation of European Commission (EC) work in mine action in each mine affected country in the region of SE Europe. On the Meeting were presented national demining plans by Mine Action Centers, past/current project by EC and result achieved. Mr. Gačnik, Deputy Director of the ITF presented ITF and its work in the region of South-East Europe and Ms. Uršič, GIS Project Manager of the ITF presented the Project »Geographical Information System for Mine Action in South- East Europe«. |
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| Kingdom of Norway remains devoted supporter of Mine Action in SEE (2005-04-06) |
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International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) has again received the Kingdom of Norway donation for 2005. The amount of $ 4.647.261,71 is part of biannual Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Kingdom of Norway and ITF. The seventh consecutive donation will be used for demining and technical survey activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Part of the donation, in amount of $23.133,00 will be earmarked for the rehabilitation of mine victims from the region of SE Europe. In the past seven years, Kingdom of Norway donated more than $ 27.2 million US confirming to be one of the biggest supporters to Mine Action through ITF as well as worldwide.
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| 14th SEEMACC Meeting held at Ig, Slovenia (2005-03-30) |
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| The 14th South Eastern Europe Mine Action Coordination Council (SEEMACC) meeting was held on Wednesday, 30 March 2005 at Ig, Slovenia. The meeting was attended by all SEEMACC members and observers. The main point of the SEEMACC meeting was discussion about new SOPs and about SEEMACC rules of procedure. All SEEMACC members/observers presented action plans for 2005. The meeting was opened with a speech by Mr. Stanislav Raščan (General Director for policy planning and multilateral political relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia). |
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| Humanitarian Event »Night of A Thousand Dinners« (2005-03-12) |
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This year's event "Night of a Thousand Dinners" took place at Grand Hotel Union in Ljubljana, on 12 March 2005. Fourth consecutive, with over 200 guests attending, was organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Slovenia. Altogether, nearly 8,000.000 SIT were raised. Proceeds from the "Night of a Thousand Dinners" will be earmarked for two demining projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the USA-UNA, Adopt-A-Minefield clearance program. The main goal of the event was to spread mine awareness and raise means for landmine eradication. Hosts of the dinner were H.E. Mr. Thomas Robertson, Ambassador of the United States of America, H.E. Mr. Robert Hage, Ambassador of Canada and Mr. Dorijan Maršič, ITF. Honorary guest at the dinner was Minister of Defense of the Republic of Slovenia Mr. Karl Erjavec. On the event also photos on theme of »Mine Action in the region of SE Europe« by Arne Hodalič, renown Slovenian photographer were presented.
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| XXV. Meeting of the ITF Managing Board (2005-03-10) |
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| The Managing Board took place on 10 March 2005 at ITF Headquarters in Ig. The members accepted the minutes of the previous meeting held in Tirana. The introduction of the ITF Annual Report 2004 followed together with the ITF Plan for 2005. Both were accepted by ITF Managing Board. Other items were the subject of the internal regulation of ITF. Next meeting is planned for autumn 2005. |
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| Director ITF attends NATO/PfP Trust Fund Workshop (2005-03-07) |
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| A NATO/PfP Trust Fund Workshop was held in Luxembourg on 6-7 March 2005. Mr. Dorijan Maršič, Director of the ITF presented the best practices of trust fund mechanism. The event was organized with the purpose to be better informed about the NATO / NAMSA trust fund policy and the procedures to develop and support a project. |
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| Successful Conclusion of First Regional Management Course in Tbilisi (2005-02-28) |
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The first management training course for mine action middle managers in the South Caucasus was successfully conducted by Georgian Technical University over two modules between 6 December 2004 and 18 February 2005. 20 participants from all three countries of the region, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia attended the course and graduated from the course. All participants gained new and needed knowledge on management in mine action, but also established good relations among each other, which will contribute to improvement of their performance in the field of mine action.
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| Češka ponovno donirala (2005-02-10) |
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| Mednarodna ustanova-fundacija za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) je prejela donacijo Češke republike v višini 50.000 USD. Sporazum o donaciji sta v prostorih ITF na Igu danes podpisala češki veleposlanik v Sloveniji, Njeg. Eks. Tomáš Szunyog, in direktor ITF, Dorijan Maršič. Tokratna donacija Češke republike je njena že deveta donacija fundaciji in je namenjena aktivnostim v Bosni in Hercegovini, tokrat za razminiranje infrastrukturnih objektov v Tuzlanskem kantonu. |
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| Czech Republic again contributed to ITF (2005-02-10) |
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The Memorandum of Understanding No. 9 was signed today in the ITF premises between Czech Ambassador in Slovenia, H.E. Mr. Tomaš Szunyog and ITF Director, Mr. Dorijan Maršič. The ninth Czech donation will be used for demining activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
All togehter from 1998, Czech Republic has contributed more than 430.700 USD for different mine action activities in the region of SEE and thus remains one of the most regular donors to ITF. |
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| Visit of the ITF representatives in USA (2005-02-10) |
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| Mr. Dorijan Maršič, director and Mr. Goran Gačnik, deputy director of the ITF visited USA in the period from 29 January until 8 February 2005. Purpose of the visit was ensuring future US support to mine action activities through ITF. |
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| Zahvale podpornikom ITF-a v Washingtonu in New Yorku (2005-02-04) |
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| Predstavnika Mednarodne ustanove – fundacije za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF), direktor Dorijan Maršič in njegov namestnik Goran Gačnik, sta te dni na obisku v Združenih državah Amerike. |
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| Visit of the US Embassies representatives from the SEE region (2005-01-14) |
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| The visit of the US representatives assigned for humanitarian issues at US Embassies in the region of SEE visited ITF Headquarters in Ig from 13 to 14 January 2005. On the first day of their visit ITF presented its activities in the region of SEE. The opening remarks on the second day were given by the State Secretary at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Republic of Slovenia, Mr. Božo Cerar. At the same time, the three regional centers from the field of Mine Action - MDDC, RCUD and CTDT presented their work and plans for the future. |
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| Ponovna donacija Irske (2004-12-16) |
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| Podpora Irske razminiranju v Bosni in Hercegovini. Tokratno donacijo v višini 115.450,00 Euro je Irska ponovno namenila pomoči razminiranju entitetskih vojsk skozi EUFOR v BiH. |
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| Ireland again contributed to ITF (2004-12-16) |
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| The Memorandum of Understanding between Ireland represented by Ambassador Gary Ansbro and International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance represented by its Director Dorijan Maršič was signed on 16 December 2004 in the premises of Irish Embassy in Ljubljana. The third Irish donation in total amount of 115.450 EUR is earmarked for mechanical ground preparation activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina coordinated through EUFOR. Until today Ireland contributed more than 278.000 EUR for demining activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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| 13th SEEMACC Meeting held in Tirana (2004-12-15) |
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| The 13th South Eastern Europe Mine Action Coordination Council (SEEMACC) meeting was held on Wednesday, 15 December 2004 in Tirana, Albania. The meeting was attended by all SEEMACC members and observers. The main achievement of the meeting was approval of regional SOPs that will contribute to even better cooperation between mine action authorities in the region. |
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| ITF v letu 2004 zbral več kot 26 milijonov aeriških dolarjev (2004-12-08) |
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| Donatorji in mednarodna skupnost so tako z donacijami kot s številnimi drugimi omembami tudi v letu 2004 potrdili zaupanje v delovanje fundacije. Mednarodna ustanova – fundacija za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) je do konca novembra 2004 zbrala že preko kot 26,5 milijonov ameriških dolarjev za svoje aktivnosti v regiji JV Evrope. |
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| ITF's breakfast with journalists (2004-12-08) |
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| International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance organized working breakfast with journalists from Slovenia.
Purpose of such events that ITF is usually organizing once a year is to inform journalist regarding the progress, problems and new development in Mine Action and ITF. Journalist that are new to MA topics have possibility to get basic information and explanation of MA process and about the work of ITF.
On this occasion new director of ITF, Mr. Dorijan Maršič presented himself and ITF strategy for the following year. Conclusions from the Nairobi Summit for Mine Free World were also presented due to the importance of first review conference of the Ottawa convention of prohibition of use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines.
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| ITF bolnišnici v Kukesu predal medicinsko opremo (2004-11-25) |
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| Mednarodna ustanova - fundacija za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) je Regionalni bolnišnici v albanskem Kukešu predala medicinsko opremo v vrednosti 92.140,25 ameriških dolarjev. Donacijo so ITF-u zagotovile Združene države Amerike. Z denarjem so v fundaciji bolnišnici kupili mobilni rentgen ter kirurške pripomočke za ortopedske posege. S tem bo izboljšana medicinska pomoč tamkajšnjim žrtvam min ter zagotovljeno kakovostnejše zdravljenje pacientov. |
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| Medical equipment for Hospital in Kukes, Albania (2004-11-23) |
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| International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) has provided to Kukes Regional Hospital in Albania a portable x-ray and three othopaedic surgical kits. The equipment was provided under United States Department of State donation. As Kukes lies in the north-east of Albania and is, thus, the closest town to the mine affected area, its need to treat mine victims is the greatest. In order to avoid long and costly transports of mine victims to hospital in Tirana, Kukes hospital acquired much needed equipment that will greatly help better and quicker assistance to victims on the more professional and quality level.
At the handover event held on 23 November, Hospital Director Mark Nufi, American Embassy official Ningchuan Zhu and ITF Director Dorijan Maršič gave short speeches expresing mutual gratitude and wishes of continuation of good cooperation and support to the region. |
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| Demining project in Cyprus started (2004-11-19) |
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We are pleased to announce that ITF received note verbale from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Cyprus stating that demining project in Cyprus (UNFICYP controlled buffer zone) started on 16 November 2004. Government of the Republic of Cyprus also thanked Governments of Canada (250.000 USD) and Slovenia (1 million SIT) for providing funds through ITF which covered costs of setting up UN Mine Action Cell as well as detection and personal protective equipment for the two implementing agencies chosen on UNDP restricted tender.
The demining program is further funded by the EU through its program »Partnership for the Future«, which has already made available 2.5 million Eur so that demining process in Cyprus would proceed as planned. |
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| France continues support to students (2004-11-18) |
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| Memorandum of Understanding for new French donation in amount of 35.000 EUR was signed on Thursday, 18 November 2004 between H.E. Mrs. Dominique Gazuy, French Ambassador to Slovenia and Mr. Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director. The new donation represents the continuation of support to studies of orthopedic technicians of 5 students from the SEE region. Together with the US matching funds the students will be able to succesfully finish their studies in 2006. |
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| Francija namenila 35.000 EUR študentom ortopedske tehnike iz JV Evrope (2004-11-18) |
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| Usposabljanje kadrov, ki bodo skrbeli za žrtve min tam, od koder prihajajo, postaja vse pomembnejša naloga ITF-a. Mednarodna ustanova - fundacija za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF), ki jo vodi Slovenija, je prejela novo, že šesto donacijo Republike Francije. Sporazum o donaciji v višini 35.000 evrov sta danes v prostorih francoske rezidence v Ljubljani podpisala ... |
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| ITF Board of Advisors held 09 November 2004 (2004-11-09) |
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| 13th Session of ITF Board of Advisors was held today in the premises of Training Center for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief in Ig. At the Session the ITF new appointed Director, Mr. Dorijan Maršič, presented the ITF 2004 Intermediate Report. At the same time, different presentations on the developments in mine action in Bosnia and Herzegovina were presented. The introductory remarks were given by the State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Andrej Logar. |
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| Seventh Swiss donation to ITF (2004-10-06) |
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| The Memorandum of Understanding between Switzerland represented by Ambassador Paul Koller and International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance represented by its Director Dorijan Maršič was signed on 06 October 2004 in the premises of Swiss Embassy in Ljubljana. This is already the seventh Swiss donation to ITF. The donation in total amount of 200.000 CHF is earmarked for demining activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina implemented by NGO Norwegian's People Aid. Until today Switzerland contributed more than 2,89 mio USD for demining activities in SEE and remains one of the most regular donors to ITF. |
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| Sedma donacija Švice (2004-10-06) |
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| Mednarodna ustanova-fundacija za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) je prejela donacijo Švice v višini 200.000 CHF. Tokratna, skupno že sedma, donacija te države fundaciji je namenjena aktivnostim razminiranja v Bosni in Hercegovini. |
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| 12th SEEMACC Meeting held in Azerbaijan (2004-09-29) |
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| The 12th South Eastern Europe Mine Action Coordination Council (SEEMACC) meeting was held on Wednesday, 29 September 2004 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The meeting was attended by all SEEMACC Members and Observers that have got the opportunity to experience the solving of mine problem outside the region of SEE. ITF is confident that the meeting will contribute to even better cooperation within SEEMACC. |
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| Second donation from Germany in 2004 (2004-09-15) |
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| The Memorandum of Understanding between Federal Republic of Germany represented by Ambassador Hans Jochen Peters and International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance represented by its Acting Director Goran Gačnik was signed on 15 September 2004 in the premises of German Embassy in Ljubljana. The second donation in 2004 in total amount of 0,5 mio EURO is earmarked for demining activities in Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Until today Germany contributed more than 5,85 mio EURO for demining activities in SEE and remains one of the most regular and biggest donors to ITF. |
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| Ponovna donacija Nemčije (2004-09-15) |
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| Tokratno donacijo v višini 500.000 EURO je Nemčija namenila razminiranju v Albaniji ter Bosni in Hercegovini. |
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| Novi direktor ITF-a bo Dorijan Maršič (2004-07-15) |
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| Upravni odbor Mednarodne ustanove – fundacije za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) je na današnji 23. redni seji razrešil dosedanjega direktorja mag. Jerneja Cimperška na njegovo željo in imenoval novega direktorja Dorijana Maršiča. Obenem je bilo članom UO predstavljeno polletno poročilo o aktivnostih. |
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| New Director of ITF appointed (2004-07-15) |
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| The Managing Board of International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) appointed, at its 23rd Session on 15 July 2004, Mr. Dorijan Maršič as the Director of ITF. Mr. Maršič will assume his duties in October 2004. Until October 2004, the Acting Director will be Mr. Goran Gačnik, the present Deputy Director.
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| Three locations in Bugojno handed over to local community (2004-07-06) |
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| The three microlocations in Bosnia Herzegovina cleared with the fund of Republic of Slovenia through ITF were handed over to the representatives of Bugojno local authorities on 06 July 2004. The ceremony took place in Kopčić - Bugojno community in the presence of Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia in BiH, H.E.Mr. Tadej Labernik, ITF Deputy Director Goran Gačnik, Head of Bugojno Community Mustafa Strukar, BH MAC Deputy Director Fabijan Grganović, media and other representatives and observers. Three locations, namely Vileši, Kopčić and Unis Binas 4, in total 25.444 square metres and 424 mines found, were cleared with the donation of Slovenian government, doubled by US Department of State matching fund. The clearance of the areas will enable improvement of water sources and small economy prospectsfor the local comunity. |
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| Czech support to ITF activities continues (2004-06-28) |
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| The Memorandum of Understanding between Czech republic represented by Ambassador Tomaš Szunyog and International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance represented by its Acting Director Jernej Cimperšek was signed in the ITF premises on 28 June 2004. This is already the eighth donation to ITF. This year's donation in amount of 50.000 USD will be used for support of ITF activities in Albania (support of the MDD team of NGO DCA and organization of summer camps by Albanian NGO Kukesi Mine and Weapons Victims Association). |
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| Successful auction of US Women Fed Cup team equipment (2004-05-26) |
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| A very successful auction of the U.S. Women Fed Cup Team tennis equipment was concluded by a champagne toast on 26 May 2004. At his residence the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Slovenia Johnny Young recepted tennis equipment purchasers, representatives of ITF, Slovenian Tennis Association, Finance newspaper, and journalists. Two checks were presented, each for 2.5 million SIT. In addition to auction collection, U.S. Tennis Association added its donation. The 2.5 million SIT was then doubled by US DoS matching fund.Thus, 5 million SIT was contibuted for rehabilitation of children mine victims from the region SE Europe and MVA initiatives.
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| Letovanje otrok - žrtev min na Debelem Rtiču (2004-05-07) |
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| Te dni v Mladinskem zdravilišču in letovišču Debeli rtič poteka letovanje otrok žrtev min iz Bosne in Hercegovine, ki ga s pomočjo donacije Združenih držav Amerike v višini 30.000 ameriških dolarjev ter v sodelovanju z Rdečim križem Republike Slovenije organizira Mednarodna ustanova - fundacija za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF). |
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| The fifth summer holidays of children - mine victims (2004-05-07) |
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| The fifth summer holidays for children - mine victims from Bosnia and Herzegovina were enabled by the US donation to ITF at the Health Resort in Debeli Rtič. The 7 day holidays from 03 to 10 May 2004 were organized by ITF in cooperation with the Red Cross of Republic of Slovenia. At this occassion, the US Ambassador Johnny Young also visited the children on Friday, 07 May 2004.
The similar holidays will be organized for additional group of children from Albania and Macedonia in the fall 2004.
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| Nova donacija Nemčije (2004-05-06) |
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| Še en korak k očiščenju minsko onesnaženih delov JV Evrope. Z 1,7 milijona evrov bodo razminirana območja v Bosni in Hercegovini ter Srbiji in Črni gori. |
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| New donation of Federal Republic of Germany (2004-05-06) |
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| The Memorandum of Understanding between Federal Republic of Germany represented by Ambassador Hans Jochen Peters and International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance represented by its Director Jernej Cimperšek was signed on 06 May 2004 in the premises of ITF in Ig. The donation in amount of 1,7 mio EURO is earmarked for demining activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro. Until today Germany contributed more than 5,35 mio EURO for demining activities in SEE and remains one of the regular and biggest donors to ITF. |
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| ITF signed a Protocol with Republic of Macedonia (2004-04-05) |
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| The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Macedonia-Department for Civil Protection and the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance signed a Protocol for the Development of Capacities and Transfer of the Responsibility for Human Demining Process to the Republic of Macedonia at ITF headqarters in Ig, Slovenia. Both sides have thus agreed that it is neccessary to improve the activities of the human deminig process in the Republic of Macedonia in order to develop capacities and to transfer the responsibilities to the MOD.
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| 12th Session of ITF Board of Advisors (2004-03-30) |
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| The 12th Session of ITF Board of Advisors was held on 30th March 2004 in the premises of the Training Center for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief in Ig, Slovenia. Mr. Jernej Cimperšek, ITF Director (Acting) presented the ITF Annual Report for 2003, as well as the Operational Plan for 2004. Presentations were also given on the topics of Cyprus Mine Problem, CROMAC-Center for Testing, Development and Training, SHARE SEE Project by Handicap International, and US Humanitarian Mine Action Strategic Plan. The Session was attended by 22 of 28 members of ITF Board of Advisors.
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| Norway again contributed 4,2 million USD to ITF (2004-03-26) |
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| ITF has again received the Kingdom of Norway donation for 2004 in amount of 4.231.807,82 USD. The Memorandum of Understanding was presented on 26 March 2004, at ITF Headquarters-Ig. H.E. Mrs May Britt Brofoss, Ambassador of Kingdom of Norway in Slovenia, and Mr Jernej Cimperšek, Acting Director of ITF,signed this, already the sixth, donation of Kingdom of Norway. It shall be used for demining activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Part of the donation, in amount of 145.000 USD will also be earmarked for the program of rehabilitation of mine victims. In the past six years, Kingdom of Norway has donated more than 22,6 million USD and is, thus, the second biggest donor to ITF besides US. |
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| Handover of the N1KD check at US Embassy (2004-03-25) |
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| The Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Slovenia, H.E.Mr Johnny Young, hosted at his residence in Ljubljana the handover of the donation check collected at the "Night of Thousand Dinners" event, organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Slovenia on 06 February 2004. Mr. Richard A.Johnson President of the Am Cham Slovenia handed over the check to Mr. Jernej Cimperšek Director of ITF. 4.5 million SIT raised at the dinner will be used for Adopt-A-Minefield programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina and rehabilitation of mine victims from Albania. |
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| Humanitarian Underwater Demining Training at RCUD completed (2004-03-08) |
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| A three week course in Humanitarian Underwater Demining implemented at Regional Center for Underwater Demining in Bijela was completed on 07 March 2004. This was already the second generation of divers that succesfully finished the course at RCUD in Bijela-Montenegro (SCG). The course was attended by 12 divers from 5 countries, namely Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Russia and Serbia and Montenegro that were proposed within the South-East Europe Mine Action Coosrdination Council (SEEMACC) members. The course was instructed by professors, teachers and diving instructors from Slovenia. Montenegro (SCG) and Croatia. For additional information please visit http://www.rcud.cg.yu |
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| ITF plaque of appreciation for MP Dorijan Maršič (2004-03-03) |
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| ITF plaque of appreciation was given today to Mr. Dorijan Maršič, Member of Slovenian Parliament at the ITF Headquarters in Ig. The efforts of MP Maršič were and still are of vital importance for ITF fund raising initiatives in Slovenia and worldwide. |
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| New donation of Government of Norway (2004-02-24) |
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| The Government of Norway has again contributed NOK 29.290.000 towards the support of demining activities undertaken by Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia in 2004. Part of the donation will also be earmarked for rehabilitation of mine victins from the region of South East Europe. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed with Jan Braathu, Deputy Director General at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
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| New contribution of the Government of Canada for Albanian Mine Action Programme (2004-02-12) |
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| The Government of Canada contributed 192.960 Cdn$ towards the support of "Albania MA Capacitiy Building and Coordination" project of UNDP in Albania. The contribution agreement was signed with Ambassador for Mine Action Mr. Ross Hynes. ITF is very happy that the donors continue to support the Mine Action programme in ALbania as it could be free from the impact of mines by 2005 should the level of support be sustained.
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| Humanitarian Event "Night of a Thousand Dinners" (2004-02-09) |
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| This year's event "Night of a Thousand Dinners" took place at Grand Hotel Union in Ljubljana, on 6 February 2004. Third consecutive, with over 200 guests attending, was organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Slovenia. Altogether, nearly 8,000.000 SIT were raised. Proceeds from the "Night of a Thousand Dinners" will be earmarked for rehabilitation of Albanian mine victims and the USA-UNA Adopt-A-Minefield clearance program. The main goal of the event was to spread mine awareness and raise means for mine eradication. Hosts of the dinner were H.E. Mr. Johnny Young, Ambassador of the United States of America and Mr. Jernej Cimperšek, ITF. Honorary guest at the dinner was former president of the Republic of Slovenia Mr. Milan Kučan.
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| Transfer of equipment used by HI for LIS in BiH (2004-01-13) |
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The equipment used by Handicap International for Landmine Impact Survey in Bosnia and Herzegovina was handed over to BH MAC, Commission for Demining of BiH, Handicap International and ITF in the premises of BH MAC in Sarajevo, BiH. The ceremony was attended by James A. Cohen, Political-Military Secretary at US Embassy in BiH. The donors of the LIS project in BiH were United States of America, European Union and Canada. |
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| Ponovna donacija Avstrije (2003-12-24) |
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| Tokratna donacija v višini 340.000 Euro je že četrta finančna donacija Avstrije ITF-u in je namenjena razminiranju v Bosni in Hercegovini. |
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| Austria donated more than 340.000 Euro for mine clearance activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2003-12-19) |
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| Austria donated more than 340.000 Euro for mine clearance activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, i.e. in the district of Brčko and Unsko-sanski canton. The donation will clear more than 200.000 square meters of high priority mine-contaminated areas. The donation agreement was signed today at the Austrian Embassy between the Austrian Ambassador, H.E. dr. Ferdinand Mayrhofer-Grünbühel and ITF director, Jernej Cimpersek.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is still the most mine-affected country in the region of South-East Europe with more than 2000 square kilometers of suspected mine-contaminated land. Thus this donation will contribute to the aim of clearing Bosnia and Herzegovina of mines by year 2010.
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| EU donated Digital Orthophoto (DOP) through ITF for CROMAC (2003-12-08) |
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| State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia and ITF signed the agreement for the donation of 250 sheets of digital orthophoto (scale 1:5.000) in total amount of 200.000 EUR. European Commission donated funds for the production through the project “Geographic Information System for Mine Action in South-East Europe”. Two Croatian firms Geofoto d.o.o. and Zavod za fotogrametriju d.d. were selected through international tender for the DOP production. Digital orthophoto and digital maps in scale 1:5.000, as a product of high technology, represent technically, qualitatively and economically best solution for upgrading basic cartographic processes and geographical information systems, in function of planning, studying and analysing of humanitarian demining in Croatian Mine Action Centre. |
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| Launch of the 2004 Nairobi Summit on a MIne Free World (2003-12-02) |
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| The 2004 Nairobi Summit on a MIne Free World was launched near Nikozia on Cyprus by Acting president of the Republic of Cyprus, Demetris Christofias and the Austrian Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch. In the words of Wolfgang Petritsch it is expected that the world leaders will establish a concrete plan to fullfil the aims of the Ottawa cponvention between 2004-2009. The FIrst Review Conference in Nairobi is scheduled to take place 29 November to 3 December 2004 (more www.reviewconference.org). (from ICBL Press Release www.icbl.org) |
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| 11th Session of ITF Board of Advisors (2003-11-11) |
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| The 11th Session of ITF Board of Advisors was held from 09:30 to 14:30 on 11th November 2003 in the premises of Training Center for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief in Ig, Slovenia. The ITF Intermediate Report for the period from 01 January to 30 September 2003 as well as the plans for 2004 of MACs in the region of SEE and many other interesting presentations in the field of mine action efforts in the region of SEE were presented at the Session. The Session was attended by 19 of 25 members of ITF Board of Advisors. |
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| Regional MDD Center in Konjic officially opened (2003-10-14) |
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| Regional Mine Detection Dog Center was officially opened on Tuesday, 14 October 2003 in Borci-Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina. For the first three years the MDD Center will be financed by the Office for Humanitarian Demining Programs, United States Department of State, after which the responsibility for the Center will be taken over by the BiH Council of Ministers. The regional MDD Center will hold training courses for personnel to work with dogs and dogs to detect all types of mines and UXOs. |
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| Study Report on Landmine Victims Assistance in SEE (2003-10-10) |
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| Final Study Report on Landmine Victims Assistance in South East Europe developed by Sheree Bailey, Handicap International Belgium in collaboration with the Landmine Monitor research network in SEE and sponsored by ITF with the donations of Canada and US Department of State can be obtained at ITF web site under News-Publications (click here). |
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| Protocol on development of national capacities in the field of Mine Action in Bosnia and Herzegovina signed (2003-10-10) |
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| ITF and Commission for Demining of Bosnia and Herzegovina signed a Protocol on development of national capacities in the field of Mine Action in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of the Protocol is in defining avenues and timelines for establishing national capacities for tendering process in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as braoder subject of preserving and enhacing the level of donation for demining in Bosni and Herzegovina. The Protocol foresees cooperation in the field of fundraising, presentation of mine situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as training of staff in integrated communication in Mine Action; all with the aim of improving the current state of affiars in the field of Mine Action in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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| ITF plaques of appreciation given to US officials (2003-10-02) |
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| ITF plaques of appreciation were given yesterday in the ceremony at Capitol Hill yesterday. The plaques were given to senators Voinovich and Harkin, congressmen Oberstar nad Kirk, and to the Assistant Secretary of State Lincoln Bloomfield Jr.. USA donated until today more than 62,7 million US dollars to the ITF, that enabled clearing of more than 23 million square meters of mine contaminated land in the region of South-eastern Europe. |
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| Visit of Mr. Roger Tomlinson (»The Father of GIS«) (2003-10-01) |
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| Mr.Roger Tomlinson (he is known as »father of Geographical Information Systems«) visited ITF on 01 October 2001. He is a president of Tomlinson Associates Ltd., Consulting Geographers in Canada. Mr. Tomlinson is a visionary geographer who conceived and developed the world's first Geographical Information System (GIS) for the Canada Land Inventory. He pioneered the use of GIS worldwide to collect, manage and manipulate geographical data, changing the face of geography as a discipline. |
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| ITF donation of computer to Fllanxa (2003-09-26) |
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| ITF Deputy Director, Mr. Goran Gačnik handed over the laptop computer to 14-year old girl from Albania, mine victim, Fllanxa Murra in the premises of the Institute for Rehabilitation of Republic of Slovenia in Ljubljana on 26 September 2003.
ITF already raised more than SIT 2 million with the voluntary contributions of the participants at the humanitarian event "Night of a Thousand Dinners" on 30 November 2002 for a rehabilitation of Fllanxa who has lost both of her legs and partially also wounded her hand. The rehabilitation at the Institute for Rehabilitation has enabled her to increase mobility in her life. The computer is of vital importance for her to continue education and reintegrate into the society.
Good luck, Fllanxa!
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| Prebivalcem severne Albanije predana očiščena minska polja (2003-09-25) |
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| Predstavniki Mednarodne ustanove – fundacije za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) so se skupaj s češkim veleposlanikom v Sloveniji Tomašem Szunyogom danes v vasi Stoberda v severni Albaniji udeležili predaje očiščenih minskih polj v uporabo lokalnemu prebivalstvu. S sredstvi, ki so jih preko ITF-a donirale Češka, Luksemburg, Nemčija, ZDA ter EU, sta organizaciji DanChurcAid ter Swiss Foundation for Mine Action v regijah Kukes, Has in Tropoje letos očistili preko 100.000 m2 ozemlja. Mednarodna ustanova – fundacija za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) je letos za aktivnosti v Albaniji zbrala preko 2,7 milijona ameriških dolarjev, od leta 2000 pa skupaj že več kot 7,4 milijona.
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| Visit of the minefields in Northern Albania (2003-09-25) |
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| The ceremony of hand-over of the cleared land to the local communities took place in Stoberda, Northern Albania on Friday. Albanian Mine Action Executive thus handed over the land cleared in 2003 by the two demining NGOs DanChurchAid and Swiss Foundation for Demining for safe use to local population. The ceremony was attended also by the representatives of the donor community, Albanian authorities, UNDP, KFOR and ITF. The ceremony was also accompanied by the presentation of the demining machine ML-1 that was the donation of the United States of America through ITF to the Albanian Mine Action programme and Danminar MDD team, that was supported by the Czech donation through the ITF.
With the sufficient donor support in 2004 and 2005 Albania could be free of the effect of mines by the end of 2005. |
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| Visit of BiH delegation (2003-09-09) |
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| Members of the BiH presidency visited the Center for Mine Victims at the Institute for Rehabilitation of Republic of Slovenia (IRRS) in Ljubljana on 9 September 2003. ITF Director, Jernej Cimperšek has invited the BiH delegation to present the activities of ITF in BiH and the rehabilitation programme for mine victims executed through ITF at IRRS.
Until now ITF has funded the rehabilitation for 646 mine victims from Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Rehabilitation centers in BiH and IRRS and 16 additional patients - mine victims are being rehabilitated at the moment at IRRS. |
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| New donation of Ireland to the ITF (2003-09-05) |
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| Ireland and ITF signed the Memorandum of understanding for the new Irish donation in amount of 115.450 Euro. The Memorandum was signed by the Irish Ambassador in Slovenia, H.E. Mr Gary Ansbro and ITF director. The donation will be used for the support of mine clearance operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, i.e. the mechanical ground preparation for support of Entity Armed Forces demining. EAF demining is coordianted through SFOR.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is still one of the most mine-affected countries in the SEE region with more than 1 million mines and UXOs still contaminating the land. The donation will help in restoring the return of the peoples lives to the path of normalcy. |
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| Memorandum of Understanding signed between Republic of France and ITF (2003-09-04) |
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| The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Republic of France, represented by H.E. Mr. Olivier de La Baume, French Ambassador to Slovenia and ITF, represented by ITF director, Jernej Cimperšek. This is already fifth donation of the Republic of France to the ITF, which means that all together France donated more than 290.000 Euro to the ITF. The amount of this times donation (83.800 Euro) will be spent for support of the supervision and training of the Kosovo Protection Corps in the province of Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro). |
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| Tender published for the execution of demining works in Albania (2003-08-16) |
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| Works procurement notice for execution of demining works in Northern Albania was announced today for the European Union donation to the ITF for the project entitled "Support to regional co-operation in Mine Action in South East Europe Countries-Clearance of the borderline projects". The deadline for submission of tenders is 15 October 2003. Please click here for more information or go to Activities/Demining/Tenders for execution of demining works. |
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| Memoranda of understanding signed between Federal Republic of Germany and ITF (2003-08-14) |
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| Today 3 Memoranda of understanding were signed between H.E. Hans Jochen Peters, Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany to Slovenia and ITF director, Jernej Cimperšek. Germany thus donated more than 1,3 million Euro for the demining activities in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro. Until today more than 4,2 million USD were donated by Germany to the ITF. |
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| ITF received 2003 ESRI Special Achievement Award in GIS (2003-07-10) |
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| ITF has been selected to receive a “Special Achievement in GIS” award at ESRI’s 23rd Annual User Conference. This award is being given to user sites around the world in recognition of their outstanding work in the GIS field. ITF was selected to receive this prize from over 100,000 user sites worldwide. The award was presented at a special ceremony on Thursday, July 10, in San Diego, California, USA. |
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| Nagrada ITF-u v San Diegu (2003-07-10) |
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| Mednarodna ustanova – Fundacija za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) je konec preteklega tedna v San Diegu, Kaliforniji, prejela prestižno mednarodno nagrado za izredne dosežke na področju geoinformacijske tehnologije. Nagrade letno podeljuje ESRI – Enviromental System Research Institute iz Zdrženih držav Amerike, na svoji letni konferenci, kjer je bilo tokrat prijavljenih 100.000 uporabniških predlogov geoinformacijske tehnologije. |
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| Additional site visit set for the tender in Serbia (2003-07-04) |
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| All interested in execution of the demining works in Serbia under the invitation ITF-025-027/03-EU/SCG be informed that one more site visit will be organised by the ITF. The additional date set is Wednesday, 30 July 2003. The meeting point is Motel Adaševci at 11:00 hours. For additional information contact ITF Implementation office in Sisak, telephone: +385 44 534 606. |
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| Works procurement notice for execution of demining works (2003-06-23) |
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| Works procurement notice for execution of demining works in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro was announced today for the European Union donation to the ITF for the project entitled "Support to regional co-operation in Mine Action in South East Europe Countries-Clearance of the borderline projects". The deadline for submission of tenders is 22 August 2003. Please click here for more information or go to Activities/Demining/Tenders for execution of demining works. |
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| Visit of the Humanitarian Demining Training Center in Fort Leonard Wood (2003-06-21) |
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| On the invitation of Paul Arcangeli, Director of the Humanitarian Demining Training Center at US Army Engineer School in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, ITF and GICHD Delegation visited the US Army Humanitarian Demining Training Center. The purpose of the ITF visit was ... |
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| Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for new donation of the Czech Republic (2003-06-16) |
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| H.E. Mr. Tomas Szunyog and ITF Director Jernej Cimperšek signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the seventh donation of the Czech Republic to the ITF in the amount of 50.000 USD. The donation will be used for support of the MDD team in Albania - demining is executed by the NGO DanChurchAid. Until today more than 317.000 USD were already donated by the Czech republic to the ITF for the demining activities in the region of SEE. |
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| Češka donirala 50.000 ameriških dolarjev za ekipo deminerskih psov v Albaniji (2003-06-16) |
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| Mednarodna ustanova - fundacija za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) je prejela donacijo Češke republike v višini 50.000 ameriških dolarjev. Sporazum o donaciji sta v prostorih fundacije na Igu podpisala češki veleposlanik v Sloveniji, Tomáš Szunyog in direktor ITF, mag. Jernej Cimperšek. Tokratna donacija Češke republike je že sedma zapored in je namenjena za podporo ekipam deminerskih psov nevladne organizacije »Danish Church Aid« (DCA) za aktivnosti v Albaniji |
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| Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between ITF and the Czech Republic (2003-06-13) |
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| New Memorandum of Understanding between ITF and Czech republic will be signed in the ITF headquarters 16 June 2003 at 10:00. Czech republic until today donated already 317.000 USD to the ITF for different Mine Action Activities. The newest donation in the amount of 50.000 USD will be used for the support of the demining activities of the NGO Danish Church Aid in Albania. |
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| Signing of the joint declaration at the occasion of the new EU donation to the ITF (2003-06-03) |
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| H.E. Mr. Erwan Fouerre, Head of the EC Delegation in Slovenia and Jernej Cimpersek, ITF director signed a joint declaration at the occasion of the new donation of EU to the ITF at Center Evropa. EU donated 2,85 million Euro to the ITF, which brings the total of EU donations to the ITF to 8,15 million Euro that were spent for demining activities in region of SEE |
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| New donation of European Union to the ITF (2003-05-30) |
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| New donation in the amount of 3,65 million Euro was donated to the ITF by the European Union. The joint declaration on the receipt of the donation will be signed between ITF and EC Delegation in Slovenia in Center Europa on 3 June 2003 at 10:30. |
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| ITF praznuje 5. obletnico delovanja (2003-03-07) |
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| Mednarodna ustanova – fundacija za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) te dni praznuje peto obletnico svojega delovanja. Potem, ko jo je marca 1998 ustanovila slovenska vlada z namenom odpraviti problem protipehotnih min ter nuditi fizično in socialno-ekonomsko rehabilitacijo žrtvam min v Bosni in Hercegovini, se je v petih letih s svojim delovanjem uspešno pozicionirala na svetovnem zemljevidu humanitarnih organizacij, ki so aktivne v celotni regiji JV Evrope. Danes tako deluje v ... |
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| Obisk direktorja Mednarodne ustanove-fundacije za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min v Združenih državah Amerike (2003-03-03) |
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| Direktor Mednarodne ustanove-fundacije za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF), mag. Jernej Cimperšek, je na obisku v Združenih državah Amerike. Namen obiska je predstavitev dejavnosti ITF predvsem posameznim kongresnikom in senatorjem v Washingtonu in srečanje s predstavniki State Departmenta. Direktor bo tako obiskal 15 pisarn kongresnikov in senatorjev, med katerimi se bo srečal s kongresnikoma Jimom Oberstarjem in Markom Kirkom. |
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| Delovni obisk predstavnikov ITF-a v Bruslju (2003-02-24) |
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| Predstavniki Mednarodne ustanove - fundacije za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) so danes odpotovali na dvodnevni obisk v Bruselj. Na delovnih sestankih se bodo sestali s predstavniki belgijskega ministrstva za zunanje zadeve ter predstavniki Evropske unije in NATO-a. |
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| Švica ponovno donirala (2002-12-23) |
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| Švica ponovno donirala Mednarodni ustanovi-fundaciji za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min. Švica je tokratni znesek v višini 199.292 CHF namenila projektu usposabljanja in uporabe psov za razminiranje v Bosni in Hercegovini. |
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| ITF deležen velike pozornosti in podpore številnih donatorjev (2002-12-05) |
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| Mednarodna ustanova-fundacija za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) je ponovno organizirala humanitarno prireditev »Noč tisočerih večerij«. Gre za prireditev, ki poteka istočasno v številnih mestih po svetu, s ciljem ozaveščanja o nevarnosti min in njihovih posledicah ter zbiranju sredstev za odstranjevanje njihovih posledic. |
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| Četrta donacija Francije (2002-06-13) |
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| Donacija Francije je namenjena izobraževanju strokovnjakov na področju ortopedije. Francoska vlada je ITF-u za programe razminiranja in pomoči žrtvam min do sedaj donirala že več kot 250.000 evrov. |
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| Slovaški predsednik Rudolf Schuster je na srečanje v Slovenijo prišel z darilom (2002-05-31) |
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| V okviru 9. srečanja predsednikov sreednjeevropskih držav je slovaški predsednik Rudolf Schuster na Bledu predal direktorju Mednarodne ustanove-fundacije za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) Jerneju Cimperšku stroj za razminiranje slovaške proizvodnje, Božena 4. Stroj, z manj kot 5 tonami teže, spada med tako imenovane lahke stroje za razminiranje, ki so zelo uporabni na manjših in neravnih površinah, saj so zaradi svoje »majhnosti« relativno okretni. |
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| Napovedane nove podpore ITF-u (2002-05-26) |
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| Mednarodna ustanova - fundacija za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) je v teh dneh sprejemala številne obiske svojih donatorjev. Tako so njihov sedež na Igu obiskali vodja Delegacije Evropske komisije v Ljubljani gospod Erwan Fouéré, slovaški veleposlanik v Sloveniji dr. Milan Tokár in veleposlanica Kuvajta Nabeela Abdulla Al-Mulla... |
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| Podpisan sporazum o donaciji 15 detektorjev za iskanje min (2002-05-13) |
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| Mednarodna ustanova Fundacija za razminiranje in pomo>č žrtvam min (ITF) je s svojim delom, ki zajema odstranjevanje min in neeksplodiranih ubojnih sredstev ter usposabljanje makedonskih ekip za razminiranje, v Republiki Makedoniji prisotna od konca leta 2001. S ciljem vračanja razseljenega prebivalstva na svoje domove so do meseca decembra, ko so dela zaradi vremena začasno prekinili, očistil že več kot 2.000 objektov in preko dva milijona kvadratnih metrov onesnaženih površin. |
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| ITF se je predstavil ambasadorjem zveze NATO (2002-03-14) |
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| Jernej Cimperšek, direktor Mednarodne ustanove - fundacije za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) je bil na povabilo generalnega sekretarja Zveze NATO, lorda Robertsona gost zasedanja Sveta evro-atlantske zveze - Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC). Lord Robertson je zasedanju, ki je potekalo na sedežu Zveze NATO v Bruslju tudi predsedoval. Na njem je Cimperšek v kratki predstavitvi govoril o delovanju ITF-a, ki ga v NATO-u ocenjujejo kot odličen primer učinkovitega regijskega sodelovanja na evro-atlantskem območju. |
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| Združene države Amerike donirale ITF-u 14 milijonov ameriških dolarjev (2002-02-27) |
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| Mednarodna ustanova - fundacija za razminiranje in pomoč žrtvam min (ITF) je za mehanizem podvajanja, po principu katerega je za podvajanje potrebno zbrati enak znesek iz naslova donacij, prejela že drugo donacijo Združenih držav Amerike, tokrat v višini 14 milijonov ameriških dolarjev... |
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| Švica donirala (2002-02-26) |
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| Švica je tokratni znesek v višini 500.000 CHF namenila razminiranju v Albaniji. |
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| Druga donacija Evropske Unije (2002-02-15) |
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| Evropska unija je znesek druge donacije v višini 2,5 milijona evrov namenila za razminiranje minsko onesnaženih področij JV Evrope. |
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