Afghanistan
The Survey Action Center (SAC) and UNDP-Kabul agreed on the working terms to begin a landmine impact survey (LIS). Orientation for the SAC team will take place in Takoma Park 19-24 May.

Angola
SAC hired Christian Larssen for Survey Coordinator, Begona Fontan Pena as Finance- Admin officer, and Judith Van Daalen as GIS Database officer. Christian and Anthony Zenos, SAC Consultant, went to Angola on 22 February to continue discussions with the NGO implementing partners and CNIDAH on survey implementation and to further assess the number of mine suspected communities that need to be surveyed.
 
SAC signed a grant agreement with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) of CAD$800,000 to support the LIS in Angola.

Azerbaijan
Data collection completed.

Bosnia-Herzegovina
Mike Kendellen visited Bosnia and observed the pilot test. The pilot test of more than 60 mine suspected communities was completed on 28 March.

Eritrea
Data collection began.

Ethiopia
Pilot testing of the operational plan began in three separate locations.

Somalia
Dr. Aldo Benini and Tom Haythornthwaite completed their trip to Somalia on 10 March. Final report writing continued in Copenhagen and Takoma Park. DDG closed its LIS operations and returned all equipment to UNDP.

Annual General Audit and Federal Grant Audit (A-133)
The annual and A-133 audits have been completed and are posted on the web. Click here to view the financial report. The narrative of the report will be available next month.