Afghanistan [funded by EC, Canada, Germany, UNVTF]
The English and Dari versions have been printed and distributed. The report is available on the SAC website at www.sac-na.org/surveys_afghanistan.html (see yellow box at top right).

Angola [funded by EC, USA, Germany, Canada]
Santa Barbara and NPA continue field work in Bengo and Uige provinces, respectively. CNIDAH designs National Mine Action Strategy around the preliminary LIS results.

Democratic Republic of Congo [funded by Canada]
With funding from Canada, SAC and DanChurchAid will conduct an enhanced Preliminary Opinion Collection to the district level in 2007.

Ethiopia [funded by EC, Norway, USA, Germany, Netherlands]
The UN Certification Committee certified the Landmine Impact Survey on 8 December.

Somalia (Phase 3: Sanaag & Sool regions) [funded by EC through UNDP/UNOPS]
Field work commenced on 18 December to conduct community interviews in 115 communities suspected to have landmines. QAM completes first intervention.

Sudan [funded by Canada]
Mines Advisory Group continues field work in Blue Nile state. POC begins in Sennar and Gedaref states. LIS postponed in Upper Nile state due to the security situation. UNMAS Quality Assurance Monitor (QAM) completes mission.

LIS Explorer Upgrade [funded by U.S. Department of State]
Subcontractor ThinkGeo LLC of Lawrence, Kansas continues the software development to upgrade the LIS Explorer. Four new country databases are being added and improvements are being made to the performance and user interface. The completed upgrade should be posted on the SAC website in March.

Survey Action Center
Executive Director Bob Eaton attended a four day meeting in Dubai for Afghanistan which was sponsored by the U.S. Department of State-PM/WRA entitled “USG Support to Strategic Organizational Development”.
 
Jeanne Bates, Administration Officer, has left the Survey Action Center after 2.5 years of service. Jeanne brought to SAC the rigor of a lawyer and the commitment of a social activist. She will be sorely missed and we wish her well in her future endeavors.