Angola [funded by EC, USA, Germany, Canada]
INAD begins field work in Cabinda. Planning begins for final report writing in Luanda at the end of April.

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

Somalia (Phase 3: Sanaag & Sool regions) [funded by EC through UNDP/UNOPS]
The field work Sanaag and Sool from the Somaliland side has been completed. In April the field work will resume from the Puntland side of the regions. It is projected the fieldwork for the survey will be completed by the end of May.

Sudan [funded by Canada, UNMAS]
Mines Advisory Group begins field work in Kassala, Gederaf and Northern Bahr El Ghazal. POC begins in Red Sea state. Blue Nile state report distributed to stakeholders in Sudan.

Informal Village Demining [funded by U.S. Department of State]
Dr. Michael Fleisher completes field work in Angola researching informal village demining and returns to Takoma Park to debrief SAC and write up his findings.

LIS Explorer Upgrade [funded by U.S. Department of State]
Final testing of LIS Explorer upgrade continues. Four new country databases have been added and improvements have been made to the user interface and system performance. The upgrade will be available on the SAC website in April.

Mine Information Matrix [contracted by Marshall Legacy Institute with funding from the U.S. Department of State]
SAC, Marshall Legacy Institute, and James Madison University – Mine Action Information Center continue researching key mine affected countries.

Survey Action Center
Executive Director, Bob Eaton, attends the National Program Directors Meeting in Geneva sponsored by the United Nations.