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In early 2001, the United
Nations (UN) and the government of Eritrea
requested that a Landmine Impact Survey
(LIS) be conducted. The Survey Action Center
(SAC) and the United
Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
conducted an Advance Survey Mission (ASM)
in June of 2001.
The European
Community (EC) and the governments of Canada
(CIDA)
and Norway through the UNDP Mine Action Capacity Building Program (UNDP MACBP) funded this survey.
The survey was executed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with two
international and one national staff with technical support from SAC. It was implemented by the Eritrean Solidarity
and Co-operation Association (ESCA). ESCA employed all of the national field supervisors, field editors, data
collectors and all of the support staff, totaling 92 persons. The field staff was organized into three survey groups,
with each interview team staffed by Eritreans representing the nine major languages spoken in the country.
The Survey Action Center (SAC) together with the United Nations Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia Mine Action
Coordination Center (MACC) trained the senior staff and supervised the training of the first group of interviewers.
The University of Asmara assisted in the translation of the survey questionnaire into Tigrigna.
The United Nations
Mine Action Service
(UNMAS/UNOPS) provided the Quality Assurance Monitor (QAM).
| Senior Technical
Advisor (1st year of survey) |
Justin
Brady |
| Survey Technical
Officer |
Johannes
Heymans |
| Survey Project
Manager |
Michael
Hands |
| Country Team
Leader |
Kesete
Medhane |
| Operations
Manager |
Feven Berhe
Tesfay |
The LIS office in Asmara opened in April 2002.
In May, the Preliminary Opinion Collection (POC) began as well as the translation of the questionnaire into the Tigrigna
language. Recruitment and hiring of senior staff continued through August and September. The Eritrean Solidarity and
Co-operation Association (ESCA) were selected to be the implementing agency for the LIS and a Memorandum of Understanding
between UNDP and ESCA was signed on 30 September 2002. Training of the senior staff was conducted in November followed
by the pre-test in December. The interviewers were trained in January 2003. The POC identified 1,656 communities to be visited.
Data collection began 14 March 2003. Six survey groups, each consisting of three pairs of interviewers, were deployed
into three separate areas. The second Quality Assurance Monitor (QAM) intervention occurred from mid-May through mid-July.
Data collection was completed in December 2003.
The Strategic Planning Group met in January 2004 and finalized the survey impact scoring system. The third and final
QAM intervention was conducted in March. All vehicles, computers, and field equipment were handed over to MACBP in April.
SAC's Mike Kendellen arrived in May 2004 to write the final report. The LIS closed its offices in June.
The final report was produced by SAC in Takoma Park and was distributed in May 2005.
To learn more about the Landmine Impact Survey (LIS) in Eritrea
feel free to contact
SAC.
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| European Community |
$
1,795,959 |
| Canada |
$
471,347 |
| Finland |
$
168,926 |
| Total |
$
2,436,232 |
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| UNMACBP(survey) |
$ 1,411,858 |
| UNMACBP(equip.) |
$ 414,665 |
| SAC(training,report) |
$ 164,398 |
| Cranfield Mine Action |
$ 66,202 |
| U.of Berne(maps) |
$ 234,869 |
| Total |
$ 2,291,992 |
| Advance Survey Mission |
Jun
'01 |
| LIS Orientation
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Jan
'02 |
| LIS office setup |
Apr
'02 |
| POC Begins |
May
'02 |
| MoU Signed |
Sep
'02 |
| Senior Staff Training |
Nov
'02 |
| Interviewer Training |
Jan
'03 |
Data
Collection begins |
Mar
'03 |
Data
Collection ends |
Jan
'04 |
Report
Writing Begins |
May
'04 |
UN
Certification |
Nov
'04 |
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