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Workshop Programme

WEDNESDAY 7 OCTOBER

Field visit

Kukes Regional Hospital

Participants will visit the new prosthetic workshop, physiotherapy unit, surgical unit and x-ray equipment provided under various projects to Kukes Regional Hospital, in support of mine survivors and other people in need.

AMAE Regional Office in Kukes

Presentations/briefings will be made by the Albanian Mine Action Executive, the non-governmental organisation ALB-AID and representatives from the local/district authorities on mine clearance, victim assistance and other related activities in the region. The participants will have the chance to see displays and demonstrations of mine survivors’ works.

THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER

Introductory remarks by the workshop chairperson

  • Petrit Karabina, Deputy Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Albanian Mine Action Committee PDF 93KB

High Level Opening of the Workshop

  • Gazmend Turdiu, General Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Albania
  • Izet Ademaj, International Campaign to Ban Landmines

Remarks by the workshop chairperson

  • Petrit Karabina, Deputy Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Albanian Mine Action Committee

Overview of the general status of the Convention in South Eastern Europe

  • Kerry Brinkert, Director, AP Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit PDF 685KB
  • Ramiz Becirovic, International Campaign to Ban Landmines PDF 33KB | Slides PDF 172KB

Clearing mined areas

  • Juan Carlos Ruan, Mine Action Implementation Specialist, AP Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit PDF 179KB | Slides PDF 779KB

Albania: A case study in cooperation in clearing mined areas and destroying other explosive remnants of war

  • Arben Braha, Director, Albanian Mine Action Executive PDF 1.4MB
  • Anthony Connell, Programme Manager, DanChurchAid PDF 1.1MB
  • Gregor Sancancin, Project Manager, International Trust Fund PDF 1.2MB
  • Vibeke Risa, Deputy Country Director, United Nations Development Programme PDF 101KB

Efforts of other South Eastern European States Parties to clear mined areas and destroy other explosive remnants of war

  • Presentations by other States Parties in South Eastern Europe

The role of the European Commission in achieving a mine-free South Eastern Europe

  • Presentation by the European Commission PDF 1.0MB

The role of the UN Mine Action Team in achieving a mine-free South Eastern Europe

Views and experiences of States not parties with respect to the pursuit of the Convention’s aims

  • John MacBride, Senior Defence Advisor, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada, and Coordinator of the Universalisation Contact Group PDF 227KB
  • Opportunity for presentations by invited States not parties

Other matters essential for achieving the Convention’s aims

  • Kerry Brinkert, Director of the AP Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit PDF 383KB
  • Camilla Waszink, Policy Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross PDF 202KB

FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER

Assisting the victims

  • Sheree Bailey, Victim Assistance Specialist, AP Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit PDF 75KB | Slides PDF 1.1MB
  • Presentation by Albania on its efforts to assist survivors PDF 624KB
  • Presentation by other South Eastern European States Parties on their efforts to assist survivors
  • Presentation by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines on efforts to assist survivors 

Regional cooperation in fulfilling the Convention’s aims in South Eastern Europe

  • Gregor Sancanin, Project Manager, International Trust Fund PDF 1.0MB
  • Opportunity for updates by others that have contributed to mine action in the region

Toward the Second Review Conference

  • Susan Eckey, President-Designate of the Second Review Conference PDF 67KB
  • Daniel Avila, Director PAICMA, Colombia, host country of the Second Review Conference PDF 1.7MB
  • Tamar Gabelnick, Treaty Implementation Director, International Campaign to Ban Landmines PDF 573KB
  • Views of the ICRC with respect to the Second Review Conference PDF 93KB

Closing remarks

  • Petrit Karabina, Deputy Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Albanian Mine Action Committee PDF 166KB

 

SIDE EVENT

  • Briefing on the Convention on Cluster Munitions – Co hosted by the Albanian Government     and the Cluster Munitions Coalition (Akernia Room)