COUNTRY-FOCUSED APPROACH
Over the next year, the GICHD will continue to strengthen its country-focussed approach in line with its Strategy. Thematic support such as on strategic planning, NMAS, IM and GDI will continue to be the basis for the Centre’s work on capacity development. At the same time, the Centre will seek further to strengthen its impact by taking an even more needs- driven and multi-year approach to the support provided to selected countries. One of the key goals of the GICHD’s country-focussed approach is to ensure that multi-year capacity development support packages are based on clear objectives agreed in advance with the affected states. The establishment of baselines at the inception phase is an important aspect of this endeavour. So is the development of country-specific work plans that are tailored to identified needs, relevant to the operational context and programme realistic delivery of activities that have been agreed with the respective national authority. GICHD thematic support packages are then systematically designed, implemented, monitored, and evaluated following a standardised process. In 2022, a strong emphasis will be placed on tailoring support to reflect the unique operational contexts in selected countries. The considerable success of the strategic planning process in Iraq has led to a national mine action strategy* that will frame all future mine
action interventions, including any thematic support provided by the GICHD, over the 2022–2028 strategic period. This success has led to further requests for support from the Government of Iraq for the implementation of the national strategy. In 2022 the GICHD will initiate this support by facilitating dialogue among all the relevant stakeholders, building towards the development of detailed strategy work plans. The positive experience in Iraq is a good example of the GICHD’s efforts to strengthen and replicate the country focussed approach previously taken in Afghanistan. Whilst very substantial progress was made in Afghanistan in 2020 and 2021, the significant shift in the country’s political landscape has led to fundamental changes in the way that the mine action programme is structured. The GICHD will continue to engage in Afghanistan to the extent that our upstream work is possible, acceptable and sustainable. The change in political landscape in Afghanistan is a reminder that upstream mine action work is susceptible to such changes. This is precisely why the country-focussed approach is based on carefully tailored and context-specific responses.
With this in mind, the GICHD plans to tailor its country-focussed support to Ukraine in 2022 and beyond. Following an analysis of the existing institutional framework and giving due consideration to the evolving national political context, capacity development assistance planned for Ukraine in 2022 is likely to have the greatest impact if it is more focussed towards upstream work that supports field operations. Thematic support on issues such as developing national standards, information management systems, EORE and gender equality, diversity and inclusion will be sequenced appropriately in coordination with both national and international stakeholders. The appropriate sequencing will ensure that GICHD support is delivered in a way that progressively builds national capacity in key areas. This, in turn, will ensure that the GICHD continues to deliver the most effective and efficient support, as the national institutional architecture for mine action is formally established.
*Final draft under consideration within Iraqi government at the time of writing
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