• Integrating mine action in the 2030 Agenda follow-up and review mechanism - the voluntary national reviews.
The NRA was actively engaged in the process of the preparation of the Lao PDR’s VNR 2018 report and provided relevant data from the UXO sector. The VNR refers to UXO in a comprehensive and consistent manner.
BiH’s 2019 VNR also contains some references to mine action and establishes linkages between demining and several SDGs.
USE OF SDG s ACROSS MINE ACTION PROGRAMMES
The study also assessed the experience of NMAAs in terms of using the SDGs across the cycle of their mine action programmes:
• Strategic planning
BIH’s National Mine Action Strategy 2018–2025 refers to the 2030 Agenda as one of the “strategically important intersectoral issues” and mentions that further analysis will be undertaken to better understand and promote links between mine action and SDGs. The impact of UXO on socio-economic development and on the achievement of the SDGs is well articulated in Lao PDR’s UXO Sector Five-Year Plan 2016–2020, which identifies SDG 18 ‘Lives Safe from UXO’ as the vision of UXO Sector in Lao PDR to 2030. Moreover, the National Strategic Plan for 2010–2020, also known as the Safe Path Forward II (SPF II), highlights how mainstreaming UXO action into broader socio-economic development strategies and programmes is imperative.
• Data and information management
BHMAC’s information management system “captures outcomes that can document the progress on the SDG contributions”, by closely following mine action strategy goals which are in line with the SDGs.
NRA uses the SDG monitoring framework for data gathering. For instance, casualty numbers entered into IMSMA allow to measure the SDG 18 target on casualty reduction.
• Mine action operations
Mine clearance is prioritised in BiH according to the country’s socio-economic development efforts, as well as with the SDGs. BHMAC plans to tighten the links of survey, clearance, and land release with the SDGs, taking into consideration the socio-economic, humanitarian, commercial, and ecological impact of explosive ordnance (EO) contamination. The NRA uses the SDG framework in various operational activities such as surveys and assessments, and for the prioritisation of land clearance, amongst others. The SDGs are considered part of a land clearance prioritisation process through the National Socio-Economic Development Plan (NSEDP), which itself integrates the SDGs.
• Resource mobilisation
For fundraising purposes, linkages with the SDGs have been used to show long-term and sustainable development aspects of mine clearance in both countries. In Lao PDR, donors are particularly interested to see the alignment of SDG 18 with other SDGs.
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