GICHD 2022 Performance Report

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

As a response to the growing demand for research during the 2019-2022 strategic period, the GICHD decided to establish a tailored Research and Innovation Programme in its next strategic period (2023-2026). The Centre’s research and innovation efforts aim to support:

In terms of innovation, the GICHD has been involved in developing and promoting the use of new technologies and has continued to serve as a platform for the organisation of global technology workshops. By bringing together diverse stakeholders these workshops help accelerate the development and deployment of new technologies and approaches to address challenges

relating to EO around the world. From 2023 onwards, the GICHD decided to pivot these workshops, under the new name: Innovation Conference, to include broader innovative approaches (including technology) to ensure that the ‘dots are joined’ more consistently across challenges the sector face and for which innovative solutions need to be developed to resolve them.

i. the generation and dissemination of knowledge and

ii. finding solutions that can address challenges and create new opportunities for countries and territories to improve their safety, efficiency and effectiveness of their operations.

To date, the GICHD has conducted and supported research on a wide range of topics, including the development of technology, policy analysis and operational best practices. Research work in 2022 includes the Explosive Ordnance Guide for Ukraine (1 st and 2 nd editions), Gender and Diversity in the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Operational Efficiency in Mine Action (published in 2023), Difficult Terrain in Mine Action (published in 2023), A Guide to Ageing of Explosive Ordnance in the Environment (to be published in 2023), Guide to Systems Engineering for Humanitarian Information Management and Linking Mine Action, and the Sustainable Development Outcomes of Mine Action in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Colombia.

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