News
16/04/2018
Donors and Implementing Partners Cautiously Optimistic About Afghanistan
ITF sent its team last week to Geneva to attend the Afghanistan Donor and Implementing Partners Coordination Workshop
10/04/2018
ITF Marks Mine Awareness Day
This year, ITF marked 4 April, International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
27/03/2018
Canada Provides Equipment for BHMAC
Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides 22 sets of personal protective equipment for Bosnia and Herzegovina Mine Action Center.
15/03/2018
Interview with Director of ITF: Tomaž Lovrenčič
As of 1 March 2018, Amb Lovrenčič assumed the role of Director of ITF.
14/03/2018
ITF Turns 20!
ITF Enhancing Human Security celebrated its 20th anniversary by honoring the Faces of ITF.
10/03/2018
Japan Supports Demining Activities in Novo Goražde and Bosanska Krupa
ITF and Japan sign a grant contract for activities of demining and technical survey on 12 locations Municipalities of Novo Goražde and Bosanska Krupa.
19/02/2018
The 21st NDMUN in Geneva, Switzerland
ITF met with global leaders of mine action in Geneva, Switzerland and displayed its “Silent Killers of Afghanistan” exhibition
14/02/2018
ECOWAS with Five National Centers for the Coordination of Early Warning and Response Mechanism
National Early Warning and Response centers in Liberia and Burkina Faso opened, with Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau projected to open by the end of February.
01/02/2018
Eight Locations in BIH Handed Back to the Local Community
19 mines and 79 UXO were found in an area totalling 295,638 square meters in the areas of Ilijaš and Busovača, BIH.
10/01/2018
Stories of Landmine Survivors – Velezar Šurbat
Velezar Šurbat, a pensioner from Bijeljina was injured by a landmine in 1993.
21/12/2017
ITF at 16MSP in Vienna
The 16th Meeting of State Parties to the Ottawa Convention was held between 18 and 21 December 2017 in Vienna.
03/12/2017
Ottawa Treaty Turns 20
The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction was signed on 3 December 1997 in Ottawa.
14/11/2017
Silent Killers of Afghanistan Exhibition is Open!
The exhibition by the world-renowned photographer Arne Hodalič will be on view until 31 December 2017 at Slovene Ethnographic Museum.
09/11/2017
Japan continues to support ITF activities in BiH
Japan allocates additional 408,660 EUR for demining activities in BiH.
06/11/2017
As of 1 November 2017, Ambassador Tomaž Lovrenčič assumed the role of ITF Acting Director
During the 56th Session ITF Managing Board appointed Ambassador Tomaž Lovrenčič as the new Acting Director.
27/10/2017
Socio-Economic Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Mine/UXO Survivors in Kosovo* Continues
The last of three workshops intended for mine/UXO survivors from Kosovo* was held between 6 and 8 October 2017 in Albania.
18/10/2017
ITF Supports Psychosocial Aid and Comprehensive Rehabilitation in Gaza Strip
ITF is supporting comprehensive rehabilitation and psychosocial support in Gaza Strip, including trainings of rehabilitation experts and support of counselling units in schools.
17/10/2017
ITF in Mali
ITF is supporting the establishment of National Centers of Early Warning and Response Mechanism.
04/10/2017
Physiotherapists from West Bank Receive Training at URI – Soča
ITF is providing capacity building support to rehabilitation institutions in West Bank and Gaza.
03/10/2017
ITF Supports RE Workshops in Jordan
So far, 204 workshops for 6,020 Syrian refugees have been implemented in Jordan through ITF.
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*The designation Kosovo is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSC 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.