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6-8 May 2014
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Title To make this world a safer and more secure place
Welcome to NCT eXplosive Asia 2014! Distinguished Colleagues, First and foremost, I am delighted to welcome such a diverse and respected group of military, industry and government leaders to the third edition of the Non-Conventional Threat eXplosive Asia 2014 EOD and C-IED Conference, Exhibition & Demonstration. This year, we feel much honored to organize this leading regional forum in cooperation with the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) in a country that is so affected by the consequences of extensive UXO and landmine contamination. With the attendance of highly distinguished international organizations, outstanding military experts and representatives from regional police and training forces, we feel confident to provide again a forum where you can meet the experts that matter to finding new solutions for your cause. Dealing with threats from Improvised Explosive Devices, Explosive Remnants of War and Landmines is of utmost priority for many of the Asia- Pacific region’s governments. Every country in Southeast Asia is still facing substantial challenges related to land release and stockpile management. But also, the usage of IEDs has become ever more acute in the APAC region as exemplified by the Bali Bombings in Indonesia and the ‘Sticky Bomb’ incident in Bangkok in 2011. Consequently, providing first responder networks with the most advanced equipment and training for countering the IED/EOD threats is crucial but nonetheless remains a complex and highly challenging undertaking. Indeed, not only do APAC governments have to deal with current threats but they also have to keep themselves constantly up to date in order to anticipate future EOD threats and challenges - even more regarding numerous challenges that lie ahead especially for the C-IED community. On behalf of IB Consultancy and CMAA, I would like to welcome you to the Non-Conventional Threat eXplosive Asia 2014 Conference, Exhibition & Demonstration where we will address these important issues and work towards strengthening resilience and capabilities in this complex and challenging field. Yours sincerely,
Ilja M. Bonsen Managing Director IB Consultancy
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Table of Contents Program overview 4 Day 1 7 Day 2 7 Day 3 9 Speakers 12 The Mine Action Coordination Center of Afghanistan - Past Accomplishments and Future Projects - By BrĂd Sheehan 17 Is a (IMAS certified) mine detection dog the best solution in combat situations? Experience shows it is not. - By Jasper Schoenmakers 20 Sponsors 22 Exhibitors 23 The Institute of IED Management (IIM), Central Reserve Police Force (India) - By Mohd Jamal Khan 24 Media Partners 26 NCT CBRNe Awards 29 Practical Siem Reap 30 About the conference organizer 32
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Programme Overview Time
Schedule
Venue
Pre-Registration
Hotel Lobby
Live Demonstration
Cambodian Mine Action Centre / Cambodian Landmine Museum Relief Facility
18:30
Icebreaker reception
Le Meridien Angkor Pool
08:30
Registration and Networking
Hotel Lobby
09:00
EOD Opening Ceremony
Tara Ballroom
11:00
Morning Refreshments and Networking
Tara Ballroom Foyer
11:30
Approaches of UXO Detection and Land Release in Cambodia
Tara Ballroom
13:00
Lunch and Networking
Tara Ballroom Foyer
14:00
Out-of-the-Box: Robotic and Geophysical Solutions for UXO Threat Mitigation
Tara Ballroom
14:00
Workshop I: Mine and IED Detectors made by Vallon
Bayon 2
15:30
Afternoon Refreshments and Networking
Tara Ballroom Foyer
16:00
UXOs in Asian Post-Conflict Areas: Persisting Regional Requirements
Tara Ballroom
18:00
Networking Reception
Tara Ballroom Foyer
08:30
Registration
Tara Ballroom Foyer
09:00
C-IED Opening Ceremony
Tara Ballroom
10:30
Morning Refreshments and Networking
Tara Ballroom Foyer
11:00
Explosives Detection and Forensics: Defeating Terrorist Networks
Tara Ballroom
11:00
Workshop II: DOK-ING’s way to EOD and C-IED
Bayon 2
13:00
Lunch and Networking
Tara Ballroom Foyer
14:00
EOD Trends and Challenges -New Approaches to Detect and Defeat the Device
Tara Ballroom
16:00
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Day 1: Tuesday 6 May EOD Exercise at the Cambodian Mine Action Centre/ Cambodian Landmine Museum Relief Facility
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Day 2: Wednesday 7 May 08:30
Registration and Networking OPENING CEREMONY
09:00 Chairman’s Welcome and Opening Remarks Mohd Jamal Khan, Commandant, Principal, Institute of IED Management, Central Reserve Police Force Pune, India 09:05 Opening Speech: The Landmine Problem in Cambodia - Accomplishments and Future Challenges H.E. Chum Bun Rong, Secretary General and Advisor to the Prime Minister, Cambodian Mine Action Authority, Cambodia SESSION I: DEMINING IN ASIA - A REGIONAL OVERVIEW 09:30 Relevance of ERW Clearance and C-IED for International Peacekeeping Operations Maj. Gen. Ker Savoeun, Director of Peacekeeping Operations Department, RCAF National Center for Peacekeeping Force, Mine and ERW Clearance (NPMEC), Cambodia EOD in Thailand - Lessons Learned and Best 10:00 Practices • Challenge of demining in Thailand • Respective activities of the TMAC • Lessons learned for future demining activities Lt. Gen. Krisda Norapoompipat, Director, Thailand Mine Action Center, Thailand 10:30 Demining in Asia - The Way Forward Richard Boulter, UNMAS 11:00 Morning Refreshments and Networking
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LIVE DEMONSTRATION
SESSION II: APPROACHES OF UXO DETECTION AND LAND RELEASE IN CAMBODIA
11:30 Underwater UXO Survey and Clearance in Cambodia - Lessons Learned from Floods along the Mekong • Overview: The relevance of Mekong floods for the landmine challenge in Cambodia • Technologies employed by CMAC H.E. Heng Ratana, Director General, Cambodian Mine Action Centre CMAC, Cambodia 12:00 Mine and IED Detectors made by Vallon • Metal Mine Detectors: Design, Construction, Functions and Settings • Mine and IED Detection with MD and GPR • VMR3 - Mine and IED examples Mark Sautter, Deputy Sales Director, Vallon GmbH, Germany
12:30 Enhanced Land Release and BLS H.E. Horm Khan, Quality Management and Assistant to the Secretary General, Cambodian Mine Action Authority CMAA, Cambodia 13:00
Lunch and Networking
SESSION III: OUT-OF-THE-BOX: ROBOTIC AND GEOPHYSICAL SOLUTIONS FOR UXO THREAT MITIGATION
14:00 TIRAMISU: Toolbox Implementation for Removal of Anti-personal Mines and Submunitions • Robots destined for detection and removing mines • TIRAMISU cooperation with countries affected by landmines • Development of detection and disposal tools,
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Day 2: Wednesday 7 May which will physically neutralise mines and UXOs and improve operators’ safety within TIRAMISU Prof. Andrzej Maslowski, Institute of Mathematical Machines, Poland 14:30 UXO Detection Solutions for Asia - Air, Land and Sea • Advanced geophysics, new acquisition/processing software, precision positioning electronics, unique survey techniques and customized deployment platforms • UXO detection challenges on both land and in marine environments • Detection of UXO in challenging geologic environments where conductive soils are known to mask the geophysical response from sub-surface UXO Sean Scrivens, Senior Geophysicist and Vice President, Aqua Survey Inc, USA 15:00 Integrating Geophysics and Modern Technology • Challenges of the Gold and Copper Operation at Sepon, Lao PDR, operated by MMG LXML related to UXO contaminations • Available useful estimations of the number, approximate depth and lateral distribution of UXO • Processing this information through custom made software Michael Laneville, Principal Geophysicist, MMG LXML Sepon, Lao PDR 15:30
Afternoon Refreshments and Networking
SESSION IV: UXOS IN ASIAN POST-CONFLICT AREAS: PERSISTING REGIONAL REQUIREMENTS 16:00 The Threat of ERW after ISAF Withdrawal in 2014 • Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan (MAPA) and MACCA’s Core Functions • The Nature of Landmine and ERW Contamination and Post-ISAF (2014) Withdrawal Contamination • Stockpiles Destruction Progress • Funding Overview and Challenges ahead Mohammad Sediq Rashid, Director, Mine Action Coordination Center (MACCA), Afghanistan 16:30 Reason to go Big • C-IED and EOD robots • Differences between small and big ones and how they complement each other Subeije Kalo, Head of Sales Department, DOK-ING, Croatia
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WORKSHOP I: MINE AND IED DETECTORS MADE BY VALLON 14:00 - 15:30 How to find IEDs in the ground. There are different kind of IEDs, some have a metal content and some not. The IEDs with metal content can be easily found by metal detectors, without metal content it will be impossible. We, Vallon GmbH have developed a DUAL SENSOR DETECTOR (Metal detector and GPR (Ground Penetration Radar)). With this detector we are capable to detect IEDs, with and without metal content, due to the GPR technology. This will also be demonstrated at the training site of CMAC with two different versions. We are looking forward to welcome you during our workshop. By Mark Sautter, Deputy Sales Director, Vallon GmbH, Germany
17:00 The Enduring Threat of Landmines in Myanmar: Needs for Future Mine Action Aksel Steen-Nilsen, Country Programme Manager Humanitarian Disarmament in Myanmar, Norwegian Peoples Aid, Norway 17:30 Challenges in Safe and Effective Ordnance Stockpile Management • Increasing importance and need for physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) • Key factors (and respective threats) when managing ammunition facilities and stockpiles effectively and safely • Best practices and advantages/disadvantages of different techniques in stockpile and destruction • Lessons learned on the destruction of landmines and respective remaining challenges, especially in Asia Daan Redelinghuys, Senior Technical Advisor, International Development and Evaluation Team, Mines Advisory Group MAG 18:00
Networking Reception
Day 3: Thursday 8 May 09:00 Chairman’s Welcome Remarks Mohd Jamal Khan, Commandant, Principal, Institute of IED Management, Central Reserve Police Force Pune, India 09:05 The Threat of IEDs in Southeast Asia Counterterrorism Approaches in Cambodia H.E. Brig. Gen. Yentieng Puthira, Secretariat of the National Counterterrorism Committee, Cambodia SESSION V: ERW MANAGEMENT AND C-IED EFFORTS IN CAMBODIA 09:30 Enhancing C-IED Detection and Protection Capabilities of the NPMEC for current and future Peacekeeping Missions Sr. Representative, RCAF National Center for Peacekeeping Force, Mine and ERW Clearance (NPMEC), Cambodia 10:00 Management of Residual Explosive Remnants of War - International Study on Practices and Policies John Smith, Advisor Underwater EOD, GICHD 10:30
WORKSHOP II: DOK-ING’S WAY TO EOD AND C-IED 11:00 - 13:00 DOK-ING is a 100% privately owned Croatian company. The company started as a manufacturer of remotely controlled mine clearance systems. After the successful start as manufacturer, DOKING established its own mine clearance company and cleared more than 20.000.000 m2 in the past 13 years. Since DOK-ING has been mine clearance supplier for most of the world armies, such as US Army, Swedish Army, Australian Army, etc., we have learned that our customers have needs and expectations from our systems that are beyond just classical mine clearance. DOK-ING recruited a large R&D team to meet all the customer requirements. We are pleased to show you where we stand at the moment and where are we going in the future. By Subeije Kalo, Head of Sales Department, DOK-ING, Croatia
Morning Refreshments and Networking
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Thursday
SESSION VI: EXPLOSIVES DETECTION AND FORENSICS: DEFEATING TERRORIST NETWORKS’
11:00 Predicting and Preventing Attacks through Surveillance and Forensics - Lessons Learned and Future Investment Programs in Indonesia • Lessons learned since Jakarta bombings 2009 and the establishment of the NCTA • Investigative techniques and capabilities to prevent attacks by predicting potential bombings through intelligence operations at the NCTA • Role of surveillance and forensics to attack terrorist networks Col. Ronny Asnawi Asri, Deputy Director of Prevention, National Counter Terrorism Agency, Indonesia 11:30 Mitigating the CBRNE Threat - What can Detection do? Dr. Norbert Kloepper, Market Manager Explosives Detection, Bruker Detection, Germany
12:00 Making the Afghan-Tajik Border Secure - The EU-UNDP Border Management Assistance Programme • Security threats and operational challenges confronting border security of the Republic of Tajikistan • Weapons and HazMat trafficking in Afghan-Tajik border region • BOMCA Programme: Aims and Activities Suhrob Kaharov, Country Manager and BOMCA Program Manager, UNDP Tajikistan 12:30 IED Threats in Naxal Effected Central India and Response • Maoists Extremism in India: Aim, Ideology Strategy, Capabilities • IEDs as a main weapon of extremists and its threat to security forces • C-IED approaches of the Chattisgarh Police and Orchestration of a Politico - Military - Socio - Economic - Psychological Counter Maoist Campaign • Combat Training to address Guerilla Warfare Brig. BK Ponwar, Inspector General of Chattisgarh Police, Director CTJW College, India 13:00
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Lunch and Networking
SESSION VII: EOD TRENDS AND CHALLENGES - NEW APPROACHES TO DETECT AND DEFEAT THE DEVICE
14:00 IED Trends and Challenges in Pakistan – Best Practices and Lessons Learned AIG Shafqat Malik, Bomb Squad Commander KPK Province, Pakistan
14:30 The Use of Dogs to Detect IEDs and Landmines in Combat Situations don’t fit the UN standards • How to solve the Gap between Explosive Detection Dogs (EDD) and Mine Detection Dogs (MDD) Jasper Schoenmakers, CEO, K10 Workings Dogs, the Netherlands 15:00 The Role of C-IED for Western Military Forces after Afghanistan Withdrawal • Future types of IEDs and respective developments • Preparing German Armed Forces for future missions in an IED threat environment • Development of TTPs for future IED scenarios Col. Heck, Director, C-IED Center of the Bundeswehr Joint Forces Operations Command, Germany 15:30 ERW Casualty Reduction in Cambodia: The Role of the National Police and the Way Ahead Pol. Maj. Gen. Theam Bunseng, Deputy Director of Firearms and Fire Control Department, Commissariat National Police, Cambodia 16:00
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Speakers Col. Ronny Asnawi Asri, Deputy Director of Prevention, National Counter Terrorism Agency, Indonesia Col. Ronny Asnawi Asri is the Deputy Director of Prevention of Indonesia’s NCTA (National Counter Terrorism Agency), a government body established in 2010 in order to fight and prevent terrorism and radicalism. He started his career with the Indonesian Armed Forces in 1987 as a commander of Indonesia’s Special Forces AntiTerrorism Unit. During his 1987-1999 service in the Indonesian Army, he gained experience in counter terrorism operations, while fighting radicalism in Sumatra, Sulawesi and Borneo Islands of Indonesia. In 2000, he was promoted to Military Territory Command in the Central of Java, West Timor and also West and East Borneo. In 2006, he joined the Army HQ in Jakarta as staff of Counter Terrorism and Insurgency, and then joined Indonesia’s NCTA since its establishment in 2010. Currently he holds the position of Deputy Director of Prevention, responsible for surveillance, investigating and counter propaganda of terrorist network and activities in Indonesia. H.E. Chum Bun Rong, Secretary General and Advisor to the Prime Minister, Cambodian Mine Action Authority, Cambodia H.E. Chum Bun Rong (1950) gained a Bachelor degree in Law and Human Science in 1970. In the 1980s he received other associate degrees in International Relations, Political Science and Diplomacy from the Potsdam Academy, in Germany, and in Social Security, in Vietnam. As an officer of the Military School in Cambodia, he underwent Military Police training in Fort Gordon in the USA. From 1979 to 1991 he served at the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation as Chief of Press, as well as at the Africa and Middle East department. From 1991 to 1993, he was appointed as the Secretary member of the Supreme National Council of Cambodia (SNC), with the King as Chairman. From 1994 to 2006, he was nominated as the General Director of the Social Fund of the Kingdom of Cambodia and later transferred to the National Land Management Authority in 2006, serving as the Deputy Secretary General for almost three years. Since 2008, he has been working for
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the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) as the Secretary General and the Advisor to the Prime Minister at the rank of Minister. HE Chum Bun Rong is married with four children and practices Buddhism. Pol. Maj. Gen. Theam Bunseng, Deputy Director of Firearms and Fire Control Department, Commissariat National Police, Cambodia Pol. Maj. General Theam Bunseng (1960) 1960, has served the Commissariat General of the National Police of the Kingdom of Cambodia as a police officer since 1983. At the present, he works as the deputy Director of the Firearms and Explosives Control Department of the Commissariat General of the National Police, the Ministry of Interior. He undertakes a role as a permanent member of the ERW-MoI Command Headquarter, and a member of the MRE Working Group of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA). He also has been nominated as the focal point for the National Police in ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC) and as the vice chair to the National CBRN Team. For his educational background, he gained Master Degree in Public Administration in Cambodia. Col. Helmut Heck, Commander, Bundeswehr Joint Forces Operations Command - C-IED Center, Germany Col. Helmut Heck is the Director of the C-IED Centre in the Bundeswehr Joint Forces Operations Command (BwJFOCOM) since 2012. He started his career in the Bundeswehr in 1976 at the Signal Intelligence Battalion 940 (Daun) as a training officer and operator in signals intelligence NCO. He concluded his studies at the Bundeswehr University in Munich in 1983 and continued his career as Platoon Commander and Company Commander at the Signal Battalion 220 in Donauwörth until1988. From then on until 1991 he became the Head of Mobile Signal Intelligence Department at the Army Office. From 1991 until 1996 he was assigned as Company Commander at the 4 Coy/Signal Battalion 220 and Chief of Evaluation at the Signal Battalion 220. He then moved to Operations until 1998, which was followed by his position as Commander at the Electronic Warfare
Suhrob Kaharov, Country Manager and BOMCA Programme Manager, UNDP, Tajikistan Suhrob Kaharov has over 15 years of progressive working experience with International Organizations. Since 2004 he works as Country (Programme) Manager for the EUfunded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA), implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Tajikistan. From 2004-2010, he simultaneously headed the EU-funded Central Asian Drugs Action Programme (CADAP), which ran in parallel with BOMCA. During 2001-2004 he worked as a Head of the Finance Section of the World Bank funded project in the field of rural infrastructure and watershed management. Before joining the World Bank, for a few years, he worked in the private sector for a Dutch Commercial Company. Suhrob Kaharov has a Masters in Management and Economics from the Tajik University and a Masters in Law from the Russian State University. He is fluent in Russian, Tajik and English. Subeije Kalo, Head of Sales Department, DOK-ING, Croatia Subeije is head of sales department in DOK-ING Ltd. Before joining DOK-ING Ltd. he worked in several industries, including the Oil & Gas industry. Whilst working in this industry he gained awareness of how important safety is. He now applies this awareness to take DOK-ING products to a certain level of safety and excellences. During his life work with in DOK-ING Ltd. he has helped many countries to provide a safer working environment for their personnel by using DOK-ING systems and technology. He follows the motto of his company which is "DON’T SEND A MAN DO TO A MACHINES JOB".
H.E. Horm Khan, Quality Management and Assistant to the Secretary General, Cambodian Mine Action Authority, Cambodia H.E. Horm Khan (1968) gained a bachelor degree of Business and administration in human resource management (2006) and a master degree in business and administration (2011) at the Management and Economic University (UME) in Battambang Province, Cambodia. From 1994 to 2012, he worked at the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) in various positions such as deminer, assistant to mine marking team, deputy site manager, site manager, deminers instructor, operations officer, deputy of demining unit manager, project coordinator, key expert, and field quality assurance manager. From September 2012 onwards, he has been working for Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) as quality management manager (QMM). In October 2013, he was appointed for an additional position as assistant to the secretary general of CMAA. Mr Kahn is married with 4 children and practices Buddhism religion.
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Regiment 320. In 2001, he became again the Chief of Evaluation at the Signals and Electronic Intelligence Brigade 94 /Signal Group 93. From 2004 until 2006, he served as Electronic Warfare Staff Officer in J3 Division, Strategic Reconnaissance Command. Following that, he served in the Ministry of Defence until 2009, when he took over as the Director of the C-IED Devices Information Centre in Grafschaft-Gelsdorf. Following this placement, he occupied his current position. Col. Heck is married and has two children.
Mohd Jamal Khan, Commandant, Principal, Institute of IED Management, Central Reserve Police Force Pune, India Mohd Jamal Khan is a Commandant with the Central Reserve Police Force and a post graduate in science from Aligarh Muslim University in India. He joined the CRPF in 1996 as an Assistant Commandant and underwent the following trainings and courses: Commando Course; Counter Insurgency & Jungle Warfare Course from CIJW School, Vairengte, Mizoram; Weapons & Tactics Course; Ammunition Technical Officer Course from College of Materials Management, Jabalpur; Counter IED course from College of Military Engineering, Pune; Advance Search Advisor Course, DEMSS (South), United Kingdom. He served in insurgency infested Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir and in the North East theatres of India. He also served in the Maoist guerilla infested theatre as Second in Command and led many successful operations against Maoists. Furthermore, he raised India's World class state-of-the-art Counter IED Training Centre (Institute of IED Management) at Pune
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which was inaugurated by the Honorable Union Home Minister, Government of India, Mr. P. Chidambaram on 23rd February 2012. Currently he is serving as Principal of this Institute and trained more than 1000 officers and men of Police Forces of India and abroad. Mohd Khan participated in national and international Conferences on Counter IED. He was awarded with the Director General's Commendation Disc four times for outstanding performance in operations and training. Dr. Norbert Kloepper, Market Manager Explosives Detection, Bruker Detection GmbH, Germany Born in 1970 in the Leipzig area, Dr Kloepper is a physicist by education, holding a Ph.D. in chemical physics with a special focus on IR spectroscopy. Dr Kloepper joined Bruker in the year 2000 as a software developer and has been active in the CBRNE arena since 2002. He worked his way through the ranks of Bruker relatively quickly and has held the positions of Product manager from 2002 to 2004 and R&D manager from 2004 to 2008. He has represented Bruker in many international research projects such as IMPACT, LOTUS and IMSK. In 2008 he became the Director of Sales & Marketing. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Leipzig. Michael Laneville, Principal Geophysicist, MMG LXML Sepon, Lao PDR Michael Laneville is the Principal Geophysicist of the UXO Department within MMG LXML Sepon. Mr. Laneville obtained his B.Sc. Hons. Geophysics from the University of Western Ontario, Canada in 2000 and is an accredited Professional Geophysicist in Ontario, Canada. He has worked throughout the world in UXO and Exploration related geophysical roles. AIG Shafqat Malik, Bomb Squad Commander KPK Province, Pakistan General Shafqat Malik is the Assistant Inspector General of the Police (AIG). He has been in charge of the Bomb Disposal Unit of the KPK province for the past five years. He is a certified EOD and forensics expert and has extensive experience in this field. His duties include
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first response tasks, which have included amongst others the Church Attacks in Peshwar, the jail break of DI Khan by the TTP, the assassination of Benazir Bhuto, as well as the Marriott attack in Islamabad. General Shafqat Malik has also served as a forensics and explosives expert in the SIG of FIA in Islamabad. He has also served in the Armed Forces of Pakistan for twenty years till the rank of Major. The officer has graduated in ballistics, explosives, arms and ammunition and has vast experience of post blast investigation and forensics exploitation of IEDs. He formulated the C-IED strategy of Pakistan and has been working with the FBI, UN, Scotland Yard and the AFP. Finally, he has also been invited by the AFP and Scotland Yard as a guest speaker in various conferences. Prof. Andrzej Maslowski, Institute of Mathematical Machines, Poland Andrzej Masłowski, is Professor in Automation and Robotics since 1987; he received his M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc. degrees from the Warsaw University of Technology. He is a Visiting Professor in many universities (among others the Rutgers University, U.S.A., the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, the KAIST - Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, the University of Ghent, Belgium, the Royal Military Academy, Belgium). His research interests include: intelligent mobile robotic systems applications, automated and autonomous inspection and surveillance (RISE, USAR), the operators’ safety via e-training and mine risk education. Prof. Maslowski has published over 160 scientific and technical papers in national and international journals and conference proceedings. Currently, he is a Full Professor at the Warsaw University of Technology, while he is also with the Institute of Mathematical Machines in Warsaw, Poland since 2008. Prof. Maslowski is a member of IFIP, IFAC, IMACS, IMEKO. Additionally, since 2006, he is the representative of Poland in the International Advanced Robotics Programme (IARP). Lt. Gen. Krisda Norapoompipat Director, Thailand Mine Action Center, Thailand Lieutenant-General Krisda Norapoompipat is the current Director-General of the Thailand Mine Action Center (TMAC). In this capacity, he is responsible for overseeing all activities related to humanitarian mine
Brig. BK Ponwar, Inspector General of Chattisgarh Police, Director CTJW College, India Brig BK Ponwar AVSM, VSM, being on super annuation, was requisitioned by Chhattisgarh government in the rank of Inspector General of Police. He has set up a Counter Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College at Kanker in North Bastar, a facility similar to the Army’s CIJW School, of which he was Commandant in his last posting. The College, functioning from August 2005, is imparting ‘Guerrilla warfare Training’ to police personnel from ten Naxal effected States and to the Central Police Forces of BSF, ITBP, SSB and the CRPF. Combat Training of this newly established College has been reported in both Indian and foreign media all over the world. He renders advice to Chhattisgarh Police on matters relating to force deployment, equipment profile and conduct of CI/CT Operations. BK Ponwar was awarded Ati Vishist Seva Medal (AVSM) in January 2005 for his services to the Nation spanning over 35 years. Mohammad Sediq Rashid, Director, Mine Action Coordination Center, Afghanistan Mohammad Sediq ‘Rashid’ is the Director for the Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA). He started his mine action career in 1989 by joining the first humanitarian mine action programme in the world. Sediq facilitated many mine clearance training sessions. He spent eight years working in minefields as surveyor/deminer and team leader of a technical survey team. He serves as a member of the IMAS review board. Sediq is the holder of Master Degree in Resilience from the UK’s Cranfield University and the winner of dissertation prize awarded for his contribution in significantly advancing the academic study of resilience.
Daan Redelinghuys, Senior Technical Advisor, International Development and Evaluation Team, Mines Advisory Group MAG Daan Redelinghuys is the senior technical advisor at MAG (Mines Advisory Group). He has 33 years’ experience working in the field of weapons, ammunition and explosives, with 11 years of managing various MAG conflict recovery and humanitarian mine action programs in conflict-affected countries. He is currently responsible for MAG’s global Physical Security and Stockpile Management project development and is part of MAG’s internal monitoring and evaluation team.
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action in accordance with Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of AntiPersonnel Mines their Destruction (Ottawa Treaty). Prior to becoming the Director-General of TMAC, his important assignments were Assistance Army Attaché to Washington, DC. USA, Military Attaché to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (accredited to Brunei Darussalam), Deputy Director, Department of Border Affairs, Deputy Director, Directorate of Joint Intelligence.
Markus Sautter, Deputy Sales Director, Vallon GmbH, Germany Markus Sautter, currently Deputy Sales Director, has been with Vallon GmbH for more than 25 years. Vallon is one of the leading companies in the world for metal detection and bomb location. He is the Senior Adviser and Trainer for operation and maintenance of mine and IED detectors as well as bomb locators, and has had extensive field experience in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America. He is the Sales Director for Force Ware GmbH, a subsidiary company of Vallon GmbH that offers body protection and tools for explosive ordnance disposal and demining. Maj. Gen. Ker Savoeun, Director of Peacekeeping Operations Department, RCAF National Center for Peacekeeping Force, Mine and ERW (NPMEC), Cambodia MG Ker Savoeun was commissioned in to the Cambodian Air Force in February 1972 and became a DC3 gunship pilot during Vietnam War. Later on, he assigned to the Development Directorate at the High Command HQ as Deputy Head Office of the Public Relations and then, he held another position as an Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Director-General at the NPMEC HQ and later on he was appointed to become a Director of Peacekeeping Operations Department, Ministry of National Defense since 2006. During his assignment, MG Ker Savoeun, participated and attended many international Conferences,
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Negotiations, Seminars and Workshops dealing with Peace Keeping Operations in various countries in the past 08 years such as China, the United States of America, Thailand, Singapore, Bangladesh, Australia, Nepal, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines and Brunei. Before joining the Armed Forces, he attended the University of Law in Cambodia in 1970 and completed the Civil Engineer course at the Central Florida University of the United States of America in 1995. Jasper Schoenmakers, CEO, K10 Workings Dogs, the Netherlands Jasper Schoenmakers has been the C.E.O. Of K10 Working Dogs for the past eight years, managing K9 projects in over 30 countries, including Australia, U.S.A., United Kingdom, Brazil and Sri Lanka. He has been a senior advisor for starting K9 programs for the last ten years. He is experienced in Explosive detection and Patrol work. He was the key figure in making K10 the only non-US company that has been awarded a 5-year Department of Homeland security wide K9 contract. Sean Scrivens, Senior Geophysicist and Vice President, Aqua Survey Inc. USA Sean Scrivens is the Senior Geophysicist and Vice President of Aqua Survey, Inc. based in New Jersey, USA. Mr. Scrivens holds a H. BSc. in Computational Geophysics and is a registered Professional Geophysicist in Ontario, Canada. Mr. Scrivens has extensive airborne, waterborne and landborne geophysical experience in the UXO industry. He has significantly advanced the science of UXO detection and discrimination with his proprietary data acquisition hardware/software and innovative customized software for advanced, rapid data processing. Justin Smith, Advisor, Underwater EOD Operations, GICHD (Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining) Justin Smith joined the GICHD in February 2014 as Advisor for Underwater Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Operations. His work entails:
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conducting a global assessment of states impacted by underwater ordnance; undertaking missions to advise authorities and strengthen national capacities; facilitating links between nations and clearance organisations; and drafting international standards and ‘best practices’ for underwater EOD clearance. Prior to joining the GICHD, Justin Smith spent 23 years conducting EOD operations throughout Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Europe. His last assignment was with the US Navy as Executive Officer for an EOD battalion on the island of Guam in the western Pacific Ocean. His primary areas of experience include: underwater EOD operations; countering improvised explosive devices operations; weapons technical intelligence; maritime security; and underwater diving and salvage. Justin Smith holds a Masters in Security Studies (with a regional focus on Asia-Pacific) from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Aksel Steen-Nilsen, Country Programme Manager Humanitarian Disarmament in Myanmar, Norwegian People’s Aid, Norway Aksel Steen-Nilsen is a retired Major from the Royal Norwegian Armed Forces where he served for 12 years and learnt his trade as an EOD operator. He has worked for Norwegian Peoples Aid (NPA) in conflict-affected areas for the past 14 years, primarily managing humanitarian mine action programmes on three different continents. Steen-Nilsen has been posted in Angola, Mozambique, Sudan, Lebanon, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar. In addition he has spent time in Laos PDR, Vietnam, Iraq, Jordan, Ethiopia, Western Sahara, DRC, Rwanda and the Balkans. He is an experienced manager with a thorough knowledge of humanitarian disarmament, including the tools of non-technical survey, technical survey, manual demining, battle area clearance, mine detection dogs, mechanical demining machines ad EOD. Steen-Nilsen has been instrumental in developing several of the methods and systems currently deployed by NPA in humanitarian mine action worldwide today. Steen-Nilsen is currently the Country Programme Manager of NPAs’ Humanitarian Disarmament programme in Myanmar where he is working towards having a national mine action centre set up and implementing a landmine survey and clearance project in conjunction with the ongoing peace processes.
The Mine Action Coordination Center of Afghanistan Past Accomplishments and Future Projects By BrĂd Sheehan, Junior Programme Support Officer, United Nations Mine Action Service Kabul, Afghanistan
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fghanistan, a country torn apart by decades of conflict, is the world’s most contaminated country in terms of mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW). This contamination dates back to the Soviet intervention from 1979 to 1989 and has continued through the civil war and Taliban regime, the US-led campaign to overthrow the Taliban in 2001, and the ongoing conflict between insurgent groups and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the Afghan National Army (ANA). History of the programme What is known as the Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan (MAPA) was established after the Soviet withdrawal in 1989 and was initially coordinated from Pakistan. Once security improved with the emergence of the Taliban in 1994, the NGOs opened offices in
Afghanistan and were able to operate in areas under both Taliban and Northern Alliance control. Indeed, mine action was widely recognised as one of the most effective aid programmes in the country.1 The collapse of the Taliban regime ushered in a new phase of expansion for the programme. The NGOs resumed operations rapidly to conduct an assessment of new hazards resulting from coalition fighting. The mine and ERW risk education (M/ERW RE) programme was overhauled, with female instructors re-engaged and programmes implemented to reach refugee camps and transit centres. With the influx of funds, large-scale reconstruction projects began that required the support of mine action, particularly roads and airports. In 2002, the new Government of Afghanistan requested UNMAS to assist it in coordinating mine action. UNMAS
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thus assumed responsibility for the UNMACA, which moved from Islamabad to Kabul. In 2008, the UNMACA rebranded itself as the Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) as a step towards nationalisation and the eventual transition of the programme’s coordination responsibility to the Afghan Government. The programme today Today, the programme coordinated by MACCA comprises over 40 organisations and employs 8,800 Afghans. MACCA itself is now an all-Afghan entity. Some coordination functions such as post-demining impact assessments have been transferred to the government agency for mine action, the Department of Mine Clearance (DMC) under the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA). New challenges The remaining challenge is significant. While 78% of the contamination has been cleared, the remaining 22%
makes Afghanistan the most contaminated country in the world. Over 4,300 minefields and battlefields covering more than 500 square kilometres continue to impact over 1,600 communities. While there has been an 80% reduction in civilian casualties since 2001, Afghanistan still suffered more civilian casualties in 2013 than Cambodia, Colombia or Iraq, having recorded an average of 39 mine and ERW casualties per month.2 Moreover, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) recorded 2,890 civilian casualties in 2013 as a result of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), an increase of 14% compared to 2012. New contamination has come to light following the withdrawal of ISAF from its bases and high-explosive firing ranges, around which 74 civilian casualties have been recorded since 2010 . The majority of these have occurred in the past two years, indicating an increasing trend. 88% of these casualties have been children. While the full extent of this contamination has yet to be quantified, it is estimated to cover an area twice the
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size of New York City. Clearance of these new hazards has begun and is coordinated by MACCA as the body mandated to accredit clearance organisations, monitor operations, and issue completion certificates. The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has cleared 66 square kilometres in 17 firing ranges. To date, it has removed or destroyed over 30,000 items of unexploded ordnance and almost 12,000 small arms ammunition. While work continues to quantify ground fighting and air munitions sites, the manner in which clearance is proceeding is a good example of the coordination work that MACCA does. In light of the reduction in funding for historical contamination (ex-Soviet, Taliban, Northern Alliance), the immediate issue is resourcing this coordination function as these new clearance operations expand. The ongoing conflict in many parts of the country and the security threats presented by the use of IEDs by insurgents pose a further challenge. In some communities, IEDs have been laid around villages in patterns resembling traditional minefields, although not to the same density as those laid by the Soviets. MACCA approaches the IED issue carefully to ensure it maintains its humanitarian neutrality and does not deal with IEDs in active conflict areas, which would lead to deminers being perceived as parties to the conflict. However, it is important to not ignore the humanitarian imperative of clearing abandoned IEDs in areas where fighting has stopped. Achievements Clearly, the challenge of clearing old and new contamination alongside an ongoing insurgency is a major one. Nevertheless, the programme has succeeded in meeting several significant milestones. Since 1989, the programme has released over 1,900 square kilometres to communities and cleared over 22,000 hazardous areas, while almost 21 million people have received risk education. In spite of a shortfall in funding for the 2013-14 period, the programme succeeded in doing more with less and achieved the first year of Afghanistan’s workplan under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty (APMBT) Extension Request. In addition to clearance, considerable progress has been made in the areas of M/ERW RE and victim assistance. Risk education messages have been incorporated into the national education curriculum, and, since 2008, almost 24,000 Ministry of Education teachers have been trained and provided the
resources to teach M/ERW RE in classrooms. M/ ERW RE training has also been mainstreamed to other government networks, such as midwives, vaccinators, community health workers, police, as well as Mullah Imams through the Ministry of Religious Affairs with the support of the United Arab Emirates. Such initiatives have succeeded in expanding the programme to reach more impacted communities. MACCA currently supports this transition to the ministries through technical advice, external monitoring and quality management. Afghanistan’s mine action programme represents a unique case in many ways: Mine clearance is carried out by organisations managed and owned entirely by Afghans. The continuity offered by these managers who have been associated with the programme over a long period is one of the programme’s greatest strengths. Outlook Looking to the future, the programme’s primary objective is to bring the APMBT work plan to completion by 2023. There are a number of aspects to consider to achieve this objective: continued careful and strategic planning, investigation into new technologies, continued adaptation of the programme’s structure and transition of functions to DMC and other relevant state institutions, and a significant influx of donor funds. In the same way that bombs from the Second World War are still discovered in Europe, the issue posed by ERW will continue to be a problem in Afghanistan for many years to come. Fortunately, MACCA has proven itself capable of weathering several eras of uncertainty and transition during its 25-year history. It coordinates a capable and productive programme that enhances the wellbeing of people in mine-affected communities; it simply needs the funding to deliver.n References
1. See: K. Mohammad, T. Paterson, Q. Tariq, B. van Ree (2000), Review of UNOCHA’s Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan. Available at: www.alnap.org/pool/files/erd3007-full.pdf. Last accessed: 12 April 2014. 2. IED casualties are recorded by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). See: UNAMA (2013), Annual Report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. Available at: http://unama.unmissions.org/Portals/UNAMA/human%20 rights/Feb_8_2014_PoC-report_2013-Full-report-ENG.pdf. Last accessed: 15 April 2014.
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Is a (IMAS certified) mine detection dog the best solution in combat situations? Experience shows it is not. By Cyril van Eeden, Mine Dog Specialist at K10 Working Dogs LLC, Texas; and Jasper Schoenmakers, C.E.O. at K10 Working Dogs
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n a combat-zone landscape that has dramatically changed over the last decade, the traditional threat of conventional explosive devices and mines has been up scaled by the wide spread introduction of IEDs. Where humanitarian demining has not significantly changed, the emerging threats in combat situations have partly shifted to IEDs made with homemade explosive materials or parts of conventional explosives.
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The world is constantly changing and updating all its military equipment to the newest standards and to withhold the current threats, it appears that the development of mine detection dogs prepared to work in combat situations has been on hold. In areas with high metal content or in situations where the trigger device is made out of non-Ferrous materials there is nothing available today that can beat a well-trained MDD team. The (IMAS Certified) mine detection dog is great for working in non-threat situations, but is not prepared to work in combat situations. A well trained EDD (Explosive Detection Dog) or SSD (Specialized Search Dog) will find most of the IEDs but will rarely detect a mine or buried IED. K10 Working Dogs was asked by one of the military forces active in both Iraq and Afghanistan to develop a training program for dogs with the highest possible detection capability achievable by K9 team for detecting landmines, homemade explosives and used trigger devices. We decided to conduct the development in Texas, USA because of the severe climate. Initially we have tried to combine both the technique and search capability of an EDD and SSD dog and introduce land mines to their detection range. It quickly showed that their search pace greatly affected their capability to effectively detect landmines at varied depths. We also found it was very difficult to determine what area the dog cleared and what parts were left un-cleared. We then started with a mine detection dog as a basic foundation and started extending the straight line search pattern from 10 meters to 30 meters. We introduced additional explosive odors and components
most commonly found in IEDs. The dogs were successful in detecting all the explosive substances, landmines and IED components. The end result of our research for the highest safety possible by a K9 team is the tactical-mine detection dog (TMDD). The TMDD is capable to detect any explosive material, both conventional and homemade based, mines, UXO, tripwire, booby trap and IED/ landmine components at varied depth (0 - 2 feet) with varied set time (day to year). The first TMDDs deployed in Afghanistan and Africa were only trained for ground searching, on a 30 meters leash and have proven successful in detecting numerous IED/landmine threats and ensured the safety of numerous service members. We are expanding the capabilities of the TMDD to off leash control with both vocal and hand signal directional to ensure utilization safety when conducting searches of suspect packages, vehicles, interior and exterior of buildings as well as compound sweeps. The TMDD is a productive and safe addition to any SF-, SWAT-, EOD-, EET-, QRF- and advanced patrolteams. It can clear a high risk area, breach safe pathways to a compound or installation, guide a team through an area with landmine threat, assist with medical evacuation in a possible landmine threaten area, conduct vehicle or building searches, utilized in entrance clearance and investigate suspicious packages and vehicles. The TMDD should be used in the highest risk areas to give the highest possible safety for the team. Training a TMDD is a complex and time-consuming activity. Training can take up to a year, and on average 2 out of 5 TMDD candidates will not successfully complete the standards. The vigorous initial selection and lengthy time of training of the K9 makes the TMDD a costly addition to a team, however, the cost of procuring and implementation of the TMDD quickly out ways the emotional and financial consequences involved with unsuccessful missions, serious injuries and even the loss of lives due to an IED/Mine incident. n
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The Institute of IED Management (IIM), Central Reserve Police Force (India) By Mohd Jamal Khan, Commandant, Principal, Institute of IED Management, Central Reserve Police Force Pune, India
mprovised Explosive Devices (IEDs) remain the most potent weapon in the hands of terrorists. The IED menace is now rapidly increasing as a single largest abstract enemy of the security forces, cutting across geographical dimensions. Terrorists, today, are more educated, trained, technically sound and innovative. Easy availability of IED components and improved knowledge of fabrication has made it their favorite weapons of choice. The IED threat has even challenged the world’s mightiest armed forces, including US and NATO troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hence countering the IED threat has become top priority of every nation so as to reduce the losses due to IEDs/bomb blast. Therefore security apparatus across the globe needs improved counter IED techniques, training facilities and infrastructure to meet this challenge.
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India has, simultaneously, suffered deeply by IED threats, chiefly exercised by Maoists all across the Red Corridor Zone encompassing many States. The casualty figure on account of attacks by IEDs have progressively increased and adversely affected the morale of the Security Forces. Existing training facilities in India for countering IED menace are inadequate to meet the challenge. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) being leading force in combating Naxalism in India and simultaneously facing the brunt of IED threat resulting into colossal loss of men and material. CRPF evolved a mechanism for setting up a separate, dedicated institute for countering IED menace catering to needs and requirement of CRPF and other Police Forces of India and friendly countries. The mission of IIM, CRPF is to provide wide spectrum of specialized and technical training that involves all aspects of IED management including search, detection, identification
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and disposal through realistic, relevant and functional training with attention to details with a view to earn the reputation for excellence and high standards of knowledge and skills. The Institute of IED Management was formally inaugurated by Hon’ble Union Home Minster, Govt of India, Sh. P. Chidambaram. Hon’ble Union Home Minister applauded the efforts made by CRPF for starting the IIM with international infrastructure and facilities. The salient features of IIM are: • High-tech Class Rooms • State of the art Model Room with models of all major IED incidents across India and even abroad. • IED training Lab: for hands-on training on detecting, deactivating /neutralising and destroying IEDs of various types. • Sand Model Room: to help students training on planning counter IED operations. • Counter IED range (Urban and Rural): with counter IED exercises, involving security forces, terrorists and by-standers. Use of RF wireless based IEDs which can be shifted from anywhere to anywhere to set new exercises every time. • Latest counter IED equipments and devices. • Database of different IED incidents: facilities for data management and intelligent assessment/ predictions. • IED Archive: display recovered IEDs from fields to familiarize trainees • Digital library: case studies and data on recovered IEDs. The IIM, CRPF, Pune (India), a counter IED training institute of CRPF is imparting training to all ranks of
CRPF, other sister organizations and Security forces of other Asian countries. Initially IIM is focusing on ToT courses to disseminate and spread the flow of knowledge and skill to the very grass root level in the field areas as fast as possible thereby reducing the loss of men and property to the minimal.
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IIM, CRPF, Pune is conducting courses and modules covering all aspects of training catering to the needs of every zone like different technique for J&K, different aspects for Northeast and altogether different approach for Naxal infested areas. IIM Pune also consults other specialized counter IED Institutions and facilities from time to time and conducts seminars and workshops to upgrade and enhance the skills and techniques in countering IEDs. Improved efficiency comes from the improved training and IIM, CRPF, Pune is evolving as an international center of excellence by inculcating all ultramodern and latest techniques, tactics and procedures in the field of Counter IED training. IIM, the brightest jewel in the crown of CRPF is though in its nascent stage; nevertheless it has earned laurels and kudos from all quarters of the country. All the premier national investigating agencies look up to IIM for its assistance in different IED related circumstances. In a very short span of two years, the institute has achieved the following milestones: • Trained a more than 2000 trainees of all ranks of CRPF and other security forces of the country. • Trained the Police Forces of all the Maoists affected states of India. • Designed and conducted Capsule course for BDDS of various State Police Forces. • IIM, Pune imparted training to 159 participants of Central Industrial Security Forces who are guarding the various vital installations of the country. • IIM, Pune also trained senior scientists of Defense Research & Development Organisation on Counter IED Trg. • The Institute Played a pivotal role in cracking the Pune Blast that took place on 1st Aug.2012. • The Institute contributed in the preparation of SOP of various Police Forces regarding Search, Detection and Neutralization of IEDs in different situations.
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Officers of the Institute visited the various blast sites in the field areas and prepared the instructions for different IED related situations. Instructors from the Institute visited the various Trg Centers of India and delivered the guest lectures and shared their rich experiences. IIM, Pune contributed in an IED awareness program for the common masses in cities. The Institute believes that the society can play a key role in detecting, identifying and alerting the specialized security agencies in countering the IED threat. IIM, Pune assisted National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the investigation of Hyderabad twin Blast (21/02/2013) & Bangalore Blast (17/04/2013). Officers of the Institute participated in various National and International conferences/seminars and did value addition by sharing their rich experiences. Institute of IED Management played a key role in designing and imparting customized training on counter IED during State Assembly election of highly Naxal infested state of Chhattisgarh in India. In run up to the election security forces recovered more than 100 IEDs and more than 500 kg explosive material because of effective training imparted by the Institute. Under the directions of CRPF Headquarters Institute of IED Management identified about 30 training nodes throughout India for conducting Counter IED Training programs for all the security forces of India in the backdrop of General Parliamentary Election 2014 where speculation of use of IEDs by Maoists guerilla is very high.
India’s quest for peace can only be realized once our country is free from all kinds of threats posed by different antinational forces. Here comes the role of CRPF and IIM. By our professionalism, vision and training we shall be able to defeat the dark forces which are acting against the very ‘idea of India’. The Institute believes that the quality of training needs to be constantly revised with the changing pattern of IED threat. The Institute looks ahead to convert and transform the Red Corridor Zone into a No Fear Zone by eliminating IED menace and terrorism.n
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NCT CBRNe Awards 2014 After the successful launch of the NCT CBRNe Awards in 2013, IB Consultancy, in cooperation with CBNW, is proud to announce the 2014 edition of these prestigious CBRNe prizes. The NCT CBRNe Awards are a unique opportunity for companies and organizations to be rewarded for their outstanding contributions to the CBRNe end-user community.
The NCT CBRNe Awards will be handed out during a spectacular Awards Ceremony at IB Consultancy’s NCT CBRNe Asia 2014 event taking place on 14-16 October 2014 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. With an expected 300 delegates attending, including regional government representatives, the event will assemble the most important stakeholders from first responders and government representatives from the Asian region and beyond.
The NCT CBRNe Awards Categories There are four award categories, each of them highlighting specific contributions to the CBRNe Community. 1. The NCT CBRNe Capability Award rewards the country or organization that has significantly improved its CBRNe capabilities or positively impacted upon the capabilities of another country or organization, hence contributing to international efforts to counter CBRN threats and proliferation. A global cooperative approach of capability building measures, which are effectively countering most imminent challenges in this field, is therefore an advantage. 2. The NCT CBRNe Innovation Award is granted to the most innovative product, service or research project enabling new technologies and approaches in the field of CBRN disaster management and prevention. The respective innovation should be state-of-the-art, offering a new solution or approach for CBRN first responders and analysts.
3. The NCT CBRNe Product Award is for the best CBRNe product, service or solution and can be considered the most prestigious NCT CBRNe Award. From the applicants, the highest level of end-user benefit, reliability and an excellent match between urgent requirements in the field of CBRN defense is expected. The winner of the NCT CBRNe Product Award should fulfil urgent needs and requirements. 4. The NCT CBRNe Community Award is the Award for and by the CBRNe Community. In contrast to the first three award categories, this Award is not granted by the jury, but by the CBRNe Community on the basis of peer recognition through various voting rounds in which all representatives from the CBRNe Community can participate. Every company or organization that has been of great added value to CBRN defense is eligible for the NCT CBRNe Community Award. The Award constitutes a rare opportunity for members of the CBRNe Community to gauge peer recognition for their efforts in making this world a safer and secure place.
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Practical Siem Reap Siem Reap, which literally means the "Defeat of Siam", is the most prosperous region of contemporary Cambodia. Its close proximity to the Angkor Wat temple complex has turned the city into one of the world’s premier travel destinations. More than one million travellers visit Siem Reap every year to explore over a thousand years of Khmer heritage built near Tonle Sap Lake, the foundation of the economic power of the ancient Cambodian empire. The 6 must-see places in Siem Reap Angkor Wat - Despite so many other things to do in Siem Reap, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Angkor Wat is still the primary draw for tourists. Constructed in the 12th century by the Khmer people, the temples of Angkor Wat must be seen to be believed. The scale of Angkor Wat is overwhelming; a three-day pass (US $40) is necessary to enjoy even a fraction of the carved reliefs and ruins away from the main temple site. The Bayon Temple - Built around 1190 AD by King Jayavarman VII, Bayon is a Buddhist temple but it incorporates elements of Hindu cosmology. Bayon is known for its huge stone faces of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, with one facing outward and keeping watch at each compass point. There are 51 smaller towers surrounding Bayon, each with four faces of its own. Kompong Phluk -Contrary to the Chong Kneas Floating Village, Kampong Phluk, its less touristic sibling, is a cluster of three villages of stilted houses built within the floodplain of the Tonle Sap lake, about 16 km southeast of Siem Reap, Cambodia. Flooded mangrove forest surrounds the area and is home to a variety of wildlife including crab-eating macaques, and 3000 human inhabitants. Land Mine Museum - The Khmer Rouge in 1975 and the Vietnamese occupation in 1979 have contributed to Siem Reap's tumultuous, war-torn past. Siem Reap did not begin to stabilize and become safe enough for tourists to visit until the 1990s. Unfortunately, millions of land mines and unexploded objects were left behind by decades of conflict. The many legless beggars in town are a living testament to how dangerous these artifacts still are in the present day.The Cambodia Land Mine Museum was founded by a former child soldier whose parents were killed by the Khmer Rouge and is staffed by victims and orphans of mines.
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The Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary - The Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary has become one of the most important breeding grounds for endangered water birds in Southeast Asia. Located in the marshes of Tonle Sap Lake, this bird sanctuary provides a chance to tour by boat and see rare birds outside of captivity. Psar Chaa - When it comes to shopping in town, Psar Chaa is well stocked with anything you may want to buy, and lots you don’t. Silverware, silk, wood carvings, stone carvings, Buddhas, paintings, rubbings, notes and coins, T-shirts, table mats...the list goes on. There are bargains to be had if you haggle patiently and humorously. Avoid buying old stone carvings that vendors claim are from Angkor. Whether or not they are real, buying these artefacts serves only to encourage their plunder and they will usually be confiscated by customs. Getting Around in Siem Reap There is no public transportation in Siem Reap, therefore your best option would be to ride a tuk tuk (rickshaw). Renting the tuk tuk for a day is a low-budget option that will enable you to enjoy your visit without thinking of the transportation. Bicycles are available for rent at US$ 2. The average temperature in Siem Reap in the beginning of May is about 34°C during the day. Currency The currency of Cambodia is the Cambodian Riel (KHR), but it is currently used only for very petty transactions. The working currency in the country is US dollars, which you can withdraw from any ATM. Please note that US dollar coins are not used, therefore for payment of amounts smaller than US$ 1, you will need to have some riels. Approximate exchange rate: 1 US$ = 4,000 KHR Changing Money Major foreign currency may be exchanged at the airport, banks, post offices, most hotels or licensed exchange agencies in Siem Reap. A passport may be requested when exchanging travellers’ checks. The rates vary from place to place, and a commission may be charged. When accepting US dollars in change, inspect the bills carefully. Marred riel is acceptable tender, but the tiniest tear in a large US note, especially a $20, $50 or $100 note, renders it all but useless in Cambodia. Banks, moneychangers and other businesses will not accept it.
Cash Withdrawal Holders of international credit cards can withdraw local or foreign currency at banks which accept their credit cards. There are Automated Teller Machines outside most banks. Payment in cash is generally preferred. In case you wish to pay by credit card (hotel, restaurants, etc.), please prefer VISA or Mastercard. American Express is not widely popular in the country. Most businesses charge a 2%-4% fee to accept credit cards Electricity The standard voltage in Cambodia is 230 V, while the Types A and C sockets are used. In some hotels you can find Type G sockets too. Therefore, a voltage voltage converter and a plug adapter may be necessary, depending on your country of departure.
Emergency Numbers In case of an emergency you can use the following numbers: Police 117 Fire Brigade 118 Ambulance 119 Please make sure that you have valid travel insurance prior to travelling to Cambodia with an active evacuation plan, in case of an emergency. converter and a plug adapter may be necessary, depending on your country of departure. IBC Emergency Number The conference organizers can be reached at the following number around the clock during the conference +855 987 491 79.
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NCT CBRNe Asia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia After the successful NCT CBRNe Asia events in Thailand and Malaysia, we are now hosting the event in ‘the heart of Southeast Asia’, focusing on a region, where CBRNe related challenges and threats are increasingly imminent and relevant for both regional and international security. This year’s edition will include a twoday conference with high-level speakers from the region, stream sessions, interactive workshops, a large exhibition, demonstration on day-one and the NCT CBRNe Awards Gala Dinner.
09 - 11 December 2014
NCT CBRNe Middle East, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates With a focus on one of the most volatile regions with active CBRNe procurement programs and capability developments, NCT CBRNe Middle East is opening a new region to particular attention. Organized in the heart of the Gulf and with high-level speakers from the Middle East, Central Asia, Europe and the USA, this event will bring the successful NCT CBRNe events to the Middle East. Conference topics will include: Reconnaissance and Military Operations in a CBRN Environment, C4I and Analysis, CBRN Threat Mitigation and Decontamination, Radiation Protection and Security, as well as Crisis Management and Medical Countermeasures.
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