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70 million US dollars, demining equipment, and support for innovative projects: results of the first day of UMAC 2024. The first day of the Ukraine Mine Action Conference in Lausanne brought significa...

Switzerland will transfer three heavy demining machines to Ukraine. The decision was announced during bilateral negotiations and is part of Switzerland's comprehensive programme to support humanitaria...

Switzerland will host the third partner coordination workshop on mine action in Ukraine. The workshop will bring together key donors and organisations to review progress and align priorities for the c...

More than 60 countries and international organisations: the annual conference on mine action in Ukraine has started in Lausanne (UMAC 2024). The conference brought together a record number of particip...

Prioritisation in humanitarian demining: Great Britain and Switzerland allocate half a million dollars for the project. The funds will be directed to developing a prioritisation system that determines...

Ukraine presented an art project about the impact of demining on Ukrainians' lives and global food security in Switzerland. The presentation took place within the framework of an international event d...

"Since 2022, we have reduced the area of territories dangerous for people by 35,000 square kilometres," said Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister — Minister of Economy of Ukraine, at the ope...

UNDP has identified the most promising innovative approaches to financing demining in Ukraine. Among them are impact investments, front-loading mechanisms, blended finance, and the involvement of the ...

Palantir will help Ukraine demine territories using artificial intelligence: a pilot project has already been launched in Kharkiv region. The American technology company Palantir has partnered with th...

In September, farmers received more than 305,000 hectares of demined land. This was announced by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister — Minister of Economy of Ukraine. "Over 305,000 hectares...

Almost 60 countries and organisations have confirmed their participation in the mine action conference in Switzerland. This was announced by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister — Minister o...

Ihor Bezkaravainyi presented the concept of a prioritisation system for humanitarian demining. The Deputy Minister of Economy outlined the key principles and mechanisms of the system that will determi...