A person was killed in a mine accident which happened today in Rujnice, near Glacevici, Zavidovici municipality. It happened in a nearby forest where the person was collecting secondary materials.

Non-profit organization ITF Enhancing Human Security – Ljubljana invites all interested high school students, graduates and postgraduates to apply for a single one-semester scholarship. It refers to mine victims or their family members. Students-applicants will comply with conditions in case they have already entered a study program and if they have opened a transaction account.

Ahdin Orahovac, Deputy director in BH MAC Support Sector, participated in GICHD Mine Action Quality Control Workshop which was done in cooperation with CRO MAC. The workshop was held in Stubicke Toplice, Croatia from December 19 to December 23, 2012.

Bosnia and Herzegovina Mine Action Center (BH MAC) and Coalition for Implementation of mine action development program are organizers of demining training for more than a hundred municipality and canton coordinators.
The topic of the training is Bosnia and Herzegovina mine action priority planning. It is held in Norway Kingdom Embassy.

An informational meeting for Military Department representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina Embassies was organized today in BH MAC Sarajevo premises. After they presented the past results and plans for the following period, including strategic plan revision activities till the end of 2019, the respected guests visited the demining project in Popovici, Ilijas municipality. NVO Intersos implements this task at which 126 mines and 50 UXOs have been found so far.

Non-governmental organization “Landmine Survivors Initiatives” organized the 15th International Sitting Volleyball Tournament “Princess Diana Memorial”, held on October 13, 2012 at the City Hall “Arena” in Zenica.
Eight sitting volleyball clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, including landmine victims, war veterans and persons with disabilities participated in this tournament.
The tournament was initiated in 1998, remembering the visit of Princess Diana to Bosnia and Herzegovina and her contribution to protection and promotion of landmine victim rights throughout the world. This year, the tournament was held in Zenica, where Princess Diana met landmine victims in her last humanitarian mission in 1997.

Non-governmental organization “Landmine Survivors Initiatives” organized the 15th International Sitting Volleyball Tournament “Princess Diana Memorial”, held on October 13, 2012 at the City Hall “Arena” in Zenica.
Eight sitting volleyball clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, including landmine victims, war veterans and persons with disabilities participated in this tournament.
The tournament was initiated in 1998, remembering the visit of Princess Diana to Bosnia and Herzegovina and her contribution to protection and promotion of landmine victim rights throughout the world. This year, the tournament was held in Zenica, where Princess Diana met landmine victims in her last humanitarian mission in 1997.

Under the sponsorship of Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining, the mine action liability workshop was held in BH MAC Sarajevo premises from October 9 to October 10, 2012. The representatives of the Armed Forces, Civil Protection, Bosnia and Herzegovina Public Attorney's Office as well as the representatives of the High Court of Law and Attorney's Office Education Center participated in this workshop.
The reason for holding this workshop is a certain number of legal actions instituted to compensate to the mine victims' family members. The former practice indicated that the main problem in this case was the ignorance of the problem which means not understanding the Law on Demining regulations. The consequence is an immeasurable damage and impact on the humanitarian demining development as well as on citizens' protection.

EOD Course-Level 2 is going to be implemented in Rajlovac barracks from September 17, 2012 to November 2, 2012.the course will be conducted by the instructors from demining battalion training department of Armed Forces tactical support brigade.

600 delegates from all over the world including the officials of the UN, International Committee of the Red Cross, Coalition on Cluster Munition, Survivors of cluster munition incidents as well as officials of Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining participated in this meeting.