Complex IED Clearance in Liberated Areas of Iraq

This project supports the deployment of improvised explosive device (IED) clearance experts to survey critical infrastructure. The project locates and clears explosive hazards to enable the stabilization efforts in liberated areas of Iraq. The project also develops local capability for IED and other explosive hazard clearance by training national mine action operators and delivering hazardous environment awareness training to the local population including women and children residing and working near explosive hazard sites.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to gender-responsive essential services in liberated areas of Iraq; (2) decreased harm to Iraqi adults and children from explosive hazards in liberated areas of Iraq; and (3) increased capacity of local Iraqi actors to clear IEDs and other explosive remnants of war in liberated areas of Iraq.