International Development Grant
Enhancing Jordan’s efforts to counter-improvised explosive devices
Project Number: CA-3-D003175001
Status: Terminating
Country/Region:
Regional Focus:
Maximum Contribution: $3,399,373.00
Start Date: January 14, 2016
End Date: August 31, 2018
Duration: 2.6 years
Project Description
This project aims to provide security equipment to the Jordanian Gendarmerie Forces and the Public Security Directorate (PSD) to effectively and safely detect disable and dispense of improvised explosive devices (IED). The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) implements this project. Project activities include: (1) procuring equipment and materials; and (2) delivering improvised explosive device disposal training.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased access to transportation supporting rapid deployment of Jordan’s Armed Force’s Quick Reaction Force officials; and (2) increased access to counter-explosives equipment by PSD and Jordanian Gendarmerie Forces within Jordan and border areas.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved at the end of project (May 2019) include: (1) distributed essential security equipment and materials to officers which included bomb protective suits helmets and metal detectors; (2) completed a 3-week training course on IED procedures and best practices for disposing of IEDs; and (3) trained on using remotely operated vehicles and using and maintaining bomb protective suits.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Foreign Affairs and Trade Gs&Cs