Kosovo

Support for Mine Action

Last updated: 19 November 2018

In 2017, two donors contributed some US$170,000 to mine action in Kosovo, a level similar to assistance provided in 2016.[1]

 

International contributions: 2017[2]

Donor

Sector

Amount

(national currency)

Amount

(US$)

Netherlands

Clearance

€86,259

97,481

Switzerland

Clearance

CHF71,500

72,648

Total

 

 

170,129

 

Since 2013, international assistance to mine action in Kosovo has totaled nearly $2 million. No annual total has exceeded more than $800,000 in the past five years.

 

Summary of contributions: 2013–2017[3]

Year

Amount ($)

% change from previous year

2017

170,129

-10

2016

189,873

-75

2015

785,889

+158

2014

291,304

-40

2013

485,069

-64

Total

1,922,264

 

 



[1] Switzerland, Convention on Cluster Munitions Article 7 Report, Form I, 30 April 2018; email from Olivia Douwes, Policy Officer, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 12 September 2018.

[2] Average exchange rate for 2017: CHF0.9842=US$1; €1=US$1.1301. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 11 January 2018.

[3] See previous Monitor reports.