Kosovo

Support for Mine Action

Last updated: 18 December 2019

In 2018, three donors contributed some US$800,000 to mine action in Kosovo, a level similar to assistance provided in 2015.[1]

International contributions: 2018[2]

Donor

Sector

Amount (national currency)

Amount (US$)

Norway

Clearance and risk education

NOK4,875,000

599,498

Netherlands

Clearance and risk education

€127,505

150,673

Japan

Clearance

¥9,677,002

87,654

Total

   

837,825

 

Since 2014, international assistance to mine action in Kosovo has totaled more than $2 million. No annual total has exceeded more than $1 million in the past five years.

Summary of contributions: 2014–2018[3]

Year

Amount (US$)

2018

837,825

2017

170,129

2016

189,873

2015

785,889

2014

291,304

Total

2,275,020

 



[1] Japan, Convention on Cluster Munitions Article 7 Report, Form I, 30 April 2019; Netherlands, Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report, Form J, April 2019; and Norway, Convention on Cluster Munitions Article 7 Report, Annex, 30 April 2019.

[2] Average exchange rate for 2018: ¥110.4=US$1; €1=US$1.1817. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 2 January 2019.

[3] See previous Monitor reports.