Kosovo

Support for Mine Action

Last updated: 16 November 2020

In 2019, three donors contributed a total of US$480,000 to mine action in Kosovo; half the level of international assistance provided in 2018.[1]

International contributions: 2019[2]

Donor

Sector

Amount

(national currency)

Amount

(US$)

Norway

Clearance and risk education

NOK3,250,000

369,314

Netherlands

Clearance

€90,126

100,887

Turkey

Victim assistance

N/R

10,000

Total

 

N/A

480,201

Note: N/A=not applicable. N/R=not reported.

In the five-year period from 2015–2019, international assistance to mine action in Kosovo totaled almost $2.5 million. No annual total has exceeded more than $1 million since 2012.

Summary of contributions: 2015–2019[3]

Year

Amount (US$)

2019

480,201

2018

837,825

2017

170,129

2016

189,873

2015

785,889

Total

2,463,917

 



[1] Email from Ingrid Schøyen, Senior Advisor, Humanitarian Affairs, Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2020; ITF Enhancing Human Security, “Annual Report 2019,” March 2020, p. 18; and Netherlands Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report, Form J, 2020.

[2] Average exchange rate for 2019: €1=US$1.1194; and NOK8.8001=US$1. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 2 January 2020.

[3] See previous Monitor reports.