Dorijan Maršič, ITF Director

IITFTF ENHANCING HUMAN SECURITYENHANCING HUMAN SECURITY

WORLD VETERANS FEDERATIONWORLD VETERANS FEDERATION

International Peace and Security Summit

Stocholm, Sweden, 28-30 May 2013

ITF BACKGROUND

• Established in 1998 by Slovenian government;

• Humanitarian, non-profit organisation;

• Gradually widened geographical area of its activities;

• Focus on South East Europe with prospects of strengthening its role outside SE Europe;

• U.S. Matching Fund Mechanism for South East Europe;

• New Strategy adopted in 2009

• New name and graphic design in 2012

ITF STRUCTURE

• 1999 opened implementation office in Bosnia and Herzegovina• 2001 opened implementation office in Croatia• 2001 – 2003 Temporary implementation office in Macedonia• 2006 – 2011 Temporary implementation office in South Caucasus

ITF GOALSThe ITF shall work with national authorities and in partnership with donors, NGOs, the private sector, international and regional organisations and others Goal 1. to reduce the humanitarian and socio-economic threats from landmines and ERW.

Goal 2. to reduce the threats to human security from post-conflict challenges other than landmines and ERW, and to support conventional weapons destruction programmes.

Goal 3. to reduce the threats to human security from disruptive challanges.

ITF vision is a world free of the threat from post-conflict challenges, including landmines, explosive remnants of war (ERW) and the illicit ownership and use of SALW, and where the security of individuals and communities is assured.

ITF VISION

ITF STRATEGY 2009 - 2013

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Goal 1

Goal 2

Goal 3

1. Mine / UXO / cluster clearance (demining, technical survey, battle area clerance, general survey)

2. Post-conflict rehabilitation3. Victim assistance4. Risk education and awareness5. Regional cooperation: SEEMACC, RASR, CAMACC6. Conventional weapons destruction, physical security

and ammunition stockpile management7. Telemedicine and e-Health8. Support to national capacities: Capacity

building/trainings in the field of Mine Action, CWD and Telemedicine

ITF ACTIVITIES

South East Europe Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Kosovo* Macedonia Montenegro Serbia

Baltic states Lithuania

Middle East and North Africa Egypt Gaza Strip Iraq Jordan* Lebanon Libya Cyprus*

Central Asia Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Afghanistan*

*Temporarily no active projects.

GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF ITF ACTIVITIES

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSC 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.”

South Caucasus Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia

West Africa Cape Verde

Latin America Colombia

to reduce the humanitarian and socio-economic threats from landmines and explosive remnants of war.

Strategic Goal 1

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to reduce the threats to human security from post-conflict challenges other than landmines and ERW, and to support conventional weapons destruction programs.

Strategic Goal 2

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to reduce the threats to human security from disruptive challenges.

Strategic Goal 3

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• ITF is contributing to increased human security  through realizing joint strategies of protection – crafting institutions that protect and advance human security – and empowerment – enabling people to act on their own behalf thus reducing threats from disruptive challenges.

• ITF is dedicated to promoting human rights and active citizenship, social inclusion, health and well - being of vulnerable groups (disabled, children, and women), building of community resilience, and armed violence reduction and prevention projects.

• In our approach we promote supportive national and regional programmes that enhance individual, community and national capacities and thereby ensure the sustainability of actions taken today and into the future.

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What we do within Strategic Goal 3

EGYPT• Two trainings for 5-person multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams from Egypt implemented in Slovenia, by URI Soca• Rehabilitation of four patients from Egypt implemented in Slovenia, by URI Soca. Children were accompanied by two physiotherapists who arrived for on-the-job training.

GAZA STRIP• Initiative of Slovenian President Dr Danilo Türk • ITF has set up a list of prosthetic and orthotic material which was delivered to Artificial Limb and Polio Center in 2011• Integral rehabilitation treatment for 100 children and training for 18 local physiotherapists, by URI Soca in Slovenia• MoU signed with Palestinian Mine Action Center in December 2012• Since 2013, ITF is implementing project “Training of cardiac

Palestinian Rehabilitation Unit Personnel” with the support of Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s Development Cooperation.

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LIBYA• Psychosocial rehabilitation of 7 Libyan children in Rogla, Slovenia

on the initiative of Slovenian Embassy in Egypt and Slovenian President Dr Danilo Türk

• URI Soca and ITF conducted a rapid needs assessment of rehabilitation capacities in Benghazi and Tripoli

• URI Soca and ITF conducted triage of 48 Libyan patients in Tunis and Sfax in November 2011in order to identify potential treatment options for them.

• In beginning of March 2012, 25 Libyan amputees successfully finished rehabilitation and were fitted with top quality prosthesis

• In 2013 ITF is continuing with its commitment to help enhance rehabilitation capacities in Libya through implementation of project« Training of rehabilitation experts in Libya«

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CAPE VERDE• Implementation of Integrated Telemedicine and e-health

Program for Cape Verde since 2012 in cooperation with IVeH• Focus on establishing Telemedicine network in Cape Verde by:

- providing telemedicine/e-health equipment to selected hospitals in all 9 inhabited islands;- training personnel that will operate and maintain the network;- establishing platform for continuous medical education and -ensuring network`s integration into countries healthcare system and its sustainability.•The Telemedicine program is anticipated to increase quality, accessibility and efficacy of healthcare services provided in Cape Verde and ultimately to improve treatment outcomes and patient satisfaction

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ITF DONOR COMMUNITY

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TREND OF ITF DONATIONS: 1998 – May 2013 (USD)

Total raised 1998 – May 2013: 371.952.006,47 USD

371.952.006,47 USD of donations raised by ITF 122.975.361 square metres of land cleared in SE Europe through ITF and more than 2,1 mio square meters in the South Caucasus 78.266 mines and UXO found and destroyed in the region of

SE Europe 82.000 and more school children and adults living in mine polluted

areas received mine risk education directly and over 200.000 family members indirectly 2.900 and more completed projects 1.400 individuals trained in the field of Mine Action,

Conventional Weapons Destruction and Telemedicine/E-health 1.227 mine survivors rehabilitated through ITF

130 plus public and private donors 28 donor countries

25 beneficiary countries/areas 2 countries – Macedonia and Albania achieved Mine Free

Status in accordance with Article 5 – Ottawa Convention. In

addition to that ITF concluded its clearance activities in Montenegro and Serbia 1 regional mine action body – SEEMACC 1 regional stockpile reduction body – RASR

ITF SHORT RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENTS (1998 – May 2013)

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