ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center Regional Workshop 2018

Mr. Zlatko Vezilic

Programme Manager, Humanitarian Disarmament

Norwegian People's Aid

Speaker in Session 8. Land Release: Innovative Technology and Methodology

Biography

Country Experience: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Sri Lanka, Angola, Colombia, Cambodia. Monitoring missions and country assessments conducted in Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritania and Ukraine.

I have over 22 years of experience in the fields of aid and development, implementing programmes at the strategic, political, operational and tactical levels. Since July 2016 I have been working as the NPA HD Programme Manager in Cambodia with main responsibilities in five different projects: Partnership project with the largest national mine action operator in the country, Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC); Capacity Development Project with the Cambodian Mine Action Authority (CMAA); NPA Cluster Munition Survey and Clearance Project in Ratanikiri Province; NPA Dog Training Facility, a self-sustainable income generating project including EDD demonstration; United States Department of Defence, "Enhanced ability to improve planning, documentation and quality in survey of sub-munitions in Eastern Cambodia".

Other Positions held in NPA internationally: 1. NPA Acting Country Director in Colombia 2. NPA Country Director in Angola 3. NPA Programme Manager in Angola 4. NPA Operations Manager in Angola 5. NPA Operations Manager in Sri Lanka 6. NPA Operations Technical Advisor in Kosovo