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Support will be provided by the ISU to up to five States Parties in facilitating national stakeholder dialogues. Eligible States Parties have upcoming mine clearance deadlines in 2018, 2019, 2020 and beyond. The Convention's Committee on Article 5 Implementation will be involved in the selection of the recipient States Parties.

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The national stakeholder dialogues will be facilitated by the ISU, in collaboration with stakeholders, such as relevant government officials, representatives from mine-affected populations, mine action donors, including relevant Union entities, mine clearance organisations, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (‘ICBL’), UN agencies and the GICHD. As appropriate, those key actors will be directly involved in the implementation of the project subject to the conditions to be developed in the budgetary impact statement. The dialogues will produce a detailed outcome document highlighting geographically specific information on remaining areas requiring survey and clearance, methodologies to address remaining areas and challenges faced in fulfilling mine clearance obligations and recommendations on overcoming those challenges as well as milestones to address identified challenges. The national stakeholder dialogues will incorporate gender and diversity aspects of mine clearance at the design, management and implementation levels.

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Follow-up actions, in up to five instances, will be undertaken in response to recommendations contained in the outcome documents. Those follow-up actions will provide additional technical support by the ISU (e.g. for drafting/updating of national demining action plans, the development of a project proposal or proposals, etc.).

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The stakeholder dialogues will provide a detailed outcome document setting out the remaining challenges, with objectives, timelines and recommendations for further action.

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The States Parties selected for the national stakeholder dialogues will be able to articulate the status of implementation of the Convention and the Maputo Action Plan as well as to improve their annual reporting to the States Parties on the implementation of their obligations by their deadline.

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The selected States will develop practices in building and fostering partnerships, including with donors and mine clearance organisations, to ensure that they support efforts to fulfil their obligations in as short a time as possible.

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The selected States will be able to better articulate their intentions to fulfil the Maputo Action Plan commitments and their need for support, for example for drafting and updating of national de-mining action plans, the development of a project proposals.

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States Parties to the Convention which are in the process of implementing their mine clearance obligations under the Convention.

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Women, girls, boys and men whose lives are affected by the presence or suspected presence of anti-personnel mines, as well their families and communities.

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National experts working on issues relevant to mine clearance.

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States and organisations supporting mine clearance efforts.

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Support will be provided by the ISU in up to five affected States Parties to convene national stakeholder dialogues in States Parties that either:

The Convention's Committee on Victim Assistance will be involved in the selection of the recipient States Parties.

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The national stakeholder dialogues will be facilitated by the ISU, in collaboration with key actors, such as relevant government officials, donors, including relevant Union entities, UN agencies, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (‘UNOHCHR’), the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munition Coalition (‘ICBL-CMC’) and disabled persons' organisations. The national stakeholder dialogues will also result in the drafting of a detailed outcome document, developed in consultation with stakeholders, in which challenges and gaps in the implementation of the Maputo Action Plan's victim assistance commitments will be identified, recommendations made to overcome them and objectives set.

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Follow-up action in up to five instances will be undertaken in response to recommendations contained in the outcome documents. Those follow-up actions may involve the provision of additional technical support by the ISU, for example for the revision of national plans, the development of a project proposal or proposals, etc.

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Decision 2012/700/CFSP supported a global conference that was held in Medellin, Colombia, in April 2014, entitled ‘Bridges between Worlds’ that aimed to advance the international community's understanding regarding the place of victim assistance in broader contexts. As a follow-up, this Decision will enable an international conference for national experts to be organised by the ISU, in collaboration with key actors such as the UNOHCHR, the relevant Union entities, and ICBL-CMC and disabled persons' organisations, to explore challenges and good practices in integrating victim assistance into the broader contexts of disability and development at the national level. In particular, the international conference will aim at strengthening linkages with efforts to implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (‘CRPD’) and planning processes to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The international conference will build upon the work of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention's Committee on Victim Assistance and representatives of other relevant bodies such as the Victim Assistance Coordinators of the Cluster Munitions Convention (‘CCM’) and Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War to the Convention on the Prohibition or Restriction on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects (‘CCW’).

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National stakeholder dialogues will result in a detailed outcome document identifying challenges and gaps which will provide the selected States with recommendations and concrete steps it can take to address identified challenges in implementing their Maputo Action Plan victim assistance commitments.

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The outcome document will support national policy development and facilitate the dialogue and cooperation with donors and implementing agencies.

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Follow-up actions, in up to five States Parties, to support efforts to overcome the challenges and gaps identified during the national stakeholder dialogues will result in increased capacity of the States Parties to fulfil their Maputo Action Plan commitments for example the revision of national plans, the development of a project proposal or proposals.

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National stakeholder dialogues will create awareness of the global effort and best practices to address the needs and guarantee the rights of survivors through broader frameworks.

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The selected States will be better able to articulate the status of implementation of the Maputo Action Plan as well as to report on plans for its implementation.

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National experts participating in the international conference will have a better understanding of the place of victim assistance in efforts to implement the CRPD and planning processing to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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States Parties to the Convention which have reported responsibility for significant numbers of landmine survivors.

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Women, girls, boys and men who have fallen victim to landmines and other explosive remnant of war, as well as their family and communities.

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National experts working on issues relevant to victim assistance.

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A High Level Task Force on the universalisation of the Convention will be supported by the ISU, including support from high-level personalities to engage with the leaders of up to five States not party at the ministerial or higher level regarding accession to the Convention and/or adherence to the Convention and its norms.

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Updated first-hand knowledge on barriers to accession from States which are not parties to the Convention will be sought with a view to that information contributing to substantive documents prepared for the Fourth Review Conference in 2019, including through a comprehensive report regarding what progress has been made on universalising the Convention and its norms as well as the scope for further progress.

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The study on border security initiated under Decision 2012/700/CFSP will be further developed, in collaboration with partners such as the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) or the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), into a tool for universalisation aimed towards States that still consider anti-personnel mines an indispensable tool for border security.

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Up to five non-party States will be engaged at the ministerial or a higher level regarding adherence to the Convention.

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Updated knowledge of the anti-personnel mine policies of non-party States will be obtained. That information will be used in the preparation of a substantive document for the Fourth Review Conference, including through a comprehensive report on progress made towards achieving the aims of universalising the Convention, as well as scope for further progress.

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Advocacy on the part of States Parties to the Convention and non-governmental organisations will be revitalised on the basis of follow-up actions resulting from High Level Task Force visits.

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Increased knowledge will be amassed and compiled in a publication which will address the most frequently raised perceived barriers to accession to the Convention and which can be used to support universalisation efforts.

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Progress will be made towards accession to the Convention and/or an embracing of its norms by non-party States that were engaged through this project.

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States, other than States Parties, which have not yet ratified, approved, accepted, or acceded to, the Convention.

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States Parties to the Convention and non-governmental and international organisations involved in efforts to promote the universalisation of the Convention.

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A launch event will be held to promote this Decision and Union support for Mine Action in general, and a wrap-up event will be organised to publicise the activities provided for in this Decision and their outcomes, thereby underlining the Union's contribution.

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Communication in relation to the activities of the Decision and the Union's commitment to the implementation of the Convention will be highlighted throughout the implementation of this Decision on the Convention's website, through social media platforms as well as through the national and international press.

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Communication material, for example posters, advertising, video footage, publicity material, will be acquired and put at the disposal of involved stakeholders and partners.

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Officials of the Union and its Member States will be aware of this Decision and how it may relate to their work.

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The Union's commitment to the Convention and Mine Action in general will be put in the spotlight for States Parties to the Convention and the global audience interested in human security in general.

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Awareness of the objectives of the Convention and the Maputo Action Plan will be strengthened.