Community Liaison teams are the eyes and ears of MAG. Their job is to go out and liaise with communities to find out what and where the problem is.
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Community Liaison (CL) enables us to better target our resources to the areas of greatest need. CL teams are recruited from the area of operations and therefore reflect the ethnic diversity of the region and can communicate in the local languages.
Teams consist of both men and women, are highly mobile and trained in data collection and analysis, liaison techniques and targeted Risk Education delivery.
Key components of CL include:
Risk Education
Risk Education – or Mine Risk Education (MRE), or Small Arms Light Weapons Risk Education (SALWRE) – helps minimise the risks for people living, working and travelling through areas contaminated with landmines and/or unexploded ordnance. More on Risk Education
Information exchange
The ongoing exchange of up-to-date and relevant information with all affected stakeholders – such as communities, development agencies and local authorities – throughout the whole clearance/Risk Education process. This:
• Reduces delays in operations, through reduced bureaucracy, confusion and misunderstanding among stakeholders;
• Resolves any friction between community members and clearance teams;
• Ensures people are confident that cleared resources and land are safe.
Strengthening of local information networks
This involves the development of sustainable reporting structures, coordination networks and training of local partner organisations to better manage the threat of remnants of conflict.
Data gathering and information management
This involves the gathering, compilation and analysis of relevant data – including baseline survey, data for prioritisation and implementation of tasks, through to measurement of outcomes and impact of MAG’s work and the production of case studies.
Photo [Sean Sutton/MAG]: MAG staff meet with a community in Vietnam.
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