Africa-Press – Angola. Demining actions in Angola under the responsibility of the National Demining Institute will now be co-financed by interested parties, with the exception of cases in which explosive devices have been located.
According to the Joint Executive Decree consulted, Thursday (14), by Lusa, companies, public entities or citizens who, “on their own initiative and for different purposes, intend or request the execution of the demining action with the National Institute of Demining” will have to share in the costs, which vary according to the area to be demined.
The diploma, signed by the ministers of Finance and Social Action, Family and Women Promotion, states that the execution of demining actions has resulted in “significant financial burdens for the national treasury, requiring today the financial co-participation of interested parties in general”.
The payment of this benefit will be mandatory from now on, excluding people who find or locate mines or isolated explosive devices in a given area, mines that are located during awareness-raising activities, as well as devices that are found by Organs of defense and security or as a result of collaboration with local authorities.
Contributions focus on demining, technical and non-technical survey of the areas, and detection, removal, deactivation and destruction of ‘stock’ of mines and other devices, as well as the issuance of the respective proof.
The amount resulting from this charge reverts to the National Demining Institute to guarantee the operationalization of the actions of public operators.
Demining costs range from 160 kwanzas (0.37 euros) per square meter for areas between 1 and 1,000 square meters and 5 kwanzas for areas larger than 100,000 hectares.
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