Norwegian People's Aid

Who we are

Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) is a Norwegian humanitarian and development non-governmental organisation (NGO), with global operations. NPA started humanitarian mine action operations in Cambodia in 1992 and now has mine action operations in more than 20 countries. Parallel to clearing landmines, cluster munition remnants, and other explosive remnants of war (ERW), NPA has taken a leading role in civil society's push for States to negotiate, adopt, adhere to, and implement international disarmament treaties such as the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention and the Convention on Cluster Munitions. NPA’s Department for Mine Action and Disarmament implements its own programmes, with international and local staff, often in cooperation with national authorities, United Nations (UN) agencies and other international Mine Action NGOs. NPA covers the full life cycle of weapons and ammunitions – with interventions to protect civilians before, during, and after conflict.

Mine Action Review is an independent global research project, published by NPA. Through its annual publications, 'Clearing the Mines' and 'Clearing Cluster Munition Remnants', and associated monitoring of the respective Treaty Action Plans, Mine Action Review monitors and analyses progress in survey and clearance of anti-personnel mines and cluster munition remnants globally, including implementation of the clearance obligations in the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention and the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The HALO Trust, Mines Advisory Group (MAG), and NPA form Mine Action Review’s Advisory Board.