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Action on Armed Violence

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: De-mining Development Disarmament Humanitarian Affairs International Law International Security Peace and Security Violence Social Development: Conflict Social policy Technical cooperation
Geographic scope:	Regional Europe Latin America and Caribbean Africa
Mission statement:	Action on Armed violence carries out research, advocacy and fieldwork towards a single goal- reducing the incidence and impact of armed violence. Through research in violence-affected communities we develop recommendations for programming and policy making that look at reducing armed violence and its impact on development. Our mission is to: Strengthen international commitment and capacity to achieve measurable reductions in armed violence. Increase effective support for communities affected by armed violence. Build norms and laws to stop the use of weapons that cause unacceptable harm to civilians. In the short term, AOAV is working with states and civil society organizations to ensure that they recognize the interrelation between armed violence and the MDGs in the framework of the MDG Review Process and that armed violence is included as a cross-cutting issue in the MDG Review Summit outcome document.
Year established:	1992
Year of registration:	1999
Organizational structure:	AOAV counts with a head office in London that is divided into the following departments: field programs, policy and research, administration and finances. AOAV also hosts the staff of the Cluster Munition Coalition in the same office. A board of Directors is in charge of overlooking the strategy of the organization as well as its financial and structural capacity. In addition to the Head office, AOAV also counts with two field programs in Liberia and Western Sahara that work on de-mining and training and reintegration of ex-combattants. The head-office decides the broad lines of work and the policy focus which is then implemented locally by the field programs. Finally AOAV collaborates with a Latin American working group on armed violence and development that was recently created to focus on advocacy and research work on this topic in the region.
Number and type of members:	AOAV employs UK-based permanent staff and consultants, international technical advisers and national staff in Liberia and Western Sahara. In total AOAV employs 16 permanent international staff and 56 national staff for the field program in Western Sahara as well as 76 for the field program in Liberia. For more information on our staff and board members please visit our former website: http://www.landmineaction.org/about/StaffAndBoard/
Affiliation with NGO networks:	International Campaign to Ban Landmines; Cluster Munition Coalition
Funding structure:	Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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