About us

A company contract on establishment was signed in Zagreb, on 8th of April 2008. The Cluster acquired a legal entity status on 17th of July 2008, by registration into court register at the Commercial Court in Zagreb.

The Cluster was founded with the aim to promote, lead and co-ordinate developmental activities in humanitarian demining abroad.

The Founders of the Cluster are:
1. Croatian Mine Action Centre - CROMAC,
2. Croatian Mine Action Centre - Centre for testing, development and training Ltd. (CROMAC-CTDT Ltd.),
3. DOK-ING Ltd.,
4. Đuro Đaković Special Vehicles Inc.,
5. Šestan Busch Ltd.,
6. Borovo-Gumitrade Ltd.

On 1st of January 2009, the following organisations, at their own request, have joined the Cluster as Associate Members:

1. ISTRAIVA Ltd.- demining company
2. Regional Centre for Divers Training in Underwater EOD
3. Vallon GmbH- mine and UXO detectors manufacturer
4. GEOFOTO Ltd.

The Cluster, through its founders and associate members, has capacities, resources and knowledge to conduct all activities in the mine action system, such as:

1. Setting-up of and/or assistance in organisation and establishment of national authority for mine action:
- Assistance in elaboration of laws and bylaws in the field of mine action,
- Assistance in elaboration of Standard operative procedures in the process of humanitarian demining,
- Training of the stake-holders in mine action (i.e. deminers, worksite managers, group leaders, QA/QC officers etc.)

2. Humanitarian demining that consists of actions which result in mine and UXO threat removal, and are carried through the following activities:
- Elaboration of the Mine action programme and Humanitarian demining plan
- Carrying-out the general and technical survey in order to collect and process; data on mine suspected, mined or demined areas and/or buildings; data on found and destroyed mines and other technical characteristics of mine suspected areas
- Carrying-out humanitarian demining operations
- Taking-over demined areas and/or buildings after completed survey,
- Marking the mine suspected areas and/or buildings
- Elaboration of the survey and demining projects,
- Conducting QA/QC monitoring during demining and during final inspection.

3. Education of population on mine threat

4. Mine victims assistance, rehabilitation and reintegration

In order to conduct humanitarian demining operations in a safe manner, and in order to have all stakeholders of the demining process maximally protected, the Cluster can, through its founders and associate members, provide professional and quality equipment, such as:
1. Demining machines, equipment, and workshop for maintenance of the machines with experienced and qualified staff, mechanics, electricians and computing experts.
2. Protective and safety equipment used in humanitarian demining. The programme encompasses helmets, visors, ballistic vests and bullet-proof vests,
3. Equipment for mines and UXO detection.
4. Training for divers and underwater demining.

Other than services and equipment for humanitarian demining, we can through our founders and associate members, provide support, primarily equipment-wise, military and police units.

Capacities:
• 26 certified demining companies
• 611 deminers
• 52 various demining machines
• 765 metal detectors
• 37 tested mine detection dogs

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