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MAG Somalia Programme
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MAG Somaliland Programme Summary & Plan
MAG began operations in Somaliland in January 2011, supporting the Somaliland authorities
through Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM pro!ects" #he initial armoury sur$ey
pro!ect in Somaliland, %ith the generous support o& Act &or Peace, has pro$ed success&ul on
numerous le$els and &or numerous stakeholders, %ith o$er '0 armouries assessed" (n addition, the
Somaliland Police ha$e their &irst t%o central armouries re&urnished, %hich included the security
in&rastructure and %eapons management procedures necessary &or e&&ecti$e PSSM" #he success o&
this pro!ect has enabled the e)pansion o& our PSSM acti$ities in Somaliland through AusA(*
support"
MAG armoury re&urbishment pro!ect &or the Somaliland Police and Somaliland +oast Guard is
designed to strengthen %eapons and ammunition management and accountability and to reduce
the possibility o& the leakage o& Small Arms and ,ight -eapons (SA,- and reduce the risks o&
accidents"
*uring this second pro!ect MAG has success&ully re&urbished eight police armouries and
constructed ne% armoury &or +oast Guard and pro$ided training to 1. armourers"
/e&urbished Police Armouries are as &ollo%s0
⋅ 1argeisa central Police Station Armoury
⋅ Ahmed *hagah Police Station Armoury, 1argeisa
⋅ 2e% *M( Police Station Armoury, 1argeisa
⋅ +entral Police Station Armoury, Gabilay
⋅ Police training centre Armoury, Mandera
⋅ +entral Police Station Armoury, 3erbera
⋅ +entral Police Station Armoury, 3orama
and constructed a ne% Armoury in0
⋅ +oastguard 1ead 4uarter Armoury, 3erbera
+urrently MAG is carrying out 5A o& the &ollo%ing pro!ects0
⋅ /e&urbishment o& armoury o& 3orao /egional police
⋅ /e&urbishment o& armoury o& 3orao +entral police
⋅ +onstruction o& 67* store in 3orama
⋅ +onstruction 67* store in 3orao
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MAG is a humanitarian organisation clearing the remnants o& con&lict &or the bene&it o& communities %orld%ide"
MAG is co8laureate o& the 199: 2obel Peace Pri;e"
+harity 2o"10<=00<" A company registered in 6ngland and -ales 2o '01>'09"
and %ill start the construction o& 67* store in 6riga$o in April 2012"
?urther MAG has pro$ided 110 MAG designed gun racks to the police and coast guard to enable
armourers to security store more than 2000 guns and impro$e the physical storage &acilities o& the
armouries"
MAG@s armourer training course is an integral part o& our PSSM pro!ects" MAG@s armourer training
programme is composed o& = le$els, to ensure the essential administration le$els %ithin the
authorities understand their rele$ant responsibilities" As part o& le$el (, MAG has pro$ided training to
more than 1. armourers &rom police and coast guard and scheduled to pro$ide training to another
20 armourers &rom police and 20 &rom Somaliland army" #his le$el pro$ides the armourers %ith the
skills and systems kno%ledge re4uired to e&&ecti$ely record, account &or and distribute SA,- and
ammunition &rom an armoury" ,e$el (( %ill include training o& regional armourer commanders, %ho
can pro$ide 5uality Assessments o& the armourer@s %ork" ,e$el ((( %ill include training o& senior
ranks in PSSM policy de$elopment and implementation"
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MAG is a humanitarian organisation clearing the remnants o& con&lict &or the bene&it o& communities %orld%ide"
MAG is co8laureate o& the 199: 2obel Peace Pri;e"
+harity 2o"10<=00<" A company registered in 6ngland and -ales 2o '01>'09"