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The Mine Action Information Center at James Madison University is a public policy center which manages information and conducts training relevant to humanitarian mine clearance, victim assistance, mine risk reduction and other landmine-related issues. As an information clearinghouse, the MAIC provides training, operates a help desk for queries, hosts conferences and symposia on landmine-related topics, publishes a journal about mine action, maintains a content-rich web site, develops mine-action education materials, produces global information system (GIS) products and conducts studies and surveys designed to facilitate and improve global landmine action.
The MAIC has a full-time staff that organizes faculty, students and other subject-matter experts into teams to address specific landmine-related issues. Drawing on university programs and mine-action experience, the MAIC is in a unique position to facilitate integrative approaches and innovative solutions to mine action information and training.
Dennis Barlow, Director
Mine Action Information Center
James Madison University
MSC 4902
1401 Technology Drive
Harrisonburg, Virginia USA 22807
Phone: +1(540)568-2718
Fax: +1(540)568-8176
maic@jmu.edu
Published twice a year, the Journal of Mine Action is an international print and online magazine designed to provide a forum for the global landmine community. Through editorials, articles, reports, reviews, profiles and news, the Journal strives to bring current and valuable information to its readers. The print magazine has a circulation of 1,500, two thirds of which is outside the US. Another 135,000 unique visitors view the magazine online annually.
The Journal of Mine Action is written by in-house staff and mine action practitioners from around the world. Authors explore current practices, new equipment and techniques, procedures, lessons learned and newsworthy information important to the international mine action community.
The magazine is funded by contracts from the United States Department of State and the Canadian Centre for Mine Action Technologies.
To visit the Journal of Mine Action, point your web browser to its homepage at http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/index and you'll have several options in the navigation bar.
The Global Mine Action Registry is a resource database of the most up-to-date contact information on hundreds of mine action organizations, available online for our web site customers 24 hours a day.
The Registry is a free tool for organizations working directly in mine action. You can do an online search to find virtually any type of organization, in any field, and in every country around the world. In addition to having organizations register their contact information, we also encourage them to keep us informed of their current activities and fieldwork.
To make searching and browsing the Global Mine Action Registry easy and powerful, we allow customers to browse and search by multiple criteria such as organization type, activity details, country of operation, and even by keywords that may be found in the organization's mission statement.
- Search Registry: Search the registry by clicking on "Search Registry" in the blue menu bar on the left side of the webpage.
- Browse Registry: To browse the registry's contacts alphabetically by organization name, click on "Browse Registry" in the blue menu bar on the left.
- Add Your Organization: To add your organization or a field office of an organization with an existing entry in the Registry, click on "Add Your Organization" in the blue menu bar.
If your organization does not exist in any of the alphabetic sets of registered organizations, you can click Register Organization and fill out the form to register a new organization. To register a field office, select your organization from the drop-down list and then click on Register Field Office.
To use the Global Mine Action Registry, point your web browser to its homepage at http://maic.jmu.edu/gmar.
The MAIC lists conferences and meetings on its web site, provides web links to mine action organizations, and can either access or refer visitors to an abundance of information on landmines and related material.
Although we are not technical advisers, our staff will happily research your questions by contacting subject-matter experts for you, or we can refer you directly to other organizations that can help.
People who are researching mine action often contact us to learn more about subjects covered in the Journal of Mine Action or other publications. People who are planning to travel to Europe, Asia or Africa contact us to learn how to avoid landmine problems during their trips. We also help connect job seekers and employers through our employment database.
If you have a question, we'll do our best to provide an answer. Just call or email: +1(540)568-2718 or maic@jmu.edu.
Department of State (DoS)
The MAIC supports the DoS through a host of information-based initiatives. The relationship began with a mine awareness project implemented in Vietnam, spearheaded by the State Department Office of Humanitarian Demining Programs. The MAIC has organized numerous conferences on behalf of the DoS and is proud to participate in its student fellowship program. The web site and Journal of Mine Action are primary sources of support for the DoS.
MAIC's DoS profile page
Department of Defense (DoD)
JMU's MAIC has been supporting DoD humanitarian demining efforts since 1996. We are proud to be a key part of its humanitarian demining outreach strategy. The MAIC acts as an information clearinghouse supporting many Defense Department efforts, through the MAIC web site, The Journal of Mine Action and by hosting international mine action conferences.
MAIC's DoD profile page
Slovenian International Trust Fund for Mine Clearance and Victim Assistance(ITF)
MAIC has benefited and grown from contractual relationships with regional organizations like the International Trust Fund for Mine Clearance and Victim Assistance in Slovenia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Our partnership with the International Trust Fund resulted in the first global Workshop on Mine Detecting Dogs in Ljubljana, Slovenia, attracting 160 participants from 28 countries, and followed up with a second workshop in San Antonio, Texas.
ITF web site
Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
The MAIC has developed a long and cooperative relationship with this global mine action center and has formed an information link between Europe and America. From the center's inception, MAIC staff and faculty have coordinated and planned tasks and events with the GICHD by hosting workshops. The MAIC has provided specific contractual support to the GICHD in GIS development, operator requirement studies and in the review of clearance standards.
GICHD web site
The Public-Private Partnership Program
Designed to promote communication and collaboration among mine action partners.
The Public-Private Partnership Program
