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Envisioning a world where people can build peaceful and prosperous futures free from the repercussions of conflict and disaster.
The Center for International Stabilization and Recovery helps communities affected by conflict and trauma through innovative and reliable research, training, information exchange, and direct services.
CISR, formerly the Mine Action Information Center (MAIC) is a public policy center at James Madison University that manages information, conducts training, holds conferences and workshops, and performs research relevant to humanitarian mine clearance, victim assistance, mine risk reduction and other explosive remnants of war (ERW).
CISR Director, Dr. Ken Rutherford, was the guest on NPR's Virginia Insight on June 13, 2011. Listen to the interview here.
Center for International Stabilization and Recovery
James Madison University
MSC 4902
800 South Main Street
Harrisonburg, Virginia USA 22807
Phone: +1(540)568-2718
Fax: +1(540)568-8176
cisr@jmu.edu
http://cisr.jmu.edu
Funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) and and the U.S. Department of Defense's Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), The Journal of ERW and Mine Action is an international print and online magazine designed to provide a forum for the global ERW (explosive remnants of war) and landmine abatement 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 1,700, two thirds of which is outside the US. Another 170,000 unique visitors view the magazine online annually.
The Journal of ERW and Mine Action is written by 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.
Founded in 1997, The Journal of ERW and Mine Action is the longest continuous source of ERW and mine-action information in the world.
Click here to view the most recent edition of The Journal of ERW and Mine Action
CISR fulfills its mission through innovative and reliable research, training, information exchange, and direct services, producing a wide array of products and services related to post-conflict activities
for a variety of clients, including the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department
of Defense, UNDP, UNMAS, GICHD and the Organization of American States.
CISR staff tailors its products to clients' needs by utilizing the talents of 897 full-time instructional faculty and 312 part-time instructional faculty, and 1,221 full time classified staff employees. Click the links below to view recent projects:
Every year the CISR's Mine Action Information Center offers a fellowship to a JMU student or recent graduate. The Frasure-Kruzel-Drew Memorial Fellowship for Humanitarian Demining is a paid position with the U.S. Department of State, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement. The fellowship was established in 1999 to raise awareness among the American people about landmine contamination around the world and U.S. government efforts to address the problem. It is named in honor of Ambassador Robert C. Frasure, Dr. Joseph J. Kruzel and Colonel Samuel Nelson Drew who lost their lives in an August 1995 automobile accident in Bosnia and Herzegovina while on a mission to help end the conflict there.
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.
The CISR website hosts an event calendar and job board, provides web links to mine action organizations, and can either access or refer visitors to an abundance of information on landmines and related material.
People who are researching mine action often contact us to learn more about subjects covered in The Journal of ERW and 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 cisr@jmu.edu.
C King Associates
C King Associates worked with CISR and JMU faculty to conduct field research on the effects of time, weather and soil on the degredation of landmines.
Center for the Development of Ex-Combatants (CEDAC)
In Burundi CEDAC develops and manages communes for women conscripted into the military and paramilitary forces during the Burundian conflict. CISR and CEDAC have partnered to provide peer support training to these women.
Concuidadania - Colombia
Concuidadania was the local implementing partner for peer support projects in war-affected communities
Contraminas - Peru
The Peruvian Antipersonnel Mine Action Center worked with CISR to provide a joint ERW training program to Peru and Ecuador in Lima, Peru.
Department of State (DoS)
CISR supports the
Department of State through a host of initiatives. The DoS is the primary source of funding for The Journal of ERW and Mine Action and many of CISR's core programs, which in turn, support priorities established by the State Department.
Department of Defense (DoD)
JMU's CISR has been supporting DoD humanitarian demining efforts since 1996. CISR acts as an information clearinghouse supporting many Defense Department efforts, through the CISR website, The Journal of ERW and Mine Action, and by hosting international mine-action conferences.
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
CISR has developed a long and cooperative relationship with this global mine-action center, working in the areas of information management, International Mine Action Standards, training and research.
Ibuka - Rwanda
CISR partnered with IBUKA, a Rwandan non-governmental organization dedicated to assisting survivors of the Rwandan genocide, to oversee the training of peer support workers for community outreach and counseling.
Lebanon Mine Action Center (LMAC)
LMAC collaborated with CISR to create a week-long peer-support program titled Pathways to Resilience or P2R in Hamama, Lebanon in 2011. The workshop helped survivors find support along with personal strength and inspiration.
Life Line for Consultancy and Rehabilitation (LLCR)
LLCR served as a local implementing partner on CISR's We Love Life! project in Jordan.
National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation (NCDR)
CISR collaborates with NCDR on the Explosive Remnants of War Training Course in Jordan and NCDR provided important support to the We Love Life! Project.
Niarchos Foundation
The Niarchos Foundation, with a matching grant from the U.S. Department of State and private donors, provided funding for peer
support programs in Colombia and East Africa.
Southern Command (Southcom)
Southcom worked with CISR to provide a joint ERW training program to Peru and Ecuador in Lima, Peru.
Past Partners:
Consortium for Complex Operations (CCO)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
