this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . february 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message fondation suisse de d minage fsd type non governmental organisation industry landmine relief founded 1997 headquarters geneva switzerland area served global key people henri leu president 1 hansjoerg eberle director general 2 website www.fsd.ch the swiss foundation for mine action fsd is a swiss non governmental organisation involved in mine action . fsd stands for fondation suisse de d minage the french name of the organisation . fsd is politically ideologically and religiously independent . fsd is based in geneva and operates a logistical and administrative support office in manila . 3 from 2005 fsd was joined by its french partner fsd france and from 2007 by crosstech sa a mine action company which is fully owned by the fsd . contents 1 mission 2 world wide operation 3 sources of funds 4 fsd france 5 see also 6 external links 7 references mission edit fsd s focus is on locating and destroying landmines and unexploded ordnance to prevent accidents . fsd s overarching aim is to alleviate and diminish the social economic and environmental impacts of landmines and unexploded ordnance thus creating favourable conditions for the reconstruction and development of war torn countries . 4 world wide operation edit in 2007 fsd has led demining operations in afghanistan lebanon tajikistan sri lanka laos sudan and burundi . previously fsd has intervened in bosnia croatia kosovo albania afghanistan iraq pakistan the philippines angola the democratic republic of congo and elsewhere . 5 sources of funds edit major sources of financing are public and private funds but also multi lateral organisations like in sudan where the programme is supported by un mao united nations mine action organisation and chf international . in 2007 fsd was also funded by echo for the clearance of cluster bombs in southern lebanon . other major donors include world food programme the united nations office for project services the united nations mine action service the united nations development programme the organization for security and co operation in europe the governments of australia united states canada japan switzerland germany austria taiwan and south korea swiss cantons and cities foundations and private donators . as a foundation under swiss law the fsd operates under the supervision of the swiss federal authorities . its accounts are audited by kpmg which took over from pricewaterhousecoopers starting in 2007 . the fsd has held the zewo quality label certifying its reliability since 2003 . 6 fsd france edit in 2005 the fsd was joined by its french partner the fsd france . this independent neutral organisation is subject to the french 1901 law on associations . the purpose of this new organisation is to extend the humanitarian mine clearance activities already carried out by the fsd into other sectors such as mine risk education and victim assistance . implementing projects under the mandate of the european commission and promoting mine action in the french speaking part of the world are also among its aims . 6 see also edit ottawa treaty mine ban treaty mine clearance agencies demining external links edit fsd website fsd france website sa references edit 1 fsd website henri leu 2 fsd website hansjoerg eberle 3 fsd website fsd offices 4 fsd website about fsd 5 fsd website country operations a b 6 fsd website 2007 annual report retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title swiss foundation for mine action & oldid 715150739 categories mine warfare and mine clearance organizationsorganisations based in switzerlandpeace organizationsemergency organisationsorganisations based in genevafoundations based in switzerlandhidden categories articles lacking reliable references from february 2012all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages alemannischdeutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 14 april 2016 at 00 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view