Mauritania II, Phase 1+

The Mauritania II project will contribute to the security and safety of the civilian population while enhancing the operational efficiency of the Mauritanian National Army (MNA) followed by a request for assistance from Mauritania in March 2014 in continuation of the first Trust Fund. The project will also contribute to strengthening the relationship between NATO and Mauritania and to changing the civilian population’s perception of NATO.
Supporting three initiatives:

• Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM),
• Destruction, Demilitarisation and Disposal (D3) and
• Defence Reform (DR),

The Trust Fund project is divided in 3 phases in accordance with fund raising, each of them implementing the described initiatives.

Status: The initiatives on disposal of military ordnance and gender training have been completed in 2017.
The new Ammunition Storage Area was constructed and handed over to the Mauritanian National Army in Néma in August 2018 and a second one in F’Dérik in January 2019. A toolset for safe handling of ammunition and wooden moving pallet were delivered to both sites in August 2018. A local market research for delivery of 2 forklifts is being undertaken, with expected delivery in February 2019.
The Mauritanian National Army has sent NSPA the curriculum of the training courses for the ammunition storekeeper and the ammunition depot manager. One training course was organised in the ammunition training school of Akjoukt, the second training course was organized in November 2018.
In July, Mauritania requested further NATO support with destruction of additional 120 MANPADS and obsolete and unserviceable ammunition. In light of this request, NSPA is reviewing an update to the 3rd phase of the project, provided a Non-Cost Extension (NCE) until mid-June 2019 is approved by the Lead Nation.

Duration: Project was launched in May 2015 and started implementation in February 2016. Phases 1 and 2 were merged to Phase 1+, which is still ongoing.

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