Project profile — Enhancing Jordan’s efforts to counter-improvised explosive devices

This project aims to provide security equipment to the Jordanian Gendarmerie Forces and the Public Security Directorate (PSD) to effectively and safely detect, disable and dispense of improvised explosive devices (IED). The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) implements this project. Project activities include: (1) procuring equipment and materials; and (2) delivering improvised explosive device disposal training.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased access to transportation supporting rapid deployment of Jordan’s Armed Force’s Quick Reaction Force officials; and (2) increased access to counter-explosives equipment by PSD and Jordanian Gendarmerie Forces within Jordan and border areas.

Results achieved at the end of project (May 2019) include: (1) distributed essential security equipment and materials to officers which included bomb protective suits, helmets and metal detectors; (2) completed a 3-week training course on IED procedures and best practices for disposing of IEDs; and (3) trained on using remotely operated vehicles and using and maintaining bomb protective suits.