So what do we plan to do?

Now that you have a little background about why this is being organized, here's some more information about exactly what the purpose is for putting this together and what it is we plan to do (in convenient bullet-point format):

Why?
• To celebrate the achievements – and acknowledge the work to be done – in Cambodian mine action in new and innovative ways
• To mark the ten-year anniversary of Cambodia’s ratification of the Antipersonnel Mine Ban Treaty (commonly known as the Ottawa Convention)
• To profile mine action as a cross-cutting issue contributing to poverty eradication in Cambodia
• To give contemporary Cambodian artists an international profile

What will we do?
• Engage up to 10 Cambodian artists, take them to observe mine action activities in the provinces, and have them create approximately 20 high-quality artworks
• Work with young landmine survivors to create artworks
• Display the pieces in an exhibition that opens in Cambodia, with reproductions traveling in the provinces, and selected pieces ending up at the Second Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty in Colombia in December 2009
• Have the exhibit travel to partner countries
• Donate the artworks to the Cambodian government and partners around the world to display in their Embassies or other official buildings