Mine Action and Cluster Munitions Programme 2025-2030 (MACM III)
The MACM III grant funds landmine and explosive clearance, risk education, victim assistance, and capacity building in eight conflict-affected countries to promote safer environments and recovery.
Funder: Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Due Dates: June 1, 2025 (programme start) | Application window expected late 2024–early 2025 (see policy framework)
Funding Amounts: Total programme budget: €78,750,000 (2025–2030); typical grants cover multi-year projects in eight countries.
Summary: Supports clearance of landmines and explosive remnants, victim assistance, and capacity building in conflict-affected countries.
Key Information: Applicants must show 5+ years of relevant mine action or NMAA capacity building experience (2019–2024).
Description
The Mine Action and Cluster Munitions Programme 2025-2030 (MACM III) is a major grant initiative by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Its goal is to create safer environments in conflict-affected countries by clearing landmines, cluster munitions, and other explosive remnants of war. The programme funds a range of activities, including mapping and clearing contamination, destroying stockpiles, risk education, victim assistance, and strengthening local and national capacity for mine action. The programme also supports the humanitarian-development-peace nexus by enabling agricultural recovery and infrastructure rehabilitation, and by facilitating the safe return of internally displaced persons.
Projects must target one or more of the following eight countries: Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen.
