Nine out of Myanmar’s 14 States are contaminated with landmines and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) including by newly laid landmines as the conflict expanded in Kachin and Shan States since 2015. KAP survey and rapid assessment alerted on the urgent need to scale up mine risk education programming as 3 out 4 children interviewed never received any information on mines and even fewer adults have received any form of MRE. ''While the ceasefire signed in October 2015 did include a dedicated article on demining which might open new windows of opportunities for the expansion of the mine action activities in Myanmar, the ceasefire has not been signed by all parties to the conflict, and no agreement has been reached yet to start survey or operations however, few organizations have got an approval to conduct Non-Technical Survey in Kayah state. Protection and Mine Action actors in country continue to advocate with the different parties for the use of “marking and fencing” in affected areas and also to start pilot land release activities in state where possible. In addition, access to mine affected-areas, especially in non-governmental controlled areas remains challenging. Since 2012, the Ministry of Social Welfare Relief and Rehabilitation, has co-chaired with UNICEF a national Mine Risks Working Group (MRWG) comprising 10 different ministries and 41 national and international NGOS and UN agencies to enhance inter-ministerial and inter-agency coordination. In 2014, dedicated technical groups on Victim Assistance and Information Management were established, and as a result of a decentralization process four State level MRWGs were established in Kachin, Kaya, Kayin and Shan States...''