Certification Ceremony held for Moldova Police Experts after successfully completing national PSSM Course

Certificates were awarded to twenty practitioners from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and General Police Inspectorate of the Republic of Moldova at a ceremony held in Chisinau, on 18 March 2016. The ceremony concluded a week-long national course on Armament and Ammunition Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM), funded by the European Union and organized by UNDP SEESAC during 14-18 March 2016 in Moldova’s capital.
 

“The safety and security of police staff that handle various types of weapons and ammunition is extremely important. This is why I insisted to conduct this training for police experts, which will enhance the knowledge of police officers in the field, but also will considerably reduce the number of cases of injuries in service”, noted the Head of the Department for Public Security of the General Police Inspectorate, Mihail Ciubaciuc.
 

“By completing this course, the participants contribute to a safer world, as they know how to deal with small arms and ammunitions, in a world where smuggling and crimes caused by guns are widespread. We can help to stop this and protect citizens”, said the counsellor from Political and Economic Section of the European Union Delegation to Moldova, Jekaterina Dorodnova.
 

“The course that you successfully completed today, is another contribution towards efficient arms control by enhancing the technical capacities of the police services in Moldova, to manage and safeguard stockpiles of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and their ammunition”, UNDP Moldova Head of the Programme Unit, Marta Gazideda said at the ceremony. “I’m confident that the course achieved its goal to provide you with much needed specialized knowledge on the best practices and arms control international standards”, she added. 
 

This national PSSM course is part of the Component 1 of SEESAC’s EUSAC project that aims to provide support in improving security of armament storages through capacity development of the relevant personnel and in accordance with the International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS). The participants were trained on security regulations and plans, risk assessments, physical security and access control, personnel security and vetting, transportation and inventory, property and evidence management.

The history of large-scale accumulation of small arms and light weapons and ammunition stockpiles in South East Europe (SEE), an insufficient number of secure storage locations, and the persistent lack of sufficient capacities to fully secure them has made the countries in the region a particular concern as well as an important challenge in the European Union Strategy to combat illicit accumulation and trafficking of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and their ammunition.
 

Promoting just, peaceful, and inclusive societies is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations at the Sustainable Development Summit in New York in September this year and which the UN members have determined to achieve by 2030. This week’s national training is a direct contribution to achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 16, which aims to significantly reduce all forms of violence, and work with governments and communities to find lasting solutions to conflict and insecurity.
 

EU SUPPORT OF SEESAC DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE (EUSAC)

The European Union entrusted SEESAC with the implementation of a series of region-wide activities in the period 2014 – 2016 through EU COUNCIL DECISION 2013/730/CFSP. The regional course is part of Component 1 of the resulting EUSAC Project (EU Support of SEESAC Disarmament and Arms Control Activities in South East Europe) which is an integral part of the SEESAC SALW Control portfolio.
 

EUSAC marks a continuation of the trust placed in SEESAC by the EU since 2002. The Union previously  supported SEESAC through Council Decision 2002/842/CFSP, extended and amended by Council Decisions 2003/807/CFSP and 2004/791/CFSP. Most recently, the Union supported SEESAC arms control activities through Council Decision 2010/179/CFSP.
 

Designed in close cooperation with national authorities, the EUSAC project works on the following five interrelated streams of activities:
 

  • Increased security of stockpiles: through the renovation and security improvements to storages of arms and ammunition.
  • Stockpile reduction: through the destruction of surplus arms and ammunition held in storages.
  • Improved marking, tracing and registration of SALW: through the provision of support to the establishment or enhancement of existing weapons registration and record-keeping systems.
  • Improved regional cooperation on awareness raising, information sharing and knowledge transfer: through the facilitation of regional cooperation between national institutions tasked with arms control.
  • Implementation of collection and awareness raising campaigns.
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