Countries from South Eastern Europe and Central Asia join forces to combat sexual and gender-based violence

The UNDP Regional Conference on Effective Programming for Preventing and Combating Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), brought together more than 50 government officials, including ...

SEESAC at the Regional Meeting of SEE Ministers (Comprehensive Regional Defence Ministerial – CRM) in Dubrovnik 21-22 October 2015

Photo: Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia

The Comprehensive regional ministerial includes meetings of defense ministers and high level defense policy officials of South East Europe contributing to the following three regional initiatives: the ...

SEESAC Develops a Weapons Categorization Tool

Western Balkans - SEESAC is making the Weapons Categorization Tool, a software designed specifically to assist with more accurate reporting on arms exports in particular to the United Nations (UN), ...

Gender Trainers Review Their Results and Learn how to Advocate for Gender Equality in MoDs and AFs

The third meeting of the Regional Network of Gender Trainers in the Ministries of Defence (MoDs) and the Armed Forces (AFs) in the Western Balkans was held on 20 October 2015 in Belgrade. The meeting ...

International Conference "Gender Equality in Defence System - Accomplishments and Trends" in Belgrade

A two-day international conference, Gender Equality in Defence System - Accomplishments and Trends, took place in Belgrade on 13 and 14 October 2015.  Dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the adoption ...

Handover of IT Equipment in support of the Serbian Police National Forensics Centre (NFC) in Belgrade

EU Ambassador Michael Davenport, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Irena Vojáčková-Sollorano and Serbian Minister of Interior Nenad Stefanovic took part in a handover ceremony ...

Handover of IT equipment in support of the Albanian Weapons Electronic Registry

TIRANA – Albanian Deputy Minister of Interior Ilirjan Mustafaraj, Director of the Albanian State Police Haki Cako, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Albania Zineb ...

SEESAC at the INTERPOL Firearm Forensics Symposium

SEESAC’s presentation “Regional cooperation to counter the threat posed by firearms in South Eastern Europe”, opened the first day of the INTERPOL Firearm Forensics Symposium (IFFS), organized by ...

Diffusing the powder keg

 By Christopher Barber, SEESAC Junior Firearms Incidents Research Consultant In early July 2015, two Czech tourists were gunned down in the hauntingly beautiful mountains of northern Albania. ...

SEESAC’s RSSRP Presented in Brussels in cooperation with DG DEVCO

The Regional Security Sector Reform Platform (RSSRP) was presented to EU officials and the expert public on 21 September, 2015 in Brussels. The event, hosted by the European Commission's ...