The Use of Firearms in Serbia in the First Ten Months of 2014

by Srdjan Hercigonja, SEESAC Intern   Through the Targeting Weapons project, UNDP’s SEESAC initiative has been monitoring the use of firearms in the Republic of Serbia. The interactive online platform ...

5th Annual Meeting of the Women Police Officers Network in South East Europe (WPON) took place in Tirana

The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Women Police Officers Network in South East Europe (WPON) was held on 3 and 4 December 2014 in Tirana, gathering representatives of eight (8) Police Services from ...

2,802 Pieces of SALW Destroyed in Kosovo*

On 2 December, 2014, Kosovo* institutions, with the support of the EU through UNDP’s SEESAC initiative, destroyed 2,802 weapons and 903 weapon parts. The destructions works towards reducing the ...

6th Regional Meeting of Gender Equality Mechanisms held in Skopje

On 26 - 27 November 2014, representatives of Gender Equality Mechanisms (GEM) in the Ministries of Defense (MoDs) and Armed Forces (AFs) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and the former ...

Gender-Based Violence Awareness Raising Starts at Home

by Emilia Dungel, SEESAC Junior Communications and Research Consultant 25 November is the International End Violence Against Women Day. This day also markes the start of an annual 16-day campaign of ...

12th Meeting of the Regional Arms Exports Information Exchange Process

As a way of strengthening safety and security through regional cooperation in South East Europe, SEESAC facilitates regular meetings of authorities responsible for the development and execution of ...

Upgrades of Ammunition Storage in Montenegro Finalized

Continuing its efforts to reduce the threat of proliferation of SALW and their ammunition, SEESAC completed the security upgrades on the Montenegro Armed Forces’ Brezovik ammuniton depot. Makring the ...

Study Visit to Switzerland’s DoD for Western Balkan Ministries of Defence and Armed Forces

From 12-13 November, fourteen (14) representatives of four Western Balkan Ministries of Defence (MoD) and Armed Forces (AF) took part in a study visit to the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil ...

Remember to Remember the Women

by Emilia Dungel, SEESAC Junior Communications and Research Consultant   The armistice between the Allies of World War I and Germany took effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the ...

Second Regional Meeting of Gender Trainers Held in Belgrade

The Regional Network of Gender Trainers in the Ministries of Defence and the Armed Forces in the Western Balkans met for the second time, on 6 November 2014 in Belgrade, Serbia. With participants from ...