On 14-15 September 2010 in Belgrade, SEESAC organized a regional seminar on marking and tracing of weapons. Information about the presentations and the group discussions is available in the seminar report, which can be downloaded here.  ... read more

The presentation of the report was organized on 11 December 2010 in Sofia, Bulgaria, by the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior, SEPCA and SEESAC, with the financial support of the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC). The roundtable was opened by Deputy Minister of Interior Mr. Pavlin Dimitrov who expressed his strong support for the improvement of the position of women in the Bulgarian police as a means to increase police efficiency. The Head of the Public Order Directorate in the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior also addressed the meeting. Ms Olga Yoncheva, representing SEPCA, stated that the WPON project was the most successful among the SEPCA initiatives and will be supported in future by the Chiefs of Police.  ... read more

On 07 December 2010 the Ministry of Interior (MoI) of the Republic of Serbia destroyed 28,285 surplus and confiscated weapons. The destruction took place at the "Centar za reciklazu" in Zeleznik, near Belgrade.  ... read more

On 2 December 2010 in Belgrade, the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development (MERD) of the Republic of Serbia and SEESAC jointly organized an industry outreach seminar. The seminar centred on the theme of exports control of arms, military equipment and dual-use goods. The seminar was attended by approximately 200 representatives of companies, licensed to engage in trade in controlled goods, and representatives of the national institutions that are responsible for the oversight of exports control. The aim was to provide a platform for increasing the communication and cooperation in the implementation of export controls in Serbia between government and industry.  ... read more

The Ministry of Economy and Regional Development of the Republic of Serbia produced their third annual report on export and import of weapons, military equipment and dual-use goods. The report provides an overview of the exports and imports of controlled goods in the period 1 January to 31 December 2008.  ... read more

The Republic of Albania has produced their second national report on exports and imports of arms, military equipment and dual-use goods covering the period from 01 Jan 2009 to 31 Dec 2009.  ... read more

On 23 November 2010, SEESAC organized the presentation of the Regional and National Reports on Arms Exports from the Western Balkans. The aim of the event was to publicize the achievements in transparency and the improvements in arms exports control that have taken place since 2006 as well as to inform the public of the significant level of regional cooperation.  ... read more

On 26^th November 2010 in Sarajevo, the 1^st Annual Meeting of the South East Europe Women Police Officers Network (WPON) was held, during which the WPON was officially launched. At the meeting, jointly organized by SEESAC, the South East Europe Police Chiefs Association (SEPCA) and the Administration of Federal Police in BiH representatives of the nine police services members of WPON elected the first Executive Committee and discussed and approved the annual work plan for 2011. A representative of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia was elected as the first Chair of WPON while the Deputy Chair is a representative of the Ministry of Interior of Croatia. The Executive Committee was completed with the election of a representative of the Ministry of Interior of the Republika Srpska (BiH) as Chair Elect.  ... read more

The third meeting of the Regional Information Exchange Process on Arms Export Controls took place on 23 - 24 November 2010 in Belgrade, with the participation of delegations from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.  ... read more

SEESAC has finalized the development of the Regional Report on Arms Exports in 2008 and an electronic copy of the report is available for download here. The official presentation of the report will take place at 11.00h. on 23 November 2010 in the Amphitheatre room of Sava Center, Belgrade, Serbia.  ... read more