In 2008 the South East Europe Police Chiefs Association (SEPCA) proposed the establishment of the Southeast Europe Women Police Officers Network, with the aim of promoting and applying the principles of gender equality.  ... read more

The Ministry of Economy of Montenegro, as a key agency responsible for the arms transfer control system, has produced their fourth annual report on foreign trade in controlled goods for the period 1 January to 31 December 2009. The report gives an overview of the issued and used licenses for export, import and brokering activities and describes the cooperation of the Ministry with international institutions and organizations in the area of arms, military equipment and dual-use transfer control.  ... read more

The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations (MOFTER) of Bosnia and Herzegovina has provided extensive information about country’s exports and imports of arms in the last five years.  ... read more

On 14-15 September 2010 in Belgrade, SEESAC organized a regional seminar on marking and tracing of weapons. The seminar is funded by the European Union (EU) and it is an activity under the EU Council Decision 2010/179/CFSP in support of SEESAC arms control activities in the Western Balkans, in the framework of the EU Strategy to combat the illicit accumulation and trafficking of SALW and their ammunition.  ... read more

On 22 June 2010 SEESAC organized a meeting between Members of the Joint Committee for Defense and Security in the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting took place in Jahorina near Sarajevo.The aim of the meeting was to further support Parliamentary oversight of arms exports.  ... read more

On 25 June 2010 in Podgorica, Montenegro, SEESAC organized a meeting with Members of the Parliament (MP) and their staff to discuss the parliamentary oversight of arms exports. As a result, the agreement was reached to organize an inter-institutional conference between MPs and representatives of the executive branch in the first week of September 2010. The goal of the conference is to present to the MPs the implementation of arms export control legislation by the Government and to develop oversight procedures that would contribute to increased accountability and transparency. In an effort to further regional cooperation and knowledge sharing, Montenegrin MPs will invite representatives from the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina to share their experience in parliamentary oversight of arms exports. Furthermore, the MPs will consider holding a dedicated session of the Committee on Defence and Security where government representatives will provide information about the annual national report on arms exports.  ... read more

On 21-22 June 2010 in Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), SEESAC organized a meeting to discuss the Second Regional Report on Arms Exports. The meeting was attended by delegations from Albania, BiH, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.  ... read more

On 18 June 2010 SEESAC organized a meeting of representatives of the diplomatic community, international organizations, and Police Attaches accredited to Serbia. The purpose of the meeting was to share information about on-going projects in the field of security in Serbia.  SEESAC presented the EU Council Decision 2010/179/CFSP of 11 March 2010 in support of SEESAC arms control activities in the Western Balkans, in the framework of the EU Strategy to combat the illicit accumulation and trafficking of SALW and their ammunition.  ... read more

On 15 June 2010 SEESAC has made available to the public the electronic version of the Regional Report on Arms Exports.  The report can be accessed at http://www.seesac.org/arms-exports-reports/regional-reports/1/. The electronic version of the regional report allows for the generation of three types of reports based on a destination, a region or a military list. Furthermore, the search can be refined by selecting the source and destination countries, the destination region or one of the 22 military list categories.  ... read more

On 9-10 June 2010, representatives of Ministries of Interior and Police Services from Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Federation, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Republika Srpska, Montenegro, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia met in Belgrade for the Interim Steering Committee of the Women Police Officers Network (WPON) in South East Europe.  ... read more