We have been working on disarmament, arms control, and gender equality in South East Europe since 2002.

The annual South-Eastern Europe Defence Ministerial (SEDM) meeting, organized by the Ministry of Defence of Bosna and Herzegovina on 27 November 2025 in Sarajevo, in Bosna and Herzegovina, brought together high-level representatives of SEDM member countries  - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Turkey, Slovenia, Serbia, Moldova, ...

The Netherlands has provided a new contribution worth EUR 1.5 million to the Western Balkans SALW Control Roadmap Multi-Partner Trust Fund, thus renewing its support to this regional platform that strives to support a sustainable solution to arms control in the region. This brings the total contribution from the Netherlands to the Trust Fund to about USD 4.9 million. “The Netherlands commends ...

SEESAC, in cooperation with EU Commission DG Home and the European External Action Service organized a Regional Workshop on the Harmonization of Legislation in the Field of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Control with the EU Acquis. The two-day workshop that took place on 4–5 November 2025 in Brussels, gathered policymakers, legal experts, and practitioners from the Western Balkans, the ...

The final sessions of the training series focusing on the application of the Guidelines for Assessing and Addressing Risks Related to Firearms Misuse in Domestic Violence and the Guidelines for Gender-Responsive Firearms License Approval were concluded this week in Sarajevo, marking a milestone in strengthening institutional response to firearms misuse and domestic violence across the Western ...