2022 – Year in Review

2022 was a year marking 20 years of SEESAC’s unwavering commitment to a safer South-East Europe, demonstrated through our work towards strengthening the capacities of stakeholders in the region to ...

How to integrate Gender Perspective in Military Education and Training? A Unique Regional Knowledge Tool Is Out

Resulting from joint efforts of the Ministries of Defence (MoDs) and Armed Forces (AFs) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of North Macedonia, with SEESAC’s ...

Western Balkan Ministries of Defence and Armed Forces Meet for 15th Regional Meeting of Gender Equality Mechanisms

The 15th Regional Meeting of the Gender Equality Mechanisms in the Ministries of Defence and the Armed Forces in the Western Balkans (RGEM) took place on 6-7 December 2022. A total of 30 ...

SEESAC Presents Western Balkan Gender in Security Sector Reform Milestones at Female Leaders in Security and Defence Forum

Results achieved by SEESAC and its partners in the field of gender in security sector reform were presented at the Female Leaders in Security and Defence Forum organised under the aegis of the ...

South East Europe Defence Ministerial Meeting Takes Place in Sofia

SEESAC participated in the South East Europe Defence Ministerial (SEDM) Meeting on 17 November. The meeting gathered representatives of the Member Nations and international/regional organisations to ...

UNODA Training Manual on Mainstreaming Gender in Small Arms Control Features Best Practices from South East Europe

UNODA (United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs) has published the Training Manual on Mainstreaming Gender in Small Arms Control within the framework of its global gender and small arms ...

Armed Forces of Montenegro to Enhance Integration of Gender Perspective in Education and Training

At the request of the Ministry of Defence of Montenegro, UNDP SEESAC organised a Seminar for Personnel Making Decisions on the Plans and Programs of Education from 8 to 9 November 2022 in Podgorica. ...

UNDP Special Report on Human Security Presented at 5th International Academic Human Security Conference in Belgrade

Mr. Heriberto Tapia, Senior Researcher at the UN Human Development Report Office, and the lead author of UNDP’s 2022 Special Report on Human Security presented the document at the fifth International ...

Security Sector Institutions in North Macedonia Enhance Knowledge on Gender Perspective in SALW Control

At the request of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of North Macedonia, UNDP SEESAC organised a Seminar on Gender Perspective in Small Arms and Light Weapons Control on Thursday, 3 November ...

Security Sector Institutions in Montenegro Enhance Their Knowledge on Protecting Women and Girls in Conflict Zones

At the request of the Ministry of Defence of Montenegro, UNDP SEESAC organised a training on the importance of protecting women and girls in conflict zones’ on Thursday, 20 October 2022. The training ...