2,200 confiscated and voluntarily surrendered small arms and light weapons were destroyed at the JST “ARES UT” smelting facility in Chisinau, on 28 October, by the General Police Inspectorate of the ...
Regional Training on Open Case File
On 21 October 2019, SEESAC in cooperation with UK’s National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) organized the Regional Training on Open Case File addressed to ballistic experts from South East ...
42 firearm-related incidents took place in the region last week
The Armed Violence Monitoring Platform (AVMP) recorded 42 firearm-related incidents that took place in the region from 7 to 13 October 2019.
These are some of the incidents captured on our platform: About the AVMP The AVMP monitors firearms-related incidents happening in South East Europe. Established in 2014, the ...
Practitioners from the Albanian State Police enhanced their knowledge on the physical security and stockpile management of small arms and light weapons and their ammunition
On 18 October 2019, twenty experts from the Albanian State Police (ASP) completed a week-long targeted National Course on Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) of Small Arms and Light ...
Eleventh workshop of the Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction
About 40 physical and stockpile security management (PSSM) practitioners from South East Europe attended the Eleventh workshop of the Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction to discuss and share good practices on progress and challenges related to conventional weapons and munitions stockpile reduction in South East Europe.
The RASR initiative has been established in 2009 by the US State Department and currently funded by the European Union under the framework of the EU COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2016/2356. It aims for a ...
Further steps taken towards small arms and light weapons legislation harmonization
Two workshops were organized with the aim to support the drafting of the changes of the Laws on weapons, using the results of the analysis of the level of harmonization of national legal frameworks on ...
1,377 pieces of small arms and light weapons destroyed in Bosnia and Herzegovina
1,377 pieces of small arms and light weapons were destroyed at the Jelšingrad, smelter facility in Banja Luka, on 7 September, by the SALW Coordination Board of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the aim to ...
Montenegro destroys 1,259 firearms and components to mark the International Gun Destruction Day
1,259 pieces of confiscated and voluntarily surrendered small arms and light weapons and components were destroyed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Montenegro at the Institute of Ferrous ...
Gender responsive SALW Control in the region
SEESAC delivered a two-day regional training on gender responsive Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) control.
The Regional Training Course: Towards Gender Responsive SALW Control was held in Podgorica on 19 and 20 June 2019. The two-day training brought together 15 representatives from Belgrade, Chisinau, ...
11th Meeting of SALW Commissions in South East and East Europe
The 11th Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Commissions Meeting was organized in Sarajevo on 29-30 May 2019.
The SALW Commissions meetings gather arms control policy-makers from South East and East Europe to exchange common challenges and identify solutions to address the illicit possession, trafficking and ...