SEESAC successfully organized the Annual Regional Workshop for Firearms Focal Points (FFPs) in Belgrade on 23-25 May 2023. The workshop focused on drafting of a regional threat assessment on Small ...
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Fourth Year of Supporting Small Arms and Light Weapons Control Roadmap: 2022 UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Annual Report
The fourth annual report of the United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund in support of the Roadmap for a sustainable solution to the illicit possession, misuse and trafficking of small arms and ...
SEESAC Organizes Second Meeting of Regional Working Group to Address Firearms Misuse in Domestic Violence
The second meeting of the Regional Working Group for the Development of a Tool for the Prevention of the Misuse of Firearms in Domestic Violence was held from 23 to 25 May 2023 in Durres, Albania. The ...
Ministry of Defence of Serbia Completes First Gender Coach Programme
A high-level military official of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Republic of Serbia successfully completed UNDP SEESAC’s the first Gender Coach Programme (GCP) launched in December 2022 to ...
Republic of Moldova Destroys Small Arms and Light Weapons with Support of EU and UNDP
Over 1,300 small arms and light weapons were destroyed by melting on 24 May 2023 in Bulboaca. This was possible thanks to the support of the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development ...
Western Balkan Gender Military Trainers Develop New Online Gender Awareness Tool
Twenty-two members of the Regional Network of Gender Military Trainers from the Ministries of Defence (MoDs) and Armed Forces (AFs) from the Western Balkans met in Vršac, Serbia, on 18 May 2023 at ...
Armed Violence Monitor: Number of Victims of Firearm Incidents on Rise in First Quarter of 2023
SEESAC’s most recent Quarterly Armed Violence Regional Monitor, covering January-March 2023, reveals a rise in firearm-related deaths and injuries. This quarter witnessed a 75% increase in the ...
SEESAC Trains Criminal Police in North Macedonia for Firearms Detection and Risk Analysis
Following the Needs Assessment Report on Capacities of the Criminal Police of North Macedonia to counter trafficking and illicit possession of firearms, SEESAC conducted a comprehensive training ...
NABIS greets Western Balkan law enforcement
This week (Tuesday 15 – Wednesday 16 May 2023) NABIS welcomed delegates, who oversee firearms investigations at their respective Western Balkan jurisdictions (Montenegro and Serbia), to its ...
Progress in the implementation of the SALW Control Roadmap reviewed in the High Level Meeting
The European Commission, in close cooperation with the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European External Action Service, hosted a high-level meeting in Brussels on 16 ...