UNDP SEESAC has been working with EU support for almost two decades in assisting the authorities in the South East Europe region to destroy small arms and light weapons with the aim of combatting and preventing the illicit flows of small arms ...
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SEESAC supported UN regional centres for disarmament in Asia and Africa to mainstream gender in small arms control
In cooperation with United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) United Nations Regional Disarmament Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and Pacific (UNRCPD) and United Nations Regional Disarmament Centre for Peace and ...
Third Round of the Roadmap Local Coordination Meetings in the Western Balkans
Within the framework for the implementation of the Regional Roadmap for a sustainable solution to arms control in the Western Balkans, local Coordination Meetings were organized online by the SALW Commissions in Sarajevo on 2 June, in Tirana ...
Security of SALW and ammunition of Albanian Ministry of Defence further enhanced
Security infrastructure works at SALW and ammunition storage facility in Miraka, Albania have been completed, in line with international security standards. Successful testing, commissioning and technical handover of the completed ...
The hidden pandemic: Firearms and intimate partner violence killing women
by Dragan Bozanic, Gender and Research Project Officer, UNDP SEESAC
There has been a worldwide upsurge in domestic violence since the outbreak of COVID-19. Lockdowns and restrictions of movement imposed as a response to the pandemic lead to women being isolated and trapped in their homes with an abuser, ...
Ministry of Defence of Montenegro Committed to Improving Working Conditions for Women and Men
At the request of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Montenegro, UNDP SEESAC is coaching the Ministry to conduct a gender-sensitive survey on employees’ job satisfaction. The survey findings will enable the MoD to better understand how to improve ...
South-East Europe Defence Ministerial Initiative reviews common security challenges
UNDP SEESAC participated in the 42nd South-East Europe Defence Ministerial Coordination Committee Meeting (SEDM - CC) held via teleconference on 15 May 2020, under the Chairmanship of the Ministry of Defence of Albania. Nineteen representatives ...
SEESAC supports development of the first Law on civil use of explosives in the Western Balkans harmonized with the EU regulatory framework
14 May 2020 Skopje, a new draft law on Explosives for civil use and pyrotechnical articles was discussed today in a workshop where SEESAC provided advisory support to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of North Macedonia to ensure harmonisation ...
Institutions in Albania and Serbia enhancing physical security and stockpile management with support of the United States of America featured in the annual report To Walk the Earth in Safety
The recently published 2019 Annual Report To Walk the Earth in Safety (TWEIS) - by the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs’ Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement’s (PM/WRA) - acknowledges the efforts of Institutions in Albania and Serbia ...
Last year Ministries of Defence in the Western Balkans further advanced in implementation of the UNSCR 1325 and increasing gender equality in the military
At the beginning of 2020, the Ministries of Defence of Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia informed in their annual reports on the implementation of national strategies and action plans for 2019, on significant progress in implementing ...