Progress in the implementation of the Western Balkan SALW Control Roadmap

During June 2025, Local Coordination Meetings were organized by the Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Commissions in Belgrade, Podgorica, Sarajevo, Tirana, Pristina and Skopje. These meetings were ...

EU and UNDP Support Montenegro’s Fight Against Firearms Trafficking with New Equipment for Criminal Police

Danilovgrad, 18 June 2025 - At a handover ceremony held today in Danilovgrad, Minister of Interior Danilo Šaranović, Acting Director of the Police Directorate, Lazar Šćepanović, EU Ambassador Johann ...

Public Speaking and Social Media Skills Strengthened Through Communication Trainings in Petrovac

Petrovac, 10–13 June 2025 – To support awareness raising efforts in the SALW-related context by enhancing the effectiveness of the institutional public outreach, and deepening communication flow ...

Peer-Led Trainings to Prevent Firearms Misuse in Domestic Violence context in Skopje

After successful sessions in Podgorica and Priština, Skopje became the next stop for a series of peer-led trainings aimed at strengthening the institutional response to domestic violence involving ...

Sixth Year of Supporting Small Arms and Light Weapons Control Roadmap: 2024 UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Annual Report

The sixth 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 light ...

Emerging Threats in the Focus of the Annual Regional FFP Workshop

Representatives of Firearms Focal Points (FFPs) and ballistic experts from the Western Balkans, Moldova, and Ukraine came together in Igman, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 27 to 29 May for the Annual ...

Risk Assessment and Gender-Responsive Firearm Licensing Trainings held in Pristina

To strengthen the institutional response to domestic violence involving firearms, from 20-22 May, SEESAC supported the implementation of two trainings for over 30 participants in Pristina on the ...

Regional Trends in Armed Violence: Q1 2025 Monitor Released

While firearm incidents remain a concern in South East Europe, law enforcement efforts have intensified to address them – as revealed in SEESAC’s latest Regional Armed Violence Monitor. The first ...

How the Media (Fail to) See Violence: One in Five Articles Shifts the Responsibility to the Victim, First Regional Analysis Shows

Today, the South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC) presented the findings of the first analysis of media reporting on firearm misuse in ...

SEESAC Supports the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republic of Moldova in developing a new strategic approach for the control of Small Arms and Light Weapons and their ammunition

SEESAC is supporting the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republic of Moldova in developemnt of a National Programme on the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) for 2026–2030. A two-day ...