Implementation of CASM Moving Forward: Expert Team visits TRZ Kragujevac
Representatives of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Republic of Serbia, NATO, OSCE and UNDP/SEESAC visited the Tehnical Overhaul Facility in Kragujevac (Tehničko remontni zavod Kragujevac) within the scope of the implementation of the Capacity Develop
The purpose of the visit, hosted by Brigadier General Bojan Zrnić, Head of the Defence Technologies Department at the Serbian MoD, was to further identify the needs for improvements of safety and security of the demilitarization processes at TRZ Kragujeva
Following presentations by TRZ Kragujevac staff, the team visited several workshops and the testing laboratory. The upgrade of TRZ Kragujevac is one of the three elements of CASM.
Representatives of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, NATO Military Liaison Office in Belgrade, OSCE Mission in Serbia and UNDP/SEESAC.
Within the scope of the implementation of the Capacity Development Programme for Conventional Ammunition Stockpile Management for the Republic of Serbia (CASM), on 2 July the Head of the NATO Military Liaison Office in Belgrade,
Brigadier General Ornello Baron and his staff visited the Tehnical Overhaul Facility in Kragujevac (Tehničko remontni zavod Kragujevac).
BG Baron was joined by the Programme Team: Dr. Ivan Zverzhanovski, UNDP/SEESAC Team Leader a.i, and including Mr. Yuri Padun, Security Cooperation Advisor/Regional Coordinator on SALW and SCA Project for the OSCE, and Ms. Tamara Svircev, UNDP/SEESAC Programme Associate.
The purpose of the visit, hosted by Brigadier General Bojan Zrnić, Head of the Defence Technologies Department at the Serbian MoD, was to further identify the needs for improvements of safety and security of the demilitarization processes at TRZ Kragujevac. Following presentations by TRZ Kragujevac staff, the team visited several workshops and the testing laboratory. The upgrade of TRZ Kragujevac is one of the three elements of CASM.
CASM is a joint development programme, initiated at the request of the Serbian MoD, with the aim to improve capacity for conventional ammunition stockpile management in the Republic of Serbia by enhancing security and safety of conventional ammunition storage facilities, disposing of surplus ammunitions and strengthening demilitarization
capacities of the MoD.
The overarching goals of CASM are to:
- Improve human security through the upgrade of safety and security of ammunition storage sites, to
- Enhance counter-proliferation efforts by reducing the quantity and boosting security of surplus stockpiles and to
- improve demilitarization capacities by upgrading infrastructure at TRZ Kragujevac.