23-24, July, Vršac, Serbia Thirteen Gender Military Trainers from the Ministries of Defence and Armed Forces of the Western Balkans met in Vršac. The MoDs in the Western Balkans are on a ...
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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 ...
The SALW Control Roadmap at the Western Balkans Summit in Poznań
Western Balkans Leaders reaffirmed the strategic importance of the Roadmap for a sustainable solution to the illegal possession, misuse and trafficking of small arms light weapons and their ammunition in the Western Balkans and welcomed the progress made in its implementation.
Heads of Government of the Berlin Process participants, representatives of the European Institutions, International Financial Institutions, OECD, the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), and the ...
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, ...
Armed Forces in the Western Balkans tackling jointly gender-based discrimination
21 representatives from the Ministries of Defense (MoDs) and members of Armed Forces (AFs) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia actively participated in a two-day Regional ...
The 1st Regional SALW Control Roadmap Coordination Meeting
The 1st Regional Coordination Meeting for the Roadmap for a sustainable solution to the illegal possession, misuse and trafficking of small arms light weapons (SALW) and their ammunition in the Western Balkans by 2024 (Roadmap) took place on 28 May 2019 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Following the Local Coordination Meetings that took place in Belgrade, Podgorica, Pristina, Sarajevo, Skopje and Tirana, over 90 participants, representatives of SALW Commissions in the Western ...
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 ...
Experts from the region gather at 11th SEEFEN Meeting
The 11th Regional Meeting of South-East Europe Firearms Experts Network (SEEFEN) took place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 14-15 May 2019.
The 11th SEEFEN meeting gathered investigators, prosecutors, customs officials, forensic experts and border police representatives from South East Europe, as well as experts from INTERPOL, EUROPOL, ...
Regional iBase designer training delivered to IT Experts
A five-day regional iBase designer training was organized in Belgrade from 20-24 May 2019.
As a part of SEESAC’s partnership with governments across South East Europe aimed at establishing Firearms Focal Points (FFPs), , a regional iBase designer training was conducted in Belgrade. The ...
Security enhanced in Montenegro storage location
A storage location and two evidence rooms in Montenegro were brought to international security standards, resulting in improved security of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and ammunition stockpiles in the region.
A partnership between the Ministry of Interior and the Police of Montenegro, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) SEESAC, and the European Union (EU) resulted in the security enhancement of the ...