Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia in preparation for the 2nd biannual report on the implementation of the National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325

Sixteen representatives of the Ministry of Defense and Serbian Armed Forces in charge of monitoring the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) for United Nations Security Council Resolution ...

Call for project proposals - The Western Balkans SALW Control Roadmap Multi-partner Trust Fund

The Western Balkans SALW Control Roadmap Multi-partner Trust Fund (MPTF) is accepting applications for its first regular call for project proposals from the eligible implementing entities - UNDP and ...

Transparency of Arms Exports in South East Europe - just launched: Regional Arms Exports Report 2017

The Regional Arms Exports Report, covering Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia and Serbia, is a result of over a decade of regional cooperation and commitment ...

The Network of Gender Military Trainers in the Western Balkans as a Vehicle for Change

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 ...

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 ...