The Regional Arms Exports Report, covering Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, is a result of more than a decade of regional cooperation and commitment to ...
South Eastern and Eastern Europe Authorities, International Partners, and Donors Review SALW Control Progress, Priorities, and Plans
To review the small arms and light weapons (SALW) activities and their key results achieved during the last year across South East and East Europe and reflect on the planned actions and priorities for ...
Small Arms Control as Precondition for Peace, Security and Development
In post-conflict contexts, managing stocks of arms can be key to preventing the resurgence of violence. Effective and transparent control over small arms contributes to peacebuilding, community ...
Ministry of Defence of Montenegro Standardises Gender Training Using In-house Resources
The Ministry of Defence of Montenegro is finalising the Gender Training Handbook, a knowledge tool aimed at developing and implementing standardised training programmes for various target groups ...
SEESAC’s Holiday Social Media Campaign on Celebratory Shooting and Misuse of Pyrotechnics Reaches 1,9 Million Western Balkan Citizens
For a third time now, this holiday season, SEESAC launched a regional, social media campaign raising awareness of the public, throughout the Western Balkans, about the dangers of celebratory shooting ...
SEESAC Contributes to Discussion on Enhancing European Customs Capacity and Cooperation to Prevent and Combat Smuggling of Firearms
Organised by the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Conference to Prevent and Combat Smuggling of Firearms in the Context of Russia’s Aggression against Ukraine took place in ...
SEESAC Intensifies Support to Western Balkan Authorities to Raise Their Crime Scene Investigation Units’ Capacities
SEESAC has just completed assessing the capacities of the Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) units across the Western Balkans and will create a baseline for further support in their capacity development ...
Armed Violence Monitor: Lowest Number of Firearm Deaths Reported in Last Quarter of 2022
SEESAC’s latest Quarterly Armed Violence Regional Monitor, covering October-December 2022, shows that the total number of firearm incidents decreased - 821 firearm incidents were recorded, which is a ...
Western Balkan Ministries of Defence Use Regional Youth Perception Survey’s Results for Gender Responsive Recruitment Polices
The Ministry of Defence of Montenegro and the Ministry of Defence of North Macedonia came up with several recommendations and new ideas for small-scale projects focusing on innovative ways to attract ...
Armed Violence Monitoring Platform: 2022 Firearm Incidents Overview
To gain a better understanding of the adverse impact that firearms have on citizens, it is vital to reflect on firearm incidents that occurred in South East Europe in 2022. Using the SEESAC’s ...