SEESAC Promotes the Application of the International SALW Standards in the Western Balkans

With the help of twenty UN agencies and experts from across the world, the UN has been developing the International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS) which gather all norms and commitments set fort ...

UNDP SEESAC Participates in the Regional Workshop on the Implementation of the UNSC Resolution 1540

On 9-10 May, a Regional Workshop on the Implementation of the UNSC Resolution 1540 was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia with the support of the Conflict Prevention ...

SEESAC Meets with the Members of the Parliamentary Commission Overseeing the Implementation of the UN SC Resolution 1325 in Serbia

On 29 April 2013, Ms. Zlata Djeric, President of the newly established parliamentary Commission for Monitoring the Execution  of  the  National Action Plan for the implementation of the UN SC ...

Recent WPON Activities Presented at the SEPCA’s Annual General Assembly

On 24-25 April 2013, the South East Europe Police Chiefs Association (SEPCA) held its Annual General Assembly Meeting in Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska. UNDP/SEESAC attended the meeting in the ...

Serbia Moves Towards Establishing a National Database on Disaster Losses

On 22-24 April 2013, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and UNDP/SEESAC jointly organized a three-day Workshop on Disaster Inventory Management System (DesInventar) as the ...

SEESAC Contributes to the Dialogue on Gender Equality in the Defence and Security Sector

On 23-24 April 2013, the Ministry of Defense of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in collaboration with the Faculty of Security and the Defense Institute for Security and Peace, organized an ...

Women in the Police Means a Better Response to Community Needs

by Bojana Balon, Programme ManagerHaving more women police officers is essential if law enforcement agencies are serious about combating sexual and gender based violence. This interrelationship ...

SEESAC Organizes a Visit to the Observatory of Gender Equality in the Spanish MoD for Western Balkan MoDs

With the support of SEESAC, twelve representatives of four Ministries of Defence and the armed forces in the Western Balkans attended a study visit to the Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD). The focus ...

Life-saving action: Collecting and destroying guns in Bosnia and Herzegovina

by Djordje Milosevic, SEESAC intern @djordje_fpn In late March, UNDP in Bosnia and Herzegovina organized consultations about a possible campaign for the collection and destruction of illegal ...

SEESAC takes part in NATO’s Structured Information Exchange on SALW

On 15-16 April, the NATO International Staff organized the Structured Information Exchange (SIE) meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and Mine Action within the ...