SEESAC Supports 2nd Basic Gender Awareness Seminar for Cadets of Military Academy in Belgrade

On 31 October 2013, SEESAC, together with the Military Academy in Belgrade, held a one-day Basic Gender Awareness Seminar for twenty five (25) cadets, 3rd year students in the Military Academy. The ...

5th Regional Report on Arms Exports Published – Adding to the Trend of Transparency in the Western Balkans

On 30 October 2013, UNDP/SEESAC published the latest Regional Report on Arms Exports, covering transfers made in 2011. The report is the direct result of a collective effort made by countries of ...

4th Meeting of Gender Equality Mechanisms of Ministries of Defence in the Western Balkans

Representatives of Gender Equality Mechanisms (GEMs) in the Ministries of Defence (MoDs) from the Western Balkans (WB) met in Sarajevo on 29-30 October 2013 in an effort to further strengthen regional ...

Why do we need a Disaster Loss Database? An answer comes from Serbia

by Slobodan Boskovic, Project Officer/Advisor     “We cannot eliminate disasters, but we can mitigate risk. We can reduce damage and we can save more lives”   ...

SEESAC Supports a 5-Day Course on Gender in Peace Support Operation

From 21 to 25 October 2013, the Peace Support Operations Training Centre (PSOTC) together with SEESAC is conducting a full-week course on the Utility of Gender in PSO, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and ...

FYR Macedonia Publishes its Annual Arms Export Report for 2012

Within the second phase of the Support for an Arms Control Programme in the Western Balkans project, UNDP/SEESAC supported the publication of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s Annual Report ...

SEESAC Supports Basic Gender Awareness Seminars for Cadets of Military Academy in Belgrade

On 17 October 2013, SEESAC, together with the Military Academy in Belgrade, held a one-day Basic Gender Awareness Seminar for twenty five (25) cadets of the 137th class of the Military Academy. The ...

SEESAC Presents on SALW at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

On 11-14 October 2013, SEESAC took part in the 59th Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA), held in Dubrovnik, Croatia. This event brought together some 340 parliamentarians from ...

RASR Steering Committee Meeting Takes Place in Slovenia

On 10-12 October 2013, SEESAC took part in the Steering Committee of the Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction (RASR) initiative for South East Europe which took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia.  The ...

What about the Bullets?

by Aleksandrina Mavrodieva, SEESAC intern   According to SEESAC’s 2005 report Biting the Bullet, there are around 600 million small arms and light weapons (SALW) worldwide. At the same time, ...