SEESAC organizes EUROPOL Visit to BiH Focal Point for Firearms

SARAJEVO - In support of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Commission for Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), UNDP SEESAC organized a bilateral visit of the EUROPOL Focal Point for Firearms to BiH. ...

Constructive Destructions – Or, that time I philosophized over a manhole cover

By Emilia Dungel, SEESAC Junior Project Officer Sparks are flying. A distinct smell fills the air. Twisted metal, slowly metamorphosing into liquid. Wheelbarrows of marked guns, the ID tags on ...

Over 2,600 pieces of SALW Destroyed in the Western Balkans to Mark 9 July, the International Gun Destruction Day

Over 2,600 pieces of small arms and light weapons (SALW) have been destroyed in two locations in the Western Balkans marking the International Gun Destruction Day on 9 July, 2015. By organizing ...

Trainers Held a Gender Awareness Seminar for the Serbian AF Air Force and Air Defence Staff

BELGRADE - Gender trainers in the Ministry of Defense (MoD) and the Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) held a seminar on gender equality for 27 employees of Air Force and Air Defense on 18 June 2015 in the ...

Gender Trainers Review Results and Learn from the Experience of the NCGM and the Swedish AF

Within the scope of SEESAC’s Gender Equality in the Military project, the study visit to the Nordic Center for Gender in Military Operations was organized for the Network of Gender Trainers from the ...

SEESAC Supports Montenegro’s Campaign to Legalize and Collect Illicit Weapons

PODGORICA – The Ministry of the Interior of Montenegro, together with SEESAC, UNDP Montenegro, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Montenegro, and the Center for ...

14th RIEP Meeting on Arms Transfers Control Held

BUDVA – On 11 June 2015, SEESAC facilitated the 14th meeting of the Regional Arms Export Information Exchange Process (RIEP), thus continuing towards strengthening and standardization of arms ...

The Seventh Regional Report on Arms Exports Published

Nearly 300 million euros of arms and military equipment were sold by the Western Balkan countries in 2013, according to the Seventh Regional Report on Arms Exports. The Report revealed that out of the ...

Gender Equality in the Military Project Presents its Results at the Annual Conference of the NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives

Photo by NATO

BRUSSELS – During the Annual Conference of the NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives (NCGP), the results of the Gender Equality in the Military Project were presented by the Ministries of Defense of ...

SEESAC at the Regional Roundtable on Enhancing Participation of Western Balkans in the UN Peacekeeping Operations

SARAJEVO - SEESAC participated in the Regional Roundtable on Enhancing Participation of Western Balkan Countries in UN Peacekeeping Operations held on 2-3 June 2015. The event, co-hosted by the ...