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SALW Control Roadmap

The Roadmap for a sustainable solution to arms control in the Western Balkans by 2024 envisages the Western Balkans as a safer region and an exporter of security where comprehensive and sustainable mechanisms, fully harmonized with the European Union (EU) and other international standards, are in place to identify, prevent, prosecute, and control the illegal possession, misuse and trafficking of firearms, ammunition and explosives. It is based on regional cooperation principles, and it draws upon SEESAC’s signature solution to arms control resulted from over a decade of work on all arms control-related aspects with governments in the region and in partnership with the EU.

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Latest Roadmap news

Germany committed in its support to the Western Balkans Multi-Partner Trust Fund

5 February 2025

Germany committed in its support to the Western Balkans Multi-Partner Trust Fund

Germany remains committed to the coordinated and effective implementation of the Western Balkans Roadmap to strengthen the control of small arms, light weapons and ammunition (SALW). With a new funding contribution of EUR 500,000 to the Western Balkans SALW Control Roadmap Multi-Partner Trust, Germany has contributed over EUR 19.3 million to the Roadmap implementation through the United Nations, ...
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Sweden renews its support to the Western Balkans Multi-Partner Trust Fund

24 January 2025

Sweden renews its support to the Western Balkans Multi-Partner Trust Fund

The Western Balkans SALW Control Roadmap Multi-Partner Trust Fund receives a new funding contribution from Sweden, in the amount of SEK 4 million. For the sixth consecutive year, Sweden remains committed to the Trust Fust and its goal of supporting a coordinated approach to the implementation of the Roadmap for a sustainable solution to the illegal possession, misuse and trafficking of small arms ...
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Progress of the SALW Control Roadmap Implementation Assessed at the 12th Regional Coordination Meeting

20 December 2024

Progress of the SALW Control Roadmap Implementation Assessed at the 12th Regional Coordination Meeting

The  progress in implementation of the Roadmap for a Sustainable Solution to the Illegal Possession, Misuse, and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and their Ammunition in the Western Balkans by 2024 (Roadmap) was assessed during the 12th Regional Roadmap Coordination Meeting. Held in Skopje, North Macedonia, on 10-11 December 2024, the meeting convened over 100 participants ...
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Delegation of Kingdom of Cambodia Explores Best Practices in SALW Control During Study Visit in the Western Balkans

19 December 2024

Delegation of Kingdom of Cambodia Explores Best Practices in SALW Control During Study Visit in the Western Balkans

From December 10 to 17, 2024, a delegation of the Kingdom of Cambodia participated in a study visit to the Western Balkans, jointly organized by UNDP SEESAC and the UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD). The Delegation was composed of eight representatives of the Ministry of Interior and led by H.E. Pol Gen POR Phak, State Secretary of the Ministry of ...
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Latest Publications

01.01.2025

Roadmap for a sustainable solution to the illegal possession, misuse and trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons, their ammunition and explosives in the Western Balkans by 2030

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10.07.2024

WB SALW Control Roadmap Leaflet 2018-2023

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11.10.2023

Mid-term Review of the Western Balkans SALW Control Roadmap – Consolidated Findings

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05.07.2023

WB SALW Control Roadmap Leaflet 2018-2022

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27.09.2019

Regional Roadmap for a sustainable solution to the illegal possession, misuse and trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and their ammunition in the Western Balkans by 2024

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08.08.2019

SALW Control Roadmap Trust Fund Brochure

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