Sixth Year of Supporting Small Arms and Light Weapons Control Roadmap: 2024 UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Annual Report

The sixth annual report of the United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund in support of the Roadmap for a sustainable solution to the illicit possession, misuse and trafficking of small arms and light ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Western Balkans Roadmap is bringing the Region Closer to the EU

The relevance of the Western Balkans Roadmap for further integration of the Western Balkans in to the EU and its impact on regional cooperation and fight against organized crime has been ...

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 ...

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 ...

12th Round of Roadmap Local Coordination Meetings

In November 2024, Local Coordination Meetings were organized by the Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Commissions in Podgorica, Pristina, Tirana, Sarajevo, Skopje and Belgrade. These meetings were ...

The Western Balkans SALW Control Roadmap by 2030 endorsed during the EU - Western Balkans Ministerial Forum on Justice and Home Affairs

The Roadmap for a sustainable solution to the illegal possession, misuse and trafficking of small arms and light weapons (SALW), their ammunition, and explosives in the Western Balkans by 2030 was ...

The Southeast Europe defence cooperation in the focus of a Ministerial meeting in Tirana

The Southeastern Europe Defence (SEDM) Ministerial meeting, organized by the MoD of Albania in Tirana on 6 November,  brought together high-level representatives of SEDM member countries, including ...

Impact of the Western Balkans Roadmap acknowledged at the Berlin Process Summit

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On the 10th anniversary of the launching of the Berlin Process in 2014, the Leaders of Western Balkans Six, and the representatives of Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, ...