SALW Control Roadmap 2024
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Arms Control (OSCE Mission to BiH)

Duration

January – December 2022

Beneficiary/ies

BiH Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Armed Forces of BiH (AF BiH); BiH Ministry of Security (MoS); BiH Strategic and Coordination Committees for Weapons, Ammunition and Explosive Ordnance; Coordination Board for the Control of SALW in BiH; entity- and cantonal-level ministries of interior (MoIs); Police of the Brčko District of BiH; police administrations; BiH Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations (MoFTER); citizens of BiH.

Donor/s

OSCE Unified Budget

Funding Amount

EUR 30,652

Funding gaps (if any)

N/A

Objective/s

To support BiH in developing more effective and efficient weapons and ammunition management frameworks and capacities in line with relevant OSCE commitments and best practices.

Contributing to the Roadmap goal/s

Goal 1 - By 2023, ensure that arms control legislation is in place, fully harmonized with the EU regulatory framework and other related international obligations and standardized across the region.
Goal 6 - Systematically decrease the surplus and destroy seized small arms and light weapons and ammunition.

Contributing to the Roadmap overall targets

Goal 1:

  • Ensure full legal and regulatory framework is in place with regards to FAE producers.
  • Fully harmonize arms control legislation with EU legal framework and in line with international agreements/standards.

Goal 6:

  • Systematically destroy all surplus stockpile FAE in an environmentally benign manner.

Key activities implemented up to date

  • Support meetings and workshops concerned with the implementation of the SALW Control Strategy and work of the Coordination Board for SALW Control.
  • Support BiH participation at OSCE meetings on SALW and SCA.
  • Support compliance of BiH with international arms control commitments.
  • Conduct monitoring and assessment visits to ammunition and weapons storage sites, demolition ranges and demilitarization facilities in BiH.
  • Facilitating BiH MoD visits to ammunition and weapons storage sites, demolition ranges demilitarisation facilities and ammunition laboratories in the region (i.e. Slovenia, North Macedonia).
  • Support BiH participation at regional and international events on SALW and SCA management (VD 2011 and the DPA Article IV Orientation Courses).